Stealth Startup Spy #39
Three years after $450M exit, founders debut new cybersecurity startup for modern environments, Ex-White House aide ventures in climate tech, & Ex-NVIDIA executive debuts network-as-a-service platform
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-VP of Engineering at Symantec leaves to start own venture
Energy flexibility startup emerges from stealth with $1.6M Pre-seed to revolutionize Europe’s electricity grid
Former NVIDIA VP of Engineering launches a Network-as-a-Service solution to empower rugged work environments
Three years after $450M exit, Spot.io founders debut revolutionary cloud cybersecurity company
Former White House Economic Policy aide is building a climatetech startup
Wearable device startup spun out of X is building pants with superpowers (think electric bicycle for your legs)
Ex-Cisco Head of Product Marketing is building an enterprise-grade Gen AI startup
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
Archy de Berker - Co-Founder at Axle Energy
FounderDNA: Doctorate Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Data & Product at CarbonChain, ex-Senior Data Scientist at Climate TRACE and TransitionZero, ex-Product Manager at Element AI
Connect on: LinkedIn | Twitter
Axle is an energy flexibility startup. Axle connects EVs and home energy devices to electricity markets to help kick fossil fuels out of the grid.
HQ: London, United Kingdom
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 2
Latest Funding: $1.6M Pre Seed Round on 06/14/2023
Key Investors: Picus Capital, Eka Ventures
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 6 months
Partho Mishra - CEO at Ramen Inc.
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Ex-Vice President of Engineering at NVIDIA, ex-Vice President, RASA Network Analytics at Aruba, ex-Vice President & General Manager at Cisco Systems
Connect on: LinkedIn
Ramen provides a Network-as-a-Service solution that provides reliable, high-speed, and secure wireless network coverage
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Computer Networking Products | Team Size: 27
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 15 months
Amiram Shachar - Co-Founder & CEO at Upwind Security
FounderDNA: Serial Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Vice President & General Manager at NetApp, Founder & ex-CEO at Spot.io (acquired by NetApp)
Connect on: LinkedIn | Twitter
Upwind Security secures your cloud-native infrastructure effectively
HQ: United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 8
Latest Funding: $28M Seed round on 9/6/2022
Key Investors: Greylock, Cyberstarts, Sheva Capital, Founders Fund, Penny Jar Capital
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 10 months
Michael Buckwald - Co-Founder & CEO at Torch Sensors
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Co-Founder & ex-CEO at Leap Motion, Founder & ex-CEO at Zazuba, Inc.
Connect on: LinkedIn
Torch offers a new approach to outdoor fire detection by installing distributed solar-powered IoT devices
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 5
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 10 months
Kathryn Zealand - Co-Founder & CEO at Skip
FounderDNA: Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-General Manager at X, the moonshot factory, ex-McKinsey, Stanford MBA
Connect on: LinkedIn
Skip is building a product that helps everybody move on their own terms - like an electric bicycle for your legs
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 9
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 6 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Christian Griset - Founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-ML Engineering Lead at Stripe, ex-Engineering (Data Infra) at Clever Inc.,
Connect on: LinkedIn | Twitter
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 13 months
Matan Hoffman - Co-Founder & CEO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-VP Product at Sorbet, ex-Product Lead, Audible at Amazon, ex-Product at BCG Digital Ventures, ex-Lead Product Manager at Designit
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: New York, New York, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Roi Abutbul - Co-founder & CEO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-VP Engineering at Symantec , Co-founder & ex-CEO at Javelin Networks (acquired by Symantec)
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Mountain View, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 11 months
JJ Raynor - Founder at Stealth Mode
FounderDNA: Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Director of Business Development, Sustainability and Earners at Uber, ex-Head of Strategic Finance at Boom Supersonic, ex-Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy at The White House, ex-McKinsey
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Denver, Colorado, United States
Building a Climate Tech startup
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 7 months
Manav Tandon - Co-Founder & CEO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Product Marketing, Webex at Cisco, ex-Principal Product Marketing Manager, Creative Cloud at Adobe, ex-Verifone/Samsung/SpaceX
Connect on: LinkedIn | Twitter
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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