Quild Future Unicorn🦄 #158: Gather

This is the Quild Minicorn, highlighting one future of work minicorn every weekday - early-stage startups with statistically significant signals of becoming a unicorn.

Gather is a video chat platform designed to make virtual interactions more human.

Founders: Phillip (CEO), Alex, Mohammed (CTO), Nathan

Signals:

1. Top university alumni

   1. Phillip graduated from CMU

   2. Alex graduated from MIT

   3. Mohammed graduated from CMU

   4. Nathan graduated from MIT

2. Fast team growth

   1. Grew 55% YoY to 70 employees

   2. They’re hiring a lot - although they recently laid off ~30% of their staff

3. Midas list investors

   1. Sequoia led series A and co-led series B

   2. Index Ventures co-led series B

4. Accelerated financing

   1. Founded in 2020, announced series A and B in 2021

Till next time, Kenn