Stealth Startup Spy #144
Ex-Silicon Labs CEO now leads a stealth startup, YC alum starts a new stealth venture, & AI materials design company exits stealth with $30M seed funding and ‘Godfather of AI' as advisor
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:
Former CEO of Silicon Labs (27 years there) is now CEO of a stealth startup
Platform designed to perform like a seasoned investment professional goes live
Y Combinator alum, whose company was acquired by FinOut, embarks on a new stealth venture
Ex-CPO of Salary Finance is developing a new project in stealth mode
AI company focused on material design exits stealth with $30M seed funding (with ‘Godfather of AI’ Geoffrey Hinton as a board advisor)
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
Alyn Chad Edwards - Co-Founder & CEO at CuspAI
🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartSpy#124
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-VP Strategic Partnerships at Quantinuum, ex-McKinsey & Company, ex-Commercial Founder at Cambridge Quantum Computing, ex-Google, ex-Product Manager (AI/ML) at BASF
Connect on: LinkedIn
CuspAI leverages generative AI, deep learning, and molecular simulation to streamline the material design process.
HQ: Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet
Co-Founders: Max Welling (Ex-Distinguished Scientist and VP at Microsoft Research and Qualcomm)
Latest Funding: $30M Seed Round on 6/18/2024
Key Investors: Hoxton Ventures, Basis Set Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, LocalGlobe, Northzone, Touring Capital, Giant Ventures, FJ Labs, Tiferes Ventures and Zero Prime Ventures
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Ken So - Founder at Octagon
🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartSpy#105
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Prior Exit, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Founder & CEO at Tillful (acquired by Nav Technologies), ex-Director, Corporate Business Development, M&A at Ericsson, ex-Corporate Development at Qualcomm, ex-Equity Research at Citi
Connect on: LinkedIn
Octagon is a fully autonomous AI research analyst designed to query, analyze, and iterate like a well-trained investment professional.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Financial Services | Team Size: 4
Key Investors: AI Fund, SALT
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 6 months
Srikant Vemuri - Founder & CEO at Qypt
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Prior Exit, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Chief Product Officer at Wire™, ex-Global Chief Product & Technology Officer at OLX Autos, ex-Chief Product Officer at Seerene, ex-Senior Director of Product Management at Womply
Connect on: LinkedIn
Qypt is a secure confidential collaboration platform.
HQ: Berlin, Germany
Industry: Data Security Software Products
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 7 months
Conno Christou - Co-Founder at Keragon
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-VP, Data Management Platform at Market Group, ex-VP Innovation at Glispa Global Group, ex-Co-Founder at Avocarrot (acquired by Glispa Global Group)
Connect on: LinkedIn
Keragon is an automation platform for healthcare.
HQ: United States
Industry: Hospitals and Health Care | Team Size: 9
Co-Founders: George Makkoulis , George Eracleous , Panos Papageorgiou
Latest Funding: $3M Pre-Seed on 6/4/2024
Key Investors: Focal and Afore, 25 Madison Health, Lifepoint Health
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 20 months
Sapir Tubul - Co-Founder & CTO at LeanCon
🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartSpy#95
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Data Scientist at Intel Coroporation, ex-Rafael Advanced Defense Systems
Connect on: LinkedIn
LeanCon is a construction engineering team powered by AI
HQ: New York, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 2
Co-Founders: Ziv Levi
Key Investors: Fusion VC , MBA Ventures, Second Century Ventures
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 8 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Alicia Omans - Founder & CEO at Stealth
FounderDNA: Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Pricing - New Verticals (Strategy & Operations) at DoorDash, ex-McKinsey & Company, Harvard MBA
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Miles Hance-Lambie - Co-Founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Serial Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Chief Product Officer at Salary Finance, ex-Co-founder at Driven Cars, ex-Commercial Manager at British Gas
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: London, United Kingdom
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Ilia Semenov - Founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-CPO & Co-Founder at Cloudthread (YCS21) -acquired by FinOut, ex-Co-Founder at cogniDNA, ex-Data Scientist at Lyft, ex-Senior Business Analyst at Electronic Arts (EA)
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Tyson Tuttle - CEO and Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Chief Executive Officer at Silicon Labs (27-year tenure), UCLA Masters
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Austin, Texas, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Deirdre Halligan - Chief Executive Officer at Stealth
FounderDNA: Serial Founder
Prior Experience: Chief Operating Officer at Algorand Foundation, ex-Chief Operating Officer at Revolut, ex-Chief Operating Officer at Coinbase, ex-Chief Operating Officer at eDesk
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Dublin, Ireland
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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