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. ✨
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🔮 Talents of the Week
Specter tracks real-time top talents movements across the world to detect actionable investment opportunities before anyone else.
🪄 Predicted:
Jon Wade (Africa, 2021): Co-Founder & CTO at Union54 (YC S21).
Featured by Specter on: 2021 - Week 34.
Advantage on Latest Funding Round: 235 Days.
Description: Union54 is a financial technology company that offers card issuing services without needing a third party processor.
Prev. Experience: Waracle, Hurricane Modular Commerce Ltd, Zazu Africa, Align.Work, The Bot Platform, CMG Worx, Weber Shandwick, Wunderman, i-level Generator, Nettec PLC.
Total Funding: $15.1M / $12M Latest Seed round in 04/2022.
Notable Investors: Tiger Global Management, Earl Grey Capital, Runa Capital, Goodwater Capital, ACE & Company, Y Combinator.
👻 Opportunity:
Samuel Yuk Lai Suen (US, 2022): Founder at Stealth Startup.
Featured by Specter on: 2022 - Week 16.
Description: N/A.
Prev. Experience: Firsthand Ventures, Uber Freight, Uber, SugarCRM, Apple, Microsoft.
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:
Cal.com (US, 2021) - Featured by Specter on: 2021 - Week 37.
Advantage on Latest Funding Round: 211 Days.
Description: Cal.com is an open-source scheduling infrastructure.
Total Funding: $32.4M / Latest $25M Series A in 04/2022.
Notable Investors: Obvious Ventures, Seven Seven Six, Remote First Capital, Tribe Capital, Balaji Srinivasan, Naval Ravikant.
👻 Opportunity:
Zach Abrams (US, 2022) - Co-founder at Bridge.
Featured by Specter on: 2022 - Week 14.
Description: N/A.
Prev. Experience: Brex, Coinbase, Remind, Square. Evenly, Wachovia Securities.
Total Funding: N/A.
Notable Investors: N/A.
Signal: Increased VC Interest in 04-2022.
🍒 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:
Unlearn (US, 2017) - Specter Rank: 2014 📈
Description: Unlearn.AI provides a platform that accelerates drug development by pioneering computational clinical trials.
Total Funding: $69.9M / Latest $50M Series B Round in 04/2022.
Notable Investors: Insight Partners, Mubadala Capital Ventures, Radical Ventures, 8VC, DCVC, EPIC Ventures, .
6 Months Growth: Team: +33%; Web: +185%; Social: +23%.
👻 Opportunity:
Inai (YC S21) (EU, 2021) - Specter Rank: 727 📈
Description: Inai allows vendors to set up their payment stack with a single integration.
Total Funding: $4M / Latest Seed Round in 12/2021.
Notable Investors: Y Combinator, Kunal Shah, Soma Capital, Kube VC, Paua Ventures, 9Unicorns Accelerator Fund, Better Capital, Louis Beryl, Charles Delingpole.
6 Months Growth: Team: +67%; Web: +365%; Social: +155%.
That’s all for this edition of Specter Monitor!
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