Stealth Startup Spy #173
Lyft, Snapchat and X alum debuts social media analytics platform, Ex-Activision Blizzard exec launches stealth crypto startup, & Ex-Criteo, Oracle execs team up on payment fraud management
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 Activision Blizzard exec launches a consumer crypto startup with backing from Founders Fund
Ex-VP of Product at Criteo and Ex-VP of Engineering at Oracle join forces to create a new platform for identity and fraud management in payments
Former Head of Innovation at Spotify is developing a stealth startup combining music and AI
Ex-Engineering Leader from Lyft, Snapchat, and Twitter introduces an AI-powered social media analytics platform for businesses
Former VP of Marketing at Duolingo is building an edtech startup to democratize college access
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
Ryan Jacobs - CEO & Co-Founder at Agency Robotics
🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartupSpy#123
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Deployments at Motional, ex-Manager, Growth and Infrastructure Operations at Shyp, ex-Global Operations Strategy at Nike, ex-Systems Engineer at Amazon Fulfillment Technologies & Robotics
Connect on: LinkedIn
Agency Robotics aims to optimize the movement of goods and make supply chains more friendly to humans.
HQ: Cambridge, MA, United States
Industry: Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 6 months
Phil Pfeffer - Co-Founder at Toolkit
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Software Engineer at River Financial, ex-Hardware/Software Engineer Intern at X, the moonshot factory, Stanford EE, CS
Connect on: LinkedIn
Toolkit transforms your operations spreadsheets into a customized ERP instantly.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 7 months
Rahul Lahiri - Co-Founder at Idenza
🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartupSpy#125
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Prior Exit, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Chief Product Officer at PebblePost, ex-Co-founder at Mesh Dynamics (acquired by Google), ex-VP of Product at Criteo, ex-Sr. Product Manager, Search ads at Google
Connect on: LinkedIn
Idenza is building a real-time fraud decision engine for payments.
HQ: United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 2
Co-Founder: Arunesh Banerjee (ex-VP of Engineering/Product Development at Oracle, ex-Director of Engineering at Salesforce)
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 8 months
Harish Doddi - Founder & CEO at Gaana AI
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Lead Mentor at StartX, Founder & ex-CEO at Datatron (acquired), ex-Engineering Leader at Lyft, Snapchat, Twitter
Connect on: LinkedIn
Gaana AI integrates market and competitor data to generate actionable insights, empowering businesses to develop highly relevant and competitive marketing strategies.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 5
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 15 months
Siyuan Guo - Co-Founder & CTO at Wavvest
🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartupSpy#75
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Software Engineering Manager at Salesforce, ex-Software Engineer at Dell EMC
Connect on: LinkedIn
Wavvest is an all-in-one, AI-powered platform built to transform wealth management for RIAs.
HQ: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Industry: Financial Services | Team Size: 7
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 11 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Michael Lee - Co-Founder & CEO at Stealth Startup
Building a consumer crypto startup backed by Founders Fund.
FounderDNA: Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Vice President at Matter Labs, ex-Vice President at Activision Blizzard, ex-Vice President at DFINITY, ex-Writer / Producer at Walt Disney Television, ex-VP at Pivotal Software
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 9 months
Mauhan Zonoozy - Founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Top 10 University, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Innovation at Spotify, ex-Mentor at Techstars Music at Techstars, ex-Partner at BCG Digital Ventures, Founder and ex-CEO at Bubbl (acquired by Cricket Media)
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 8 months
Adrien Treccani - Co-Founder & CEO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Doctorate Degree, Prior exit
Prior Experience: Ex-SVP Product at Ripple, ex-Founder and CEO at Metaco (acquired by Ripple for $250M)
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Switzerland
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
Gina Gotthilf - Co-Founder & CMO at Stealth
Building a new edtech focused on democratizing access to college.
FounderDNA: Serial Founder
Prior Experience: Co-Founder of Latitud, ex-Growth lead at Hawkfish, ex-VP of Marketing / Growth at Duolingo, ex-International Marketing, Growth and Community lead at Tumblr
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: New York, NY, United States
Co-Founder: Jorge Mazal (featured in SSS #134) ex-Duolingo Chief Product Officer
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
Vallari Mehta - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Machine Learning Engineer at Lyft, Criteo, and Veritas Technologies, Pear VC Fellow
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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