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20 IIM Bangalore alumni started a company in stealth in the last 1783 weeks.

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Ritesh Talapatra

Founder & CEO in Stealth
Left
Wipro
Senior Vice President
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Senior Vice President at Wipro2023-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • Managing Director at Optum2020-2023
  • Executive Vice President, COO, Financial Services, Capgemini at Capgemini2003-2020
  • Senior Product Manager at Juice Software2001-2003
  • Senior Product Manager at Hyperion Corp1999-2000
Education
  • IIM BangaloreMBA
  • IIT Delhi

Vinod Nair

Founder
Left
Enzen Global Solutions
Co-Founder
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Co-Founder at Enzen Global Solutions2006-2024 · left Nov 2024
  • Co-Founder & CEO at Enzen Technologies Pvt. Ltd.2006-2011
  • Leadership of Large Programs in Wipro UK & India at Wipro1999-2006
  • Senior Consultant at Tata Technologies1998-1999
Education
  • IIM BangaloreMBA
  • Carnegie Mellon University
  • University of KeralaBTech

Ashok Vasudevan

Founder
Left
Vali - Entrepreneurship Hub at ESMT
Aspiring Founder
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Aspiring Founder at Vali - Entrepreneurship Hub at ESMT2026-2026 · left Sep 2026
  • Director - Manufacturing, Europe at Infosys2021-2026
  • Senior Manager - Business Development at Tech Mahindra2021-2021
  • Senior Technical Account Manager - Europe at Sasken Technologies Limited2008-2021
Education
  • IIM Bangalore
  • ESMT BerlinMBA
  • Northwestern University

Jainil Parekh

Founder
Left
Lucio AI
Head of Engineering
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Head of Engineering at Lucio AI2025-2026 · left Aug 2026
  • Software Engineering Manager at Velocity2022-2024
  • Software Engineer at Meta2018-2021
  • Software Engineer at Grab2017-2018
  • Lead Frontend Developer at Taskbob2015-2016
  • Junior Programmer Analyst at Ishi Systems Inc.2013-2014
  • Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow at Caltech2012-2012
Education
  • IIM BangaloreMBA
  • D G Ruparel CollegeHSC
  • Indian Institute of Technology GandhinagarBTech

Krishna Shroff

Founder & CEO
Left
SheerID
Asia Business Partner
Before that
Went stealthLaunched Unleash Tech Worx
Work
  • Asia Business Partner at SheerID2024-2025 · left Aug 2025
  • Director Sales and Channels at NetSuite2018-2022
  • Regional Sales Director - India at SAP Concur2014-2018
  • Senior Director - Global Partner Management at Software AG2013-2013
  • General Manager - Channel Sales for Fusion apps and Hyperion at Oracle2012-2013
  • Director, Corporate Sales at Salesforce2010-2012
  • General Manager - Technology products (Channel/Indirect) at Oracle2002-2010
Education
  • IIM Bangalore
  • Stanford University
  • P.E.S College, BSK I stage, Bangalore-50BS

Vinod Choudhary

Founder
Left
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
Incubatee - Launchpad
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Incubatee - Launchpad at Indian Institute of Management Bangalore2024-2025 · left Jan 2025
  • Senior Analyst - Product at Finex Hong Kong Limited2022-2023
  • Patron Operations - Analyst at Klub2022-2022
  • Assistant Manager at 360 ONE2019-2022
Education
  • IIM BangaloreIncubatee
  • Christ University, BangaloreBachelor's
  • ACCA

Abhimanyu Roat

Co-founder & CEO
Left
Sortment
Founding GTM Strategy Lead
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Founding GTM Strategy Lead at Sortment2024-2026 · until Sep 2026
  • Management Consultant at EY2023-2024
  • MD's Office at ALEMBIC LIMITED2022-2022
  • Side hustle at Dia Consultants2020-2021
Education
  • IIM BangaloreMBA
  • GSFC UniversityBTech

Priyamvada .

