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University of St.Gallen alumni who just went stealth

13 University of St.Gallen alumni started a company in stealth in the last 1783 weeks.

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Erik Litschel

Co-Founder
Left
Laelaps AI
Founder’s Associate & GTM
Before that
Went stealthNov 2026
Work
  • Founder’s Associate & GTM at Laelaps AI2026-2026 · until Nov 2026
  • Managing Director Partnerships at START Global2024-2026
  • Co-Founder at Zelus2023-2025
Education
  • University of St. GallenBachelor's
  • Kantonsschule am BurggrabenMatura

David Kandler

Co-Founder
Left
LogicStar AI
GTM-Lead
Before that
Went stealthNov 2026
Work
  • GTM-Lead at LogicStar AI2026-2026 · left Oct 2026
  • Managing Director START Summit at START Global2025-2026
  • Student Trainee at Sportradar2025-2026
  • START Summit Program Team at START Global2024-2025
Education
  • University of St.GallenBA
  • Austrian Highschool: Handelsakademie Innsbruck

Jeppe Tranekær Nielsen

Chief of Staff and Personal Advisor to Founder
Left
DIS - Study Abroad
Guest Lecturer
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Guest Lecturer at DIS - Study Abroad2024-2025 · left Dec 2025
  • Investment Director at BESTSELLER FOUNDATION2024-2025
  • Board Observer at Kubik, Inc.2024-2025
  • Board Observer at Regen Organics2024-2025
  • Board Member at Lawrencedale Agro Processing India Pvt. Ltd.2024-2025
  • Principal at Look Up Ventures2022-2024
  • Commercial Manager at GoMore2018-2021
Education
  • University of St.GallenMA
  • University of St.Gallen
  • Copenhagen Business SchoolBS

Sudaravan Surenthiran

Founder
Left
Sible Ai
Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Software Engineer at Sible Ai2025-2026 · left Jul 2026
  • IT team at START Global2024-2026
  • Co-Founder at ExpediteSocial2023-2024
  • Project Lead Developer at BRAVE2023-2023
Education
  • University of St.GallenBachelor's

Cem Pektas

Founder
Left
Warner Music Group
VP, Strategy and Operations
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • VP, Strategy and Operations at Warner Music Group2023-2026 · left Apr 2026
  • Manager, Strategy at YouTube2020-2023
  • Corporate Strategy Manager at King2019-2019
  • Associate at McKinsey & Company2016-2019
  • Investment Banking Summer Analyst at JPMorgan Chase2016-2016
  • Summer Analyst at Monitor Deloitte2015-2015
  • Product Marketing Intern at Microsoft2013-2014
Education
  • University of St.GallenMaster's
  • Harvard Business SchoolMBA
  • Boğaziçi ÜniversitesiBachelor's

Orman Gazvini

Co-Founder & CEO
Left
Pophouse Entertainment
Strategy & M&A
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Strategy & M&A at Pophouse Entertainment2025-2026 · left Aug 2026
  • Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company2021-2025
  • Business Owner at Music company2015-2017
Education
  • University of St.GallenMaster's
  • Stockholm School of EconomicsMS
  • CEMSMaster's

Phileas Mehdorn

Co-Founder
Left
Kellerhals Carrard
Work Shadowing
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Work Shadowing at Kellerhals Carrard2026-2026 · left May 2026
  • Gefreiter/ Private E-2 at Swiss Armed Forces2025-2026
  • Legal Assistant Intern at Dentons2024-2024
Education
  • University of St.Gallen
  • MNG RämibühlMatura

Gleb Zakhartchenko

Co-Founder
Left
Mentriva
Co-Founder & CTO
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Co-Founder & CTO at Mentriva2025-2026 · until Aug 2026
  • Managing Director Of Operations at START Global2019-2021
  • Infantry NCO at Swiss Armed Forces2017-2018
Education
  • University of St.GallenBA
  • Université de FribourgBS
  • Collège Champittet

Dana Talisman

Founder
Left
Clal Insurance & Finance- כלל ביטוח ופיננסים
Business Relationship Manager
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Business Relationship Manager at Clal Insurance & Finance- כלל ביטוח ופיננסים2024-2026 · left Feb 2026
  • Business Operation Manager at QCS Group LTD2023-2024
  • Macro Analyst at Discount Bank בנק דיסקונט2022-2023
  • Financial Analyst at Motorola Solutions2020-2022
Education
  • Tel Aviv UniversityMBA
  • University of St. GallenMBA
  • Bar-Ilan UniversityBachelor's

Joseph Kouadio

Founder, CEO
Left
Cortif Technologies
Co-Founder, CTO
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Co-Founder, CTO at Cortif Technologies2025-2026 · left Jun 2026
  • Co-Founder at Lumi2024-2026
  • Co-Founder at Zof AI2025-2025
  • Instructor at University of California, Berkeley2024-2025
  • Solutions & Technical Innovation Deployment - NASA at NASA2024-2025
  • Young Professionals Director at UNA-USA East Bay2023-2024
  • Board Member at International House at UC Berkeley2023-2024
Education
  • University of St.GallenBachelor's
  • Stanford University
  • UC BerkeleyMaster's

Filip Mitske

Co-founder
Left
Kayba
Co-Founder
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Co-Founder at Kayba2026-2026 · left Jul 2026
  • Business Analyst Intern at Kearney2025-2025
  • Risk Analyst at MF Group AG2025-2025
  • Finance & Partnerships at SIMcubator2024-2025
  • Private Equity Summer Analyst at Sandberg Capital2024-2024
  • Working Student Risk Governance at Riverty2023-2024
  • Consultant at Generation C2023-2024
Education
  • University of St.GallenMA
  • UC Berkeley
  • Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus UniversityMS

Björn Schmidtke

Founder
Left
Aurelion
Chief Executive Officer
Before that
Went stealthOct 2025
Work
  • Chief Executive Officer at Aurelion2025-2026 · until Jul 2026
  • Co-Founder & CEO at Penguin Group2022-2025
  • Co-Founder & CEO at Penguin Academy2017-2022
  • Lecturer, Applied Deep Learning at University of St.Gallen2019-2020
  • Co-Founder & CEO at Penguin LAB2012-2020
  • Student Consultant at McKinsey & Company2014-2016
Education
  • University of St.GallenBA
  • Columbia UniversityMaster's
  • City University of Hong KongBA

Frederic Herold

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Left
Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
Consultant
Before that
Went stealthJan 2025
Work
  • Consultant at Boston Consulting Group (BCG)2021-2025 · until Jan 2025
  • MBA Investment Intern - Antler Elevate at Antler2020-2021
  • Associate Consultant Intern at Bain & Company2019-2019
  • Visiting Associate at Boston Consulting Group (BCG)2019-2019
  • Business Development Intern at BASF2018-2018
  • Consulting Intern at PwC2017-2017
  • Audit Corporate Intern at KPMG2016-2016
Education
  • University of St.GallenMA
  • Northwestern University
  • WHUBS

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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 } }
  }'
# [.] = 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.