Stealth Startup Spy #4
Seasoned YC team takes on climate space (building in stealth), Founder with Prior Exit leads stealth startup with former IDF team, & Vertical VRTech? company exits stealth to empower wind industry
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:
Founder with Prior Exit leads startup with former IDF team
Jakarta-based unified payment solution exits stealth with $1.1M pre-seed funding
Seasoned YC team takes on climate space (building in stealth)
Vertical VRTech? Serial Founder launches virtual reality training for the wind industry
Platform that uses GPT-3 in Google Sheets raises seed funding
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
Dhurv Garg - Co-Founder at Roamr
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Former FAANG
Prior Experience : Ex-Core Technology Associate at Comcast NBCUniversal and Former Software Development Engineer Intern at Amazon
Connect on: LinkedIn
Roamr offers curated and personalized travel plans based on individual preferences with social sharing and on-demand booking options
HQ: New York, New York, United States
Industry: Travel Arrangements | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 15 months
Ahmad Gadi - Co-Founder & CEO at FLIK
FounderDNA: Serial Founder
Prior Experience : Founder & Ex-CEO at Pawoon, Ex-Financial Planning Analyst at Mondelēz International
Connect on: LinkedIn
FLIK empowers shoppers, sellers, and creators by unifying checkout experience across different sales channels
HQ: Jakarta, Indonesia
Industry: IT Services and IT Consulting | Team Size: 8
Latest Funding: $1.1M Pre-Seed Round on 01/09/2023
Key Investors: East Ventures, Init 6, Saison Capital, GMO VenturePartners
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 10 months
Peter Mangan - Co-Founder at PromptLoop
Prior Experience : Co-Founder at Kiter .app, Ex-Senior Analyst at Analysis and Resilience Center for Systemic Risk, Ex-Senior Consultant at EY
Connect on: LinkedIn | Twitter
PromptLoop uses AI in your spreadsheets with a simple formula. Reformat, improve, or generate results from any text data.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 2
Last Funding: $125K Seed Round on 01/01/2022
Key Investors: Y Combinator
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 8 months
Tim Kanellitsas - Founder & CEO at KxWind
FounderDNA: Serial Founder
Prior Experience : Co-founder of KairosXR, Founder of AR/VR for Training & Education, Ex-AR/VR Designer at Unity
Connect on: LinkedIn
KxWind is building virtual reality training for the wind industry
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Technical and Vocational Training | Team Size: 11
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Slava Solonitsyn - CEO & Co-founder at Carbon Science
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience : Co-founder and Ex-CEO of Mighty Buildings (raised $150M)
Connect on: LinkedIn
Carbon Science is working on a platform to connect top researchers with the most pressing climate causes.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 2
Key Investors: Y Combinator
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Sam van Leer - Co-Founder at Sessami
Prior Experience : Founder of TheGeekFloor, Former Business Development Manager at Fresha, and Ex-Quandoo, Trustpilot, ChannelAdvisor
Connect on: LinkedIn
Sessami is a ticketing, marketing and events hosting software aimed at grass roots venues to help boost revenue and increase discoverability.
HQ: London, England, United Kingdom
Industry: Events Services | Team Size: 4
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 12 months
Israel Duanis - CEO & Co-founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree, Prior Exit
Prior Experience : Former SVP at Via, Co-founder and Ex-CEO at Fleetonomy (acquired by Via), Ex-Director at Check Point Software Tech, Former Israel Defense Force
Connect on: LinkedIn | Twitter
HQ: Israel
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Jai Dolwani - Founder at The Starters
Prior Experience : Ex-CMO at Winc, Former Bird, Deloitte Consulting
Connect on: LinkedIn | Twitter
The Starters is a platform that helps e-commerce brands find elite freelance talent
HQ: Los Angeles, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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