Specter Monitor #7 🍦

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 ✨

🔮 Talents of the Week

Specter tracks real-time top talents movements across the world to detect actionable investment opportunities before anyone else.

🪄 Predicted:

Lawrence Lin Murata (US, 2021) : Founder / CEO at Slope

Featured by Specter on: 2021 - Week 18 (Pre YC).

Advantage on Latest Funding Round: 203 Days.

Description: Slope enables any B2B platform to offer Buy Now, Pay Later by handling the lending, underwriting, debt collection.

Prev. Experience: Nauto, Newton Technologies, Stanford, Microsoft, Apple.

Total Funding: $8M / Latest Seed in 11/2021.

Notable Investors: Global Founders Capital, Y Combinator.

👻 Opportunity:

Ethan Agarwal (US, 2021): Founder at Stealth

Featured by Specter on: 2021 - Week 28.

Total Funding: N/A.

Notable Investors: N/A.

Prev. Experience: Aaptiv (Exit), McKinsey & Company, LionEye Capital, Citadel Investment Group, Lehman Brothers.

🎱 Strategic Intelligence

Inspired by Michael Lewis’ Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game - Specterball is a stealth engine that tracks online and social behaviour of corporate insiders and leading investors.

🪄 Predicted:

MoonPay (EU, 2018) - Featured by Specter on: 2021-06-11.

Advantage on Latest Funding Round: 164 Days.

Description: MoonPay is a financial technology company that provides payment solutions for cryptocurrency.

Total Funding: $955M / Latest Series A in 11/2021.

Notable Investors: Coatue, Tiger Global Management, Blossom Capital, Thrive Capital, Paradigm, and NEA.

👻 Opportunity:

Series Financial (US, 2020) - Featured by Specter on: 2021-10-13.

Description: Series is building financial infrastructure for modern institutions.

Total Funding: N/A.

Notable Investors: Scribble Ventures, N/A.

Signal: Increased VC Interest in 11-2021.

🍒 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:

Sunday (EU, 2021) - Specter Rank: 4 📈

Description: Sunday turns the tedious 15 minutes it takes to pay at a restaurant into a quick, simple experience that takes less than 10 seconds.

Total Funding: $124M / Latest Series A in 09 /2021.

Notable Investors: Coatue, Global Founders Capital, New Wave, DST Global, Julien Codorniou.

Specter Talent Feature: Victor Lugger on 2021 - Week 17.

6 Months Growth: Team: +222%; Web: +45%; Social: +61%

👻 Opportunity:

W1tty (EU, 2019) - Specter Rank: 29 📈

Description: W1TTY is a clever mobile partner that provides a full suite of attractive finance products & services that nurture healthy financial lifestyles for its individuals, entrepreneurs and business owners.

Total Funding: N/A.

Notable Investors: N/A.

6 Months Growth: Team: +81%; Web: +3,829%; Social: +67%