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May 20, 2026

12 more stealth founders quietly building in Europe

The list includes former operators who cut their teeth at Google, Meta, OpenAI, Shopify, Spotify and Amazon

Oshin Narang

4 min read

After dropping a list of founders quietly building in stealth a couple of weeks ago, Sifted has once again turned to the corridors of the internet to scout out another group who are keeping their new ventures under wraps.

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Oshin Narang

Oshin is Sifted's startup & VC analyst.

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