Specter Monitor is a data-driven newsletter for investors interested in learning about the latest market trends, signals, and opportunities. Our audience includes some of the most legendary VC investors in the world. We’ll work hard to bring you actionable insights into what’s happening in today’s markets while celebrating data-driven wins and predictions. ✨
New from Specter: 2100 Ventures Case Study 🔥
We sat with Partner Andrea Gurnari to discuss how 2100 Ventures uses Specter for their data-driven sourcing initiatives. Read the full case study to find out more about his thoughts on the power of data in alpha generation, his use cases for our platform and data points, and the success story of how his team sourced a deal through Specter.
Talents of the Week
Specter tracks real-time top talents movements across the world to detect actionable investment opportunities before anyone else.
🪄 Predicted:
Peter Holt Theisen (EU, 2023): Founder at Light.
Featured by Specter on: 2023 - Week 35.
Advantage on Latest Funding Round: 292 Days.
Description: Light is a financial platform that offers fully automated general ledger and other accounting solution services for multinational companies.
Prev. Experience: Accelerated Growth Lead @ Google, Country Lead @ Xoogler.co, Co-Founder @ Wallpaper Society.
Total Funding: $13M / $13M Latest Seed on 06-2024.
Notable Investors: Atomico, Cherry Ventures, Entrée Capital, Mario Götze, Seedcamp.
👻 Opportunity:
Edward Zhou (US, 2024): Founder at Stealth Startup.
Featured by Specter on: 2024 - Week 20.
Prev. Experience: Staff Software Engineer @ Notion, Software Engineer @ Pinterest, Software Engineer Intern @ SAP, Corporate Relations Executive @ StartupStorm, Android Developer Intern @ Pantoscope Media.
Total Funding: N/A.
Notable Investors: N/A.
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🎱 Strategic Signals
Inspired by Michael Lewis’ Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game - Strategic Intelligence is a stealth engine that tracks online and social behaviour of corporate insiders and leading investors.
🪄 Predicted:
Canary Technologies (US, 2017) - Featured by Specter on: 2020 - Week 36.
Advantage on Latest Funding Round: 1371 Days.
Description: Canary Technologies provides hotels and other lodging properties with technology solutions to increase productivity and manage bookings.
Total Funding: $97M / $50M Latest Series C on 06-2024.
Notable Investors: Commerce Ventures, F-Prime Capital, Insight Partners, Thayer Ventures, Y Combinator.
👻 Opportunity:
Burkhard Reffeling (EU, 2024): Founder at Stealth Startup.
Featured by Specter on: 2024 - Week 23.
Prev. Experience: Competence Group Lead - Consumer Banking @ Klarna, Engineering Chapter Lead @ Sky, Lead Developer @ MadeByPi.
Signal: Increased VC Interest in 06/2024.
🍒 Cherry-Picked Companies
Specter tracks the alternative data performance of millions of companies and, on a monthly basis, flags the ones who are likely to increase in valuation.
🪄 Predicted:
Findigs (US, 2018) - Specter Rank: 1010📈
Description: Findigs offers a digital underwriting platform that makes renting safe and easy for renters and property managers.
Total Funding: $39.7M / $27M Latest Series B on 06-2024.
Notable Investors: Streamlined Ventures.
6 Months Growth: Web: 73.85%; Team: 14.75%; Social: 15.1%.
👻 Opportunity:
Sana (EU, 2016) - Specter Rank: 127📈
Description: Sana uses machine learning to improve human learning and offers a customized learning platform for the education industry.
Total Funding: $82M / $28M Latest Series B on 04-2023.
Notable Investors: EQT Ventures, Leksell Social Ventures, Sven Hagströmer, R Ventures, Laurent Leksell, John Lindfors, Katarina Martinson, Acequia Capital (AceCap), Menlo Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, Workday Ventures, Sophia Bendz, Joen Bonnier, Mattias Miksche, Max Ventures.
6 Months Growth: Web: 136.88%; Team: 18.24%; Social: 29.5%.
