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:
Hosam Arab (APAC, 2019): Co-Founder and CEO at tabby.
Featured by Specter on: 2019 - Week 47.
Advantage on Latest Funding Round: 833 Days.
Description: tabby is a "Buy Now, Pay Later" payments company, allowing consumers to shop and pay in 4 instalments at no cost.
Prev. Experience: Namshi.com.
Total Funding: $186M / Latest $54M Series B in 03/2022.
Notable Investors: Global Founders Capital, Sequoia Capital India, Arbor Ventures, Mubadala, STV, Raed Ventures, HOF Capital, MSA Capital, VentureSouq, Delivery Hero, Partners for Growth, Global Ventures, Sahra Growth Capital, Wamda Capital.
👻 Opportunity:
Iain McDonald (US, 2022): Founder at Stealth Startup.
Featured by Specter on: 2022 - Week 10.
Description: N/A.
Prev. Experience: Motorola Solutions, Microsoft, Skype.
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:
Sardine (US, 2020) - Featured by Specter on: 2021 - Week 13.
Advantage on Latest Funding Round: 318 Days.
Description: Sardine provides fraud prevention as a service solution for the digital economy.
Total Funding: $24.1M / Latest $19.5M Series A in 02/2022.
Notable Investors: Andreessen Horowitz, Nyca Partners, Experian Ventures, overtime.vc, Village Global, 11.2 Capital, XYZ Venture Capital.
👻 Opportunity:
Libby Leffler (US, 2022) - Founder at Stealth Startup.
Featured by Specter on: 2022 - Week 09.
Total Funding: N/A.
Notable Investors: N/A.
Previous Experience: Compass, SoFi, Greylock, Facebook, Google.
Signal: Increased VC Interest in 02-2022.
🍒 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:
Commsor (US, 2019) - Specter Rank: 15,259 📈
Description: Commsor is a community operating system to unlock insights, measure impact, and build a community-led company.
Total Funding: $66M / Latest $50M Series B in 03/2022.
Notable Investors: Riverside Ventures, SignalFire, Atomico, Felicis Ventures, 776 Capital, Seven Seven Six, Remote First Capital, Polymath Capital.
6 Months Growth: Team: +68%; Web: +90%; Social: +825%.
👻 Opportunity:
Moralis (EU, 2021) - Specter Rank: 138 📈
Description: Blockchain projects use Moralis software and APIs to build & scale their dApps without the cost & complexity.
Total Funding: €11.5M / Latest €11.5M Seed Round on 10/2021.
Notable Investors: EQT Ventures.
6 Months Growth: Team: +127%; Web: +406%; Social: +13,418%.
That’s all for this edition of Specter Monitor!
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