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KU Leuven alumni who just went stealth

14 KU Leuven alumni started a company in stealth in the last 1783 weeks.

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Cesar Beulen

Co-Founder & CTO
Left
Datashift
Data & AI Engineer
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Data & AI Engineer at Datashift2026-2026 · left Sep 2026
  • Swimming Instructor at Wobra2025-2026
  • Data & AI Analyst at Datashift2024-2026
  • Head of a lifeguard station (Student job) at Stad Brugge2017-2024
  • Lifeguard (Student job) at Lokaal bestuur De Haan2018-2020
Education
  • KU LeuvenMS
  • INSEADMaster's
  • Tsinghua University
Left
Finch Capital
Investor
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Investor at Finch Capital2025-2026 · left Sep 2026
  • Board Observer at Hendrick Group2025-2026
  • Off-Cycle Analyst at IK Partners2024-2024
  • Private Equity Analyst at Down 2 Earth Capital2024-2024
  • M&A Analyst at Corporate Finance International2024-2024
  • Junior Financial Analyst at CapitalatWork Foyer Group2023-2023
  • CFO Advisor at KPMG Belgium2023-2023
Education
  • KU LeuvenMS
  • EsadeMS
  • Sun Yat-sen University
Left
Amplifino
Data Scientist
Before thatNone listed
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Data Scientist at Amplifino2024-2026 · until Nov 2026
Education
  • KU LeuvenBachelor's
  • KU LeuvenMaster's
  • KU LeuvenBE

Tijl Coenen

Co-Founder
Left
Tectonic
Co-Founder
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Co-Founder at Tectonic2023-2024 · left Dec 2024
  • GTM Advisor at Inku2026-2026
  • Market Lead DACH at Deliverect2022-2024
  • Machine Learning at Brainjar2022-2022
  • Strategic Partner Management at tink2020-2021
Education
  • KU LeuvenMaster's
  • Humboldt University of Berlin
  • KU LeuvenMaster's
Left
Augment.org
Right Hand
Before thatNone listed
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Right Hand at Augment.org2025-2026 · until Oct 2026
Education
  • KU LeuvenMBA
Left
AE
Senior Data & AI Consultant
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Senior Data & AI Consultant at AE2024-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • R&D Manager at Deltaray BV2021-2024
  • Senior AI Consultant at VeroTech2021-2021
  • Machine Learning Expert at Ambassify - Employee Advocacy2020-2021
  • Data Engineer at EVONIK PORPHYRIO NV2018-2020
  • Software Developer at PORPHYRIO NV2018-2018
  • Postdoctoral Researcher at KU Leuven2011-2018
Education
  • KU LeuvenMaster's
  • Groep TMaster's
  • Groep TBachelor's

Ben De Smet

Co-Founder
Left
BuddyRise
COO
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • COO at BuddyRise2026-2026 · until Sep 2026
  • CEO at Conveo2023-2024
  • Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company2019-2023
  • Private Equity Intern at Gimv2018-2018
  • Investment Banking Intern at Nomura2017-2017
Education
  • KU Leuven
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • London School of Economics (LSE)Summer School
Left
Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
Consultant
Before that
Went stealthLaunched Vantage
Work
  • Consultant at Boston Consulting Group (BCG)2021-2025 · left May 2025
  • Summer VC Intern at Droia Ventures2020-2020
  • Co-Founder at BelAct2020-2020
  • VC Summer Intern at Amadeus Capital Partners2019-2019
  • Marketing Intern at Innovative Marketing Expert2019-2019
  • Finalist at CEOx1Day with PwC at Odgers2019-2019
  • Summer Intern at nexxworks2018-2018
Education
  • KU LeuvenBachelor's
  • Solvay Brussels SchoolMS
  • Università Bocconi

Yasser Baghouli

founder & cto
Left
Start it Accelerate | @KBC
Fall Cohort 2024
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Fall Cohort 2024 at Start it Accelerate | @KBC2024-2025 · left Sep 2025
  • Founding Member at Wintercircus Ghent2024-2025
  • External CTO - Veterinary Group (stealth) at nomenklatura2019-2025
  • EURALO at ICANN2021-2022
  • General Management 43 at Voka-Vlaams netwerk van ondernemingen2021-2022
  • Returns - Carglass EDC at Carglass Belgium2014-2018
Education
  • KU Leuven
  • KU Leuven
  • Kindsheid Jesu Hasselt
Left
The Bridge
Founder in Residence
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Founder in Residence at The Bridge2026-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • Founder & CEO at Lodestone2026-2026
  • Head of Research at University of Oxford2025-2026
  • Member at Confindustria2024-2026
  • Founder & CEO at Deephealth2021-2024
  • Fashion Model at PROVINCIA DI RAVENNA2023-2024
  • Software Engineer at Gemmo S.p.A.2023-2023
Education
  • KU Leuven
  • Università degli Studi di FerraraBachelor's
  • Ruhr University Bochum
Left
NEXT Leuven
Vice President
Before that
Went stealthLaunched Simplify
Work
  • Vice President at NEXT Leuven2024-2026 · until Aug 2026
  • Co-Founder at DeepTechLive2025-2026
  • Growth Manager at OneBonsai2025-2025
  • Startup Relations at NEXT Leuven2024-2025
  • Corporate Tax Reporting & Strategy Consultant at PwC Belgium2024-2024
  • Laboratory Technician at DuPont2021-2022
Education
  • KU LeuvenMS
  • KU LeuvenBS
Left
Purdue University Fort Wayne
Assistant Professor of Practice in Interior Design
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Assistant Professor of Practice in Interior Design at Purdue University Fort Wayne2025-2026 · until Jul 2026
  • START Innovator, Office of the Dean for Research, Office of Innovation at Princeton University2021-2024
  • Research Associate, Department of Architecture at KU Leuven2017-2021
Education
  • KU LeuvenPhD
  • Imo State University, NigeriaBS
  • Hochschule Anhalt, DIA-BauhausMA

Matthias Versele

Founder & managing director
Left
CD3 - Centre for Drug Design and Discovery
Executive Director Drug Discovery
Before that
Went stealthJun 2026
Work
  • Executive Director Drug Discovery at CD3 - Centre for Drug Design and Discovery2017-2026 · until Jun 2026
  • Associate Director Oncology Discovery at Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine2006-2017
Education
  • KU LeuvenPhD
  • VIBpost-doc
  • UC Berkeleypost-doc

Rodrigo Agundez

Founder & Builder
Left
Dyson
Global Head of Data Science and AI
Before that
Went stealthMay 2026
Work
  • Global Head of Data Science and AI at Dyson2023-2026 · left Jan 2026
  • Director Data Science and AI at adidas2021-2023
  • Lead Data Scientist - AI Tech Lead at VodafoneZiggo2020-2021
  • Keras Preprocessing - Committer at Keras2019-2021
  • Lead of Artificial Intelligence - ML Tech Lead at Talpa Network2019-2020
  • Data Team Lead as external from GoDataDriven at Royal Schiphol Group2018-2019
  • Data Maverick at GoDataDriven | Part of Xebia2016-2019
Education
  • KU LeuvenMS
  • Delft University of TechnologyPhD
  • Delft University of TechnologyMS

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  -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 } }
  }'
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About this list

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.