Stealth Startup Spy #33
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
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
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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