Quild Future Unicorn🦄 #158: Gather

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

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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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

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Till next time, Kenn