European Stealth Founders (poach.vc)

European Stealth Founders (poach.vc)

Ex-Canva Global Head & Ex-Quant Turned Founder

Feb 25, 2026
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People

  • Adit Kulkarni (United Kingdom)

    • Ex-quant turned serial founder, currently building a stealth AI startup. Previously co-founded MantaFlow.ai and founded SaraSpeak.

    • LinkedIn

  • Ahmed Basha (United Kingdom)

    • Director of Engineering turned co-founder of a stealth startup. Previously spent 3 years at Volteras, working his way up from Staff Software Engineer to Director of Engineering.

    • LinkedIn

  • Allan Rechtman (London, United Kingdom)

    • Former Global Head of Channel Sales at Canva, now founder of Scroll to better leverage your knowledge base. Previously served as CCO at Flourish, bringing extensive commercial leadership experience across design and media technology companies.

    • LinkedIn

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