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:
Pierre Touzeau (EU, 2021) : Founder at Claap
Featured by Specter on: 2021 - Week 3.
Advantage on Latest Funding Round: 171 Days.
Description: Developer of an asynchronous meetings platform designed to share updates, get feedback and solve roadblocks.
Prev. Experience: L’Oréal, 360 Learning. Investor in Groover, Café (YC S21).
Total Funding: $3M / Latest Seed in 7/2021.
Notable Investors: Musha Ventures, Local Globe, Kima Ventures, Headline.
👻 Opportunity:
Jason Toff (US, 2021): Founder at Stealth Startup
Featured by Specter on: 2021 - Week 42.
Prev. Experience: First Round Capital, PennDrinks, Google, YouTube, PALS, Vine, Twitter, Facebook.
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:
Clay Earth (EU, 2019) - Featured by Specter on: 2020-11-06.
Advantage on Latest Funding Round: 269 Days.
Description: Clay is purposefully built to help you remember people in your professional life.
Total Funding: $8M / Latest Seed in 8/2021.
Notable Investors: General Catalyst, Forerunner Ventures, Adapt Ventures, Nitesh Banta.
👻 Opportunity:
Unstoppable Finance (EU, 2021) - Featured by Specter on: 2021-12-31.
Talent Signal: Maximilian von Wallenberg Pachaly - Featured by Specter on: 2021- Week 27.
Description: Unstoppable Finance is building a next-gen crypto wallet to bring DeFi to retail investors globally.
Total Funding: $5M / Latest Seed in 10/2021.
Notable Investors: Fabric Ventures, SpeedInvest, Backed VC, Rockaway Blockchain Fund, Inflection Capital, Cadenza Capital Management.
Signal: Increased VC Interest in 12-2021.
🍒 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:
Career Karma (US, 2018) - Specter Rank: 4,599 📈
Description: Career Karma helps people find career advice and job training to navigate their careers.
Total Funding: $51.9M / Latest Series A in 1/2022.
Notable Investors: Y Combinator, Initialized Capital, Soft Bank, Winkelvoss Capital, Backstage Capital, 4S Bay Partners, Emerson Collective, Cap Table Coalition, Imaginable Futures.
6 Months Growth: Team: +52%; Web: +208%; Social: +12%
👻 Opportunity:
Holoride (EU, 2019) - Specter Rank: 2 📈
Description: Holoride is developing the future of in-vehicle media, linking XR with real-time motion data, like acceleration and steering.
Total Funding: $12M / Last Series A in 4/2021.
Notable Investors: TerraNet, Skynet Trading.
6 Months Growth: Team: +52%; Web: +3,273%; Social: +2,428%
That’s all for this edition of Specter Monitor!
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