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Quild Minicorn #86: Glide

Transform your spreadsheet to an application

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Kenn So
Apr 22, 2022

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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.

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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