Stealth Startup Spy #1
Ex-Airbnb engineer goes under stealth to build NFT infra, Serial founder with prior exit launches VC-backed organization app, & Ex-Amazon engineer uses AI synthetic data to power sales teams
Stealth Startup Spy is a data-driven newsletter for investors, journalists and tech enthusiasts interested in uncovering the next big move for key talent, real-time stealth company launches and technology advancements not in plain sight. We leverage the technology built at Gravity to track billions of data points to help you identify tomorrow's opportunities that are currently hiding in the shadows. These signals include tracking the inflows and outflows of talent who work at “Stealth Startups”, bios and profile changes to “building something new” and monitoring press releases to shine a light on the hidden world of stealth startups.
In this issue of the Stealth Startup Spy, here is what we will uncover:
A Twitch competitor that goes live
The Head of Engineering at Lambda School leaves to take on personalized travel
Ex-AirBnb Engineer debuts new NFT Infrastructure startup
Ex-Amazon Engineer uses AI synthetic data to power sales teams
A vertical software for churches founded by a former Snowflake exec
And more…
Now let’s shine the spotlight… 💡💡💡
🕵️♂️Founders Coming Out of Stealth
Real-time updates from founders who debut what they’ve been working on under stealth mode
Sebastian Kirsch - Co-Founder & CEO at Flow Interactive
FounderDNA: Serial Founder
Prior Experience : Startup Mentor at Newchip Accelerator, Ex-Managing Partner / COO at Trend Products and Former Manager at Zürcher Kantonalbank
Connect on: Linkedin
Flow Interactive is a new decentralized live streaming platform for video game live streaming and broadcasts of esports competition
HQ: New York, New York, United States
Industry: Esports | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Kapil Sharma - Founder & CEO at Galliwant
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience : Ex-Director Of Engineering at Lambda School and Johnson & Johnson, Former Software Engineering Manager at Glassdoor
Connect on: Linkedin
Galliwant offers users personalized travel itineraries based on interests with easy-to-use platform
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 20 months
Or Shani - Founder & CEO at Jigso
FounderDNA: Technical Founder
Prior Experience : Former Founder & CEO of Stealth, Nexttoo and Albert
Connect on: Linkedin
Jigso aggregates and mines all your organization apps and data and then surfaces the information you need to know and the actions you need to take
HQ: New York, New York, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 6
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 13 months
Sohaib Ahmed - Founder & CEO at FrontBurners
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Bachelors Degree
Prior Experience: Former Key Accounts & Partnerships at Trymata, Ex-Sr. Account Executive at KeepTruckin
Connect on: Linkedin
FrontBurners revolutionize enterprise sales cycle with an all-in-one sales development eco-system
HQ: Dover, Delaware, United States
Industry: Sales Automation | Team Size: 12
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 22 months
Pradyuman Verma - Co-Founder at Orbit Labs
FounderDNA: Co-Founder, Bachelors Degree
Prior Experience : Former Founder at Blockchain Society IIT ROORKEE, Ex-Research Fellow at Yacademy Dao and Ex-Blockchain Developer at Instadapp
Connect on: Linkedin | Twitter
Orbit Labs is a credit protocol that offers collateralized on-chain loans to users
HQ: Uttarakhand, India
Industry: Blockchain | Team Size: 3
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Linglong Zhu - Founder at Blockus
FounderDNA: Software Engineer, Doctorate Degree
Prior Experience : Ex-Senior Software Engineer Technical Lead at Airbnb, Former Software Engineer at Walmart Global eCommerce and Software Engineer at Black Duck Software
Connect on: Linkedin
Blockus is an NFT infrastructure platform offering whitelabel marketplace solutions for your web3 game
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Blockchain | Team Size: 1
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Jean-Baptiste Chaput - Co-Founder at Olto.com
FounderDNA: Software Engineer, Masters Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience : Engineering Leader at Amazon, Ex-Product Tech Lead at Orange, Ex-Software Engineer at Codra
Connect on: Linkedin | Twitter
Otlo.com turbocharge your sales with AI-powered synthetic data
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Sales Tech | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Anderson Silva - Founder at Iglu
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Bachelors Degree
Prior Experience : Ex-CTO at Sallve and Curso Ênfase
Connect on: Linkedin
Iglu facilitates your sales and automates your business with connectivity solutions between systems and applications
HQ: São Paulo, Brazil
Industry: Software | Team Size: 6
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 9 months
Jeremy Maranitch - Co-Founder & CEO at Church.AI
FounderDNA: Bachelors Degree
Prior Experience : Ex-Senior Alliance Manager at Snowflake
Connect on: Linkedin | Twitter
Church.AI the data platform for church leaders to know, grow, and engage their members
HQ: Mountain View, California, United States
Industry: Vertical Software | Team Size: 1
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 12 months