Specter Monitor

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. ✨

"Beyond Silicon Valley" at London Business School

This week, our co-founder Dominik Vacikar moderated “Beyond Silicon Valley” at the London Business School Private Capital Conference, featuring Harry Stebbings (20VC), Dinika Mahtani (Cherry Ventures) and Michele Attisani (FaceIt). What began with a set of questions quickly evolved into a candid discussion on why most hubs fail, the ego of the industry, and where the next $100B companies are actually being built.

Harry Stebbings speaking at “Beyond Silicon Valley” during the London Business School Private Capital Conference, moderated by Dominik Vacikar

💸 Revenue Signals of the Week

Specter tracks private-company revenue and profitability as it’s reported across social posts, news, podcasts, and public filings.
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Elyos AI Hits $1.5M ARR

Philippa Brown says Elyos AI scaled to $1.5M ARR

Heights Hits $38.1M in ARR

Dhiraj Mukherjee says Heights just hit £30M in annual recurring revenue (ARR)

OneTake AI Hits $500K ARR

Sébastien says OneTake AI, an autonomous video editing agent hits $500K ARR

Hackmamba Hits $80k MRR

William U. Imoh shares Hackmamba crossed $80k MRR

WorkHero Hits $1M in ARR

Kyler Evitt shares WorkHero just hit $1M ARR

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🔮 Stealth Opportunities of the Week

Specter monitors real-time global talent movements to spot investment opportunities before anyone else.

Kashif Razzaqui 🇬🇧

Experience: Founder (Stealth Startup), Chief Technology Officer (Elysian), Senior Staff Software Engineer (Meta), CTO (Shuttl), Director - Engineering (Kayako), Head of Engineering (1mg), Tech Lead (Directi), Senior Software Developer (Directi), Founder (binaryCogs), Partner (TreMyn), Six Sigma Blackbelt (General Electric)

Highlights: Fortune 500 Experience, Major Tech Experience, Prior Exit, Serial Founder

Education: Western International University; BS, Management & Finance

Maex Ament 🇺🇸

Experience: Founder (Stealth), Founder (Anti Ordinary Ventures), Innovation Advisor (Amura Industrial), Co-Founder and Partner (Earth),Co-Founder (Pegada), Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer (Taulia), Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer (Taulia), CTO & Co-Founder (ReadSoft)

Highlights: Fortune 500 Experience, Major Tech Experience, Prior Exit, Serial Founder, Prior VC-Backed Founder

Education: Technische Universität Kaiserslautern; Master’s Degree, Mathematics and Computer Science

Elizabeth Rossiello 🇬🇧

Experience: EMEA Fintech & Crypto Executive (Stealth), CEO and Founder (AZA Finance), CEO and Founder (BitPesa), Africa Investment Associate, Capital Markets & Advisory Center (Grameen Foundation)

Highlights:Fortune 500 Experience, Prior Exit, Prior VC-Backed Founder, Serial Founder

Education: Columbia | SIPA; M.A., International Business and Finance

Jonathan N 🇺🇸

Experience: Co-Founder (Stealth), Principal Product Manager (ServiceTitan), Staff Product Manager (AuditBoard), Co-Founder & Head of Product (NextSelf), Senior Product Manager (Cornerstone OnDemand)

Highlights: Major Tech Experience, Prior Exit, Prior VC-Backed Founder, Serial Founder, Top University

Education: University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business; Bachelor of Science, Business Administration

Nadav Klein 🇮🇱

Experience: Founder (Stealth), Chief Operating Officer (AIVF), Co-Founder & CEO (Fynx Health), EIR (Triventures), CTO (VLX Ventures), Co-founder & CTO (Panoply), R&D Leader (flok acquired by Wix.com), Co-Founder & CTO (Sync.ai),

Highlights: Prior VC-Backed Founder, Serial Founder, Strong Academic Background

Education: University of California, Davis; Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biostatistics & Machine Learning

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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.
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Atlas Robotics provides AI-operated pallet jacks for flexible, safe, and efficient pallet handling.
Founders: Tekin Mericli, Cetin Mericli
Founded: 2021
HQ Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Assemble Labs accelerates embedded teams to write, test, and debug firmware 10x faster.
Founders: Craig Schindler, Nima Banai
Founded: 2024
HQ Location: Menlo Park, California, United States

Dutywise is a full-service drawback brokerage with an AI-powered platform for duty recovery.
Founders: Raphael Shorser, Andrew Dietrich
Founded: 2024
HQ Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United Statess

Specializes in task-specific AI agent fine-tuning to enhance product performance.
Founders: Robert Hommes
Founded: 2024
HQ Location: Amsterdam, North Holland, The Netherlands, Europe

Coral Bricks AI delivers a retrieval platform for AI agents.
Founders: Hitesh Jain
Founded: 2024
HQ Location: Redmond, Washington, United States

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Again, we’re just scratching the surface here—explore 1500+ 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.
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Braintrust (🌟 Specter – Global Rank 88)

Braintrust is an end-to-end platform for building world-class AI apps and LLM products.
Signal: Headcount Surge, Web Traffic Momentum, Social Followers Surge, Top Tier Investors, No Recent Funding
Founder: Ankur Goyal
Total Funding Raised: $44.3M
Investors: Andreessen Horowitz, Ankur Goyal, Arthur Mensch, Bryan Helmig, Databricks Ventures, Datadog, Greg Brockman, Greylock, Guillermo Rauch, Simon Last, Basecase Capital

Shade (🌟 Specter – Global Rank 98)

Shade develops an AI-driven file explorer that visually searches and previews terabytes of files.
Signal: Headcount Surge, Web Traffic Surge, Social Followers Surge, Top Tier Investors
Founder: Emerson Dove, Brandon Fan
Total Funding Raised: $4.2M
Investors: Flybridge, Gold House

AeroVect (🌟 Specter – Global Rank 107)

AeroVect develops autonomous driving platforms for ground support equipment for airside operations.
Signal: Headcount Surge, Social Followers Surge, Top Tier Investors, No Recent Funding
Founder: Raymond Wang, Eugenio Donati
Total Funding Raised: $27.1M
Investors: Experiment Fund, Flybridge, Future Back Ventures by Bain & Company, Gold House, Graphene Ventures, Liquid 2 Ventures, Marbruck, Nava Ventures, Outsiders Fund, Scribble Ventures, Soma Capital, The Graduate Syndicate, Xfund

Diversion Company (🌟 Specter – Global Rank 237)

Diversion Company provides cloud-native version control for asset-heavy game and 3D workflows.
Signal: Web Traffic Momentum, Social Followers Surge, Top Tier Investors, No Recent Funding
Founder: Egal Lazarev, Sasha Medvedovsky
Total Funding Raised: $12.4M
Investors: Darkmode Ventures, Konvoy, Pioneer Fund, Secret Chord Ventures, Y Combinator

Langdock (🌟 Specter – Global Rank 2645)

Langdock is an AI platform for businesses to securely roll out generative AI, featuring chat and custom assistants.
Signal: Headcount Surge, Web Traffic Surge, Social Followers Surge, Top Tier Investors
Founder: Jonas Beisswenger, Tobias Kemkes, Lennard Schmidt
Total Funding Raised: $3.5M
Investors: Erik Muttersbach, General Catalyst, Hanno Renner, Johannes Reck, La Famiglia, Rolf Schromgens, Y Combinator, Fadelia Invest

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