Stealth Startup Spy #132
Founder/CEO of The Athletic (acquired for $550M) takes on new venture, Ex-VP from Silicon Valley Bank is building in stealth mode, & Former Fortanix exec unveils enterprise AI startup
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:
The Founder and CEO of The Athletic (acquired by The New York Times for $550M) embarks on a new stealth venture
Former VP at Silicon Valley Bank is building in stealth mode
Former executive at data security platform Fortanix unveils an enterprise AI startup tailored for InfoSec leaders
A tech leader with previous roles at Airbnb, Lyft, Meta, and Google is developing technology aimed at creating highly capable and customizable personal assistants
Security startup emerges from stealth mode with $30M funding
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
Idan Yalovich - Founder & CEO at Bluebricks
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Ex-VP of Product and R&D at WalkMe, ex-CEO/CTO at Zest (acquired by WalkMe), ex-Founder and CEO at Apptory
Connect on: LinkedIn
Bluebricks enables DevOps to compile, download, and deploy blueprints instantly within the company’s cloud environment.
HQ: Tel Aviv, Israel
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 9
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
John Wyss - Co-Founder & CEO at Blueteam AI
🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartSpy#114
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Vice President of Products at Fortanix, ex-Sr. VP Product at Swimlane, ex-Vice President of Product & UX at Chef Software, ex-Senior Director Product Management at Cisco, ex-Director of Product Strategy at ServiceNow
Connect on: LinkedIn
Blueteam accelerates enterprise productivity with secure, compliant, and observable GenAI adoption.
HQ: Bellevue, Washington, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 4
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 7 months
Shai Mendel - Co-Founder & CTO at Nagomi Security
🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartSpy#12
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Director Of Engineering at Snyk, ex-Engineering Team Lead at XM Cyber, ex-Software Engineer at Government of Israel
Connect on: LinkedIn
Nagomi helps security teams improve their defense against cyber threats by analyzing the customer's existing security tools and identifying important threats.
HQ: Israel
Industry: Computer and Network Security | Team Size: 38
Latest Funding: $23M Series A Round on 4/24/2024 | Total Funding: $30M
Key Investors: TCV, Team8, Okta Ventures, CrowdStrike Falcon Fund
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 17 months
Matteo Fava - Co-Founder & CEO at Claro
FounderDNA: Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Director, Data Strategy and Analytics at Delivery Hero, ex-Lecturer at Talent Garden Innovation School, ex-Data Insights & Product Analytics at Rocket Internet
Connect on: LinkedIn
Claro generates industry-specific Small Language Models to allow teams to unlock insights from unstructured data and deliver real-time understanding to optimize users' AI products.
HQ: Berlin, Germany
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 4
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 8 months
Brittany Davis - Founder & CEO at Raisin Data
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Data at Narrator, ex-Senior Data Scientist, Machine Learning at WeWork, ex-Advanced Analytics - Programmatic and Performance Marketing at IBM
Connect on: LinkedIn
Raisin Data offers instant insights for data-driven teams.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Vladimir Korshin - Co-Founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Former FAANG, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Ex-Director of Partnerships at Vouch Insurance, ex-Co-Founder at Level (acquired by Vouch Insurance), ex-Vice President at Silicon Valley Bank, ex-Operations Manager at Niantic, ex-Meta
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Dean Plumbley - Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-CTO and Head of Artificial Intelligence at CoSyne Therapeutics, ex-CTO and Head of Data Science at Omnigen, ex-Senior Machine Learning Scientist at BenevolentAI, University of Manchester PhD in Computer Science
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: London, England, United Kingdom
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Alex Mather - Founder & CEO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Founder and CEO at The Athletic (acquired by The New York Times for $550M), ex-Vice President, Product Management & Product Design at Strava, ex-Lead UX, XFinity TV at Comcast Interactive Media, ex-Lead Product Designer at Grey Group
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
David Garcia - Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Special Projects Lead at Airbnb, ex-SVP of Research and Development at REX, ex-Senior Engineering Manager at Lyft, ex-Sr Engineering Manager at Facebook, ex-Software Engineer at Google
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Developing technology to create highly capable and customizable personal assistants.
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Michele Freschi - Co-Founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Director, Offensive Security at Snowflake, ex-Senior Security Engineer at Collective Health, ex-Security Software Engineer at Fitbit, ex-Forward Deployed Engineer at Palantir Technologies
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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