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 on what’s happening in today’s markets, while celebrating data-driven wins and predictions. ✨
🔮 Talents of the Week
Specter tracks real-time top talents movements across the world to detect actionable investment opportunities before anyone else.
🪄 Predicted:
Ines Cheaib (UK, 2020): COO at Gaia
Featured by Specter on: 2020 - Week 48.
Strategic Intelligence Signal: Increased VC interest in 12-2021.
Advantage on Latest Funding Round: 443 Days.
Description: Gaia combines reproductive health data with financial technology to make IVF treatments more accessible, affordable, and personal.
Prev. Experience: Quiqup, C4 Ventures, Eridanis, Orange Digital.
Total Funding: $23M / Latest $20M Series A in 2/2022.
Notable Investors: Seedcamp, Atomico, Kindred Capital, Clocktower Technology Ventures.
👻 Opportunity:
Roy Price (US, 2022): Founder at Stealth Startup
Featured by Specter on: 2021 - Week 51.
Description: N/A
Prev. Experience: Amazon, McKinsey & Co., Walt Disney Co.
Total Funding: N/A
Notable Investors: N/A
🎱 Strategic Intelligence
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:
Hadrian (US, 2020) - Featured by Specter on: 2021-03-01.
Advantage on Latest Funding Round: 312 Days.
Description: Hadrian manufactures critical precision components for frontier technology companies, halving the cost of building rockets, satellites, jets, and drones.
Total Funding: $45.9M / Latest $36.4M Venture Round in 1/2022.
Notable Investors: Lux Capital, Founders Fund, Floodgate, Village Global, JAM Fund.
👻 Opportunity:
Fullview (EU, 2021) - Featured by Specter on: 2021-11-19.
Description: Fullview is a next-gen customer support platform to monitor, analyze and fix user issues at twice the speed.
Total Funding: $1.8M / Latest $1.8M pre-seed round in 11/2021.
Notable Investors: Cherry Ventures, Seedcamp, David Helgason.
Signal: Increased VC Interest in 11-2022.
🍒 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:
Banked (EU, 2020) - Specter Rank: 14,646 📈
Strategic Intelligence Signal: Increased VC interest in 06-2020.
Description: Banked is a fintech company that provides an account-to-account payment software platform offering an alternative to card schemes.
Total Funding: £18.9M / Latest £15M Series A in 2/2022.
Notable Investors: Bank of America, Edenred Capital Partners, Force Over Mass Capital, BACKED VC.
6 Months Growth: Team: +42%; Web: +97%; Social: +32%
👻 Opportunity:
Clair (US, 2019) - Specter Rank: 69 📈
Description: Clair is a social fintech that provides instant pay access as a service for human capital management and gig platforms.
Total Funding: $19.5M / Latest $15M Series A on 2021-06-10.
Notable Investors: Upfront Ventures, Thrive Capital, Founder Collective, Michael Vaughan.
6 Months Growth: Team: +36.36%; Web: +13.62%; Social: +32%
That’s all for this edition of Specter Monitor!
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