Stealth Startup Spy #40
Ex-Head of Decision AI at Google is building a stealth ML startup, Cybersecurity veteran debuts the first holistic secrets security platform, & Former Head of ML at Lyft is working on something new
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-Head of Decision AI at Google is building a stealth ML startup
Former Fedex Dataworks employee launches software platform to help improve developer productivity (waitlist only)
Former Head of ML at Lyft is building in stealth mode
Cybersecurity veteran debuts the first holistic secrets security platform (ex-IBM/Symantec/Broadcom/Javelin Networks co-founder)
Former Microsoft Research Scientist is building an AI startup in stealth
Ex-Google executive takes on climate tech in new stealth venture
Ex-Meta Tech Lead launches Data Science as a Service (DSaaS) platform
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
Onur Eren - CEO & Co-Founder at Covalent
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Client Development Director at CJ Affiliate, ex-Events Coordinator, EMEA Retail Marketing at Apple
Connect on: LinkedIn | Twitter
Covalent is offering a unified crediting framework for all engineered CDR projects that permanently remove CO2, from proof-of-concept stages to large-scale carbon sequestration.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Environmental Services | Team Size: 3
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 18 months
Zac Rosenbauer - CTO & Co-Founder at Joggr
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Director of Platform Engineering at FedEx Dataworks, ex-Director of Software Engineering at ShopRunner
Connect on: LinkedIn
Joggr accelerates developer productivity by automatically generating new documentation and keeping existing documentation up-to-date with every code change.
HQ: New York, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 11 months
Adam Cheriki - Co-Founder & CTO at Entro Security
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Tech Lead & Cloud Cyber Security Specialist at Broadcom, ex-Software Engineer at Symantec, ex-Javelin Networks, ex-IBM
Connect on: LinkedIn
Entro is a revolutionary cyber holistic security platform offering end-to-end protection for secrets and programmatic access to cloud services and data.
HQ: Tel-Aviv, Israel
Industry: Computer and Network Security | Team Size: 19
Latest Funding: $6M Seed Round on 5/17/2023
Key Investors: Hyperwise Ventures, Stage One Ventures
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 12 months
Dayana Marin Valencia - Co-Founder & CEO at Adasight
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Growth Mentor at Endeavour, Ex-Senior Global Marketing Lead at Booking.com, ex-Head of e-Commerce Performance Marketing at Bidmath
Connect on: LinkedIn
Adasight helps founders, product managers, and marketers to build high-growth B2B and B2C companies
HQ: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Industry: Data Infrastructure and Analytics | Team Size: 5
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 9 months
Lawrence Wang - Founder at Butter Data
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Data Scientist, Tech Lead at Meta, ex-Head Of Analytics at Texture by Next Issue, ex-Analytics & Strategy at Fuze, Columbia Business School MBA
Connect on: LinkedIn
Butter Data empowers product and marketing teams to get data driven insights instantaneously without the need to query any data - empowering everyone to make better decisions.
HQ: New York. New York, United States
Industry: Information Services | Team Size: 2
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
Osman Ramadan - Co-Founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Research Scientist at Shift Lab, ex-Applied Scientist 2 at Microsoft, ex-Software Engineer at CERN
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: London, England, United Kingdom
Building AI-Powered products
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Aaron Brown - Co-founder and CTO at Stealth
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Director of Product Management at Google, ex-Director, Content Analytics Solutions at IBM
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Building something new in climate tech
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 6 months
Zia Syed - Founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree. Former FAANG, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Founder & ex-Head of Decision AI at Google, ex-Director Of Engineering at Twitch, Founder & CEO at ClipMine, Inc. (Acquired by Twitch)
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco Bay Area
Building a stealth ML startup
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 15 months
Victor Osimitz - Founder & CEO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Manager, Product at Twilio Inc., ex-Head of Product, Platform & Software at Skylo Technologies, Stanford MS
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 8 months
Shiraz Zaman - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Machine Learning at Lyft, ex-Applied ML Engineer at Microsoft, ex-Researcher at IBM
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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