Spectre
VC Fund
Irvine, United States
Spectre is a VC fund in Irvine focused on Software and Big Data. Problems are categorized by industry and approach. At Spectre we work to disrupt existing industries or in the case of a gap, we look to change the fabric of the status quo.Our philosophy is simple:1. Maintain a Balance between disruption and responsibility 2. Push the boundaries of innovation 3. Practicality of solutions 4. Challengeconventional wisdom
- Total investments:
- 10
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
Last updated:
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Industries Spectre invests in
Stages Spectre invests in
Countries Spectre invests in
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 3 (30%)
- Big Data 2 (20%)
- Information Technology 2 (20%)
- Mobile 1 (10%)
- Internet 1 (10%)
Stage
- Seed 3 (30%)
- Private Equity 3 (30%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 2 (20%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (10%)
- Series A 1 (10%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ahmad Ishaq
Managing Director
|
Managing Director | Total investments: 1 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Gravitics
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Artificial gravity for human habitation in space. | $20M / Seed / Nov 17, 2022 | |
| FORMULA is a personalized nootropics company that offers nootropic supplements for peoples' unique needs. The company safely provides improved focus, creativity, energy, and memory in capsule form. The company analyzes clinical trials and conducted research on 127 different ingredients and recommendations supported by the a large data set.FORMULA was founded on 2017 and is headquartered in New York, New York. | Seed / May 01, 2021 | ||
| Space Exploration Technologies is a space-transportation startup company founded by Elon Musk. SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. SpaceX develops crew and cargo capsules, engines, cryogenic tank structures, avionics, equipment, guidance, and control software. The company is developing the partially reusablelaunch vehicles Falcon 1 and Falcon 9.Founded in 2002, Space Exploration Technologies is headquartered in Hawthorne, California. | $314M / Private Equity / Apr 14, 2021 | ||
| Gisual helps telecoms and service providers diagnose outages with automation. This reduces mean-time-to-repair and trick rolls for clients like Google, AT&T and Astound Broadband. | Pre-Seed / Nov 11, 2020 | ||
| Swrve is the world's leading mobile marketing automation platform, pioneering the fast-growing mobile engagement marketing space.We are also proud to be the first mobile marketing company to combine predictive analytics with messaging for mobile apps in our Predictive Marketing Suite, which employs a continuously updated behavioralalgorithm that determines an app user’s propensity for action or inaction. Swrve combines class-leading analytics, segmentation, AB testing and in-app messaging in a unified application that allows marketing managers to continually test their applications by tracking user behavior, targeting specific user segments, tuning in-app elements, and talking to users via in-app messages. In the first half of 2015, Swrve signed more than 40 new clients in a wide range of industries from retail, travel, hospitality, banking and insurance to sports, media, entertainment, games, and lifestyle. Among the notable customer wins were The Guardian, Condé Nast, Glamsquad, Warner Brothers, Microsoft, and Backflip. As a result, our global bookings in the second quarter of 2015 increased 33% over the previous quarter and 153% over Q4 2014.In 2015, Swrve also ranked #420 in Inc. magazine’s 34th annual Inc. 500, an exclusive ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California and was founded by Hugh Reynolds and Steven Collins in 2010. | Venture - Series Unknown / Oct 01, 2020 | ||
| Outlogic is a provider of location data for the retail, real estate, and financial markets. Outlogic has exemplified high standards and best practices for the collection and use of location data while still allowing companies to develop disruptive tools built on a foundation of quality data. | $9.5M / Series A / Jun 04, 2019 | ||
| U.Group provides you not only outstanding technology solutions, but also user friendly interfaces and integrated marketing strategies—so you can do your job better. Now when we deliver leading edge data science and software | Private Equity / Sep 01, 2018 | ||
| WASHINGTON, D.C. March 05, 2020 – HUNGRY Marketplace Inc., the Washington D.C. based platform connecting top chefs with businesses looking for the best in catered meals, today announced the close of its nearly $20 million Series B funding round. The round was led by former Whole Foods co-CEO Walter Robb and Evolution VC Partners. Additionalparticipants in the round included actor Kevin Hart, Jay-Z’s Marcy Venture Partners, Los Angeles Ram Todd Gurley, Seattle Seahawk Bobby Wagner, Tampa Bay Buccaneer Ndamukong Suh, former White House chef Sam Kass, President Obama’s special assistant Reggie Love and Leonard Green Partners’ Jonathan Sokoloff. The investment brings the company’s total funding to $32.5 million. ABOUT HUNGRY: HUNGRY was founded by serial entrepreneurs Eman Pahlavani, Shy Pahlevani and Jeff Grass, as a revolutionary way for independent chefs to connect with the $60 billion business and events catering market. HUNGRY is committed to improving the communities it serves. Through its ‘Fight Against Hunger’ program, HUNGRY donates one meal to those in need for every two purchased. Additionally, its ‘WeRecycle’ program promotes environmental waste reduction by offering biodegradable plates and cutlery with its delivered meals. HUNGRY is headquartered in Washington, D.C. and has rapidly growing operations in Philadelphia, Atlanta, Boston and New York City. By the end of 2021, HUNGRY is projected to expand its footprint to a total of 23 U.S. cities. For more information, visit tryhungry.com. | $1.5M / Seed / Jun 13, 2018 | ||
| StatusPro is a sports technology company that combines data with augmented and virtual reality to provide a suite of training and gaming products. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 01, 2018 | ||
| Located in Arlington, VA, ByteCubed is a results-oriented and high-impact consulting firm specializing in next-generation software development and technology. They aim to provide innovative and effective solutions to Their clients, not only from a life cycle and process approach, but also from a technology maturity standpoint. ByteCubed listens toits clients and delivers solutions that meet the ever-changing challenges many clients face today. Their goal is to bring added value to every relationship They enter into while exceeding Their contractual obligations. They work with various government agencies and companies including the DOD, DHS, DIA and many more. | Private Equity / Jan 01, 2016 |
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What does Spectre invest in?
Spectre invests primarily in Software, Big Data and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Private Equity stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The team at Spectre includes Ahmad Ishaq (Managing Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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