Stealth Startup Spy #135
17-year Google veteran embarks on new venture, Co-Founder of Commsor and Launch House introduces elite healthtech platform, & Former CEO of Century Therapeutics leads stealth biotech company
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:
17-year Google veteran, former Director of Engineering embarks on new stealth venture
Commsor and Launch House co-founder debuts an advanced platform for prevention, performance, and longevity, offering concierge medicine for the top 0.1% of Americans
Ex-Chief Product Officer & Co-Founder at Latch (NASDAQ: LTCH) goes into stealth mode
Senior Director of Engineering at Waymo leaves to start a new venture
Former CEO of Century Therapeutics (NASDAQ: IPSC) is building a stealth biotech 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
Jacob Peters - Co-Founder & CEO at Superpower
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Investor
Prior Experience: Cofounder at Commsor ($68m raised) and at Launch House ($15m raised, 750 companies incubated), previously at J.P. Morgan.
Connect on: LinkedIn | Twitter
Superpower is the world's most advanced platform for prevention, performance and longevity and gives access to concierge medicine that only the top .1% of Americans can currently afford. They're positioning themselves as the next AI-powered One Medical.
HQ: United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 11
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 17 months
Emily Yuan - Co-Founder at Corgi
FounderDNA: Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Chief Operating Officer at Basket Entertainment, ex-Chief Operating Officer at Picnic, ex-Co President at Stanford Pre-Business Association, ex-Analyst at Bioverge, ex-Partner at Mythos Biotechnology Fund
Connect on: LinkedIn
Corgi helps B2B SaaS companies get high quality, affordable business insurance in minutes.
HQ: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Industry: Embedded Software Products
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Vaishnavi More - Co-Founder at Zenoya
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Co-Founder and ex-CEO at ArchSlate ($800k raised), ex-Teaching Assistant at Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Connect on: LinkedIn
Zenoya is a project management & productivity tool for Architects, designers and creators.
HQ: Tampa, Florida, United States
Industry: Architecture and Planning | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Kamal Shah - Co-Founder & CEO at Prophet Security
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-VP, Cloud Platforms at Red Hat, ex-President and CEO at StackRox (acquired by Red Hat), ex-SVP, Products and Marketing at Skyhigh Networks, ex-VP, Products and Marketing at Clearwell Systems
Connect on: LinkedIn
Prophet Security aims is to transform security operations by automating the triage, investigation and response process for alerts.
HQ: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industry: Computer and Network Security | Team Size: 11
Latest Funding: $11M Seed Round on 4/24/2024
Key Investors: Bain Capital Ventures
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 9 months
Ikechi Obiajunwa - Founder at Onepod
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Lead Software Engineer at First Dollar, ex-Senior Software Engineer at Twilio, ex-Software Engineer at Twitter
Connect on: LinkedIn
Onepod is a health benefits platform that measures, understands and optimizes workday health for productive teams
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Wellness and Fitness Services | Team Size: 6
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Shiv Agarwal - Co-Founder & CEO at Stealth
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Prior Exit, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Vice President & GM at VMware, ex-Co-Founder & CEO at Arkin Net (acquired by VMware for $67M), ex-Director of Engineering at Blue Lane Technologies (Acquired by VMware), ex-R&D Engineer at Corona Networks
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 8 months
Boris Sofman - Co-Founder & CEO at Stealth
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Ex-Sr. Director Of Engineering, Head of Trucking at Waymo, ex-Co-Founder & CEO at Anki (acquired), ex-Roboticist at Neato Robotics, PhD, Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Osvaldo Flores - CEO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Doctorate Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Chief Executive Officer at Century Therapeutics (NASDAQ: IPSC), ex-Vice President of R&D at Johnson & Johnson, ex-Co-founder, President and Chief Scientific Officer at Novira Therapeutics, ex-Senior Director at Merck
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: New York, New York, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
Ross Wolf - Co-Founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Former Director of Engineering at Google (with a 17-year tenure), patented a method for identifying thumbnail images to represent videos. Previously, Senior Software Developer at Symantec and Software Development Engineer at Microsoft
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Palo Alto, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
Dhruva Rajendra - Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Chief Product Officer & Co-Founder at Latch (NASDAQ: LTCH), ex-Founder at Fast Rope Labs, ex-Head of Product at Main Street Genome
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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