Specter Release Notes

Brings verified Glassdoor ratings and review trends into Specter alongside G2, Trustpilot and Chrome Web Store—track sentiment in one place.

Only a week after expanding our People Database from 25M-200M, we have now expanded to more than 409M. The single largest People Database in VC right now.

Collaborate faster with team-aware filters. Alter your view based on your Team's interactions with entities, instantly reduce noise and conserve time by avoiding previously scanned records.

We’ve grown the People Database more than 8X: from 25M to 200M+ profiles, delivering broader coverage and more data at your disposal.

You can now import people lists directly into Specter. Specter automatically deduplicates and creates a curated list, so you can monitor related Talent and Interest signals under Saved Lists and browse individual profiles from custom cohorts.

Preview the essentials for companies, people, and investors—key details, status, list tags, and social links—without leaving search.

Hit the 🚫 symbol to add 'Liked' and 'Disliked' as exclusions and cut the noise.

You can now instantly build and monitor investor lists by importing your own CSV files directly into Specter.

-Narrow the signal — filter Interest Signals with your curated lists to monitor only updates related to investors you care about.

-Stay current — automatically monitor the latest investment and acquisition activity from your imported list.

🛠 Table Customisation: Easily configure tables to suit individual workflows with View Settings.

🖱 Hover Preview — Hover a company or founder name to see a compact entity popover for faster triage.

🗂 Expanded Cell View — Open any cell to see full details without resizing columns or losing your place.

⌨️ Shortcut Integrations — Arrow-key navigation and Ctrl shortcuts for easier navigation and faster handoffs.

👁 Column Readability — Clearer spacing and typography so key fields stand out at a glance.

Company DB: Filter to companies backed by your preferred investors for warmer paths and faster screening.

Interest Signals: Restrict signals to your watchlist to prioritise timing and cut noise.

Transactions: View rounds/M&A/IPOs connected to your investor set for follow-on planning and pacing.

Talent Signals: Act on staffing spikes, leadership exits, and departures—prioritise outreach and spot new founders early.

Company DB: Stack your lists with filters; save searches; include or exclude lists to keep passed companies out.

People DB: Pull operators and alumni tied to target, portfolio, and competitor companies for recruiting, BD, and references.

🔄 People ↔ Investor Profiling

Instantly jump between a person's profile and their deal history—perfect for spotting operator‑angels and founder‑backed teams in one view.

📑 Flexible Pagination

For the first time, every feed and table now has paged views. Switch between 25, 50, 100, or 200 rows per page to skim searches or zoom in on high‑priority opportunities without breaking your flow.

🏢 Talent Signals – Advanced Companies Filter
The upgraded Companies filter lets you slice Talent Signals by how a person is—or was—linked to a company at the time of the signal. Choose from signal-specific options New Position and Past Position to zero-in on exactly the most significant moves related to those companies.

👤 Founder Filters – Filter Companies by Founder Attributes
A new Founders section is now available in the filter menu, letting you refine the company database by specific founder attributes—name, location, education, languages, and standout Founder Highlights. Quickly surface companies with standout founders without wading through every company detail.

🔄 Investor DB ↔ CRM Sync
Map fields once and keep investor profiles perfectly in sync across Specter and your CRM.

🔣 Special-Character Search – Behind-the-scenes input-parsing upgrades let global search handle symbols, punctuation, and accented characters seamlessly

🔗 LinkedIn Integration – Bring in all first-degree connections with Start Full Sync or Manually Import; contacts auto-refresh every 3 hours.

👥 My Network Views – A new My Network shortcut in People and Companies opens pre-filtered People Network and Company Network tables.

🎛️ Network Filters – Every feed now supports the official filters In My Network, In Team’s Network, Not in My Network and Connection Role.

🔍 Connections Tab – Company profiles feature a Connections panel showing insiders already In My Network or In Team’s Network.

🪄 Specter Chrome Extension – Click the extension on any LinkedIn profile or company page for an in-place pop-over, or use the View on Specter button to view the full Specter profile.

📈 Trend Highlights – Instantly spot growth or decline with new indicators across Team, Web, App, Product, and Social.

🔍 Trend-Aware Filters – Zero in on rising or falling entities by filtering with the new highlights.

Definitions / Criteria here

🎨 Revamped Interface – Specter sports a fresh, modern design for a cleaner workspace and snappier performance.

