Future Unicorn🦄 #171: Fidel

Transaction APIs

The Quild Future Unicorn highlights one future of work early-stage startup with statistically significant signals of becoming a unicorn.

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Fidel is a global financial infrastructure platform that enables developers to build programmable experiences when a transaction occurs on any payment card. Its tools transform how merchants and users interact by powering real-time, event-driven engagements, best-in-class rewards programs, and processes from reimbursements to expense management.

Founders: Dev (CEO), Andrew (CTO)

Signals:

1. Repeat founder

   • Dev founded Pointr, a colleague (not college) networking app

2. Venture-backed experience

   • Dev was a business manager at Badoo for a few years

3. Fast team growth

   • Grew 1.8x YoY to 139 employees

   • And looking for more talent

4. Top university alumni

   • Dev graduated from Queen Mary University of London

5. Midas list investors

   • Bain Capital Ventures led series B

   • QED Ventures co-led series A