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Quild Future Unicorn🦄 #158: Gather

Remote work metaverse (visually reminds me of RPG maker, to the gamers out there)

Kenn So
Jul 19, 2022
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This is the Quild Minicorn, highlighting one future of work minicorn every weekday - early-stage startups with statistically significant signals of becoming a unicorn.


Gather is a video chat platform designed to make virtual interactions more human.

Founders: Phillip (CEO), Alex, Mohammed (CTO), Nathan

Signals:

  1. Top university alumni

    • Phillip graduated from CMU

    • Alex graduated from MIT

    • Mohammed graduated from CMU

    • Nathan graduated from MIT

  2. Fast team growth

    • Grew 55% YoY to 70 employees

    • They’re hiring a lot - although they recently laid off ~30% of their staff

  3. Midas list investors

    • Sequoia led series A and co-led series B

    • Index Ventures co-led series B

  4. Accelerated financing

    • Founded in 2020, announced series A and B in 2021


Till next time, Kenn

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