Quild Mini🦄 #135: Cube
This is the Quild Minicorn, highlighting one future of work minicorn every weekday - early-stage startups with statistically significant signals of becoming a unicorn.
Cube is a spreadsheet-native FP&A platform that focuses on meeting strategic finance teams where they already live and enhancing the workflows they use every day. By pairing the ease and familiarity of Excel & Google Sheets with the structure of a purpose-built FP&A platform, Cube helps companies of all sizes plan and analyze for the unexpected and stay ahead of changes.
Founders: Christina (CEO), Josh (CTO)
Signals:
Repeat founder
Josh dropped out of school to work on StageBloc, a marketing tech startup acquired by Fullscreen Media
Venture-backed experience
Christina led finance for Rent The Runway, Criteo, and Eyeview for several years
Josh worked at Fullscreen Media after getting acquired
Top company alumni
Christina worked at Deloitte and GE for several years
Top university alumni
Christina graduated from UMass Amherst (Bachelor)
Side note: Josh dropped out of UI Urbana-Champaign to work on his startup StageBloc
Fast growth
Grew ARR 400%
Grew employees 2x YoY to 80 employees
Midas list investors
Battery Ventures led series B
Mayfield led series A
Till tomorrow, Kenn