Quild Mini🦄 #151: Directus

Open-source data platform + no-code app builder (17K stars)

This is the Quild Minicorn, highlighting one future of work minicorn every weekday - early-stage startups with statistically significant signals of becoming a unicorn.

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With over 19 million downloads, Directus is the world's first Open Data Platform for instantly turning any SQL database into an API and beautiful no-code apps.

Founders: Ben (CEO), Rijk (CTO)

Signals:

1. Repeat founder

   • Ben has run multiples studios, labs, and consulting businesses

2. Top company alumni

   • Ben led product strategy at AOL for a year

3. Accelerating team growth

   • Grew 1.6x YoY to ~30 employees (intentionally keeping team small)

   • Hiring several more

There’s not a lot of the traditional signals for Directus, another Quild outlier. The product they’ve built and the traction they’ve gotten are signals that speak for themselves.

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Till next time, Kenn