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Geeks of the week

Startup Name: Staax

Geography: US

One-liner: Social investing platform focused on trade-mimicking and real-time trade alerts from vetted, top financial influencers.

Founder(s) Background: Mckinsey Investment Office / Fund owner of an $800M+ fund of funds (FoF) portfolio, Senior Analyst at Goldman Sachs.

Startup Name: Stell

Geography: US

One-liner: Digitizing requirements for the modern industrial base.

Founder(s) Background: Head of Quality at Hadrian (a16z & Lux Capital-backed).

Startup Name: Destiny (D/XYZ)

Geography: US

One-liner: Public access to private tech.

Founder(s) Background: PM at Zynga, Co-founders at Forge Global.

Startup Name: Sora (Please reach out for introduction).

Geography: US

One-liner: AI-powered debt optimization and management.

Founder(s) Background: Head of Kiva (US).

Founders building in stealth

• Head of Growth at Jeeves ($2B+ val.).

• Head of Industrialization at Capgemini.

• Head of Engineering (Amazon Prime India).

• Co-founder at Piio (acquired by Swell - $20m+ raised).

Insight, Idea & Trend