Stealth Startup Spy #126
Former AWS team debuts lead generation platform, ex-Redfin CTO unveils AI startup for prompt engineering, and ex-Meta security head stealthily builds cloud compliance automation venture
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:
Amazon Web Services team who worked together for 5 years, left together to found a platform that streamlines the lead generation process
Ex-CTO at Redfin (NASDAQ:RDFN) debuts AI startup to enhance prompt engineering
Former Head of Security Governance Risk and Compliance at Meta is building a stealth company to automate cloud compliance
Stanford Med’s Director of the Healthcare Innovation Lab is co-founding a stealth startup
10 year Google veteran leaves to become CEO of stealth startup
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
Matan Zutta - Co-Founder & CTO at Yess
🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartSpy#59
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Former FAANG, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Ex-Manager, Solutions Architecture at Amazon Web Services, ex-Co-Founder at Swave, ex-VP R&D at oneAudience (a BRIDGE company)
Connect on: LinkedIn
Yess autonomously convert leads into meetings for B2B go-to-market teams.
HQ: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 19
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 8 months
Jake Stauch - Founder & CEO at Serval
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Director of Product at Verkada, ex-Product Lead at Verkada, ex-Founder and CEO at NeuroPlus, ex-Neuroscience Researcher at Duke University
Connect on: LinkedIn
Serval is building solutions to automate workflows for IT teams.
HQ: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
Sasha Aickin - Founder & CEO at Libretto
🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartSpy#97
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-CTO at Redfin, ex-Contract Engineer at IntrinsiQ
Connect on: LinkedIn
Libretto monitors, tests, and optimizes LLM prompts.
HQ: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 6
Latest Funding: $3.7M Seed Round on 4/9/2024
Key Investors: XYZ Venture Capital, The General Partnership
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 7 months
Taiga Sawamura - Founder & CEO at Acheul
FounderDNA: Serial Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Co-founder & CEO at Emerada (named “top 50 startups” by Forbes Japan), ex-Goldman Sachs, ex-Nomura Securities
Connect on: LinkedIn
Acheul is a semi-stealth startup developing a new technology platform.
HQ: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 16 months
Timothy Hyde - Co-Founder & CTO at Baselayer
FounderDNA: Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Snap, ex-CTO at Screenshop (acquired by Snapchat), ex-Data Scientist at Dotdash Meredith, ex-Data Scientist at Wayfair
Connect on: LinkedIn
Baselayer enables lenders to reduce risk and streamline decision-making by automating the business risk assessment process.
HQ: New York, New York, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 6
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 15 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Mehak D. - CEO & Co-Founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Engineering Leader, Google Users and Products Team at Google, ex-Technical Advisor at Ropes & Gray, ex-Software Engineer at National Instruments
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: New York, United States
Building a solution to reduce obstacles for employees to access legal assistance.
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Anna Tidstam - Founder & CEO at Stealth
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-chief Technology Officer at deepc ($12M raised), ex-Vice President of Digitalization at Northvolt, ex-Head of Software Quality and Virtual Validation at BMW Group
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Germany
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
Christian Coleman - CEO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Chief Revenue/Operations Officer at homepie, ex-Chief Revenue Office at Reali ($292M raised fintech), ex-VP of Sales (US) at Purplebricks (LSE: PURP)
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 6 months
Vic Bhatia - Founder & CEO at Stealth Cyber Security Startup
FounderDNA: Masters Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Director, Security Engineering at Marqeta, ex-Head of Security Governance Risk and Compliance (Meta FinTech) at Meta, ex-Senior Director - Enterprise Risk Management at DocuSign
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Building automated compliance remediation for the cloud. (Compliance Foundry)
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 7 months
Benjamin Rolnik - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder
Prior Experience: Director of the Healthcare Innovation Lab at Stanford University School of Medicine, ex-Founder and CEO at Integral Fitness, Co-Founder of The Global COVID-19 Relief Coalition
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 14 months
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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