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. ✨
🔮 Talents of the Week
Specter tracks real-time top talents movements across the world to detect actionable investment opportunities before anyone else.
🪄 Predicted:
Sophia Goldberg (US, 2022): Co-founder & CEO at Ansa.
Featured by Specter on: 2023 - Week 18.
Advantage on Latest Funding Round: 362 Days.
Description: Ansa is a fintech infrastructure solution enabling merchants to launch branded customer wallets.
Prev. Experience: Fintech Fellow @ On Deck, Product Growth Manager @ Adyen, Finance Team @ Hillary for America, Office of Sir Menzies Campbell, MP @ House of Commons.
Total Funding: $19.4M / $14M Latest Series A on 04-2024.
Notable Investors: B37 Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, BoxGroup, Renegade Partners, Silvija Martincevic, Wischoff Ventures.
👻 Opportunity:
Jonas Templestein (EU, 2024): Co-Founder & CEO at Nustom.
Featured by Specter on: 2024 - Week 12.
Description: Making it possible for everyone to build software.
Prev. Experience: Co-Founder @ Monzo Bank, Founder @ HipDial, Software Engineer @ Starling Bank, Director of Experience @ StartupBus, Lead Engineer @ Campfire Labs (Acquired by Groupon), Management Consultant @ Academy Consult.
Total Funding: N/A.
Notable Investors: N/A.
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🎱 Strategic Signals
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:
Arbol (US, 2018) - Featured by Specter on: 2022 - Week 23.
Advantage on Latest Funding Round: 690 Days.
Description: Arbol is an InsurTech platform for parametric products that pay quickly and fairly covering external risks such as unexpected weather.
Total Funding: $69M / $60M Latest Series B on 04-2024.
Notable Investors: Giant Ventures, Mubadala Capital Ventures, Opera Tech Ventures, Finch Finance, Space Capital, Ascend Venture Capital, Winning Streak Ventures, Marc Bell Capital Partners, Space Angels.
👻 Opportunity:
Valar Atomics (US, 2023) - Featured by Specter on: 2024 - Week 16.
Description: Creating oil and gas from atmospheric elements with the power of atomic energy.
Total Funding: $1.5M / $1.5M Latest Seed Round on 11-2023.
Notable Investors: Riot Ventures.
Signal: Increased VC Interest in 05/2024.
🍒 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:
Swap (EU, 2021) - Specter Rank: 7354📈
Description: Helping companies retain revenue through their instant exchange technology, making returns and exchanges a seamless experience for customers.
Total Funding: $9M / $9M Latest Series A on 04-2024.
Notable Investors: QED Investors, Cherry Ventures, Ed Hallen, 9900 Capital, 2100 Ventures.
6 Months Growth: Web: 0.77%;Team: 77.27%; Social: 60.5%.
👻 Opportunity:
Atlar (EU, 2022) - Specter Rank: 8607📈
Description: Atlar’s platform lets businesses automate all of their payment activities – including initiating transfers, reconciling transactions, and handling direct debits – directly with their existing bank partners.
Total Funding: $5M / $5M Latest Seed on 11-2022.
Notable Investors: Nicolas Kipp, La Famiglia; Cocoa, Thijn Lamers, Jan Kemper, The Delta, Mikko Salovaara, Index Ventures.
6 Months Growth: Web: 91.4%;Team: 53.85%; Social: 7.1%.
