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Welcome to another āPicks of the Weekā episode where we spotlight the hottest stealth, early, and growth startups across regions and sectors - based on data & signals (find last weekās edition here).
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Stealth Founders š„·š»
Mohannad Ali š©šŖ
Experience: Contentsquare, Hotjar, HelloFresh
Education: University of Duisburg-Essen (BSc)
Mel Tsiaprazis šµš¹
Experience: Frachtis, Tesseract, TradeBlock, Bitstamp, Nivaura, Crown Agents Bank, Vocalink, Lloyds Banking Group, London Stock Exchange, LCH.clearnet, Trafigura, ING, Microsoft, Johnsson & Johnsson, Arthur D. Little
Education: Harvard, University of Technology Sidney
Greg S. š¬š§
Experience: Altana Technologies, Parity Technologies, Palantir, Davis Polk & Wardwell, Slaughter & May, UK Ministry of Defense
Education: University of Oxford (BSc)
Talal A. šŗšø
Experience: Spotify, Wonder, Meta, Boxed, Uber, McKinsey
Education: Stanford (MBA), Harvard (BSc)
Trinna L. Cuellar šŗšø
Experience: Tally Health, Childrenās Tumor Foundation, Gotham Therapeutics, Princeton University, Genentech
Education: MIT (MBA), University of California (PhD), Drexel University (BSc)
Brian Wrightson šŗšø
Experience: Stripe, Digital Promise, Clariture, Facebook, TargetSpot, Vivendi Universal Games
Education: Brooklyn College
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