Click the link below to access the spreadsheet listing all the featured startups
Open-source Figma
The Quild Future Unicorn highlights one future of work early-stage startup with statistically significant signals of becoming a unicorn.
Penpot is an open-source design and prototyping platform meant for cross-domain teams. Penpot is web-based and works with open web standards (SVG).
Signals:
1. Repeat founder
- Pablo founded Taiga, an open-source project management tool, and Kaleidos, an open-source project studio
2. Traction
1% unicorn rate over 9 months + the spreadsheet of the Quild list (to date)
Yesterday, Future Unicorn #200 went out. It has been 9 months since I started this project of highlighting early-stage startups with statistically significant signals of becoming unicorns. So I wanted to do a look back. How well have I done?
After being posted on Quild:
- 0% were acquired or listed on the stock exchange
- 1% became unicorns
- 14% announced additional funding
Considering that only 1% of venture-backed companies founded since 2000 became unicorns, Quild getting to 1% within 9 months is not bad (patting myself on the back).
To celebrate: here’s the entire list to date on a spreadsheet.
Favorite restaurant at the moment: Ilcha, a modern Korean restaurant. The cured shrimp and fried chicken are divine. The hotpots are amazing too.
A customizable community platform for businesses
The Quild Future Unicorn highlights one future of work early-stage startup with statistically significant signals of becoming a unicorn.
Tribe is a fully customizable community platform built with a collection of human interaction best practices to help businesses launch brand-led online communities. Communities built with Tribe can be integrated into a product and website or operate as a stand-alone community website.
Signals:
1. Repeat founders
- Mo founded ad-tech startup Anetwork and accelerator Avatech
- Siavash founded community engagement startup Breezio
- Soheil founded food ordering platform Reyhood
2. Midas list investors
- CRV co-led seed
- Bessemer co-led seed
Favorite restaurant at the moment: Birdbox, a fried chicken shop 🐔. It was a pandemic project that became so popular that the owners started a standalone restaurant.
