Unicorn Builders

Welcome to another episode of Unicorn Builders. Today, our unicorn builder is Guy Tytunovich, CEO and Co-founder of CHEQ, a go-to-market security platform that has raised $183,000,000 in funding. Guy's journey from a 10-year stint in the Israeli military to becoming a pioneer in the cybersecurity space offers a unique perspective on leadership, innovation, and the entrepreneurial spirit. His milit...

Welcome to another episode of Unicorn Builders! Today, our unicorn builder is Harrison Rose, co-founder of Paddle, a payments infrastructure provider for SaaS companies that has raised $300 million in funding. Harrison's journey from starting his first business at 18 to stepping back and co-founding Good Fit provides a unique glimpse into the mind of a successful tech entrepreneur. Paddle, now wit...

In today's episode of Unicorn Builders, we speak with Jack Newton , CEO and Founder of Clio , a legal tech company that's raised $386 million in funding and surpassed $100 million in annual revenue, making Clio our first Centaur interviewed on the show.  Topics Discussed:  The backstory of Clio, and how it helps lawyers run every aspect of their practice from a business perspective The biggest bar...

In today's episode of Unicorn Builders, we speak with Kyle Clark , Founder of Beta , an electric aerospace company that's raised $900 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Kyle’s background, including his time as a hockey player, his passion for airplanes since he was a kid, and studying at Harvard Founders in the aviation space who inspire Kyle Why aviation is currently operating outside of susta...

In today's episode of Unicorn Builders, we speak with Jerome Ternynck , Founder and CEO of SmartRecruiters , a hiring success platform that's raised $225 Million in funding. Topics Discussed:  Jerome’s background: a family of French entrepreneurs, and working in recruiting in Central and Eastern Europe before the Internet Founding a tech company in London in the 2000s, and the tech market changed...

In today's episode of Unicorn Builders we speak with Sean Duffy , Co-Founder and CEO of Omada Health , a virtual first chronic care provider that's raised nearly $500 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Sean’s background in medicine and tech, including his time at Google and Harvard The reasons why Sean finds Netflix’ Reed Hastings an inspirational entrepreneur, and why he loves the book The Mar...

In today's episode of Unicorn Builders we speak with Johanna Småros , Co-Founder of RELEX Solutions , a supply chain and retail planning platform that's raised over $700 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Johanna’s background in engineering and management, and how a series of random unplanned events led her to where she is today Finland’s startup scene, and whether or not Finland is “the happie...

In today's episode of Unicorn Builders, we speak with Karl Siebrecht , Co-Founder and CEO of Flexe , an omni-channel logistics solution that's raised $263 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Karl’s background, his time as a Special Operations diving officer in the US Navy and his start in tech in the late 90s Why Karl admires Nike’s Phil Knight and likes the novel The Goal The problems that stat...

In today's episode of Unicorn Builders we speak with David Blake , CEO and Co-Founder of Degreed , a learning platform that has raised nearly $400 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Why the current education system is outdated, the personal experience that made David want to change it, and being a great learner vs. being a great student How Degreed aggregates all that a person has learned and s...

In today's episode of Unicorn Builders, we speak with Tomer Shiran , Founder and CPO of Dremio , a data lakehouse platform that has raised $400 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Tomer’s background, getting a book published at a young age, and the lessons he learned from being a very young Navy commander  Why the geographical location of a startup matters less now than it did in the past The ch...

In today's episode of Unicorn Builders, we speak with Tom Livne , Founder and CEO of Verbit , an AI-powered transcription platform that's raised over $600 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Tom’s background, including lessons learned from his time in the Israeli military, and founding his first tech company in his 20s His favorite book, and why Walt Disney is the founder who most inspires him....

In today's episode of Unicorn Builders, we speak with Justin Borgman , CEO and Co-Founder of Starburst , a data lake analytics platform that's raised $414 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Why Justin prefers to be called a “workhorse” rather than an unicorn The entropy in the data universe and how Starburst aims at giving customers the freedom to analyze their data regardless of where it’s sto...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Arvind Jain , CEO of Glean , an AI-powered workplace data search and management platform that has raised $155 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Arvind’s background, including a decade in Google in the early 2000s and being a unicorn builder twice in a row Why Arvind thinks luck plays a big role in building unicorns, what his superpower...

