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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:
Ran Oz (EU, 2019): Co-Founder and CTO at CommonGround.
Featured by Specter on: 2020 - Week 05.
Advantage on Latest Funding Round: 1,035 Days.
Description: CommonGround is a start-up providing real-time software solutions for unprecedented human interaction over digital.
Prev. Experience: Co-Founder and CTO @Wochit Inc., Co-Founder and CTO @BigBand Networks, Co-Founder Tech Lead @Peach Networks (Acquired by Microsoft), Israeli Military Intelligence, Co-Founder Tech Lead @VCON, Co-Founder Tech Lead @Optibase Inc.
Total Funding: $44M / $25M Latest Series A Round in 11/2022.
Notable Investors: Marius Nacht, Matrix Partners, Grove Ventures, StageOne Ventures.
👻 Opportunity:
Guillaume Testelin (EU, 2022): Co-Founder at Stealth Startup.
Featured by Specter on: 2022 - Week 48.
Prev. Experience: Co-Founder and COO @Kara.ai, PayFit France, FARFETCH, Apple, SUEZ.
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:
Runway (US, 2018) - Featured by Specter on: 2022 - Week 37.
Advantage on Latest Funding Round: 153 Days.
Description: RunwayML is a machine-learning tool for creators.
Total Funding: $95.5M / $50M Latest Series C Round in 12/2022.
Notable Investors: Felicis Ventures, Coatue, Madrona, Amplify Partners, Lux Capital, Lukas Biewald, Jay Simons, Compound, Amjad Masad, Guillermo Rauch, Howie Liu.
👻 Opportunity:
OpenArt AI (US, 2022) - Featured by Specter on: 2022 - Week 48.
Description: OpenArt is an AI-native social platform, inventing a new paradigm and tools for expression and entertainment with generative AI.
Total Funding: N/A.
Notable Investors: N/A.
Signal: Increased VC Interest in 12/2022.
🍒 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:
Clerk (US, 2019) - Specter Rank: 1,730 📈
Description: Clerk helps developers build user management, providing streamlined user experiences for your users to sign up, sign in, and manage their profiles.
Total Funding: $10.5M / $6.2M Latest Seed Round in 11/2022.
Notable Investors: Andreessen Horowitz, Jamstack Innovation Fund, S28 Capital, South Park Commons, Fathom Capital.
6 Months Growth: Web: +37%; Team: +24%; Social: +188%.
👻 Opportunity:
CopyAI (US, 2020) - Specter Rank: 813 📈
Description: CopyAI is a startup building AI-powered copywriting tools for business customers.
Total Funding: $13.9M / $11M Latest Series A Round in 10/2021.
Notable Investors: Wing Venture Capital, Craft Ventures, Elad Gil, Sequoia Capital, Tiger Global Management, Atelier Ventures.
6 Months Growth: Web: 105%; Team: +55%; Social: +3,374%.
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