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Stealth Startup Spy #62

Ex-GitHub Data Science Director is building something new in stealth, All-in-one platform for rental property managers goes live, & Ex-Apple Engineer leaves to become CEO of a stealth startup

Drake Dukes
Sep 4, 2023
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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:

  • Former employees of OYO, a global hospitality brand specializing in hotels and accommodations, have left the company to co-found a global payments platform for cross-border transactions

  • Ex-Apple Engineer leaves to become CEO of a stealth startup

  • All-in-one platform for single-family rental property managers goes live (backed by Foundation Capital, Symbol, and RE Angels)

  • Former Zoom Vulnerability Management Head is building product security programs in stealth mode

  • Ex-GitHub Data Science Director is building something new in stealth

  • 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

Nikhil Lohchab - Co-Founder & CEO at Fideo

FounderDNA: Masters Degree, Top 10 University

Prior Experience: Ex-Chief Business Officer at OYO Vacation Homes, ex-Management Consultant at McKinsey & Company, Harvard MBA

Connect on: LinkedIn

Fideo is a financial operations platform for modern cross border businesses to simplify and manage their payment and compliance operations

HQ: Gurgaon, India

Industry: Financial Services | Team Size: 5

Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 12 months


Idan Perez - Co-Founder & CTO at Tamnoon

FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Prior Exit

Prior Experience: Ex-Technology Leader at Dome9 Security, ex-Senior Software Engineer at Fortscale, ex-Data Mining & Big Data Application Developer at Intel

Connect on: LinkedIn

Tamnoon focuses the security teams on the cloud risks that matter the most

HQ: San Francisco, California, United States

Industry: Computer and Network Security | Team Size: 15

Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 12 months


Lior Abramovich - Co-Founder & CEO at Blanket

FounderDNA: Serial Founder

Prior Experience: Former Managing Director at Canada Israel Chamber of Commerce, ex-Chief Engineer of an Israeli Navy Warship

Connect on: LinkedIn

Blanket’s Property Retention Platform helps property managers keep their owners happy and their doors under management so their businesses can thrive.

HQ: Miami, Florida, United States

Industry: Real Estate | Team Size: 10

Key Investors: Foundation Capital, Symbol, Operator, RE Angels

Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 17 months


Rahul Agrawal - Co-Founder & CEO at Intellection

Prior Experience: Ex-Product Manager at WorkInSync, ex-Product Manager at Intugine, ex-Business Development Associate at BYJU'S

Connect on: LinkedIn

Intellection is India’s 1st data driven, career decision making platform

HQ: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Industry: Education | Team Size: 26

Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 14 months


Thor Christensen - Co-Founder at Rig.dev

Prior Experience : Ex-Director of Strategy & GTM Operations at Relesys

Connect on: LinkedIn

Rig.dev offers an open-source application platform for Kubernetes.

HQ: Denmark

Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 8

Latest Funding: $2.2M Pre-Seed Round on 9/3/2023

Key Investors: byFounders VC, TinyVC, Dreamcraft, NP-Hard Ventures, The Nordic Web

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

François Van Der Heijden - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup

FounderDNA: Masters Degree, Former FAANG

Prior Experience: Former Analyst at Airbnb, ex-Product Manager at Amazon

Connect on: LinkedIn

HQ: Amsterdam, Netherlands

Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months


Adam Ruddermann - Co-Founder & CEO at Stealth Mode

Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Vulnerability Management and Bug Bounty at Zoom, Ex-Technical Program Manager at Meta

Connect on: LinkedIn

HQ: Las Vegas, Nevada, United State

Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months


Kenneth Micah - Co-Founder at Stealth Mode

FounderDNA: Masters Degree, Top 10 University

Prior Experience: Ex-Regional Manager at Bolt, ex-Regional Finance Control & Analysis Manager at M+R Spedag Group, ex-Deloitte East Africa

Connect on: LinkedIn

HQ: Nairobi County, Kenya

Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months


Julia Neagu - Co-Founder & CEO at Stealth Startup

FounderDNA: Top 10, Univeristy, Masters Degree, Doctorate Degree

Prior Experience: Ex-Director, Data Science at GitHub, Ex-Director of Analytics at Tamr, ex-Lead Data Scientist at Aon

Connect on: LinkedIn

HQ: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month


Saurab Paruthi - CEO at Stealth Startup

FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Prior Exit

Prior Experience: Ex-Engineering at Apple, ex-Staff Software Engineer at Toyota Research Institute, Co-Founder and ex-CTO at GazeMetrix (Acquired by Meltwater)

Connect on: LinkedIn

HQ: California, United States

Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months

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Drake


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