Quild #19: Hex
This is the Quild daily, highlighting one early-stage startup that has statistically significant signals of becoming a unicorn.
Hex is a collaborative data workspace that makes it easy to go from idea to analysis to sharing. Work in SQL and Python notebooks, collaborate live, and publish interactive data apps anyone can use.
Founders: Barry McCardel (CEO), Caitlin Colgrove (CTO)
Signals:
Venture-backed experience
Barry worked in BizOps at Trial Spark, backed by Felicis, Spark, Sequoia
Caitlin worked as an engineer at Remix, backed by Sequoia acquired by Via
Top company alumni
Barry worked as a client-facing consultant at Palantir and PwC for ~7 years
Caitlin worked as an engineer at Palantir for ~7 years
Top university alumni
Barry graduated with a BS from Northwestern University
Caitlin graduated with a BS and MS in Computer Science from Stanford University
Accelerated financing
Announced seed in Mar 2021, announced series A in Oct 2021
Fast team growth
~3x YoY to 37 employees and still hiring a bunch
Midas list investors
Redpoint led series A
Amplify led seed
Till tomorrow, Kenn