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Signals by Signal - Week 30

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Get a sneak peek of what our platform can do with this data-driven newsletter, crafted to help investors discover stealth founders, emerging startups, and growing companies. Enjoy this week’s edition — we’re excited to have you with us!

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Stealth Detector

Signal detects thousands of new stealth founders every month. Here’s a glimpse of some of the individuals operating under the radar, along with their backgrounds and expertise.

Alex Van Grootel
Amsterdam, Netherlands· Stealth since July 2025

Background: Microsoft, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Ranjan Rajagopalan
Chennai, India · Stealth since July 2025

Experience: Astra, Google, Proshort

Education: Indian Institute of Technology

Alexander Thiel
Berlin, Germany· Stealth since July 2025

Background: Atlas Metrics, Imagine Zero, Wunder Mobility

Education: Technical University of Munich

Newly launched startups

Signal uncovers newly launched startups ready to disrupt their industries. This section highlights some of the recent startups we spotted.

Leeny
Lisbon, Portugal
Founded by: Shahaf Azriely

Description: Building an Agentic AI platform that makes factories AI-native with semantic intelligence and plug-and-play agents.

Website: leeny.ai

Elephant Protocol
New York, United States
Founded by: Adam Kalamchi

Description: The onchain MLS killer: open, fast, cheap. Your property, permissionless.

Website: elephant.xyz

Handshake
London, United Kingdom
Founded by: Alex Lindsay

Description: AI-empowered Retail Negotiations

Growing companies

Signal monitors fast-growing companies in real-time, offering updates on key performance metrics, funding, team growth and much more. Here are some of the growing companies we recently spotted.

Industry: Software Development

Location: United States

What they do: The platform for sustainable finance, starting with transactions of the new transferable tax credits created by the Inflation Reduction Act.

Last funding date: Apr. 16, 2025

Latest funding amount: $50M

Team: Allen Kramer, Alfred Johnson

Signal: Crux has grown to 67 employees, marking a 20% increase in the past 30 days. Recent key hires include Hun Wong as Principal, Katlyn Sofaea Alo Alapati as Full Stack Engineer, Charlotte Caldwell as Market Intelligence Associate, and Collin Waldoch as Product Lead. The company is actively hiring for two additional areas.

Industry: Software Development

Location: Milano, Italy

What they do: Sibill helps SMEs manage their company treasury in a simple and effective way.

Last funding date: Jun. 26, 2025

Last funding amount: $14.1M

Team: Mattia Montepara, Lorenzo Liguori, Dario Prencipe

Signal: Sibill has shown significant growth with 54 employees, marking a 17% increase in the last 30 days. Its LinkedIn followers have risen to 6.9k, a 12% growth, while Instagram followers have reached 8.5k, a 13% increase. Additionally, Sibill has been featured in news outlets such as eu-startups.com and tech.eu, indicating rising visibility and interest in the company.

Industry: Software Development

Location: Vilnius, Lithuania

What they do: One API, many AI models. The gateway that simplifies your AI workflow: 
connect any model, monitor, evaluate, improve performance and save costs.

Last funding date: Jan. 17, 2025

Last funding amount: $8M

Team: Eimantas S., Tomas Akmanas

Signal: nexos.ai has experienced significant growth, with its workforce expanding to 47 employees, marking a 42% increase in the past 30 days. The company has also made strategic key hires, including a Senior Frontend Developer and an AI Technical Lead. Additionally, its LinkedIn following has grown to 5.8k, reflecting a 16% increase over the same period.

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