This is the Quild daily, highlighting one early-stage startup that has statistically significant signals of becoming a unicorn.

Balance lets B2B merchants provide businesses with a way to pay how and when they want, while getting the funds instantly and easily as card payments.

Founders: Bar Geron (CEO), Yoni Shuster (CTO)

Signals:

1. Repeat founders

   • Bar and Yoni both co-founded Q.ai

2. Venture-backed experience

   • Bar worked as a product manager at Behalf for 1.5 years

3. Top company alumni

   • Bar worked as a data scientist at Paypal for over 2.5 years

   • Yoni worked as a product manager at Paypal for over 3 years

4. Fast team growth

   • Grew 2.2x YoY to 48 employees

   • And hiring a lot, lot more

5. Accelerated financing

   • Founded in 2020, announced seed in Feb 2021, announced series A in Aug 2021

6. Midas list investors

   • Ribbit Capital led series A

   • Lightspeed participated in seed and series A

Till tomorrow, Kenn