Specter Monitor #97 📺

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. ✨

Metronome, 2023 @ ARTANGEL, PECKHAM RYE STATION, LONDON By Sarah Sze

🔮 Talents of the Week

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

🪄 Predicted:

Mo Al Adham (US, 2021): Founder at Frec.

Featured by Specter on: 2021 - Week 48.

Advantage on Latest Funding Round: 670 Days.

Description: Frec is a lending firm that provides finance, loans, financial planning, risk management, and investment consulting services.

Prev. Experience: Sr Staff Product Manager @Twitter, Co-founder & CEO @Telly, Founding Advisor @Instacart, Co-Founder & CEO @Twitvid, Product Manager @Microsoft, Software Engineer @Texas Instruments, Software Engineer @AMD (ATI Technologies).

Total Funding: $5M / $26.4M Latest Series A Round in 10/2023.

Notable Investors: Greylock, Social Leverage.

👻 Opportunity:

Christopher Tanner (US, 2023): Founder at Stealth Startup.

Featured by Specter on: 2023 - Week 39.

Prev. Experience: Niantic, Inc., CEO, Founder, Chief Architect @Lucidity Project, LLC, CEO, Founder, Chief Architect @GET IT Mobile, CEO, Founder, Chief Architect @Emdigo, Sony, Vicarious Visions, Chief Architect, Founder @Intrinsic Graphics, SGI, Silicon Graphics.

🎱 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:

Harbinger Health (US, 2018) - Featured by Specter on: 2022 - Week 30.

Advantage on Latest Funding Round: 430 Days.

Description: Harbinger Health is a biotechnology company that develops a two-tier testing model for the detection of early cancer with a blood test.

Total Funding: $190M / $140M Latest Series B Round in 09/2023.

Notable Investors: Flagship Pioneering, Pictet Private Equity Investors S.A., M&G Investments, Partners Investment, Catalyst.

👻 Opportunity:

Nancy Zheng (US, 2023): Founder at Stealth Startup.

Featured by Specter on: 2023 - Week 39.

Prev. Experience: Stripe, Google

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:

Farther Finance (US, 2019) - Specter Rank: 6,941 📈

Description: Farther Finance is a developer of an investment advisory platform used to provide modern technology with trusted advice.

Total Funding: $46M / Latest $31M Series B Round in 09/2023.

Notable Investors: Lightspeed Venture Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, Cota Capital, MassMutual Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Moneta VC, Habitat Partners.

6 Months Growth: Web: 183%; Team: +45%; Social: +80%.