Stealth Startup Spy #24
Startup disrupts returns industry with $4.5M seed funding, Ex-Apple/Stanford alum quietly builds consumer tech startup, & Founder with Prior Exit launches AI-powered tool for developer relations teams
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:
Security industry veterans exit stealth with $8M seed led by Salesforce Ventures
Ex-Apple/Stanford alum quietly builds consumer tech startup in India
Stanford spin-out emerges from stealth to revolutionize energy storage with high-energy-density lithium batteries
Former Chainlink Labs and Amazon Data Scientist is working on new project in stealth mode.
Startup disrupts returns industry with $4.5M in seed funding
Founder with Prior Exit launches AI-powered tool for developer relations teams
Tech Veteran from Stripe, Twitter, and Google building a mystery project to decarbonize the built environment.
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
Deepak Kumar - Founder & CEO at Doc-E.ai
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Co-founder and Ex-CEO/CTO at Cleardin (acquired by Barracuda Networks), Ex-Sofwtare Architect at IBM, Ex-Juniper Networks, Ex-Cisco
Connect on: LinkedIn
Doc-E.ai is an AI-powered tool that makes developer adoption a seamless process.
HQ: California, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 1
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 14 months
Vinay C. - Founder at Layerpath
FounderDNA: Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Director - Product Partnerships & Marketing at Birdeye, Ex-Platform Marketing & Programs Director at Zoho Corporation
Connect on: LinkedIn | Twitter
Layerpath lets you quickly create visually appealing product promos, demos, and how-to guides for your digital products using video, all in your browser
HQ: Austin, Texas, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 1
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Wenxiao Huang - Founder & CEO at eLyte
FounderDNA: Doctorate Degree, Top10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Scientist at EnerVenue, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Stanford University
Connect on: LinkedIn
eLyte is bringing to market new technology to electrify the world with high-energy-density lithium batteries
HQ: Woburn, Massachusetts, United States
Industry: Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing | Team Size: 3
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 6 months
Kyle Bertin - Co-Founder & CEO at Two Boxes
FounderDNA: Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience : Ex-Senior Director, Customer Strategy & Planning at Outrider, ex-Senior Manager at Flexport, ex-Deloitte
Connect on: LinkedIn
Two Boxes is a returns processing solution to maximize e-commerce returns value and to minimize the negative effects that returns impose on the planet, consumers, and businesses.
HQ: United States
Industry: Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage | Team Size: 7
Latest Funding: $4.5M Seed Round on 3/28/2023
Key Investors: Vinyl, Matchstick Ventures, Range Ventures, and The House Fund
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 16 months
Jagadeesh Kunda Co-Founder & CPO at Oleria
FounderDNA: Masters Degree, Former FAANA, Top10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-CPO at JumpCloud, ex-VP - Product Management at Salesforce, ex-AWS, ex-PM at Microsoft
Connect on: LinkedIn
Oleria is the only adaptive and autonomous security solution that helps organizations accelerate at the pace of change, trusting that data is protected.
HQ: Seattle, Washington, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 3
Latest Funding: $8M Seed Round on 3/21/2023
Key Investors: Salesforce Ventures, Tapestry VC
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
Yassine Landa - Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Sr Data Scientist & ML Lead at Chainlink Labs, ex-Sr Data Scientist at Amazon
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United Kingdom
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Don O'Leary - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-EMEA Head of Customer Engineering at Stripe, Ex-Director of Sales at Twitter, Ex-Senior Online Sales & Operations Manager at Google
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Ireland
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Ayush Gupta - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Sr. ML Research Engineer at Apple, ex-Teaching Assistant at Stanford University, ex-Analog Devices
Connect on: LinkedIn
Building in the consumer tech space
HQ: Delhi, India
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 6 months
Kazuki Kawaguchi - Co-Founder & CEO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Masters Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Country Manager (Japan) at Homage, ex-Growth Marketing Lead at Amazon Music
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Japan
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Adrian Carabias - Founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Chief Revenue Officer at OYO, ex-Google Product Manager
Connect on: LinkedIn | Twitter
HQ: Brazil & Mexico
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 7 months
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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