🔥Rising Stars: 10 Startups with Strong Momentum and Success Signals
Alumni from X and Microsoft to ETH and Stanford
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Welcome to another “Picks of the Week” episode where we spotlight the hottest stealth, early, and growth startups across regions and sectors - based on data & signals (find last week’s edition here).
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Stealth Founders 🥷🏻
Martin Eichenhofer 🇩🇪
Experience: 9T Labs (Co-Founder), ETH, ZF Friedrichshafen, Henkel
Education: ETH Zürich (PhD, MSc), Collège des Ingénieurs (MBA), Ravensburg-Weingarten University of Applied Sciences (BSc)
Sasha Collin 🇫🇷
Experience: Mindely (Co-Founder), McKinsey, QuantumBlack, Institut du Cerveau, Inria, Harvard Medical School, Jumia Group
Education: ENS Paris-Saclay (MSc), École nationale des ponts et chaussées (MSc)
Daniel Shapira 🇮🇱
Experience: Dash Hedge, Microsoft, VMware, Palo Alto Networks, Twistlock, Techion, Nyotron, Micro Focus
Education: Ariel University (BSc)
Christina Drake 🇺🇸
Experience: IQM Research Institute, UCF, Kismet Technologies (Co-Founder), Industrial Biotechnology Research Journal, Florida Polytechnic University, Lockheed Martin
Education: University of Central Florida (PhD), University of Florida (BSc)
Sudha Elevarti 🇺🇸
Experience: Product Rebels, Speak_, Shipt, Twitter, Microsoft, Expedia, Great American Insurance, NEORSD, Kent State University, ECIL
Education: Kent State University (MSc), Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (BSc)
Ben Share 🇺🇸
Experience: Dime Autotest (Founder), Google
Education: Stanford (BSc)