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. Weโll work hard to bring you actionable insights into whatโs happening in todayโs markets while celebrating data-driven wins and predictions. โจ
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๐ฎ Talents of the Week
Specter tracks real-time top talents movements across the world to detect actionable investment opportunities before anyone else.
๐ช Predicted:
Munjal Shah (US, 2021): Co-Founder at Hippocratic AI.
Featured by Specter on: 2023 - Week 10.
Advantage on Latest Funding Round: 68 Days.
Description: Hippocratic AI - A safety focused large language model (LLM) for the healthcare industry.
Prev. Experience: Health IQ, Charles River Ventures, Google, Like.com, Andale Inc, Baan, Blaxxun, Agouron Pharmaceuticals.
Total Funding: $50M / $50M Latest Seed Round in 05/2023.
Notable Investors: Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst.
๐ป Opportunity:
Mircea Paศoi (US, 2023): Founder at Stealth Startup.
Featured by Specter on: 2023 - Week 20.
Prev. Experience: Clubhouse, Novi Financial, Coinbase, Alien Labs, Twitter, Summify, Balaur.ro, infoarena.ro, uberVU, Google, Microsoft.
Total Funding: N/A.
Notable Investors: N/A.
๐ฑ Strategic Intelligence
Inspired by Michael Lewisโ 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.
๐ช Predicted:
Newlimit (US, 2021) - Featured by Specter on: 2022 - Week 43.
Advantage on Latest Funding Round: 575 Days.
Description: Newlimit is working towards the radical extension of human healthspan using epigenetic reprogramming..
Total Funding: $40M / $$40M Latest Series A Round in 05/2023.
Notable Investors: Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, Elad Gil, Garry Tan, Eric Schmidt, Fred Ehrsam, Dimension.
๐ป Opportunity:
David Petrou (US, 2023): Founder at AI Stealth Startup.
Featured by Specter on: 2023 - Week 20.
Prev. Experience: Google.
Total Funding: N/A.
Signal: Increased VC Interest in 05/2023.
๐ 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.
๐ช Predicted:
ANYbotics (EU, 2016) - Specter Rank: 203 ๐
Description: ANYbotics is a Swiss robotics company specializing in the development of advanced legged robots for industrial inspection
Total Funding: CHF67M / CHF47M Latest Series B Round in 05/2023.
Notable Investors: Bessemer Venture Partners, Verve Ventures, NGP Capital, Swisscom Ventures, Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures, EquityPitcher Ventures, Swisscanto Private Equity, Walden Catalyst, ACE & Company.
6 Months Growth: Web: +219%; Team: +86%; Social: +42%.
๐ป Opportunity:
Rain Neuromorphics (US, 2017) - Specter Rank: 2,156 ๐
Description: Rain is building artificial brains that will make AI radically cheaper.
Total Funding: $30M / $25M Latest Series A Round in 02/2022.
Notable Investors: Loup Ventures, George Godula, Pioneer Fund, Guillaume Glaunรจs, Prosperity7 Ventures, Buckley Ventures, Helium-3 Ventures, Vishal Rao, Gaingels.
6 Months Growth: Web: +999%; Team: +86%; Social: +167%.
