Quild #45: Fieldguide

Software for assurance and advisory firms

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

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Fieldguide is an enterprise software company building automation and collaboration software for assurance and advisory firms. Built by former Big Four practitioners and experienced technology leaders, their platform digitizes the end-to-end engagement workflow on a single, cloud-native platform.

Founders: Chris (CTO), Jin (CEO)

Signals:

1. Venture-backed experience

   • Jin was chief of staff at Atrium for 2 years

   • Chris was the CTO of JazzHR where he worked for 6 years

2. Repeat founder

   • Jin cofounded Bitbutter API, a blockchain aggregation API

   • Chris cofounded Vivo, a live video streaming platform

3. Top company alumni

   • Jin worked at EY for 5 years

4. Top university alumni

   • Jin graduated from University of Southern California (BS) and UC Berkeley (MBA)

   • Chris graduated from University of Pittsburgh (BC)

5. Fast team growth

   • Grew 2x YoY to 25 employees

   • And hiring a lot more

6. Midas list investors

   • 8VC led series A

   • Floodgate led seed

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Till tomorrow, Kenn