Stealth Startup Spy #207
TikTok Live competitor secures $1.3M pre-seed, Former Demandbase Chief Marketing Officer launches stealth AI startup, & Ex-VP of Engineering at Bolt embarks on stealth venture
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In this issue of the Stealth Startup Spy, here is what we will uncover:
Livestreaming app akin to TikTok Live secures $1.3M in pre-seed funding
Wunderkind, Skillshare alums launch a team calendar solution designed for revenue leaders
Ex-Chief Marketing Officer at Demandbase builds stealth AI startup
Ex-VP of Engineering at Bolt and Whatsapp alum builds something new in stealth
AI-first enterprise legal management platform goes live
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
Jordan Kennedy - Co-Founder & CEO at Jump
Prior Experience: Ex-SVP, Revenue at Botify, ex-SVP of Revenue at Sawyer, ex-Vice President, Business Development at Wunderkind
Connect on: LinkedIn
Jump is building indispensable solutions for revenue leaders, starting with their first product — the Revenue Calendar.
HQ: New York, New York, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 4
Co-Founders: Justin Rodermond (Ex-Senior Director Of Engineering at Skillshare) , Jason Gelman (ex-Head Of Revenue Strategy & Operations at Compass)
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Nate McKervey - CEO at Subkeys
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Blockchain and DLT at Splunk, ex-Systems Engineer for Mission Critical Networks program at Harris Corporation
Connect on: LinkedIn
Subkeys introduces virtual API keys (like virtual credit cards) to provide enhanced security, control, monitoring, and compliance for API consumption.
HQ: United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 8
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 years 4 months
Michael Magan - Co-Founder & CEO at Hydra AI
Prior Experience: Ex-Product Lead at TaxBit, ex-Senior Product Manager at Convoy, ex-Product Manager at Indeed.com
Connect on: LinkedIn
Hydra AI provides tools to add AI-powered capabilities to existing applications.
HQ: Seattle, Washington, United States
Industry: Software Development
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 7 months
Zach Ferraro - Co-Founder at Favorited
FounderDNA: Serial Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-VP of Strategy & Partnerships at Famous Birthdays, ex-Head of Strategic Partnerships at Fourthwall
Connect on: LinkedIn
Favorited is a hypersocial gamified livestreaming platform.
HQ: Santa Monica, California, United States
Industry: Mobile Computing Software Products | Team Size: 17
Latest Funding: $1.3M Pre-Seed Round on 1/22/2025
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 years 1 month
Matthew Cui - Co-Founder at Lavel
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Data Engineer at Northrop Grumman, ex-Software + Data at Symphony
Connect on: LinkedIn
Lavel is an AI-First Enterprise Legal Management Platform built for legal professionals in Mexico.
HQ: United States | Mexico
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Jon Miller - Co-Founder & CEO at Stealth AI Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Chief Marketing Officer at Demandbase, ex-CEO and Founder at Engagio (acquired by Demandbase), ex-Co-Founder and CMO at Marketo
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 12 months
David Clausen - Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Director, Data Science, Infrastructure at Facebook, Stanford PhD in Computational Linguistics
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 6 months
Felipe Pinto - Founder at Stealth Fintech Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-VP of Product at Loft, ex-Product Director at Stone Pagamentos
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Brazil
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 7 months
Akshaya Srivatsa - Co-Founder at Stealth
Building the ecommerce engine of the future.
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Engineering Leader at WhatsApp, ex-VP of Engineering at Bolt, ex-Staff Software Engineer at Twitter, ex-Software Engineer at Marvell
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 9 months
Aly Nurmohamed - Founder at Stealth Startup
Prior Experience: Ex-Chief Operating Officer at Permutive, ex-Global MD, Publisher Partnerships at Criteo
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United Kingdom
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
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