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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.
Glam AI Hits $6M MRR
Glam AI Hits $6M MRR After 1200% Revenue Growth in 2025
Pennylane Hits $126M in ARR
LesEchos reports Pennylane a Paris based financial and accounting management platform ARR run rate reached €115M
Rocket SaaS Hits $4M ARR
Ryan James reports Rocket SaaS a marketing agency for B2B SaaS companies Hits $4M ARR
Stan Hits $35M ARR
Cassie Crosbie reports that Stan has achieved a $35M ARR
TrackAI Hits MRR $10k
Oleksandr Yashchuk says TrackAI hits 10K$ MRR and are closing 2025 with 70K$ revenue.
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🔮 Stealth Opportunities of the Week
Specter monitors real-time global talent movements to spot investment opportunities before anyone else.
Pierre Frouin
Pierre Frouin, with a 21-year career in neuroscience and brain technology, is the founder of BioSerenity, a DeepTech medical device company that he grew to over €40M in revenue, serving hundreds of hospitals across Europe, North America, and Asia. His leadership at BioSerenity led to the launch of breakthrough devices in neurology, sleep disorders, and cardiology, achieving a 70% CAGR over seven years and diagnosing over a million patients. Frouin's career includes roles as Board Advisor at Virax Biolabs during its Nasdaq IPO, and WW Marketing and Sales Manager at Johnson & Johnson, where he received multiple awards. He also served as ERP Project Manager at BIOGARAN and IT Manager at Servier. Frouin holds a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Université Paris-Saclay, an MBA from INSEAD, and an M.S. in Engineering from Ecole d'Ingénieurs des Technologies de l'Information et du Management. With a network of 2,289 LinkedIn followers, he is currently a co-founder of a stealth startup. Currently in stealth 👻
Andres Aguirre
Andres Aguirre, with 32 years of experience, is a serial founder and entrepreneur who founded MetaPort, an enterprise telecom network mapping platform acquired by Calero, and NOX, a platform for early-stage investments. He served as Chief Product Officer at Calero, where he scaled product strategy and innovation, and as CTO at AT&T and FirstComm, leading technology strategy and execution. Aguirre's career began at Lucent Technologies, where he advanced to Vice President, Network Technology Strategy at Bell Labs. He holds an MSEE from Universidad de Chile and attended The Wharton School. With 2,031 LinkedIn followers, Aguirre is now the Founder & CEO of a stealth startup. Currently in stealth 👻
Nurzhas Makishev
Nurzhas Makishev, a serial founder with 22 years of experience, founded NKM Capital. His career includes roles as a VC at Venrock, Product Strategy & Commercialization at Google, and Product Strategy Manager at Oracle. Makishev's educational background includes dual Bachelor of Science degrees in Computer Science and Economics from MIT, an MBA from The Wharton School, and a Master's degree from Harvard Kennedy School. He has invested in companies like Truebill, Lyft, and Ripple, and has a network of 6,538 LinkedIn followers. Makishev is currently the Founder & CEO of a stealth startup. Currently in stealth 👻
Ben Ormos
Ben Ormos, with 13 years of experience, is a serial founder of companies like Artisan Codex, Clothie, ModMyRide, and TheDotsWillConnect. His career includes roles as Chief Product Officer at Tooled Up Raccoons, Lead iOS Developer at Fitlink, and Partnership Sales Representative at Uber. Ormos holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Software Engineering from The University of Manchester. He has developed innovative AR products and advised startups on strategy and digital infrastructure. With 1,885 LinkedIn followers, Ormos is now the Founder of a stealth startup. Currently in stealth 👻
Meysam Sadegh
Meysam Sadegh, with 28 years of experience, is a serial founder of Noteful AI, Texelio and now for a Stealth Mode AI Fintech Startup, and. His career includes roles as Senior Strategy Consultant at Securitas Group and Husqvarna Group, Head of Business Development at Seed Alpha, and Corporate Strategy Lead at GE Healthcare. Sadegh holds a Master's degree in Industrial Engineering & Management from Chalmers University of Technology and an MBA from IE Business School. He has a network of 1,622 LinkedIn followers and is currently a co-founder of a stealth AI fintech startup. 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.