Co-Founder
Left
Dabur International Ltd
Brand Manager
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Brand Manager at Dabur International Ltd2024-2026 · until Aug 2026
  • Management Trainee at Dabur India Limited2023-2025
  • Analyst- Strategy, Analytics and M&A at Deloitte2021-2022
  • Research Intern at Delhi Technological University (Formerly DCE)2020-2021
  • Research Intern at Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow2021-2021
  • Digital Marketing Intern at Career Launcher2020-2020
  • Finance Intern at MMTC Limited2019-2019
Education
  • IIM BangaloreMBA
  • Delhi Technological University (Formerly DCE)BTech

Aarthi Kumar

Founder
Left
CKDelta
Head of Pre-sales Engineering
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Head of Pre-sales Engineering at CKDelta2025-2026 · left Jul 2026
  • Director Data Science at EY2021-2025
  • Lead Data Scientist at Allianz Benelux2020-2021
  • Co-founder & COO at Prudent AI2016-2019
  • Data Analytics Manager at EY2009-2016
Education
  • IIM Bangalore
  • CIMA
  • Institute of Company Secretaries of India

Aadiyaa Kurupp

Co-Founder
LeftNot listed
Before thatNone listed
Went stealthAug 2026
Education
  • IIM BangaloreBachelor's
  • Pathways World School
  • Sri Venkateshwar International School

ANKITKumar

Founder
Left
Distyl
AI Strategist
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • AI Strategist at Distyl2025-2026 · until Jul 2026
  • Senior Product Manager at Datavant2023-2025
  • Senior Product Manager at Sattva Consulting2019-2023
  • Product Manager, Pricing Tech at OYO2018-2019
  • Product Management Intern at Amazon2017-2017
  • R & D, IC Design Engineer at Broadcom2012-2016
  • Chairman at ECE Association, NIT Tiruchirappalli2011-2012
Education
  • IIM BangaloreMBA
  • Texas A&M UniversityMBA
  • National Institute of Technology TiruchirappalliBTech

Vishal Gupta

Founder
Left
PhonePe Insurance Broking Services Pvt Ltd
Chief Executive Officer
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Chief Executive Officer at PhonePe Insurance Broking Services Pvt Ltd2023-2026 · until Jul 2026
  • Vice President (Product, UX/UI, Risk, CX) at PhonePe2016-2023
  • Director - Product Management, Payments and Transactions at Flipkart2012-2016
  • VP-Technology at Pinelabs2007-2012
  • Team Lead at AOL2005-2007
  • Tech Lead at Schlumberger2001-2005
  • Software Engineer at BMIT1999-2000
Education
  • IIM Bangalore
  • Pune UniversityBE

Giuseppe Pasquariello

CEO & Co-founder
Left
Vento
Founder in residence
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Founder in residence at Vento2026-2026 · until Jul 2026
  • Account Executive at Wibo2025-2026
  • Account Executive at Alibaba.com2024-2025
  • Co-Founder (Growth) at Kula Connect2023-2025
  • Growth and Sales (Founding team) at Ecosistema Formazione Italia - EFI2023-2024
  • Strategy Consultant at Wavestone2022-2023
  • Sales Analyst at Electrolux Group2021-2022
Education
  • IIM BangaloreMBA
  • ESCP Business SchoolMaster's
  • Università Cattolica del Sacro CuoreBachelor's

Satishkumar Venkatasamy

Founder
Left
QuilrAI
Head of Engineering
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Head of Engineering at QuilrAI2026-2026 · left Jun 2026
  • Vice President of Engineering at CITRIX R&D INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED2024-2026
  • Senior Director, OCI Artificial Intelligence Services at Oracle2000-2024
  • Senior Software Engineer at Tata Infotech Limited1999-2000
  • Execute Engineer - E1 at Larsen & Toubro Limited [Audco India Limited]1995-1998
Education
  • IIM BangaloreEGMP
  • PSG College of TechnologyBE
  • PES UniversityMTech

