Stealth Startup Spy #141
Ex-FireEye Chief Scientist now leads a stealth startup, ex-Chief Data Scientist from the VA launches digital health/fintech platform, & Accounts Receivables platform exits stealth with preseed funding
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:
Ex-CTO at Baker Hughes embarks on new stealth venture
Former Chief Scientist at FireEye and ex-Head of Security Partners at Meta is now CEO of a stealth startup
Ex-Chief Data Scientist from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs unveils digital health/fintech platform to improve healthcare access for all
Harvard alum and Computer Science PhD is building something new in 3D rendering
An AI for Accounts Receivables startup emerges from stealth mode with pre-seed funding from Khosla Ventures
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
Zach Veigulis - Co-Founder & Chief AI Officer at Claimable
FounderDNA: Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Chief Data Scientist, National Center for Collaborative Healthcare Innovation at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Connect on: LinkedIn
Claimable is building AI-powered platform that analyzes clinical research, policy details, appeals data and patients’ unique medical stories to generate and submit customized appeals in minutes.
HQ: Sacramento, California, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 5
Co-Founders: Warris Bokhari , Alicia Graham
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 11 months
Sean Yu - Co-Founder & CEO at Eluvium
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree, Prior Exit, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Co-founder & CEO at Paraşüt (Exited to Mikrogrup), ex-Search & Services Fellow at Endeavor, ex-Analyst at Lehman Brothers, Harvard alumnus
Connect on: LinkedIn
Eluvium is building an AI copilot for investment research.
HQ: Türkiye
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 2
Co-Founders: Güven Candoğan
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 7 months
Christopher Chan - Co-Founder & CEO at Intent
FounderDNA: Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Group Product Manager at Workstream, ex-Product Manager at Datavant, ex-Product Manager, Mobile at Granular, ex-Senior Product Manager at App Annie
Connect on: LinkedIn
Intent is a proposal automation tool for enterprise sales teams.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Rob Green - Co-Founder at Hapstack
FounderDNA: Serial Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-SVP, Operations / Founding Team at Appcast, ex-VC Associate at Baird Capital, ex-BlackRock
Connect on: LinkedIn
Hapstack is a SaaS management platform to help small and medium sized businesses save money on their software subscription.
HQ: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 2
Co-Founders: James Francis
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 12 months
Ben Winter - Co-Founder & COO at Stuut
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-VP, Growth & Marketing at Waldo, ex-VP, Growth & Marketing at Fairmarkit, ex-Growth at Appcues
Connect on: LinkedIn
Stuut offers solutions that simplify financial processes for companies grappling with account receivables.
Latest Funding: Undisclosed Pre-Seed on 2/5/2024
Key Investors: Khosla Ventures, Activant Capital, 1984 Ventures, Page One Ventures, Carya Venture Partners
HQ: New York, New York, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 7
Co-Founders: Tarek Alaruri , Miraj Mohsin , Adam Chaawari
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Jesper Mosegaard - Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Director of Development Graphics at The TMRW Foundation, ex-Senior Engineering Manager at CrowdStrike, ex-Head of Visualization & UX at Humio (acquired by CrowdStrike), ex-Director Of Products at Luxion (makers of KeyShot)
Connect on: LinkedIn
Building something new in 3D rendering.
HQ: Denmark
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
Elie Alam - Co-Founder at Stealth Mode
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Chief Technology Officer at Baker Hughes, ex-Vice President, Digital Transformation & Global Head of HR/Finance and Work Technologies at RBC, ex-Group Vice President Services & Customer Success, Canada at Workday
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Canada
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Seth Summersett - Co-Founder & CEO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Security Partners at Meta, ex-Chief Scientist, VP at FireEye, ex-Principal Security Researcher at Awake Security, ex-Global Network Exploitation and Vulnerability Analyst at National Security Agency
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 6 months
Matt Finneran - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Ex-Product Manager at SalesLoft, ex-Cofounder, CEO at Noteninja (acquired by SalesLoft), ex-Cofounder at Sparkcentral (acquired by Hootsuite)
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 6 months
Anthony Reversat - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Global Product, Spring at Citi, ex-Director of Product, Enterprise Business Consulting at PayPal, ex-Head of Product - Global Merchant Payments Operations & Performance Optimization at Braintree, ex-Director of Global Payments Operations & Strategy at Evernote
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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