🔥Spotlight Stealth, Early & Growth Startups
Alumni from Stanford over Oxford to OpenAI and Netflix
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“Picks of the Week” spotlights the hottest stealth, early, and growth startups across regions and sectors (find last week’s edition here). Let’s dive in!
Stealth Founders 🥷🏻
Konstantin Surkov 🇳🇱
Experience: Netflix, Visa, RBK Money, United Card Service
Education: People’s Friendship University of Russia (BSc)
Fredrick Hackanson 🇫🇮
Experience: Google DeepMind, Microsoft
Education: Harvard (MSc & BSc)
Ali Cevik 🇬🇧
Experience: Google, izyco, VizeraLabs (Co-Founder), Whowon Turkey (Founder)
Education: Bilkent University (BSc)
Demetrios Kellari 🇺🇸
Experience: Cavnue, Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners, X (the moonshot factory), McKinsey, MIT, CERN, Airbus
Education: MIT & Imperial College (MSc)
Kyle Kartchner 🇺🇸
Experience: PDQ.com, Weave HQ, Motorola Solutions, PublicEngines, BeyondOblivion, Bungee Labs, Symantec, Omniture
Education: Unknown
Andrew Kim 🇺🇸
Experience: Bonside, Netflix, Stella.ai, Avanade
Education: Dartmouth College (BSc)