Quild #39: Prefect

Data workflow management

This is the Quild daily, highlighting one early-stage startup that has statistically significant signals of becoming a unicorn.

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Prefect makes it easy to build, test, and run dataflows right from your Python code. With an intuitive API and 50+ integrations, Prefect quickly turns even the most complex data pipelines into managed workflows.

Founders: Jeremiah (CEO)

Signals:

1. Top company alumni

   • Jeremiah was a data scientist for Kingstreet Capital ($20B AUM) for 4 years

2. Top university alumni

   • Jeremiah graduated from Harvard University (AB, AM)

3. Fast team growth

   • Grew 1.8x YoY to 78 employees

   • And hiring a bunch more

4. Accelerated financing

   • Announced series A in Dec 2020, series B in June 2021

5. Midas list investors

   • Tiger Global led series B

   • Bessemer participated in series B

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Till tomorrow, Kenn