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🔥 Hottest Startups - October 2025
We're delighted to share with our readers the hottest startups for October. Leveraging our Investor Signals product, we analyse which startups have garnered the highest interest from prominent investors over the past 90 days.
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💸 Revenue Signals of the Week
Specter tracks private-company revenue and profitability as it’s reported across social posts, news, podcasts, and public filings.
Pimpmysnap hit $156K ARR
Founder reported $13K MRR as of Nov 2025; with about $50 monthly expenses, the business operates profitably.
Wiza hit $15.0M ARR
Stephen Founder & CEO of WizaFounder & CEO of Wiza reports it generates $15M in ARR and is profitable.
Flowd hit $3.8M ARR
Flowd disclosed £3m in annual recurring revenue (ARR), achieved via bootstrapped, organic growth.
Cupidly hit $26K ARR
Cupidly reported $2.2k MRR and $2.6k monthly revenue in a week-3 update and is targeting $10k/month within 10 weeks.
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🔮 Stealth Opportunities of the Week
Specter monitors real-time global talent movements to spot investment opportunities before anyone else.
Sebastian Born
Sebastian Born, Munich-based, 13 years of experience in the tech industry. Holds a Master's in Development and Design from Technische Universität München and a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from Technische Universität Berlin. Major tech experience and co-founded the unicorn company, Lilium, leading structure engineering to R&D in propulsion. Via SPAC, Lilium was acquired by Qell Acquisition Corp. in September 2021. Career includes R&D / PHD candidate at Gear Research Centre (FZG). His work significantly impacted the fields of propulsion and lightweight structures. With a LinkedIn following of 2443, now founded a Stealth Startup in the Deep Tech space - currently leading a new venture in stealth mode. Currently in stealth 👻
Emiliano Berenbaum
Emiliano Berenbaum, located in Walnut Creek, California. 28 years of experience, fortune 500 experience, massive tech experience, and a track record of prior exits and IPOs. Holds a Bachelor's in Computer Science from New York University. Founded and led Trustle as CEO / CTO and Co-founded as CTO Scytale.io (acquired by Hewlett-Packard Enterprise). Career as an Architect at Major League Baseball Advanced Media, Okta Inc. and Xceedium, Chief Technologist at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Developer at IBM and Starmedia, Director of Development at Iptivia and Application Security Inc., Software Engineer at Splunk, Micromuse, and MobileIron. Recognized as a leader in the tech industry, with a decked-out background in cloud computing and cybersecurity. Now leading a new venture in stealth mode. Currently in stealth 👻
Juan Manuel Serruya
Juan Manuel Serruya, Stockholm-based. 18 years of experience, major tech experience, prior exit, and prior VC-backed founder. Co-founded and led Datia (Acquired by Connect Earth) as CEO. Career includes Backend/Java Engineer at Band Of Coders, C++ Engineer at Sabarasa Entertainment, Head of Engineering - Creator Studio at Spotify, and Lead iOS Engineer at How.Do. An influential figure in sustainable finance with a LinkedIn following of 6518. Now leading a new venture in stealth mode. Currently in stealth 👻
Vijay Ramani
Vijay Ramani, SF-based. 23 years of experience, fortune 500 experience, and a serial founder. Holds MBA from Wharton. Co-founded and head of product at SocialMoola (Social Capital) and led product as CEO at TotSpot Inc (Acq by Poshmark Inc.). Career includes Director of Product at Peel, Head of Product (AR Shopping) at Amazon, Head of Product (Ads) at Meta, multiple roles in engineering and product at KLA-Tencor. A stacked and seasoned product leader with a solid track record and execution rate. Has LinkedIn following of 3563. Now leading a new venture in stealth mode. Currently in stealth 👻
Young Kim
Young Kim, based in Washington. 5 years of experience, strong tech experience and prior exit. Holds MEng in Computer Science from Cornell. Co-founded and led as CTO at Venue (acquired by Ramp). Career includes leading Engineering at Ramp, Software Engineer at Facebook, and Team Lead at Cornell App Development (AppDev). Major experience in procurement automation. Has a linkedin following of 1924. Now leading a new venture in stealth mode. Currently in stealth 👻
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🎱 Investor Signals of the Week
Specter analyzes the online and social activity of leading investors and industry insiders to predict upcoming funding rounds and acquisitions.
Monogram (🔥 featured 3x in 90 days)
Monogram, based in San Mateo, California, United States, is pioneering a new user interface for AI, aiming to make it more accessible, trustworthy, and collaborative. The company draws inspiration from significant advancements in computing interfaces, such as Engelbart's mouse and Jobs' multi-touch, to create an interface that simplifies interactions with AI technologies. Monogram's end game is to develop an intuitive and engaging user experience for AI applications. Founded by Murat Akbal (ex-Udemy, METU Computer Club, Carbon Health) and Eren Bali (ex-Eofer (formerly Invento), Knowband, Udemy), Monogram has not disclosed its funding amount but is supported by refract ventures. In Early growth stage, with a small team, in pre-launch phase.
Orchestra (🔥 featured 3x in 90 days)
Orchestra, London-based, offers a software development platform that simplifies data workflows and operational efficiency for data teams. Addresses challenges like debugging, infrastructure maintenance, and the implementation of data orchestration and quality frameworks, enabling data teams to focus on value extraction from data. Orchestra has raised $1.3M from investors including Differential Ventures, K5 Global, Moonfire Ventures, and Sequoia Scout. Founded by Will Davies (ex-Worcester College, PIMLOC, Trek Bicycle) and Hugo Lu (ex-Rothschild & Co, Codat, Hartley Investment Trust). Orchestra is a team of 15 and attracted a web visit count of 119825.
