🔥Rising Stars: 10 Startups with Strong Momentum and Success Signals
Alumni from NVIDIA and Meta to MIT and Cambridge
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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 🥷🏻
Harry Clifford 🇬🇧
Experience: NVIDIA, CCG.ai (Co-Founder, Acquired), University of Cambridge, University of Nottingham
Education: University of Cambridge (PhD), University of Nottingham (MSc)
Ben Atherton 🇬🇧
Experience: RebelDot, BuildScale (Founder), Meta/Facebook, Samba Networks (Founder), Brandtone (Co-Founder, Acquired), Orange
Education: UCL
Daniel Mariniuc 🇷🇴
Experience: Everseen, Amazon, Ring, EyeCloud, CodeRepublik (Founder, Acquired), Intel
Education: Polytechnic University of Timișoara (MSc & BSc)
Sanjay Cherian 🇺🇸
Experience: 113 Labs (Co-Founder), Nike, ClearDATA, Telus Health, Shoppers Drug Market, Accenture, Hay Group
Education: University of Toronto
Bali Raghavan 🇺🇸
Experience: Forward, Opendoor.com, Amazon, Spectrum Software, Lucent Technologies
Education: North Carolina State University (MSc), Bangalore University (BSc)
Rafi Seddiqi 🇺🇸
Experience: Stukent, LinkedIn, Lynda.com, Move, City of St. Petersburg
Education: Eckerd College (BSc)