Stealth Startup Spy #181
Stealth Startup Spy #181
MIT-spun nuclear power startup exits stealth with $45M in Series A funding, Ex-Investing.com marketing exec launches a social selling platform, & Berkeley AI PhD builds a new GenAI 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:
MIT-spun nuclear power plant company emerges from stealth mode with $45M in Series A funding
Ex-Middesk, ex-Airbnb team launches a Y Combinator-backed market intelligence platform
Ex-Head of Native Marketing at Investing.com debuts a social selling platform for revenue teams
YC alum and former engineer at MLB, Apple, and 7-Eleven launches a stealth startup
Berkeley AI PhD with research stints at OpenAI, Google Bard AI and Meta AI builds a new GenAI company
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
Roy Levi - Co-Founder & CEO at Convrt
FounderDNA: Serial Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Native Marketing at Investing.com, ex-Director of Peformance Marketing at Perion Network (NASDAQ: PERI)
Connect on: LinkedIn
Convrt.ai is changing the sales paradigm by building the first social selling platform to help revenue teams turn social connections into revenue using data, insights and automations.
HQ: New York, NY, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 9
Co-Founder: Jonathan Amitay (Ex-Data Research Tech Lead at Vulcan Cyber, ex-Software Engineer at Tufin)
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 21 months
Abigail Grills - CEO & Co-Founder at Riveter
Prior Experience: Ex-Staff Product Manager at Middesk, ex-Head of Product, Mid-Market Payroll at Gusto, ex-Product Manager at Ava Women (Acquired by FemTec)
Connect on: LinkedIn
Riveter (YCF24) is the competitive intelligence platform for teams driving strategy at high-growth companies.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Market Research | Team Size: 2
Co-Founder: Erica Clark (Ex-Middesk, Ex-Airbnb)
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Jake Jurewicz - Co-Founder & CEO at Blue Energy
FounderDNA: Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Transition Risk and Strategic Projects at Cervest, ex-Manager of Corporate Strategy at Exelon, Masters in Nuclear Science & Engineering at MIT
Connect on: LinkedIn
Blue Energy builds modular nuclear power plants in shipyards, reducing construction time by 80%.
HQ: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Industry: Nuclear Electric Power Generation | Team Size: 12
Co-Founder: Matthew Slotkin (Co-Founder of Vowel, acquired by Zapier)
Latest Funding: $45M Series A Round on 10/8/2024
Key Investors: Engine Ventures, At One Ventures, Angular Ventures, Tamarack Global, Propeller Ventures, Starlight Ventures, Nucleation Capital
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 8 months
Garrett Ullom - Co-Founder at Workgrounds
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Co-Founder of Adaptly (acquired by Accenture)
Connect on: LinkedIn
Workgrounds’ platform applies AI and other automation to 10x the experience for companies to easily manage 100's of room blocks in parallel and all through software.
HQ: New York, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 3
Co-Founder: Nikhil Sethi (Co-Founder at Adaptly)
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 27 months
Vaishnavi Khullar - Co-Founder & CPO at Rehuman
FounderDNA: Serial Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Data Science Senior Manager at AstraZeneca, ex-SQL Developer at Raindrop, ex-Lead Data Scientist at Royal Navy, ex-Data Scientist at Greater London Authority, ex-Data Science Consultant at Accenture AI
Connect on: LinkedIn
Rehuman is building the next human data currency and tokenisation platform for improving the wellbeing of individuals with private health insurance.
HQ: United Kingdom
Industry: Wellness and Fitness Services | Team Size: 6
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 7 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Amar Rao - Founder & CEO at Stealth
Building The Tech Stack For Sports.
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-VP of Engineering at Fanatics Betting and Gaming, ex-Senior Director Of Engineering at FanDuel, ex-SDE at Amazon.com
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Greater Seattle Area, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 7 months
Visah M. - Co-Founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Product Operations at LaunchGood, ex-Product Operations at Meta, ex-Product - User Success (Google X) at Verily
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Eric Townsend - Co-Founder & CTO at Stealth AI Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior iOS Engineer at Major League Baseball (MLB), ex-Senior iOS Engineer at Apple, ex-Senior iOS Engineer at 7-Eleven, ex-Co-Founder at NewCraft (YCW18) - acquired by Modern Health
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Dallas, Texas, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 7 months
Philipp Hoefer - Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer at Stealth
FounderDNA: Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Artificial Intelligence Platform Lead - DACH at Palantir Technologies, ex-Data Scientist at Rhodes Artificial Intelligence Lab (RAIL)
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: London Area, United Kingdom
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 7 months
Karttikeya Mangalam - Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Research Scientist at OpenAI, ex-Visiting Research Scientist at Google Bard AI, ex-Visiting Researcher at Facebook AI, Berkeley AI PhD
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Berkeley, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 15 months
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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