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Founders in Denver who just went stealth

30 founders in Denver started a company in stealth in the last 1783 weeks.

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Showing 25 of 30 founders

Josh Lake

Founder & CEO
Left
Elephant Energy
Co-Founder, CTO, Board Member
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Co-Founder, CTO, Board Member at Elephant Energy2021-2026 · left Apr 2026
  • Independent Consultant at Contract2018-2021
  • Co-Founder at Float Technologies,Inc.2018-2019
  • Head of Operations at Nuro2017-2018
  • Chief Operations Officer & Board Member at Evercar.2013-2017
  • Sr. Program Manager at Amonix Inc2010-2013
  • Co-Founder and COO at 532 Development Group2009-2010
Education
  • MITBS
  • Stanford UniversityCertificate

Alex W.

Co-founder
Left
Legion Intelligence
Staff Dev Ops Engineer
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Staff Dev Ops Engineer at Legion Intelligence2024-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • Dev Ops Engineer at Palantir Technologies2021-2024
  • Systems Developer at Amazon2016-2021

Vatsal Darji

Co-Founder
Left
Afterparty Clothing
Co-Founder
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Co-Founder at Afterparty Clothing2022-2026 · left Jan 2026
  • District Manager at HV Restaurant Group2022-2025
Education
  • Colorado State University GlobalBS
  • Colorado Mesa UniversityBS

Cameron Davis

Founder
Left
Urban Sky
Embedded Software Engineer II
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Embedded Software Engineer II at Urban Sky2026-2026 · until Sep 2026
  • Co-Founder at Measures AI2025-2025
  • Full-Stack Software Engineer Intern at Visa2024-2024
  • Embedded Software Engineer Intern at Tensentric2023-2023
  • Software Development Intern at Colorado Maker Hub2018-2019
Education
  • University of Colorado Boulder College of Engineering & Applied ScienceBS
  • University of Colorado Boulder College of Engineering & Applied ScienceMinor

Jace Blackburn

Founder
Left
BioIntelliSense, Inc
Head of Product Management
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Head of Product Management at BioIntelliSense, Inc2021-2026 · until Sep 2026
  • Product Manager, Smart Devices at Genentech2017-2021
Education
  • Johns Hopkins University Advanced Academic ProgramsMaster's
  • University of Colorado BoulderBachelor's

Carolyn Maezes

Founder
Left
Virta Health
Vice President Clinical Operations
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Vice President Clinical Operations at Virta Health2025-2026 · left May 2026
  • Senior Vice President, Clinical Strategy & Implementation at ClearChoice Dental Implant Centers2023-2025
  • Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer at Earth2021-2022
  • Funded PhD candidate at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice2020-2021
  • Consultant and Strategic Advisor at Maezes LLC2020-2020
  • Vice President, Patient Experience and Social Work Services at DaVita Kidney Care2011-2018
  • Consultant at FSG2010-2011
Education
  • Dartmouth CollegeBA
  • Dartmouth CollegeMBA
  • The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical PracticeMaster's

Chris Mozzocchi

Founder
Left
Samsara
Head of Product Operations & Monetization
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Head of Product Operations & Monetization at Samsara2019-2026 · left Jul 2026
  • Associate Partner at McKinsey & Company2011-2019
  • Product Development at SimpleTuition2010-2010
  • Business Manager, US Card Acquisitions at Capital One2005-2010
Education
  • Northwestern UniversityMBA
  • Northwestern UniversityMS
  • Penn State UniversityBS

Zach Pearson

Co-Founder
Left
IBM
Technical Sales Engineer
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Technical Sales Engineer at IBM2026-2026 · until Aug 2026
  • Director of Solutions at Purdue Launch2025-2026
  • Data Engineer at Leadspace2025-2025
Education
  • Purdue UniversityBS

Michael Rockey

Co-Founder & CEO
Left
Glean
Senior Sales Engineer
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Senior Sales Engineer at Glean2026-2026 · left Jul 2026
  • Senior Sales Engineering Manager at Axonius2025-2026
  • Manager Sales Engineering at Zscaler2020-2025
  • Network Security Engineer at Capital One2020-2020
  • Wireless Network Engineer at American Airlines2018-2020
  • Network Engineer II at The University of Texas at Dallas2013-2018
Education
  • The University of Texas at DallasBS

Darryl I.

