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Vendra
Vendra provides AI vendor and project management for hardware teams.Pre-seed / SeedSan Francisco, US9+80%12,795+6,670%$500K
Beyond Reach Labs (YC W26)
Beyond Reach Labs develops deployable high-expansion structures.Pre-seed / SeedNew York City, US11+450%7,910+80%$10.5M
Phoebe
Phoebe schedules care providers automatically, reducing burnout.Pre-seed / SeedNew York City, US27+145%16,121+70%$9.5M
Autosana (YC S25)
Autosana automates mobile app end-to-end testing using AI.Pre-seed / SeedSan Francisco, US7+75%12,077+101%$3.2M
Vignetim
Vignetim simplifies European vignette and toll purchases.Pre-seed / SeedAlmere Stad, NL11+57%5,765+619%
BLINQ App
BLINQ provides digital business cards for instant contact sharing.Pre-seed / SeedMountain View, US1,340,752+14%$100K
Amity Robotics
Amity Robotics provides AI-powered robotic platforms.Pre-seed / SeedBangkok, TH19+36%19,273+4,893%$7M
GojiberryAI
GojiberryAI finds high-intent leads for B2B companies.Pre-seed / SeedParis, FR14+56%264,904+15%$500K
Dialogue AI
Dialogue AI conducts AI-assisted customer interviews at scale.Pre-seed / SeedLos Angeles, US16+14%121,897+208%$6M
Fort
Fort is a wearable for strength training and rehabilitation.Pre-seed / SeedSan Francisco, US6+20%28,705+155%$500K
Complir
Complir automates retail product compliance with AI.Pre-seed / SeedCopenhagen, DK19+19%10,585+510%$2.6M
Carrot Credit
Carrot Credit offers asset-backed lines of credit.Pre-seed / SeedSuleja, NG16+14%15,250+336%$4.2M
Ultra
Ultra builds intelligent warehouse robots for e-commerce.Pre-seed / SeedNew York City, US26+63%11,605+211%$500K
Palmier
Palmier provides autonomous AI coding agents.Pre-seed / SeedSan Francisco, US20%202,717+2,209%$500K
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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.

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ex-Paradigm and Coinbase

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ex-Paradigm and Coinbase

Stealth

ex-Paradigm and Coinbase

Fred Ehrsam is now in Stealth.

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Browserbase hired from Mux and Amazon.

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Product Reviews Surge

Product

Product Reviews Surge

PostHog is trending on G2.

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{"organization_name": "Stripe","employee_count": 15841,"investor_count": 72,"total_funding_usd": 10440247725,"growth_stage": "late"}
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Talent and interest signals surface movers first — new founders, job changes, and VC interest as they happen.

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

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Thoma Bravo is interested in Harvey.

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Salesforce is interested in Black Forest Labs.

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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.

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

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

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

We continually evaluate tools on the market, and Specter repeatedly stands out with its highly differentiated UX and comprehensive data.

Andrea Gurnari
Andrea Gurnari

Andrea Gurnari

Partner at 2100 Ventures

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We are embedding Specter into all our workstreams, and it is showing significant promise as part of our strategy to find the next company we will back.

Ozge Sevim
Ozge Sevim

Ozge Sevim

Investor at 212 Ventures

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Specter enhances the efficiency of our operations, and contributes to the in-house data systems we build to generate alpha. Covering both bases makes it a highly versatile and valued part of our tech stack.

Abhijay Thacker
Abhijay Thacker

Abhijay Thacker

VP at Picus Capital

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Specter allows me to narrow or expand the scope of searches at will, without needing to build or maintain any of the data pipelines and infrastructure myself. Using it on a daily basis is super powerful.

Timothy Chen

Timothy Chen

Partner at Essence VC

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Specter fits the workflow you already run — your CRM, your network, your browser, and your stack.

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Native two-way sync for Salesforce, Attio, Affinity, HubSpot, and more — pull setup defines exactly what flows in.

Tap into your team's network.

Specter graphs your team's connections and shows the warmest path to the deal, and alerts you when someone in that network moves.

LinkedIn — Connected

LinkedIn — Connected

Your 5,639 connections are synced.

Lovable Hired From Your Network

Lovable Hired From Your Network

Erik Lindblad joined Lovable.

Marco is connected
Phil is connected
Linda Apsley — Senior Advisor

Linda Apsley — Senior Advisor

Started advisory role at RunPod.

Phil is connected
Varun Mohan — CEO at Windsurf

Varun Mohan — CEO at Windsurf

3 team connections.

Marco is connected
Phil is connected
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Specter on every page.

The Chrome extension reads the company you're browsing and lays its full Specter profile alongside.

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Every data point, one call away.

REST endpoints for companies, people, investors, and signals — 250+ data points per call.

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Powering over 400 teams in VC, PE, M&A and GTM

Specter quickly became the go-to platform for modern data-driven investors.

Teams looking for an edge in private markets run Specter as their data layer: 55M+ companies, 550M+ people and 1M+ transactions, refreshed in real time — with exclusive signals delivered straight into the tools they already use.

Now we spend far less time on infrastructure and spend more of our time building those relationships and investing behind the best founders in our ecosystems. I think Specter will become table stakes for any fund that wants to be in the top quartile.

Richard Dulude
Richard Dulude

Richard Dulude

Partner at Underscore VC

In a short period of time, Specter has become an integral part of how we ensure we have 100% coverage of the markets we operate in.

Gideon Hayden
Gideon Hayden

Gideon Hayden

Partner at Leaders Fund

We've already found one of our investments through Specter! That being said, its value extends beyond pure sourcing. Signals provide a level of intelligence that's valuable throughout the entire investment lifecycle.

Pietro Invernizzi
Pietro Invernizzi

Pietro Invernizzi

Founder of firedrop

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Specter's performance-based signals draw us towards the right startups at the right time, so we're prepared as we can be to make the right decision.

Danny Chepenko
Danny Chepenko

Danny Chepenko

Corporate VC at inDrive

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Tools like Specter surface early talent signals, company foundations, team moves, and nascent traction, beyond what internal scouts can manually track. We see companies we wouldn't see otherwise.

Ben Urwin
Ben Urwin

Ben Urwin

Data at Giant Ventures

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Specter is my go-to for founder outreach before anything else. My time on LinkedIn is substantially reduced; I open Specter, run our saved searches, look at Talent and Investor signals, and reach out

Aarushi Sharma
Aarushi Sharma

Aarushi Sharma

Investor at BEENEXT

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We've invested in a founder with roots at Stanford and Wharton. They were a rising star in their industry with a strong technical background. We found them as a Stealth signal through Specter.

Iynna Halilou
Iynna Halilou

Iynna Halilou

Partner at The MBA Fund

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Specter has been a useful addition to our sourcing stack - it's surfaced interesting companies we might have otherwise missed and helps keep our pipeline fresh.

Dominique Yadegar
Dominique Yadegar

Dominique Yadegar

VP at Bonfire Ventures