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Stealth Startup Spy #33

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Stealth Startup Spy #33

Ex-Airtable/Dropbox Engineer is building a YC-backed stealth startup, Ex-Amazon engineer launches B2B SaaS platform for modern teams, & Founder with prior exit to Meta debuts policy monitoring startup

Drake Dukes
May 25, 2023
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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-Amazon Robotics engineer launches B2B SaaS decision-making platform for modern teams

  • Ex-Palo Alto Networks exec launches data security solutions company (early access only)

  • Ex-Airtable/Dropbox Engineer is building a YC-backed stealth startup

  • Technical Founder with prior exit to Facebook debuts policy monitoring platform (waitlist only)

  • Former FAANG product leader is building AI-powered infrastructure APIs for a more efficient internet

  • Ex-Databricks/Splunk alum is building a stealth startup to support security practitioners

  • 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

Filip Nikacevic - Co-Founder at Colloq

FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Former FAANG

Prior Experience: Ex-Software Development Manager at Amazon, ex-Director Of Product Development at Verafin, Co-Founder of Nicotom Developers

Connect on: LinkedIn

Colloq empowers your team with centralized, structured, and asynchronous decision-making through an easy to use platform.

HQ: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 2

Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months


Ben Vinograd - Co-Founder at Amply

FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree, Doctorate Degree

Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Europe at Clever Leaves, Founder and ex-CEO at Northern Swan Holdings, ex-Credit Suisse, Wharton MBA

Connect on: LinkedIn

Amply : Financial toolkits, insights and actions - designed and built ground-up for SMBs to let businesses focus on business.

HQ: Berlin, Germany

Industry: Financial Services | Team Size: 3

Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months


Amir Khayat - Co-Founder & CEO at Vorlon

FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree

Prior Experience : Ex-Sr. Director, Global Solutions Architecture at Palo Alto Networks, ex-Director, Solutions Architecture at Demisto

Connect on: LinkedIn

Vorlon is a company specializing in data security solutions

HQ: Mountain View, California, United States

Industry: Computer and Network Security | Team Size: 13

Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 11 months



Erica Ramos - Cofounder & Co-CEO at Trousso

FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree

Prior Experience: Ex-Product Manager at Onehot Labs, ex-Director of Operations at Frontier Signal, ex-Deloitte

Connect on: LinkedIn

Trousso is the recommerce platform helping the next generation of women dress up for life's biggest moments

HQ: New York, New York, United States

Industry: Internet Marketplace Platforms | Team Size: 3

Latest Funding: $120K Pre Seed round on 03/17/2023

Key Investors: Techstars

Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 17 months


Barak Naveh - Co-Founder & CTO at Tillion

FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Former FAANG, Masters Degree, Prior Exit

Prior Experience: Ex-Meta Engineering Manager, Co-founder and ex-CTO at Snaptu (acquired by Facebook), Ex-Software Engineer at SAP Labs Israel

Connect on: LinkedIn

Tillion is a monitoring tool to help you prevent policy breaches in minutes

HQ: Palo Alto, California, United States

Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 4

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

Mingchen Tang - Founder at Stealth Startup

FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Former FAANG

Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Software Engineer at Latch, ex-Software Engineer at FLEXE, ex-Software Engineer at Amazon

Connect on: LinkedIn

HQ: Seattle, Washington, United States

Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 10 months


Ambar Pansari - Founder at Stealth

FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG

Prior Experience: Ex-Director, Product at Finix, ex-Uber, ex-Apple, ex-Facebook, ex-Google

Connect on: LinkedIn

HQ: San Francisco, California, United States

Building infrastructure APIs for a more efficient internet, powered by AI.

Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 8 months


Monzy Merza - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup

Prior Experience: Ex-VP, Security GTM at Databricks, ex-VP, Head of Security Research at Splunk, ex-Applied Security Researcher at US Gov

Connect on: LinkedIn

HQ: New Mexico, United States

Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months


Zhuo Li - Founder & CEO at Stealth

FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Former FAANG

Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Privacy and Data Protection Office at ByteDance, ex-Engineering Manager at Facebook, ex-LinkedIn, ex-VMware, ex-Microsoft

Connect on: LinkedIn

HQ: San Francisco, California, United States

Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months


Mukund Tibrewala - Founder/CTO at Stealth

FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Former FAANG

Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Software Engineer at Airtable, ex-Software Engineer at Dropbox, ex-Software Engineering Intern at Google

Connect on: LinkedIn

HQ: San Francisco, California, United States

Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months

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Drake


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