Future Unicorn🦄 #179: Toplyne

The tool that Canva uses to find freemium customers to convert

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

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Toplyne is a plug-and-play platform that enables sales teams at PLG companies to identify and focus on the users and accounts most likely to convert.

Founders: Ruchin, Rishen, Rohit

Signals:

1. Venture-backed experience

   • Rishen was a product manager at CleverTap (4 yrs)

   • Rohit was an engineer CleverTap (5+ yrs)

2. Top company alumni

   • Ruchin worked at McKinsey (1+ yrs) and Sequoia Capital (2+ yrs)

   • Rishen worked at Sequoia Capital (2+ yrs)

3. Top university alumni

   • Ruchin graduated from IIT (BS)

   • Rohit graduated from Purdue (BS)

4. Fast team growth

   • Grew 2x YoY to 40+ employees

   • And hiring more

5. Midas list investors

   • Sequoia co-led series A

   • Tiger Global co-led series A

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