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. ✨
“Shanty Stack” by Arnaud Imobersteg
🔮 Talents of the Week
Specter tracks real-time top talents movements across the world to detect actionable investment opportunities before anyone else.
🪄 Predicted:
Vijay Menon (US, 2020): Founder & CEO at Butter Payments.
Featured by Specter on: 2021 - Week 6.
Advantage on Latest Funding Round: 712 Days.
Description: Butter provides a payments intelligence platform for resolving payment failures.
Prev. Experience: Head of Back-End Product @ Scribd, Product Lead, Growth, & Retention @ Dropbox, Head of Retention and Engagement @ Microsoft, Data Scientist @ Sacramento Kings, Founder & CEO @ CollegeCommit, Researcher @ IBM
Total Funding: $28.8M / $22M Latest Seed Round in 01/2023.
Notable Investors: Norwest Venture Partners, Atomic, Transpose Platform Management, Spring Tide Capital.
👻 Opportunity:
Renate Nyborg (US, 2022): Founder in Residence at AI Fund.
Featured by Specter on: 2023 - Week 04.
Prev. Experience: CEO @ Tinder, General Manager @ Headspace Inc., App Store Subscription Business Lead @ Apple, Founder & CEO @ Pleo, Global Director of Mobile @ Edelman, Head of Mobile Business Development @ dmg Media.
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:
Rive (US, 2016) - Featured by Specter on: 2020 - Week 32.
Advantage on Latest Funding Round: 905 Days.
Description: Rive is a real-time animation software provider.
Total Funding: $10M / $14M Latest Series A Round in 01/2023.
Notable Investors: Andreessen Horowitz, Two Sigma Ventures, Unusual Ventures.
👻 Opportunity:
Claypot (US, 2022) - Featured by Specter on: 2023 - Week 04.
Description: Claypot provides a platform for real-time machine learning.
Total Funding: N/A.
Notable Investors: Quite Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners.
Signal: Increased VC Interest in 01/2023.
🍒 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:
Inflow (EU, 2020) - Specter Rank: 87 📈
Description: Inflow is creating a digital healthcare program for people with ADHD, by people with ADHD.
Total Funding: $11M / €14M Latest Series A Round in 01/2023.
Notable Investors: Y Combinator, Octopus Ventures, Hoxton Ventures, Route 66 Ventures, Joshua Browder, Rhythm VC, Yusuf Sherwani, Maroof Ahmed, Michael Gibbs, Sarim Siddiqui.
6 Months Growth: Web: +48%; Team: +76%; Social: +58%.
👻 Opportunity:
Karta (US, 2020) - Specter Rank: 450 📈
Description: Karta offers smart company cards that helps in automating expense reports and simplify company spending.
Total Funding: N/A Latest Pre Seed Round in 01/2023.
Notable Investors: N/A.
6 Months Growth: Web: +920.94%; Team: +160%; Social: +71%.
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