Quild Mini🦄 #122: Neo.tax

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

Neo.Tax is building the easiest and most accurate tax filing and automation software. Their first product simplifies the complex process of applying for the R&D tax credit, putting up to $250,000 back into each company's pocket that is working on qualifying research and development activities.

Founders: Stephen (CTaxOfficer), Ahmad (CEO), Firas (CTO)

Signals:

1. Repeat founder

   1. Ahmad founded Unleash, an iPad accounting app, and Port of Mokha, which produces coffee from Yemen

2. Top company alumni

   1. Stephen was a tax manager at PwC for 8 years

   2. Ahmad worked at Merill Lynch and Intuit for over 3 years

3. Top university alumni

   1. Stephen graduated from UT Austin

   2. Ahmad graduated from UC Berkeley

   3. Firas graduated from Stanford University (BS,MS,PhD) and MIT (PhD)

4. Fast team growth

   1. Grew 1.9x YoY to 34 employees

   2. Looking for an engineer and AE

5. Midas list investor

   1. Floodgate co-led seed

   2. Uncork Capital co-led seed

   3. SV Angel participated in seed

Till tomorrow, Kenn