In today's episode of Unicorn Builders we speak with Abhay Parasnis , Founder and CEO of Typeface , an enterprise AI platform that has raised $165 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Abhay’s background, including his time at IBM, Microsoft, Oracle and being CTO at Adobe, and working on the project that became Java Photography, Abhay’s favorite photo he ever took, and landscapes he would love to...

In today's episode of Unicorn Builders, we speak with Rodrigo Liang , Co-Founder and CEO of SambaNova , an enterprise generative AI platform that's raised over $1 Billion in funding. Topics Discussed: Rodrigo’s decades-long background in the tech industry, including Sun, Oracle, and HP What are the two qualities that Rodrigo most admires in the great CEOs he has met, and what it was like to work w...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Arif Nathoo , CEO and Co-Founder of Komodo Health , a data platform that has raised over $400 million. Topics Discussed: Arif’s background as a hospital volunteer, his studies in medicine and public policy, and his work as a management consultant Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations, stoicism, and Arif’s personal philosophy The “curse” of being a s...

In today's episode of Unicorn Builders , we speak with Dave Wessinger , CEO and Co-Founder of PointClickCare , a healthcare technology platform that's raised over half a billion in funding, about why the healthcare industry in on the verge of a technological breakthrough, and what it means for customers and patients alike. By making patient data accessible, breaking down data silos and connecting...

In today's episode of Unicorn Builders, we speak with Jean Paul Chauvet , CEO of Lightspeed , a unified point of sale payments platform that's raised over a billion dollars in funding.   Topics Discussed: Jean Paul’s background as an engineer, and how a ‘golden childhood’ in Nigeria helped him find his road to business leadership The importance of timing and industry insight to guide critical busi...

In today's episode of Unicorn Builders, we speak with Federico Larsen , CTO and Co-Founder of Copado , a DevOps platform for Salesforce that's raised over $250 Million in funding.  Topics Discussed: Federico’s background, coming from Argentina and working on Latin America’s first Salesforce system integrator How challenges of implementing complex processes gave rise to the inspiration for an autom...

In today's episode of Unicorn Builders, we speak with Henrique Dubugras , Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Brex , a fintech unicorn most recently valued at more than $12 Billion. Topics Discussed: Henrique's entrepreneurial journey, from starting his first company in Brazil, attending college in the United States, and eventually Co-Founding Brex How setbacks shaped Henrique's determined mindset as an entr...

In today's episode of Unicorn Builders, we speak with Assaf Resnick , CEO and Co-Founder of BigPanda , an AIOps platform that's raised $337 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: The serendipitous moment that took Assaf from VC to strike out on his own as a founder, and the hunger that drives him forward The personal challenges of becoming a business founder, from emotional strain to strategic dive...

In today's episode of Unicorn Builders, we speak with Arik Shtilman , CEO and Co-Founder of Rapyd , a Fintech as a service platform that's raised over $800 Million in funding, about why today’s global economy needs a new generation of payment solutions. Offering powerful fintech solutions to collect, hold and send funds across countries and between currencies with ease, Rapyd makes sure their cust...

In today’s episode of Unicorn Builders, we speak with Raj De Datta , CEO and Co-founder of  Bloomreach , an e-Commerce experience platform that’s raised $450 Million in funding, about why, in a world where we all live digitally, it’s time to bring the e-Commerce experience up to the standards we’d expect from traditional shopping. By providing personalized advertising to engage digital customers,...

In today’s episode of Unicorn Builders, we speak with Marcelo Lebre , COO and Co-founder of  Remote , a global payroll, tax and HR compliance platform that’s raised nearly $500 Million in funding, about how supporting employers to recruit, hire and pay the best talent from across the world is building a better way of working for everyone. Their remote-first offering might have seemed outlandish ju...

In today’s episode of Unicorn Builders, we speak with Michael Witte , CEO & Co-founder of  Workrise , a marketplace for on demand services and skilled labor in the energy industry that’s raised over $750 Million in funding, about why the energy sector’s needs for digital innovation are equal to its dependence on advanced extraction technologies, and how Workrise fits in to the future of energy...