Stealth Startup Spy #56
Ex-VP of Sales at CB Insights launches win-loss analysis solution for SaaS companies, Former Googler unveils AI-powered recruitment platform, & Amazon engineer leaves to build a health + AI 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:
Ex-VP of Sales at CB Insights launches win-loss analysis solution for SaaS companies
Former Google employee unveils AI-powered recruitment platform
Software tools designed for engineering teams that work remotely and love asynchronous communication goes live
Ex-Peloton ML Engineer debuts software that turns methods in research papers into executable python code
Amazon engineer leaves to build a health + AI stealth startup
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
Michael Hoffman - Co-Founder & CEO at PastSight
Prior Experience: Ex-Vice President of Sales at CB Insights, ex-VP of Sales at Spring Health, ex-Director Of Inside Sales at 15Five
Connect on: LinkedIn | Twitter
PastSight is the first and only win-loss analysis solution that would directly address lost sales and customer churn for SaaS companies.
HQ: New York, New York, United Staes
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 4
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 7 months
Max Thormé - Co-Founder & CEO at Talendary
FounderDNA: Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Business Developer at Google, ex-Strategy Analyst at Accenture
Connect on: LinkedIn
Talendary is utilizing the power of AI to supercharge the recruitment process.
HQ: Stockholm, Sweden
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Sofia Quintero- Co-Founder at Collie
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Founder and ex-CEO at EnjoyHQ (Acquired by UserZoom)
Connect on: LinkedIn
Collie is the operating system for engineering teams that run on trust and work remotely.
HQ: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Sarang Zambare - Founder at Cerelyze
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Previously at Peloton and Caper (W16) as lead ML engineer.
Connect on: LinkedIn
Cerelyze makes it easy for engineers to implement cutting edge research in their products by automatically converting methods in research paper into executable python code.
HQ: New York, New York, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 1
Key Investors: Y Combinator, NVIDIA Inception Program
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Gilad Kleinman - Co-Founder & CEO at Epsio
Prior Experience: Ex-Product Manager at Axis Security (acquired by HP), Former R&D Team Lead at the Israeli Military Intelligence
Connect on: LinkedIn
Epsio reduce query latencies and workload costs by orders of magnitude when integrated into your existing database.
HQ: Tel Aviv, Israel
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 7
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 15 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Aaron Richmond - Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Partner Architect at Amazon Web Services, Ex-Programmer Analyst at Austin Independent School District
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Austin, Texas, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Eleanor Morgan - CEO & Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Top 10 University, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Chief Product Officer at InVision, ex-CEO at Casper, ex-Senior Location Director at IDEO, ex-Product Designer at Volkswagen
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: New York, New York, United States
Most likely building a talent recruiting / HR Tech startup
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Tej Lunani - Co-Founder & CTO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Software Development Engineer - Alexa at Amazon
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: New York, New York, United States
Building at the intersection of health and AI
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Rafat Nigar - CEO & Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Global Commercialization Strategy & Analytics at Google, ex-Strategy, Quantum at X, the moonshot factory
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: New York City Metropolitan Area
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Brent Maxwell - Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Former CEO at Defy Labs, Ex-Solutions Architect at Amazon, Ex-Director of Information Systems at The Iconic
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Ayamonte, Andalusia, Spain
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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