Stealth Startup Spy #88
Shopify alum teases customer retention platform for Shopify stores, Founder with prior exit to Lyft is building in stealth mode, & An app transforming UK estate agents' success via LinkedIn DMs debuts
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:
Shopify alum teases ecommerce platform to retain customers for Shopify stores
Serial Founder with prior exit to Lyft is building a stealth company focused on messaging
Ex-McKinsey launches app transforming UK estate agents' success via LinkedIn DMs
Ex-Head of Data Science at Pioneer Natural Resources debuts AI startup to revolutioize the manufacturing and energy sectors
Ex-Apple/Paypal engineer is building in stealth mode
Alumni from Revolut, Confluent, Meta, and Amazon unveil analytics tool for tracking and analyzing Natural Language Understanding in LLM products
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
Dafydd Foster Davies - Co-Founder & CEO at MeetMore
FounderDNA: Serial Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Account Executive at Depict.ai, ex-Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company
Connect on: LinkedIn | Twitter
MeetMore helps self-employed UK estate agents to win valuations from home sellers via LinkedIn DMs
HQ: London, England, United Kingdom
Industry: Real Estate Agents and Brokers | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 7 months
Ross Correia - Founder & CEO at Reactiv
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-VP of Sales at Plobal Apps, ex-Director Of Business Development at Splitit, ex-Enterprise Sales & Solutions Engineering at Shopify
Connect on: LinkedIn
Reactiv is transforming the traditional approach brands take to bring their products to market.
HQ: Toronto, Canada
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 10
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Kevin J. Van Horn - Co-Founder at DecoverAI
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Founding Member at RevGenius, ex-Senior Director at C3 AI, ex-Senior Director, Global Technology Sales at Gartner, ex-Salesforce
Connect on: LinkedIn
DecoverAI is the next-generation eDiscovery Tool helping litigating attorneys put deep insights at their fingertips with a Google-like experience
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 3
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 7 months
Vikram Jayaram - Founder & CEO at Neural IX
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Board Member at University of Oklahoma, ex-Head of Data Science at Pioneer Natural Resources Company, ex-Principal Scientist at Sabre Corporation, ex-Head of Engineering at Dategra Inc.
Connect on: LinkedIn
Neural IX offers a suite of AI-powered solutions that can help businesses automate tasks, optimize workflows, and make better decisions.
HQ: Dallas, Texas, United States
Industry: Software Development
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Alex Marantelos - Co-Founder & CEO at Sentify
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Manager, Customer Success at Confluent, ex-TripActions
Connect on: LinkedIn
Sentify is an NLU product analytics platform with the mission to help organisations build the next generation of great LLM products and applications.
HQ: London, United Kingdom
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 4
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Frank Brown - Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Manager - Product Management at Capital One, ex-XapTech Consulting, ex-Senior Product Manager at Solovis
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Byron Hsu - Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Product at Orange DAO, Co-Founder & ex-CTO at Paragon One
Connect on: LinkedIn
Building AI Powered Solutions for Lateral Recruiting
HQ: New York, New York, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Akon Dey - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-CEO at Dgraph Labs, ex-Chief Systems Architect at Visa, ex-Architect/Engineer at Awake Security, ex-Yahoo
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Palo Alto, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Shankar Jothi - Co-Founder & CTO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Algorithms Engineer at Apple, ex-Senior Staff Software Engineer at PayPal
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Menlo Park, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Ivan Kirigin - Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Investor at Tango.vc, ex-PM at Lyft, Founder at YesGraph (acquired by Lyft), ex-Product Manager at Dropbox, ex-Software Engineer at Facebook
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Redwood City, California, United States
Building a new company focused on messaging.
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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