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Sapienza Università di Roma alumni who just went stealth

13 Sapienza Università di Roma alumni started a company in stealth in the last 1783 weeks.

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Domenico Gagliardi

Founder
Left
Kortix
Founding Member & COO
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Founding Member & COO at Kortix2025-2026 · left Jul 2026
  • Co-founder & Head of Growth - EXITED at Softgen AI2024-2025
  • Business Analyst at IGT Italia2023-2025
  • Founder - Exited 3 products at Omega Venture2022-2024
  • Business Analyst - Italy at Go Bravo | Resuelve tu deuda2022-2023
  • Co-Founder at Micro Foundry2022-2022
  • Business Analyst - Italy at Go Bravo | Resuelve tu deuda2022-2022
Education
  • Sapienza Università di Roma
  • Università degli Studi 'Gabriele d'Annunzio' di Chieti
  • Liceo scientifico Salvatore Pizzi

Carlo Martini

Co-Founder & CTO
Left
LiveFlow
Senior Product Engineer - Y Combinator
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Senior Product Engineer - Y Combinator at LiveFlow2026-2026 · until Sep 2026
  • Co-Founder & CTO at getCredible2021-2026
  • Co-Founder & Solution Architect (exited) at Human Mobility2020-2021
  • Co-Founder & CTO - Forbes Top 100 Insurtech at MioAssicuratore2014-2020
  • Co-Founder & Solution Architect at Covid Community Alert2020-2020
  • Web Developer at Bytek | Driving Modern Prediction2014-2015
Education
  • Sapienza Università di Roma

Davide D'Arpa

Founder
Left
Thales Alenia Space
Orbital Analysis Intern
Before thatNone listed
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Orbital Analysis Intern at Thales Alenia Space2025-2025 · left Sep 2025
Education
  • Sapienza Università di RomaMS
  • ISAE-SUPAERO
  • Sapienza Università di RomaBachelor's

Shelly Gottfried

Co-Founder
Left
PassportCard
Chief Data Officer
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Chief Data Officer at PassportCard2023-2026 · until Aug 2026
  • Lecturer at The College of Management Academic Studies2024-2025
  • Senior Research Fellow - Impact Investments at Samuel Neaman Institute2020-2025
  • Cohort 1 Member at Epsilon ε2023-2023
  • Director of Risk Analytics at Pagaya2022-2023
  • Head of Data & Analytics at Promo.com2021-2022
  • Head of Predictive Analytics at Sparks AB2018-2020
Education
  • Sapienza Università di RomaMA
  • City, University of LondonPhD
  • Tel Aviv UniversityMA

Emanuele Nicotra

Co-Founder
Left
Medlogix
Robotics Engineer
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Robotics Engineer at Medlogix2022-2023 · left Jan 2023
  • Mechatronics Engineer at Fincantieri NexTech Spa2022-2022
Education
  • Sapienza Università di RomaMS
  • UNSWPhD
  • Sapienza Università di RomaBS

Alfonso Visone

Co-Founder
Left
Revolut
Account Executive
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Account Executive at Revolut2024-2026 · left Jun 2026
  • Sales Development Representative at Preply2023-2024
  • Co-Founder at Moqqie2023-2024
  • Client Success Specialist at Just Eat Takeaway.com2021-2023
Education
  • Sapienza Università di RomaBachelor's
  • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam)Master's

Andrea Nicastro

Founder
Left
Meta
Senior Computer Vision Engineer
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Senior Computer Vision Engineer at Meta2020-2026 · left Jun 2026
  • Software Engineer Intern at Oculus VR2018-2018
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant at Imperial College London2016-2016
Education
  • Sapienza Università di RomaMaster's
  • Imperial College LondonPhD
  • University of AberdeenERASMUS

Fariba Ranjbar

Co-Founder
Left
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
Data Analyst
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Data Analyst at Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences2021-2022 · left Sep 2022
  • Teaching Assistant at Luiss Guido Carli University2023-2026
  • Adjunct Professor at Sapienza Università di Roma2017-2021
  • Data Analyst at Shahpar Andisheh (SHPA)2019-2021
  • Volunteer Research Assistant at Sharayan Charity2015-2017
  • Data Analyst at Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences2014-2016
  • Teacher Assistant at University of Tehran2013-2015
Education
  • Sapienza Università di RomaPhD
  • University of TehranMS
  • University of TehranBS

Gianluca Bertelli

Co-Founder
Left
Amazon
Sr. Specialist Solution Architect, Generative AI (ML Engineer)
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Sr. Specialist Solution Architect, Generative AI (ML Engineer) at Amazon2019-2025 · left Jan 2025
  • Sr. Cloud Solution Architect (Dev) at Microsoft2008-2019
Education
  • Sapienza Università di RomaMEng
  • Questrom School of Business, Boston UniversityMaster's
  • Università di BolognaBE

Erkan E.

Co-Founder
Left
IEG - Investment Banking Group
Associate
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Associate at IEG - Investment Banking Group2022-2026 · left Jun 2026
  • Praktikant im Bereich Investment Banking at IMAP - International Mergers and Acquisitions Partnership2022-2022
  • Praktikant im Bereich Investment Banking at Saxenhammer2021-2022
Education
  • Sapienza Università di Roma
  • California State University, Monterey Bay
  • Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt Nürtingen-Geislingen

Francesco Iacomi

Founder
Left
LA NAVIMAR SRL
Data analyst
Before thatNone listed
Went stealthLaunched Eraclis
Work
  • Data analyst at LA NAVIMAR SRL2021-2023 · left Nov 2023
Education
  • Sapienza Università di RomaBachelor's
  • Politecnico di MilanoPhD
  • Politecnico di MilanoMS

David Gargiulo

Founder & CEO
Left
Grubhub
Senior Director of Engineering
Before that
Went stealthFeb 2026
Work
  • Senior Director of Engineering at Grubhub2015-2025 · left Jun 2025
  • Software Consultant at Goldman Sachs2009-2015
  • Graduate Assistant at NYU Tandon School of Engineering: Graduate School2008-2009
Education
  • Sapienza Università di RomaBE
  • NYUMEng
  • Sapienza Università di RomaMEng

Kathiravan Thangavel

Founder
Left
Khalifa University
Postdoctoral Researcher
Before that
Went stealthJan 2023
Work
  • Postdoctoral Researcher at Khalifa University2023-2026 · until Mar 2026
  • Visiting Researcher at Scuola di Ingegneria Aerospaziale2021-2024
  • Project Engineer at Akula Tech2023-2024
  • Research Fellow at Sir Lawrence Wackett Defence & Aerospace Centre2022-2023
  • Visiting Researcher at SmartSat CRC2023-2023
  • Visiting Scientist at cosine2022-2023
  • Doctoral Researcher at SmartSat CRC2020-2022
Education
  • Sapienza Università di RomaMaster's
  • RMIT UniversityPhD
  • University of Rome Tor VergataMEng

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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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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.