Co-Founder
Left
LivCor, a Blackstone Portfolio Company
Senior Vice President - Finance & Insights
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Senior Vice President - Finance & Insights at LivCor, a Blackstone Portfolio Company2019-2026 · left May 2026
  • Manager at UAW Retiree Medical Benefits Trust2015-2019
  • Assistant Manager, Life Insurance at KPMG UK2012-2015
  • Management at Falls Creek Country Club1999-2011
  • Derivatives Dealer at Halifax Investment Services Limited2006-2007
Education
  • University of St AndrewsMA
  • University of SydneyBS
  • St Paul's College

Mickey Coleman

Co-Founder
Left
US Navy
Navy
Before thatNone listed
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Navy at US Navy2024-2026 · left Feb 2026

Joe Burchard

Co-Founder & COO
Left
Squad4
Head of Revenue Operations
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Head of Revenue Operations at Squad42024-2024 · left Oct 2024
  • Fractional CRO at RevPartners2022-2023
  • Strategic Partnerships at ShapeShift2021-2022
  • Director of Operations at Energy Advantage Roofing and Solar2019-2021
  • Co-Founder at JustLegal2014-2017
  • Founder & COO at Nice Piece of Bass2008-2014
Education
  • University of Colorado at BoulderBachelor's
  • Belmont Hill School

Nicholas Hu

Founder
Left
Drips
Director of Product Management
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Director of Product Management at Drips2025-2026 · until Jul 2026
  • Group Product Manager at Secureframe2022-2025
  • Product Manager at Hive2018-2021
  • Professional Tennis Player at ATP Tour2016-2018
  • Business Development Intern at Innovative Management 360 (IM360)2014-2014
Education
  • Harvard UniversityBA

Kathryn DeBord

Founder
Left
BCLP
Chief Innovation Officer, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Chief Innovation Officer, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner at BCLP2012-2022 · left Jun 2022
  • Leadership Denver - Class of 2014 at Denver Metro Chamber Leadership Foundation2013-2014
  • Litigation Partner at Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck2005-2012
  • Associate at Kirkland & Ellis2002-2005
  • Intelligence Officer at Central Intelligence Agency1995-1999
Education
  • The George Washington University Law SchoolJD
  • University of KansasBA
  • Baylor University

Kelly Kochanski

Co-Founder & CTO
Left
KoBold Metals
Commercial Analytics Lead
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Commercial Analytics Lead at KoBold Metals2025-2026 · until Aug 2026
  • Associate at McKinsey & Company2022-2025
  • Senior Data Scientist at Opendoor2022-2022
  • Senior Data Scientist at McKinsey & Company2020-2022
  • Computational Science Graduate Fellow at University of Colorado Boulder2015-2020
  • Computation Scholar at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory2018-2019
  • Visiting Researcher at Los Alamos National Laboratory2017-2017
Education
  • MITBS
  • University of Colorado BoulderPhD

Christian Wieland

Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer
Left
LexisNexis Risk Solutions
Associate Vice President, Strategy & Innovation
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Associate Vice President, Strategy & Innovation at LexisNexis Risk Solutions2023-2025 · left Aug 2025
  • Chief Product Officer at Human API2019-2023
  • Chief Product Officer at Revint Solutions, an R1 company2017-2019
  • Vice President, Product Management at MedeAnalytics2005-2017
  • Director, Product Management at Avolent1998-2002
  • Subject Matter (SME) Team Leader at American Management Systems (AMS), Inc1996-1998
Education
  • The College of William and MaryBA
  • UCLA
  • UC Berkeley

Matthew Swaim

Technical Co-Founder
Left
ServiceCore
Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Software Engineer at ServiceCore2025-2026 · left May 2026
  • Frontend Developer at CertainPathTM2022-2025
  • Software Engineer at Hilti Group2021-2022
  • Junior Software Engineer at Life.Church2020-2021
  • Software Engineer at LocalCard2020-2021
  • Sole Software Engineer at TVChat2020-2020
  • Software Engineer at Rendevous2019-2020
Education
  • Kansas State UniversityBachelor's
  • Manhattan Christian College
  • The New York Conservatory for Dramtic Arts

Matatea Changuy

Co-founder & Executive Director
Left
Good Works Consulting LLC
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Consulting Project Lead
Before that
Went stealthLaunched The Wayfinding Institute
Work
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Consulting Project Lead at Good Works Consulting LLC2020-2024 · left Apr 2024
  • Human Capital Consultant at Deloitte2019-2020
  • Founder & CEO at Space2Leap2015-2019
  • Strategic Advisor at Blue Frontiers2018-2019
  • Operations Consultant @Mission Centaur at Space2Leap2015-2017
  • President & Co-founder at Land Above Water2015-2015
  • Operations Manager at Chile-California Council, Government of Chile2012-2015
Education
  • University of AucklandBA
  • Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
  • University of OxfordMS

