Quild #43: Syndio
Measure workplace equity
This is the Quild daily, highlighting one early-stage startup that has statistically significant signals of becoming a unicorn.
Syndio helps modern companies embed workplace equity into their core business so they can achieve enduring success. Syndio identifies pay gaps in seconds and constantly measure employee opportunity and representation so companies can build diverse and dynamic teams.
Syndio isn’t an early-stage startup but wanted to highlight because of its special mission of working towards workplace equity.
Founders/CEO: Zev (Chief Data Scientist), Maria (CEO)
Signals:
Repeat founder/CEO
Zev founded Cherry Tree Data Science
Maria co-founded Smartsheet (NYSE:SMAR)
Both co-founded Fair Pay Workplace
Top company/institution alumni
Zev taught law at Northwestern University
Maria worked at Microsoft and Starbucks for 4 years
Top university alumni
Zev graduated from Cornell University (BS, JD) and MIT (PhD)
Fast team growth
Grew 2.6x YoY to 141 employees
Accelerated financing
Announced series A in May 2020, series B in Jan 2021, series C in Sep 2021
Midas list investors
Bessemer led series B and C
Till tomorrow, Kenn