Future Unicorn🦄 #206: Whimsical

All-in-one collaboration hub

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

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Whimsical combines whiteboards and docs in an all-in-one collaboration hub.

Founders: Kaspars, Steve

Signals:

1. Repeat exited founder

   • Kaspars founded contact management startup Cobook, whichw as acquired by FullContact

2. Venture-backed experience

   • Kaspars led application engineering at FullContact (3+ yrs)

   • Steve was a product designer at FullContact (2+ yrs)

3. Top university alumni

   • Steve graduated from Duke University (BS)

4. Fast team growth

   • Grew 2.1x YoY to 40+ employees

   • And hiring more

5. Top investors

   • Accel led series A

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Favorite restaurant at the moment: Ilcha, a modern Korean restaurant. The cured shrimp and fried chicken are divine. The hotpots are amazing too.