Stealth Startup Spy #85
Harvard MBA/former Wall Street exec is building a fintech startup, Web-based note-taking app designed to facilitate visual thinking goes live, & Ex-Stripe debuts automation and accounting platform
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-Director of Engineering at VMware launches professional networking platform for students
Harvard MBA and former Wallstreet executive is building a fintech AI startup
Web-based note-taking app designed to facilitate visual thinking goes live
Experienced engineer from Google and Intel is building in stealth mode
Ex-Stripe debuts automation and accounting platform for digital assets
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
Madhu Vohra - CEO & Co-Founder at Dabbl
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Director Of Engineering at VMware, ex-Director of Engineering at Nutanix, ex-Director of Software Development at Fidelity Investments, ex-Manager Software Development at NetApp
Connect on: LinkedIn
Dabbl is an AI-powered guidance platform for high school and college success.
HQ: Los Gatos, California, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 4
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 7 months
Kobe Wang - Co-Founder at Graph Academy
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Product Manager, Social at Roblox, ex-Product Manager at BYTON, ex-Product Manager at Renren
Connect on: LinkedIn
Graph Academy is an AI workflow and visual 2nd Brain for high performance teams.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Software Development
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 30 months
Aaron Snyder - Co-Founder & CTO at CorePilot
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-VP of Partner Solutions Architecture at Tackle.io, ex-Director Of Engineering at Kapost, ex-Technical Team Lead at Tendril, ex-Founder & Software Engineer at Diode, ex-Director of Engineering Services at MojoTech
Connect on: LinkedIn
CorePilot is a next-generation software to streamline aviation aftermarket workflows.
HQ: Miami, Florida, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 3
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Mohamedeq M. - Co-Founder at Acctual
🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartupSpy#31
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Product, Stripe Commerce at Stripe, ex-Accenture, ex-Adobe
Connect on: LinkedIn
Actual is the only Accounts Payable + Accounts Receivable automation and accounting for fiat and digital assets.
HQ: New York, New York, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 23 months
Rodrigo Burillo - Co-Founder at Piper
🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartupSpy#15
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Ahorra co-CEO, ex-Director at BTG Pactual, UC Berkeley MBA
Connect on: LinkedIn
Piper is a next-gen sales productivity and intelligence solution that puts AI to work for both sales reps and sales managers.
HQ: Barcelona, Spain
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 12
Latest Funding: $3.2M Seed Round on 10/24/2023
Key Investors: Seaya Ventures, IGNIA and Shilling VC, Antai Ventures
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 13 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Kunwar Sahib Singh Vohra - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Product Engineer at Bridgewater Associates
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: New York, New York, United States
Building a finTech platform.
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 11 months
Joachim Rahmfeld - Co-Founder & CTO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree, Prior Exit, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Sr. Director, AI/ML Research at Alation, ex-Lecturer - NLP/Deep Learning at University of California, Berkeley, ex-CTO & Co-Founder at Lyngo Analytics (acquired by Alation), ex-Hitachi Data Systems, ex-VMware
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Los Altos, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Connie Miao - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Staff Engineering Manager - Machine Learning TLM at Google, ex-Principal Engineer - Machine Learning Architect at Intel Corporation
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Cupertino, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 11 months
Marimuthu Ponnambalam - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Engineering Manager at American Express, ex-Head of Products at BDIPlus, ex-Senior Engineering Manager at Zynga
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: New York City Metropolitan Area, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Ilia Gogichaishvili - Co-Founder & CEO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Technology Investment Banking at BTIG, ex-Vice President, Global Equities Strategy at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Harvard MBA
Connect on: LinkedIn
Building a FinTech AI startup.
HQ: New York, New York, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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