Stealth Startup Spy #51
COO at Vercel left to become the CEO of a Stealth Company, Payment security platform exits stealth with $17M Series A & Former Google Head of GTM Strategy and Ops is building an AI consumer 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:
Payment security platform emerges from stealth with $17M Series A funding
COO at Vercel left to become the CEO of a Stealth Company. Guess it's a Series A company.
Former Disney+ Hotstar executive unveils all-in-one marketing automation platform
Ex-Meta Global Director of Product Marketing is building something new at the intersection of AI and quantitative finance
A startup that combines psychology, AI, and behavioral science to design customized solutions for individuals goes live
Former Google Head of Go To Market Strategy and Operations is building an AI consumer 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
Shai Gabay - Co-Founder & CEO at Trustmi
FounderDNA: Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-General Manager at Opora, ex-VP Product & Services at Cynet, ex-Chief Innovation Officer at Cyberbit
Connect on: LinkedIn
Trustmi offers an end-to-end solution that helps businesses protect their payments by eliminating losses from cyberattacks.
HQ: Tel Aviv, Israel
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 26
Lastest Funding: $17M Series A on 7/26/2023 | Total Funding: $21M
Key Investors: Zeev Ventures, Cyberstarts
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 27 months
Johnson Lin - Co-Founder at Allico
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder
Prior Experience: ex-CTO & Co-founder of Metigy, ex-Backend Team Lead at FetchTV, ex-Software Engineer at Yahoo
Connect on: LinkedIn
Allico - a new kind of personal wellbeing ecosystem.
HQ: Sydney, Australia
Industry: Mental Health Care | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Feynman Liang - Co-Founder & CTO at The Foundation Model Operations Company
🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartSpy#38
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Research Scientist at Facebook, ex-Director Of Engineering at Gigster, ex-ML Engineer at Databricks, ex-Bridgewater/Google/Microsoft
Connect on: LinkedIn
The Foundation Model Operations Company - Enabling businesses adoption of LLMs through security, privacy, and compliance solutions.
HQ: Bellevue, Washington, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 8 months
Karan Chaudhry - Co-Founder and CEO at Sprouts
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree, Prior Exit, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-EVP, Head of International Expansion at Disney+ Hotstar, ex-President and CPO at The Viral Fever, Founder of Comnplus (Acquired by TVF)
Connect on: LinkedIn
Sprouts is a plug-and-play ABM platform that has all the tools and integrations you need for demand generation and sales intelligence.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 34
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Srinjoy Majumdar - Co-Founder & CEO at Shasta Health
FounderDNA: Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft, ex-Software Engineer at GitHub
Connect on: LinkedIn
Shasta Health - AI tools to automate patient intake, documentation and follow-up for healthcare organizations.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Hospitals and Health Care | Team Size: 2
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
Kevin Van Gundy - Chief Executive Officer at Stealth
FounderDNA: Serial Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-COO at Vercel, Ex-VP, Businesss Development at Domino Data Lab, Ex-Head of Enterprise Sales at tray.io
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco Bay Area
Most likely joining a Series A dev tools, infrastructure startup
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
Jason White - Co-Founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Global Director of Product Marketing at Meta, ex-Senior Editor at NBC News, ex-Producer at CNN
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: New York City Metropolitan Area
Building something new at the intersection of AI and quantitative finance.
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
Zhuo Tao - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Data Scientist / Machine Learning Engineer at Unity Technologies, ex-Algorithm Engineer at Drawbridge (acquired by LinkedIn)
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco Bay Area
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Karishma Ahuja - Founder at Callista
FounderDNA: Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Product Manager at Reforge, ex-TikTok, ex-DoorDash
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Los Angeles, California, United States
Building Callista AI - software to help b2b sales increase meetings with qualified leads.
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 7 months
Joshua Liss - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Go To Market Strategy and Operations at Google
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Building an AI Consumer Platform.
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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