Future Unicorn🦄 #209: Knoetic
Software and community for chief people officers
The Quild Future Unicorn highlights one future of work early-stage startup with statistically significant signals of becoming a unicorn.
Knoetic is a social network and a SaaS analytics tool for people leaders. By embedding its exclusive social network of 1,000+ world-class Chief People Officers, CPOHQ, directly into its people analytics software, the resulting "Insight Engine" gives CPOs both quantitative and qualitative insights, enabling them to make smarter, holistic decisions about their workforce.
Founders: Joseph
Signals:
Repeat founder
Joseph founded Twine where he experimented with a few products before spinning out Knoetic
Top company alumni
Joseph worked at Nike (2 yrs)
Top investors
EQT Ventures led series B
Accel co-led series A
Pear VC co-led series A
Menlo Ventures participated in series B
Top university alumni
Joseph graduated from UC Berkeley (BS) and University of Pennsylvania (MBA)
Accelerated financing
Announced series A in 2021, series B in 2022
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