Quild #65: Cloudsmith
Continuous software package management
This is the Quild daily, highlighting one early-stage startup that has statistically significant signals of becoming a unicorn.
Cloudsmith is the leading Continuous Packaging platform for engineers looking to set up a secure, cloud-native artifact repository in 60 seconds. Cloudsmith offers support for 24+ formats, has 225 points of presence and integrates with all of the tools engineers already use and love.
Active Founders: Alan (CEO), Lee (CTO)
Signals:
Repeat founders
Alan and Lee co-founded Vulcan Financial, a software shop for financial market data
Lee earlier co-founded Newzbin, which created the NZB file format
Top company alumni
Alan and Lee both worked as engineers at NYSE for a few years
Fast team growth
Grew 2.7x YoY to 35 employees
Midas list investors
Tiger led series A
Till tomorrow, Kenn