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Source the deal of the decade.

Specter offers unrivalled insight into private markets, powering over 400 teams in VC, PE, M&A and GTM.

Index Ventures
Bessemer Venture Partners
NVIDIA
GIC
Aramco
Bain Capital
Goldman Sachs
Peak XV Partners
Prosus
Red Bull
Sierra
Felicis

Deals get crowded by the time you see them. Specter gets you to the table first.

Private markets run on information asymmetry and most database platforms sit on the wrong side of it with stale data. Specter solves this with live intelligence on every private company refreshed whenever data moves.

One workspace for the whole market.

Search 55M+ companies, follow live signal feeds, and see your team's warmest path into every deal.

One workspace for the whole market.

Search 55M+ companies, follow live signal feeds, and see your team's warmest path into every deal.

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Ask anything. Agents do the work.

Specter's private markets agent plans the research, runs the tools, and comes back with answers and sources.

Meet Specter Agents

Every data point, one call away.

The dataset behind the platform, delivered through the most complete and best priced API on the market.

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Data

Specter is the most complete platform for private markets: 55M+ companies, 550M+ people, 330K+ investors, and 1M+ transactions.

Every discovery is backed by four core datasets — companies, people, investors, and transactions — refreshed as the market moves.

Companies Data

55M+ companies

Firmographics & funding

Growth metrics

Revenue & valuation estimates

250+ data points

People Data

550M+ people

Profiles & career history

Education & network

Investment activity

Founder highlights

Investors Data

330K+ investors

Check sizes & AUM

Portfolios & exits

Follow-on rates

Curated fund profiles

Transactions Data

1M+ transactions

Funding rounds

Acquisitions

IPOs

150+ per day

Signals

Talent and interest signals surface movers first — new founders, job changes, and VC interest as they happen.

Meet founders on day zero.

1,000+ talent signals a day — new founders, stealth activity, job changes, and promotions, each with a full profile.

See which investors are circling.

7,000+ interest signals a week — VC, PE, and M&A interest mapped to the companies you follow.

Sourcing

Be the reason your fund wins the deal of the decade — 97% of firms using Specter triage deals faster.

Zero in on your thesis.

Track education alumni, university spinouts, founder networks, ex-Stripe operators, repeat founders, accelerator cohorts — and just about anything else you can think of.

Deep, logical taxonomy.

Industries, tech verticals, business models, growth stages, and 250+ data points — filtering depth that matches how you actually slice a market.

Source with agents.

Specter's in-app AI agent plans the search, runs the filters, and comes back with a ranked, sourced list.

Monitor

Monitor every move that matters — talent shifts, investor interest, and growth signals in real time.

Agents

Put Agents on it — the in-app agent that plans the work, runs the tools, and answers with sources.

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Trusted by 400+ elite firms

Bessemer Venture Partners
Index Ventures
GIC
Peak XV Partners
Red Bull
Felicis
Prosus
Goldman Sachs
NVIDIA
Sierra
Aramco
Bain Capital