Early Stage Founders (poach.vc)

Early Stage Founders (poach.vc)

(0152) industry analytics, real estate -> founder pipeline

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Jan 16, 2026
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Early Stage Founders

  • Arkadiy Baltser (San Francisco)

    • Repeat founder now building Petpin AI as cofounder and CEO. Previously founded Plutoview, which he ran for 4 years, and worked as a product developer early in his career.

    • LinkedIn

  • Christian Gabriel (United Kingdom)

    • Former CEO & Co-Founder of Capdesk, which was acquired by Carta. Now VP GTM at Carta and Limited Partner at Emblem, while also working on a new stealth startup.

    • LinkedIn

  • Itamar Belson (California)

    • Engineering Manager at Twitter turned MBA & MS candidate at Harvard Business School, now co-founder & CEO of a stealth startup.

    • LinkedIn

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