AnySoft 🔥 featured 3x in 90 days
AnySoft builds AI-powered enterprise applications from natural-language business requirements.
Founders: Danny Dang,Alex Noe
Founded: 2025
HQ Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Neuracore🔥 featured 2x in 90 days
Neuracore provides a robot learning platform for faster development and deployment of intelligent robots.
Founded: 2024
Founders: Stephen James
HQ Location: London, England, United Kingdom
Mixedbread 🔥 featured 2x in 90 days
Mixedbread AI offers an open-source AI platform for embedding, reranking, and document parsing models.
Founders: Julius Lipp, Aamir Shakir
Founded: 2023
HQ Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Judgment Labs 🔥 featured 3x in 90 days
Judgment Labs provides a post-building layer for AI agents to test and monitor them.
Founders: Andrew Li, Alex Shan
Founded: 2025
HQ Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Lumaril🔥 featured 2x in 90 days
Lumaril improves productivity by plugging AI into the physical world.
Founders: Ben Duffield, Mark Elliot
Founded: 2025
📈Again, we’re just scratching the surface here—explore 600+ more high-potential startups capturing the attention of top-tier VCs this week.
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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.
Helius (🌟 Specter – Global Rank 29)
Helius provides Solana RPC nodes, APIs, and data streaming for blockchain developers.
Signal: Headcount Surge, Web Traffic Momentum, Social Followers Scale-up, Top Tier Investors
Founder: Mert Mumtaz, Liam Vovk
Total Funding Raised: $67.6M
Last Funding Round: Series B
Investors: 6th Man Ventures, Anatoly Yakovenko, Balaji Srinivasan, Chapter One, Foundation Capital, Founders Fund, Haun Ventures, Kyle Samani, Propel, Raj Gokal, Reciprocal Ventures, Spearhead, Unpopular Ventures
Reonic (🌟 Specter – Global Rank 51)
Reonic is a software platform for renewable energy solutions.
Signal: Web Traffic Surge, Headcount Surge, Social Followers Momentum, Top Tier Investors
Founder: Lars-Manuel Schneider, Tristan Menzinger, Udo Sill
Total Funding Raised: $17.7M
Last Funding Round: Series A
Investors: Northzone Ventures, Point Nine Capital, Puzzle Ventures (Berlin), and Spinlab - The Hhl Accelerator
Beyond Presence(🌟 Specter – Global Rank 52)
Beyond Presence provides AI-powered interactive avatars for human-like conversations and video creation.
Signal: Web Traffic Surge, Headcount Surge, Social Followers Momentum, Top Tier Investors
Total Funding Raised: $3.1M
Last Funding Round: Seed
Founders: Felix Altenberger, Awais Shafique
Investors: 10x Founders, ALBA Management GmbH, Builders VC, HV Capital
Kapa.ai (🌟 Specter – Global Rank 88)
Kapa.ai provides AI assistants that answer technical questions from company knowledge bases instantly.
Signal: Headcount Surge, Web Traffic Momentum,, Social Followers Surge, Top Tier Investors.
Total Funding Raised: $3.7M
Last Funding Round: Seed
Founders: Finn Bauer, Emil Soerensen
Investors: Amjad Masad, Bob van Luijt, Douwe Kiela, Initialized Capital, Shyamal Hitesh Anadkat, Solomon Hykes, Y Combinator
Gumloop🌟 Specter – Global Rank 107)
Gumloop is a no-code AI automation platform for building complex workflows visually..
Signal: Headcount Scale-up, Web Traffic Surge, Social Followers Surge, Social Followers Momentum, Top Tier Investors
Total Funding Raised: $28.1M
Last Funding Round: Series A
Founders: Max Brodeur-Urbas, Rahul Behal
Investors: Andrew Ofstad, Andrew Tan, Arash Ferdowsi, Bryant Chou, First Round Capital, Immad Akhund, JJ Fliegelman, Kulveer Taggar, Liquid 2 Ventures, Ludlow Ventures, Max Mullen, Nexus Venture Partners, Reynold Xin, Richard Aberman, Shaan Puri, Theory Forge Ventures, WndrCo, Y Combinator
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