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Ex-Coinbase founders who just went stealth

13 founders who worked at Coinbase started a company in stealth in the last 15 weeks.

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Jon Ji

Founder
Left
Coinbase
Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Software Engineer at Coinbase2024-2026 · left Aug 2026
  • Frontend Engineer at Faire2021-2024
  • R&D Software/Firmware Developer at Lumentum2019-2020
Education
  • University of WaterlooBachelor's

Promit Iqbal

Founder
Left
Coinbase
Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Software Engineer at Coinbase2024-2026 · left Mar 2026
  • Software Engineer at Whop2026-2026
  • Software Engineer Intern at Tesla2023-2023
  • Software Engineer Intern at Coinbase2023-2023
  • Software Engineer Intern at Revere2023-2023
  • Software Engineer Intern at Wells Fargo2022-2022
  • Cook at Panda Express CA&C2020-2021
Education
  • UC San DiegoBS

David H.

Founder
Left
Coinbase
Institutional Research Analyst
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Institutional Research Analyst at Coinbase2023-2025 · left Apr 2025
  • Head of Investments & Growth at Auros2025-2026
  • Digital Assets Engineer at Goldman Sachs2022-2023
  • Tutor at St. John's College, University of Hong Kong2020-2022
  • Research & Development Engineer at Goldman Sachs2019-2022
  • Research Assistant at The University of Hong Kong2019-2019
  • Software Developer Intern at Societe Generale2017-2018
Education
  • The University of Hong KongBE

Forrest Cai

Co-Founder
Left
Coinbase
Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Software Engineer at Coinbase2025-2025 · left Aug 2025
  • Founder at Matcha (Acquired)2025-2026
  • Fry Cook at McDonald's2018-2018
Education
  • Cornell UniversityBS
  • University of Washington

Alberto Minghetti

Founder
Left
Coinbase
Data Scientist
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Data Scientist at Coinbase2025-2026 · left Aug 2026
  • Data Scientist/Economist at Deliveroo2024-2025
  • Economic Analyst at Compass Lexecon2023-2024
  • Summer Intern at Institute For Fiscal Studies2020-2020
  • Research Assistant at UCL2019-2019
Education
  • University of OxfordMaster's
  • University College London (UCL)BS

David Wang

Co-Founder
Left
Coinbase
Incoming Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Incoming Software Engineer at Coinbase2022-2022 · left Aug 2022
  • Quantitative Developer at Bloomberg2022-2025
  • Quantitative Developer at Cathay Fortune Corporation2021-2021
  • Undergraduate Researcher at Cylab - Carnegie Mellon Univeristy Security and Privacy Institute2019-2021
  • Software Engineer at Clobotics Retail2019-2019
  • Front End Development Intern at Loopring2018-2018
  • Support Engineer Intern at Citrix2018-2018
Education
  • Carnegie Mellon UniversityBS
  • Shanghai American School

Steven Hans Limantoro

Founder
Left
Coinbase
Security Engineer
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Security Engineer at Coinbase2022-2022 · left Dec 2022
  • Software Engineer at Amazon2023-2025
  • Teaching Assistant at University of Toronto2023-2023
  • Machine Learning Engineer at RBC Borealis2023-2023
  • Software Engineer at Circle2022-2022
  • Software Engineer at Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto2021-2022
  • Software Engineer at Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto2021-2021
Education
  • University of TorontoBS
  • Korea Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologyBS

Alec C.

Founder
Left
Coinbase
Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Software Engineer at Coinbase2022-2026 · left Feb 2026
  • Investment Analyst at Volt Capital2022-2022
  • Software Engineer Intern at Coinbase2021-2021
  • Software Engineer Intern at Visa2020-2020
  • Curator at Grailed2017-2020
  • Professional Player at Team Liquid2016-2017
  • Professional Player at Cloud9 Esports, Inc.2016-2016
Education
  • UC IrvineBS
  • Diablo Valley College

Tyson Battistella

Founder
Left
Coinbase
Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Software Engineer at Coinbase2018-2020 · left Jun 2020
  • Co-founder and CTO at ZORA2020-2026
  • Frontend Web Developer at Telmediq2015-2018
Education
  • University of VictoriaBSeng
  • Thompson Rivers University

Jakob Peterson

Co-Founder
Left
Coinbase
STP - Strategy & Operations
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • STP - Strategy & Operations at Coinbase2026-2026 · until Sep 2026
  • AI Consultant at Bruin AI2024-2026
  • Analyst at Blockchain at UCLA2024-2026
  • Co-Head of Buisness Development and Growth at EmberPay Inc.2025-2026
  • Business Strategy Intern at WoPa2024-2025
  • BCI Team Lead at CruX UCLA2024-2025
Education
  • UCLABS

Shiyi Peng

Co-Founder & CEO
Left
Coinbase
Software Engineer Intern
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Software Engineer Intern at Coinbase2019-2019 · left May 2019
  • Co-founder at MasterInterview2024-2025
  • Software Engineer at Microsoft2020-2024
  • Software Developer Intern at LSEG Data & Analytics2018-2018
  • Capital Markets Intern at BMO Capital Markets2017-2017
  • Trading Application Developer Intern at Scotiabank2017-2017
Education
  • University of WaterlooBachelor's

Shilpa Dhar

Co-Founder
Left
Coinbase
Vice President of Product at Coinbase
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Vice President of Product at Coinbase at Coinbase2020-2022 · left Sep 2022
  • Chief Product Officer at Self Financial, Inc.2024-2026
  • SVP/GM Commerce at HubSpot at HubSpot2023-2024
  • Head of Product at Venmo at Venmo2019-2020
  • Sr. Director Nextgen commerce and Identity at PayPal at PayPal2006-2019
  • Intern at Opsware2005-2005
Education
  • Louisiana State UniversityMS
  • University of Calcutta, IndiaBTech

Alex Chen

Founder
Left
Coinbase
Staff Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Staff Software Engineer at Coinbase2021-2023 · left Jan 2023
  • Engineering Manager at Google2023-2025
  • Senior Software Engineer at Two Sigma Ventures2019-2021
  • Software Engineer at Amazon2023-2019
Education
  • Stanford UniversityMBA
  • University of PennsylvaniaBachelor's

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# the one request behind this page
curl https://api.crustdata.com/watch/person/search \
  -H "authorization: Bearer $CRUSTDATA_KEY" \
  -H "x-api-version: 2025-11-01" \
  -d '{
    "filters": { "op": "and", "conditions": [
      { "field": "experience.employment_details.current.company_name",
        "type": "[.]", "value": "stealth" },
      { "field": "experience.employment_details.current.title",
        "type": "(.)", "value": "founder" }
    ]},
    "fields": ["basic_profile", "experience", "education"],
    "config": { "trigger": { "type": "interval", "every_hours": 168 } }
  }'
# [.] = exact phrase, (.) = all words. Each week it returns only the new matches.

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What "stealth" means here: the person's current job is a founder title (Founder, Co-Founder, Founder & CEO…) at a company listed as "Stealth", "Stealth Startup" or similar, because they haven't announced it yet.

Where it comes from: public professional profiles, via the Crustdata API. A new search runs every week and adds whoever newly matches. Profiles can take a few weeks to show up, and start dates are by month.

The company on each row is the most recent job before going stealth, with the title they held there. Where we can, we skip internships, advisor seats and freelance stints. On a "former employer" page it shows the job at that employer instead. Click a row for their full work history and education.