Ex-Google, Meta, and Amazon Talent Building Stealth Startups

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People

• Felipe Lavratti (London, United Kingdom)

  • Software engineer at Meta and Amazon, now founding a stealth startup. Background in robotics and AI in consumer products.

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• Igor Kostenko (Lisbon, Portugal)

  • Ex-PandaDoc Director of Corporate Development who helped scale the company from $5M to $100M+. Now CEO and co-founder of a stealth AI startup, with experience as Executive in Residence at Camber Partners and as a GTM & SaaS growth consultant.

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• Joan Isern (Porto, Portugal)

  • Engineering manufacturing consultant at Michael Page specializing in quality, sustainability, and field service engineering. Previously founded Oppin Tech and worked as a recruiter at JIC Professional Recruitment.

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