Quild Minicorn #86: Glide
Transform your spreadsheet to an application
This is the Quild Minicorn, highlighting one future of work minicorn daily - early-stage startups with statistically significant signals of becoming a unicorn.
Glide is a platform that enables users to create mobile apps from spreadsheets.
Signals:
Repeat founder
David founded a Futureproof, a tech R&D company
Venture-backed experience
David and Jason worked at Xamarin (funded by CRV and Lead Edge Capital), which Microsoft acquired for $400-500 million in 2016
Top company alumni
David and Jason worked at Microsoft for over 2 years after the Xamarin acquisition before leaving to start Glide
Top university alumni
David graduated from University of Pennsylvania (BS, BA)
Fast team growth
Grew 2.2x YoY to 29 employees
Midas list investors
Benchmark led series A
First Round led seed
Till tomorrow, Kenn