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.

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Glide is a platform that enables users to create mobile apps from spreadsheets.

Founders: David, Jason

Signals:

1. Repeat founder

   • David founded a Futureproof, a tech R&D company

2. 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

3. Top company alumni

   • David and Jason worked at Microsoft for over 2 years after the Xamarin acquisition before leaving to start Glide

4. Top university alumni

   • David graduated from University of Pennsylvania (BS, BA)

5. Fast team growth

   • Grew 2.2x YoY to 29 employees

   • And hiring more

6. Midas list investors

   • Benchmark led series A

   • First Round led seed

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Till tomorrow, Kenn