Specter Monitor #96 🐎

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. ✨

Me, myself and I. Self portrait 2023. by Chris Labrooy

🔮 Talents of the Week

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

🪄 Predicted:

Renate Nyborg (US, 2023): Founder & CEO at Meeno.

Featured by Specter on: 2023 - Week 3 as Stealth signal.

Advantage on Latest Funding Round: 250 Days.

Description: Meeno offers an AI relationship mentoring app targeting young adults.

Prev. Experience: Chief Executive Officer @Tinder, AI Fund, Headspace Inc., Apple, Founder & CEO @Pleo, Edelman, dmg media, Poken by GES, European Leadership Programme, Twestival, New Stream Media, Hammond Partners, Basis Research.

Total Funding: $5M / $3.9M Latest Seed Round in 09/2023.

Notable Investors: Sequoia Capital, AI Fund, New Enterprise Associates, Jim Lanzone, Joe Zadeh, Megan Jones Bell, André Heinz, Peter Rojas, Eileen Burbidge.

👻 Opportunity:

Oliver Cameron (US, 2023): Founder at Stealth Startup.

Featured by Specter on: 2023 - Week 38.

Prev. Experience: Skyways, Cruise, Co-Founder & CEO @Voyage (Acquired by Cruise), Udacity, Co-Founder & CEO @Everyme.

🎱 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:

Corti (EU, 2016) - Featured by Specter on: 2023 - Week 13.

Advantage on Latest Funding Round: 176 Days.

Description: Corti is a machine learning company that helps emergency departments to detect critical illnesses like cardiac arrest in real time.

Total Funding: €80.9M / €56M Latest Series B Round in 09/2023.

Notable Investors: Atomico, Prosus Ventures, Chr. Augustinus Fabrikker, Vaekstfonden, byFounders, Heartcore Capital, Export and Investment Fund, Eurazeo, Idinvest Partners.

👻 Opportunity:

Matt Henderson (EU, 2023): Co-founder and CEO at Stealth Startup.

Featured by Specter on: 2023 - Week 38.

Prev. Experience: CEO Stripe Europe & Head of Global Product @Stripe, Google, Founder @Rangespan (Acquired by Google), Amazon

Signal: Increased VC Interest in 09/2023.

🍒 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:

Anthropic (US, 2021) - Specter Rank: 18 📈

Description: Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that focuses on increasing the safety of large-scale AI systems.

Total Funding: $2.8B / Latest $1.3B Corporate Round in 09/2023.

Notable Investors: Amazon, SK Telecom, Spark Capital, Google, Sam Bankman-Fried, Jaan Tallinn, Sahin Boydas, SAP, Menlo Ventures, Zoom Ventures, Seven Rivers Capital LTD, Sound Ventures.

6 Months Growth: Web: 1,739%; Team: +85%; Social: +252%.