Simran Suri Neeli

Co-founder & CEO
Left
Answerr
Head of Partnerships & Growth
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Head of Partnerships & Growth at Answerr2025-2026 · until Sep 2026
  • Founding Board Member at WHEF: Women’s Health Equity Forum2026-2026
  • Head of CX at Protect Group2022-2023
  • Co-Founder at KEYS2020-2022
  • Evangelist at StepUp.One2019-2022
  • Product Marketing Intern at Zebra IQ2020-2020
  • Co-Founder at Go for chai2017-2018
Education
  • IIM BangaloreWSP
  • Harvard University
  • Goldsmiths, University of LondonMaster's

Vivek Jyothi

Co-Founder
Left
QwikBuild
Head of Partnerships
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Head of Partnerships at QwikBuild2025-2026 · left Jun 2026
  • Co-Founder at Aashgo2021-2026
  • Co-Founder & Chief Business Officer at Mileenia2020-2026
  • Co-Founder and Chief Business Officer at Ai-Bharata2020-2025
  • Business Advisor at AIC RAISE2024-2024
  • Startup Mentor at Confederation of Indian Industry2022-2024
  • MSME Business Advisor at Walmart Vriddhi2021-2023
Education
  • IIM Bangalore
  • SDA Bocconi
  • Indira Gandhi National Open UniversityMaster's

Ramgopal Subramani

Co-Founder
Left
Perfios
Member Board Of Directors
Before that
Went stealthJan 2026
Work
  • Member Board Of Directors at Perfios2010-2024 · left Oct 2024
  • Practice Head - SaaS & Cloud Engineering at Mindtree2009-2010
  • General Manager at Aztecsoft2000-2009
  • Engineering Manager at Aztec Technologies Services Limited2000-2004
  • Consultant at Eastman Kodak Company1998-1999
  • Developer at Fujistu ICIM1994-1997
Education
  • IIM BangaloreMBA
  • Savitribai Phule Pune UniversityMCA
  • Delhi UniversityBS

Ranjeet S.

Founder
Left
RANAT Ventures
Founding Partner
Before that
Went stealthJan 2026
Work
  • Founding Partner at RANAT Ventures2025-2025 · left Jan 2025
  • Global Head: AI/ML at HelloFresh2024-2025
  • Executive Principal: Infrastructure, Intelligence, Acquisition & Retention at GoTo Group2017-2022
  • Technology Partner: Bloomberg x Quintillion at Bloomberg Media2016-2017
  • Member, Office of the CEO at Quintype Technologies Inc.2015-2017
  • Early Partner: Next Tech Incubation & Engineering Excellence Focus at C42 Engineering2014-2015
  • Virtual Machines Observability & Infrastructure Research at Nagarro2013-2014
Education
  • IIM Bangalore
  • University School of Information and Communication Technology, IPU

Sunil Prasad

Founder
Left
Adobe
Director
Before that
Went stealthJan 2026
Work
  • Director at Adobe2016-2026 · until Jan 2026
  • Practice Head at Wipro2010-2016
  • Business Unit Head at Torry Harris Integration Solutions1999-2010
  • Software Engineer at Zensar Technologies1997-1999
Education
  • IIM BangaloreMBA
  • College of Engineering TrivandrumB-Tech

Vinaya Sathyanarayana

Founder
Left
MYRA School of Business
CyberSecurity Consultant
Before that
Went stealthJan 2025
Work
  • CyberSecurity Consultant at MYRA School of Business2024-2025 · until Feb 2025
  • FSI Principal Solution Architect at Amazon2022-2023
  • Solution Architect and Delivery Head at CLARISITY Solutions2021-2022
  • Cloud Solutions Industry Architect at Oracle2019-2020
  • VP Product Management at SociallyGood.com (Soczen Technologies)2018-2019
  • Co-Founder & CTO at FinFort InfoTech LLP2017-2018
  • Lab Manager - Software Lab @ Xerox Research Center India at Xerox2013-2017
Education
  • IIM BangaloreMBA
  • National Institute of Technology KarnatakaBTech
  • ICFAI Distance Education

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      { "field": "experience.employment_details.current.company_name",
        "type": "[.]", "value": "stealth" },
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        "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.

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.