Stealth Startup Spy #84
Ex-Google/Waymo HR lead is building a health and wellness startup, Former STORD exec launches AI platform specialized in supply chain and merchandising, & Battery manufacturing startup exits stealth
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:
Experienced VP of Business Development from Green Dot and American Express launches fintech startup for SMBs
Ex-Google/Waymo HR lead is building something meaningful at the intersection of DEIB and health/wellness
Battery manufacturing startup spun out of academia emerges from stealth
Ex-Director Of Data Science at STORD launches AI platform specialized in supply chain and merchandising
Ex-Software engineer with previous experience from Affirm and Tesla is building in stealth mode
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
Ariel Blum - Founder & CEO at Receive
🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartupSpy#6
FounderDNA: Serial Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Director of Payments at Melio, Ex-Vice President, Enterprise Business Developemnt at GreenDot, Former Director of Business Development at American Express
Connect on: LinkedIn
Receive is focused on changing the way small and medium sized businesses interact with their money.
HQ: Tel Aviv, Israel and New York, NY
Industry: Financial Services | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 14 months
Andrew Wang - Co-Founder at Standard Potential
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Postdoctoral Research Scientist at Columbia University, University of Oxford PhD, ex-Research Affiliate at Berkeley Lawrence National Lab, ex-Tesla
Connect on: LinkedIn
Standard Potential is leading the charge in cathode material manufacturing at scale.
HQ: New York, New York, United States
Industry: Renewable Energy Equipment Manufacturing | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 8 months
Apurva Mehta - Co-Founder & CEO at Responsive
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder
Prior Experience : Ex-Engineering Lead at Confluent, ex-Staff Software Engineer at LinkedIn, ex-Senior Software Engineer at Yahoo
Connect on: LinkedIn
Responsive is the platform for developers building stateful reactive applications on the modern cloud.
HQ: Menlo Park, California, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 4
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 11 months
Ibrahim Ashqar - Co-Founder & CEO at Lumi AI
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Director Of Data Science at STORD, ex-Manager - Data Science Assets & Innovation at Deloitte
Connect on: LinkedIn
Lumi AI is your personal data analyst, specialized in supply chain and merchandising.
HQ: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 7
Latest Funding: Undisclosed Pre-Seed on 6/13/2023
Key Investors: Annex Investments, Forum Ventures
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 8 months
Facundo Turconi - CEO at Moonflow
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Founder of Solven (raised seed), ex-Country Manager at Afluenta, ex-Risk Manager at Banco Financiero del Perú, ex-Project Manager at Experian
Connect on: LinkedIn
Moonflow is platform that automates debt collection for SMBs.
HQ: Sheridan, Wyoming, United States
Industry: Embedded Software Products | Team Size: 8
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Rich Griffiths - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Consulting VP, Technology at Gather, ex-VP Site Reliability Engineering at HALO Diagnostics, ex-VP of Product at Shape Security, ex-Practice Manager at Intelenex
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Jose, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Eric Macris - CEO at Stealth Mode Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Founder and ex-CTO at Element Energy ($147M raised), ex-Executive Director at Maxim Integrated, ex-Research and Development Analyst at the U.S. Office of Management and Budget
Connect on: LinkedIn
Building in the metals refining industry
HQ: Mill Valley, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Michael Lin - Co-Founder & COO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: HR Operations Lead at Waymo, ex-Experiential Facilitator at Stanford University GSB, ex-Human Resources Generalist at X, the moonshot factory, ex-Project Manager at Google
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Mountain View, California, United States
Building something to address issues related to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in the context of health and well-being.
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 11 months
David Garnitz - Co-Founder & CTO at VectorFlow
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-ML Engineer at Fileread AI, ex-Software Engineer at Affirm, ex-Software Engineer at Tesla
Connect on: LinkedIn | Twitter
HQ: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Building an Open Source Vector Embedding Pipeline
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Braden Ball - Co-Founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Director, Vehicle Launch at Rivian, ex-Director, Manufacturing Applications at Carbon, ex-Senior Manager at Tesla, ex-Research Fellow at Amazon
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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