Sam Hall

Founder
Left
SecureTrust
Business Development
Before that
Went stealthJun 2026
Work
  • Business Development at SecureTrust2019-2022 · left Mar 2022
  • Director of Business Development at EVO Payments, Inc.2018-2019
  • Director Of Strategic Partnerships at Worldpay2017-2018
  • Partnerships Development Manager at Vantiv Integrated Payments2014-2017
  • Sales Consultant at Cbeyond - now a Birch Company2013-2014
Education
  • Colorado State UniversityBS
  • Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Grégory Dell'Era

Founder
Left
Alfred Music
President
Before that
Went stealthLaunched Midfire Inc.
Work
  • President at Alfred Music2021-2025 · left Jan 2025
  • President at MakeMusic Inc.2018-2025
  • Vice President Of Product Development at Alfred Music2018-2021
  • Vice President Of Education Technology at MakeMusic Inc.2015-2018
  • Co-Founder, Directeur General at Weezic2010-2015
  • Consultant at Bain & Company2007-2010
  • Consultant at Accenture2005-2007
Education
  • Mines ParisMaster's
  • Polytechnique Montréal

Larry Elwood

Co-Founder, Stealth Platform Startup
Left
The Denver Podcast
Creator & Co Host
Before that
Went stealthApr 2026
Work
  • Creator & Co Host at The Denver Podcast2017-2025 · left May 2025
  • Real Estate Broker at West + Main Homes2015-2025
  • Realtor at Keller Williams Realty, LLC2015-2025
  • National Sales Manager at The ADS Group2008-2015
  • Business Development Manager at AutoNation2000-2004
Education
  • University of Colorado BoulderBachelor's

Klaus Fischer

Co-Founder and COO
Left
SAP
Senior Vice President and Head of Center of Excellence - SAP
Before that
Went stealthMar 2026
Work
  • Senior Vice President and Head of Center of Excellence - SAP at SAP1990-2025 · left Jun 2025
  • Advisory Board Member at Nitor Partners2025-2026
  • Former SAP SVP Head Center of Excellence I Global Tech Executive I Board & Growth Advisor at Klaus Fischer Growth Advisory2025-2026
Education
  • University of MannheimMaster's

David Rogers

Co-Founder
Left
Roofnest
Chief Executive Officer
Before that
Went stealthJan 2026
Work
  • Chief Executive Officer at Roofnest2020-2025 · left Aug 2025
  • Chief Revenue Officer at elephant journal2014-2020
  • VP of Business Development at OpenRest (acquired by WIX)2013-2013
  • CMO at Top72012-2012
  • Co-Founder at Local Bunny2009-2011
  • Principal at RPG Consulting2006-2009
  • Co-Founder / President at EyeVee.tv2005-2006
Education
  • University of Colorado BoulderBA

Yves Tkaczyk

Founder
Left
Upswing
Chief Technology Officer
Before that
Went stealthJan 2026
Work
  • Chief Technology Officer at Upswing2021-2024 · left Oct 2024
  • Owner / Technology Consultant at ClearSquare Associates2009-2021
  • SVP of Software Engineering / Board Member at Viwa2006-2021
  • Product Director at Zephyr Associates, Inc.1999-2006
  • Senior Software Engineer / Team Leader at Ericsson1998-1999
  • QA meetings chair / Software engineer at Nokia1997-1998
Education
  • Quantic School of Business and TechnologyMBA
  • Arts et Métiers ParisTechM. Eng.

Andre Bass

Founder
Left
Palantir Technologies
Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthJan 2026
Work
  • Software Engineer at Palantir Technologies2024-2025 · left Aug 2025
  • Front End Engineer at Bluestaq2022-2023
  • Front End Engineer at Meta2021-2022
  • Software Engineer at OtterBox2020-2020
  • Director of Technology at ASCSU2019-2020
  • Software Engineer at Amazon2019-2019
  • Platform Manager at ASCSU2018-2019
Education
  • Colorado State UniversityBS
  • The University of Texas at AustinMS

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    "filters": { "op": "and", "conditions": [
      { "field": "experience.employment_details.current.company_name",
        "type": "[.]", "value": "stealth" },
      { "field": "experience.employment_details.current.title",
        "type": "(.)", "value": "founder" }
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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.

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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.