Stealth Startup Spy #54
AI-powered collaboration platform for procurement teams goes live, Ex-Goldman Sachs unveils startup with $12.M seed funding, & Former VP of Engineering at Elastic (NYSE: ESTC) takes on new venture
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-Goldman Sachs Security Architect unveils cybersecurity startup with $12.M seed funding
AI-powered collaboration platform for procurement teams goes live
Ex-Amazon Data Scientist is building a Web3 social personalization platform
Ex-Head of Product Engineering at Athelas ($150M raised) debuts generative voice AI company revolutionizing patient care navigation
Former VP of Engineering at Elastic (NYSE: ESTC) leaves to become CTO of stealth company
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
Arina Bobrova - Founder / CEO at Partner Element
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Product at Levelpath, ex-ML/AI R&D Lead at Workday, INSEAD MBA
Connect on: LinkedIn
PartnerElement is an AI-powered collaboration platform for procurement teams.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 3
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 13 months
Yoav Nathaniel - Co-Founder and CEO at Silk Security
FounderDNA: Serial Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Cloud Security Architect at Goldman Sachs, ex-Head of Threat Intelligence at Avanan
Connect on: LinkedIn
Silk is a platform that helps enterprises manage code, infrastructure and application risk in a sustainable way.
HQ: Santa Clara, California, United States
Industry: Computer and Network Security | Team Size: 20
Latest Funding: $12.5M Seed on 8/1/2023
Key Investors: Insight Partners, Hetz Ventures, Crowdstrike Falcon Fund
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 19 months
Trasy Lou Walsh - Co-Founder and CEO at Fluid
FounderDNA: Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Regional General Manager at Atome, ex-Head of Restaurant Operations at Uber, ex-Senior Manager at Galaxy Entertainment Group
Connect on: LinkedIn
Fluid is an all-in-one checkout solution designed specifically for B2B businesses in Asia.
HQ: Singapore
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Yassine Landa - Founder & CEO at ‘mbd
🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartSpy#24
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Sr Data Scientist & ML Lead at Chainlink Labs, ex-Sr Data Scientist at Amazon Web Services
Connect on: LinkedIn
'mbd is building a social personalization platform and protocol that developers can use to make new types of Web3 Social experiences.
HQ: London, United Kingdom
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 5
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 7 months
Jeffery Liu - Co-Founder and CTO at Assort Health
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Product Engineering at Athelas ($150M raised), ex-Software Engineer at Facebook
Connect on: LinkedIn
Assort Health is developing an AI-enhanced contact center and care navigation platform that supports all modes of communication: text, audio, and video.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 3
Key Investors: Quiet Capital, as well as several angels including the founders of Infinitus, Mercury, and Mammoth Biosciences, and PathAI.
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 8 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
David Dorsey - Co-Founder at Stealth Mode
FounderDNA: Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Principal Security Content Architect at Splunk, ex-Senior Threat Researcher at Carbon Black
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Yadid Ayzenberg - CEO, Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Global Head of Sleep Products, Director at Bose Corporation, Co-founder of The Sync Project (Acquired By Bose Corporation)
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Greater Boston
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 20 months
Julian Lutkewitte - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Director Product, Planning & Strategy at TIER Mobility, ex-Junior Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company, ex-Operations Manager at Dafiti
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Germany
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Tony Meehan - Co-Founder & CTO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-VP of Engineering, Security at Elastic (NYSE: ESTC) , ex-VP of Engineering at Endgame, ex-Technical Director at the US National Security Agency
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
Oguz Elibol - Co-Founder & CTO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Applied Science - ML at Bright Machines, ex-Applied Science Manager - Alexa AI at Amazon
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco Bay Area
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 8 months
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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