Lica World (🔥 featured 7x in 90 days)
Lica World, HQ in SF, is revolutionizing the way brands create video content by leveraging AI to transform writings into captivating videos. Platform caters to D2C performance marketers and marketing agencies, offering workflows for fresh, on-brand, creative content weekly optimized to boost ROAS and reduce ad fatigue. Co-founded by Purvanshi Mehta (ex-NeuralSpace, Amazon Lab126, Microsoft) and Priyaa K (ex-The Dialogue Foundation, South Park Commons, J. Walter Thompson Worldwide). Raised $4M in funding from notable investors such as Village Global, South Park Commons, Amjad Masad, Michele Catasta, and Accel. Team size of 15, Lica World is in the seed stage of its growth, focusing on expanding its innovative video production platform.
Lumos (🔥 featured 4x in 90 days)
Lumos, based in SF, is a startup focused on enhancing medical AI through advanced observability and precise data labeling solutions. Mission is to support medical AI teams by providing tools that improve AI accuracy, ensure regulatory compliance, and streamline model evaluation. Founded by Ruslan Nazarenko (ex-Reface🇺🇦, Stealth, BADideas.fund) and has not disclosed its funding details - only that it is backed by BADideas.fund and BD Partners.
Kernel (🔥 featured 5x in 90 days)
Kernel, located in SF, is revolutionizing deployment and scaling of AI web agents with its browser infrastructure platform. Compatible with Playwright/Puppeteer, LLM Computer Use agents, and all web agent frameworks, Kernel offers fast and efficient browser automation. Raised $22.6M in funding, with Y Combinator among its investors. Co-founded by Catherine Jue (ex-Sway Finance, Cash App, Tekuno Japanese Tea & Objects) and Rafael Garcia (ex-Clever Inc., Jump Trading, LLC). Team of 8, Kernel is in the early growth stage, focusing on providing infrastructure for AI agents to navigate and interact with the internet efficiently.
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🍒 Company Opportunities of the Week
Specter tracks the performance of millions of companies and identifies the ones who are likely to increase in valuation.
Rox (🌟 Specter – Global Rank 15)
Rox, baked in SF, is an AI-powered sales productivity platform that enhances sales team performance by leveraging AI agent swarms to unify, process, and monitor customer information. Think personalized engagement through automated email and LinkedIn post creation, among other features. Founded by Avanika Narayan (ex-Predibase, Sequoia Capital), Ishan Mukherjee (ex-New Relic, Inc., Pixie), Diogo Ribeiro (ex-Lacework, ThousandEyes (part of Cisco)), and Shriram Sridharan (ex-Confluent, Amazon Web Services (AWS)). Team has grown to 58 employees, raising $50M in its latest funding round from General Catalyst with partners Andrew Calder, Maryam Mujica, Dithi Ganjam, and Rashmi Shivashankar. Despite no recent news, Rox maintains a Specter rank of 15, with web visits at 72,692 (+68.06% growth) and 7,073 LinkedIn followers, showcasing massive traction and growth potential.
Resend (🌟 Specter – Global Rank 89)
Resend in SF is a developer-focused email platform for sending transactional and marketing emails at scale, featuring dedicated IPs, multi-region sending, and real-time analytics to optimize deliverability. Co-founded by Bu Kinoshita (ex-WorkOS, IDwall), Zeno Rocha (ex-WorkOS, Liferay Cloud, Inc.), and Jonni Lundy (ex-Liferay, Liferay, Inc). Team of 51, raising $21.5M. Latest funding round includes investment from Andreessen Horowitz with partners Zack Levine, Yasin Ehsan, Brian Wilkins, and Wayne Goeckeritz participating. Resend's Specter rank is 89, with 1,052,219 web visits and a 13,745 LinkedIn follower count - strong market presence and growth trajectory.
Gizmo (🌟 Specter – Global Rank 110)
Gizmo in London is building an AI-powered learning platform that generates quizzes and flashcards from various learning materials, incorporating spaced repetition and active recall techniques. Founded by Robin Jack (ex-Skimlinks, QuBit Group), Paul Evangelou (ex-Touch Surgery, ReD Associates), and Petros Christodoulou (ex-Amazon, Google). Gizmo has grown to 106 employees, securing $3.5M in funding from Ada Ventures and CapitalT, with Nick Lisher, Abadesi Osunsade, and others contributing. Gizmo's Specter rank is 110, with 4,152,554 web visits (+43.21% growth) and 3,084 LinkedIn followers.
Reform (🌟 Specter – Global Rank 611)
Reform in NYC develops logistics software to streamline operations in the freight industry, featuring seamless API integration and AI-powered data extraction. Co-founded by Omar Abuhashish (ex-CoinTracker, Altan Insights) and Pradhit Gosula (ex-CoinTracker, Microsoft). With a team of 11 employees, they have raised $2,555,000. Investors include EasyPost and FundersClub, with Tyler Heaps and Thorsten Koch among the contributing partners. Reform's Specter rank is 611, with 2,580 web visits (+16.11% growth) and 1,056 LinkedIn followers.
Codegen (🌟 Specter – Global Rank 614)
Codegen, SF-based, is an AI-powered software engineering platform that provides a natural language interface to codebases for development assistance. Founded by Jay Hack (ex-FemTec Health, Inc., Mira AI, Inc., a FemTec Health Company), Codegen has grown to 16 employees. Raised $16,165,484, with Thrive Capital leading the latest funding round and partners Brennen Ryder and Sierra Kaslow involved. Codegen's Specter rank is 614, with 31,118 web visits (+2.13% growth) and 1,778 LinkedIn followers.
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