🔥Rising Stars: 10 Startups with Strong Momentum and Success Signals
Alumni from DeepMind and Roche to Oxford and INSEAD
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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 🥷🏻
Ralph de Wargny 🇩🇪
Experience: Chicnectar Wines (Co-Founder), Intel, Tech Mahindra, SAP, Compaq
Education: University of Passau (MSc)
Irfan Cütcü 🇩🇪
Experience: Anyfin, Starmind, Agoda, Trivago,
Education: University of Düsseldorf (Diploma), ESCP Business School
Zaccarie Morel 🇫🇷
Experience: La Tournée (Co-Founder), Bolt, Le Petit Dakarois, A.T. Kearney, Jumia Group, CapHorn Invest, Padam Mobility
Education: Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Nancy (MSc), Sciences Po (MSc)
Pierpaolo Baccichet 🇺🇸
Experience: Airtable, Dropbox, OnLive, Dyyno, Stanford University
Education: Università degli Studi di Milano (PhD, MSc)
Rami Zeidan 🇺🇸
Experience: Life House (Founder), TPG Global, The Sydell Group, Starwood Capital Group, Deutsche Bank, HG Vora Capital Management, Morgan Stanley
Education: LSE, The Johns Hopkins University
Mark F. Godwin 🇺🇸
Experience: Amazon, Boxbot, Uber, Automa Systems (Founder), UC Berkley, 510 Systems,
Education: UC Berkley (PhD, MSc, BSc)