Stealth Startup Spy #15
Israeli startup exits stealth with $11M funding for AI-powered dev tool, Ex-Googler launches crypto wallet API with $4M seed round led by Accel, & Ex-Fiverr exec launches YC-backed open source 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:
Ex-Googler exits stealth with $4M seed round for crypto wallet API
Former Director of Engineering at biotech company is building a venture backed cybersecurity startup in stealth
Serial founder with prior exit to Microsoft launches NFT software company
Harvard MBA is building a next generation platform for manufacturing & automation equipment (currently in stealth)
Ex-Chief Architect at Fiverr launches YC-backed open source company (waitlist only)
Israeli startup comes out of stealth with $11M funding for AI-powered developer tool
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
Michelle Latzer - CEO & Founder at Tweed
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Technical Infrastructure Strategy Lead at Google, Former Associate at Mitsubishi Financial Group, Israeli Defense Forces alum
Connect on: LinkedIn | Twitter
Tweed is a wallet and payments SDK that enables companies to onboard mainstream users compliantly and at scale.
HQ: New York, New York, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 37
Latest Funding: $4M Seed Round on 09/21/2022
Key Investors: Accel, Communitas Capital Partners, Selah Ventures
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 9 months
Kevin Henrikson - CEO & Founder at Dust Labs
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Ex-VP of Engineering at Instacart, Ex-Partner Director of Engineering at Microsoft, Co-founder of Acompli (acquired by Microsoft)
Connect on: LinkedIn | Twitter
Dust Labs is building software for web3 communities starting with NFTs and related projects
HQ: Santa Monica, California, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 10
Latest Funding: $7M Seed Round on 09/06/2022
Key Investors: FTX Ventures, Solana Ventures, Magic Eden, Metaplex, Foundation Capital and Jump, Big Brain Holdings
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 7 months
Nir Gazit - CEO & Co-Founder at Traceloop
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Chief Architect at Fiverr, Ex-Tech Lead at Google, Former Israel Defense Force
Connect on: LinkedIn | Twitter
Traceloop allows you to easily generate end-to-end or integration tests for your microservice architecture.
HQ: Tel Aviv, Israel
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Itamar Friedman - Co-Founder & CEO at CodiumAI
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Ex-Director of Machine Vision at Alibaba Group, Co-founder & ex-CTO at Visualead (acquired)
Connect on: LinkedIn | Twitter
CodiumAI is an AI-powered interactive code integrity dev tool enabling developers to ship software faster and with fewer bugs.
HQ: Tel Aviv, Israel
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 15
Latest Funding: $11M Seed Round on 3/22/2023
Key Investors: TLV Partners, Vine Ventures, executives from OpenAI, Snyk and VMware
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 9 months
Fatma Akcay - Co-Founder, CEO at Bumper
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Top10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Product Manager at Samsara, Ex-Technical Product Manager at Acre, Ex-Software Engineer at VivaCity
Connect on: LinkedIn
Bumper is an all-in-one finance platform for logistics companies, with AP/AR workflows, contract management, and invoice auditing.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Financial Services | Team Size: 2
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
Will Drewery - Founder & CEO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-VP of Supply Chain at Astra, ex-VP of Manufacturing at Social Construct, Ex-VP of Industry Marketing at Bright Machines, Harvard MBA
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Alameda, California, United States
Building a next generation platform for manufacturing & automation equipment.
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 7 months
Tristan Fisher - Co-Founder and CTO at Stealth
FounderDNA: Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Director of Engineer at Valo, Ex-Software Engineer at Flex, Ex-VP of Engineering at FuboTV
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Building a cybersecurity start-up.
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Rodrigo Burillo - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Ahorra co-CEO, ex-Director at BTG Pactual, UC Berkeley MBA
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Yuan Xue - Co-Founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience : Former Software Engineer at Google and Youtube
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Thomas Fennesy - Founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Program Manager at Shell. Former Repsol, Y Advisors, Accenture
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Greater Houston, Texas, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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