Stealth Startup Spy #41
Modular construction company reveals 4-hour backyard space assembly, New startup empowers smartphones as Drink-Spiking Detectors, & Ex-Canva executive takes on the freight transporation 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 technologay 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:
Harvard PhD/Uber/Gopuff alum wants to streamline the Machine Learning process in new startup
Modular construction company exits stealth unveiling backyard spaces assembly in under 4 hours
Ex-Head of Privacy at Google is building a generative AI startup
Company that transforms any smartphone into a powerful drink spiking detector emerges from stealth
Former Canva Head of Product Growth changes gears toward the freight transportation industry
European startup building the first generation of fusion power plants using stellarator technology exits stealth
Former Instagram software engineer debuts AI content moderation tool
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
Ritwik Pavan - CEO & Founder at Krava
FounderDNA: Serial Founder
Prior Experience : Co-founder and ex-CEO at Vade ($4.3M raised), Founder and ex-CEO at Linker Logic Technologies
Connect on: LinkedIn
Krava is a modular construction company building beautiful backyard spaces which can be assembled in under 4 hours.
HQ: Austin, Texas, United States
Industry: Utilities | Team Size: 10
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 9 months
David Avraham - Co-Founder & CTO at Mybouncer
🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartSpy#28
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Physics Instructor at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, ex-Algorithm Engineer at Israeli Air Force, Harvard Medical School Post-Doctoral fellow
Connect on: LinkedIn
MyBouncer is developing an innovative solution that transforms any smartphone into a powerful drink spiking detector.
HQ: Israel
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 6
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 13 months
Ruud Visser - CEO & Founder at Lasso Moderation
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Chief Of Staff at Doppler, ex-Founding Engineer at Doppler, ex-Senior Software Engineer at Instagram, ex-Software Engineer at Facebook
Connect on: LinkedIn
Lasso Moderation provides AI content moderation tooling out of the box.
HQ: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 7 months
Francesco Sciortino - Co-Founder & CEO at Proxima Fusion
🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartSpy#30
FounderDNA: Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, ex-Scientific Coordinator at EUROfusion, MIT PhD
Connect on: LinkedIn
Proxima Fusion is a European startup building the first generation of fusion power plants using QI stellarators.
HQ: Munich, Germany
Industry: Electric Power Generation | Team Size: 10
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Rani Halloun - CEO & Co-Founder at Auura
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Lead Software Engineer at Cadence Design Systems, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology MBA
Connect on: LinkedIn
Auura is on a mission to make transparency, trust and impact assessment the new standard in donations.
HQ: New York, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 9 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Alon Bochman - Co-founder and CTO of a stealth Generative AI start-up
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Privacy, Transparency & Compliance, YouTube Ads at Google, ex-Principal Program Manager at Microsoft, ex-VP, AI at Genpact
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: New York City Metropolitan Area
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Duncan Gilchrist - Co-Founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-VP - Data Science & Engineering at Gopuff, ex-Head of Delivery Marketplace & Courier Data Science at Uber, ex-Wealthfront Inc., Harvard PhD
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco Bay Area
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Simeon Lee - Founder, CEO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Design at Merge API, ex-Senior Product Designer at HackerOne, ex-Investment Banking Analyst at RBC Capital Markets
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: New York, New York, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 6 months
Elena Fadeeva - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
Prior Experience: Ex-Director, Strategic Partnerships at Httpool, ex-Head of Gaming & Apps Partnerships e at TikTok, ex-Criteo, ex-Yandex
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 6 months
James Frankel - Co-Founder at Stealth
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Product Growth at Canva, ex-Strategy and Analysis at Canva, ex-Head of Data at Canva, ex-Head of Mobile at Freelancer.com
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Los Angeles, California, United States
Working on reducing fuel consumption in freight transportation
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 7 months
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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