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:
Harpaul Sambhi (US, 2022): Founder at Magical.
Featured by Specter on: 2021 - Week 3.
Advantage on Latest Funding Round: 508 Days.
Description: Magical is an all-in-one calendar - where meetings, actions, and knowledge are managed through smart automation, frictionless scheduling, and integrations with your everyday tools.
Prev. Experience: Bain Capital Ventures, Microsoft, LinkedIn, Careerify.
Total Funding: $38.3M / $35M Latest Series A in 06/2022.
Notable Investors: Coatue Management, Greylock, Bain Capital Ventures, Lightspeed Capital, SV Angels, Blank Ventures, and BoxGroup, Mathilde Collin, Dylan Field, Joe Thomas, Shahed Khan, Vinay Hiremath, Des Traynor, Jack Altman.
👻 Opportunity:
Sarah Guo (US, 2022): Building Something New.
Featured by Specter on: 2022 - Week 23.
Prev. Experience: Greylock, Goldman Sachs.
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:
Highlight (US, 2021) - Featured by Specter on: 2021 - Week 38.
Advantage on Latest Funding Round: 241 Days.
Description: Highlight helps users to membership communities on the blockchain.
Total Funding: $11M / $11M Latest Seed in 05/2022.
Notable Investors: Polygon, Coinbase, 1kx, Huan VC, 35V, Floodgate.
👻 Opportunity:
Adam Liska (EU, 2022): Co-Founder at Stealth Startup.
Featured by Specter on: 2022 - Week 23.
Prev. Experience: DeepMind, Spotify, Facebook.
Total Funding: N/A.
Notable Investors: N/A.
Signal: Increased VC Interest in 06-2022.
🍒 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:
Opal (US, 2019) - Specter Rank: 4,230 📈
Description: Opal is empowering enterprises to build access management workflows that scale.
Total Funding: $11.8M / Latest $10M Series A Round in 06/2022
Notable Investors: Greylock, Box Group, Base Case Capital, Andrew Peterson, Grant Miller, Evan Reiser, Tim Howes, Philip Martin.
6 Months Growth: Web: +1007%; Team: +100%; Social: +83%.
👻 Opportunity:
Mindset (US, 2021) - Specter Rank: 16 📈
Description: MINDSET creates digital safe space that normalizes the discussion of mental health and wellness through raw, authentic storytelling.
Total Funding: $8.7M / Latest $8.7M Seed Round in 10/2020.
Notable Investors: Ruzwana Bashir, A.Capital Ventures, Lynn Bartsch, TQ Ventures, Eric Wu, Kevin Lin, Dan Lin, Eric Feng, Darren Lachtman, SV Angel.
6 Months Growth: Web: 2419%; Team: +14%; Social: +109%.
That’s all for this edition of Specter Monitor!
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