Quild Minicorn #86: Glide

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

Glide is a platform that enables users to create mobile apps from spreadsheets.

Founders: David, Jason

Signals:

1. Repeat founder

   1. David founded a Futureproof, a tech R&D company

2. Venture-backed experience

   1. David and Jason worked at Xamarin (funded by CRV and Lead Edge Capital), which Microsoft acquired for $400-500 million in 2016

3. Top company alumni

   1. David and Jason worked at Microsoft for over 2 years after the Xamarin acquisition before leaving to start Glide

4. Top university alumni

   1. David graduated from University of Pennsylvania (BS, BA)

5. Fast team growth

   1. Grew 2.2x YoY to 29 employees

   2. And hiring more

6. Midas list investors

   1. Benchmark led series A

   2. First Round led seed

Till tomorrow, Kenn