🧭 Unified Navigation – Glide between Databases, Signals, My CRM, and the brand-new My Network hub from a single, streamlined sidebar.

🔗 API Sharing – Send saved searches and lists straight to your API with a single toggle.

⚙️ Schedule-Aware Feed – Any scheduled enrichments now flow automatically to your endpoint, eliminating manual exports.

🔎 Smarter, Simpler Queries
We’ve streamlined how queries are built on the Specter Platform, making them easier to share and safer to use. Key improvements include:

Easier sharing of queries via clean, shareable URLs

Enhanced security by moving sensitive query details out of plain view

Faster render time and improved performance when opening the advanced filters menu

"My CRM" is now "My Network", setting the stage for Specter’s upcoming People Network feature

"Talent Signals" has been renamed to People Signals

"Strategic Signals" is now called Investor Signals

Refreshed side navigation for a cleaner, more intuitive experience

Introduced a redesigned, centralized Settings page

The table views for People and Investors are now the default view—offering a more structured, high-density layout that makes scanning, sorting, and taking action easier than ever. It’s all about speed, clarity, and a more powerful workflow.

⚡ Zapier Integration Enhancements – Stability fixes and improvements for a smoother, more reliable Zapier experience.

🔍 Quick Search Upgrades – Specter Quick Search is now faster and more responsive, with usability refinements for quicker access to what you need.

✨ Strategic Signal Profiles Refresh - We've given Strategic Signal profiles a fresh new look.

👍👎 Like/Dislike Reactions – You can now react to Specter entities with a thumbs up or thumbs down using the new Like/Dislike buttons.

🟢 Entity Status Filters – Quickly filter results by Not Viewed, Viewed, Liked, or Disliked using the new Status filter.

🗂️ Team Activity Insights – Understand how your team is interacting with entities through the new Status popover, showing collective reactions at a glance.

🤝 People & Talent Signals Filters – Your favourite People filters are now available in the Talent Signals feed, giving you powerful new ways to search and surface insights.

🤖 Integrations V3 - New streamlined user experience and stability improvements when working with Specter integrations. Including:

Visit our updated Help Guides to get started

🎨 Color-Coded Top-Tier Investors in Funding Details – identify top tier investors in Company Profiles (Funding) with color-coded labels.

📌 Saved Searches & Lists: Now with Creator Details – Stay organized and collaborate more effectively by viewing the creator of each saved search and list.

🏆 New "Awards - Year" Filter

🔖 We’ve introduced Entity Names to browser tabs, making it simpler to navigate Specter when you have multiple tabs and pages open!
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🖇️ We’re now showing "Other Domains" on Company Profiles to help you quickly identify companies that may have rebranded or updated their website.

📧 Verified Personal & Business Emails are now Live! 📧
Give them a try, and we’d be delighted to hear your feedback.

⚡ Improved loading speed for counts and sorting.

🧮 Added new columns for Employee Count Growth and Web Visits Growth (1-Year and 2-Year) in Table View. Customize your view by showing or hiding these growth metrics using the updated column settings.

🔎 Similar Companies and Competitors - here are three simple ways to use it:

🤖 The AI Agent v2 is now live, bringing several powerful enhancements:
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🖥️ The Dashboard has been removed, but don't worry—we're working on bringing it back in a more dynamic and impactful way!

🐞 Bug Fix: We fixed a bug in Zapier that was causing failing triggers for weekly search results across all products.

🦸 New Product: Specter People DB!
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Here's a quick look at what's new:

🌟 ​Introducing New Data Points

🪦 Removing Old Data Points: We’re retiring these fields to make space for more exciting, high-impact data.

♻️ Improved Existing Data Points: Thanks to our ongoing efforts in indexing websites and social media—along with the work to introduce the recent AI-powered data points—we’ve refined these existing fields for greater accuracy and deeper insights.

🧠 AI Search Agent

📊 AI-Powered Data Points

🐞 Bug Fix: We fixed an issue that was preventing the "Invite Team" email from being sent.

🦄 New Web App Design 🦄

📓 New Saved Searches and List Design

🔍 New Global Search Design: Finding Companies, Investors, and People on Specter is now easier than ever! Press CMD + K to access Global Search instantly.

📓 Introducing Specter Release Notes

👻 2022, 2023, and 2024