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Speciale Invest

vc$600MCo-investsLeads rounds

◆ Fund Size

$600M

◆ Check Size

$0.8M→$1.0M

◆ Location

India

◆ Portfolio

45 companies

◆ Activity

Statusactively investing

◆ Links

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◆ Investment Thesis

early growth-stage fund for deeptech startups

◆ About Speciale Invest

Speciale Invest is a venture capital firm backing early-stage founders building disruptive DeepTech innovations rooted in science, engineering, and technology across sectors like space, energy, climate, AI, robotics, semiconductors, manufacturing, and life sciences. They invest primarily in pre-seed and seed stages with a sweet spot check size of $750K–$1M, reserving 60% of their fund for follow-on investments to support scaling winners. As patient, people-first investors with an operator mindset, they provide strategic guidance, customer introductions, and long-term partnership, primarily focused on India but open to global opportunities.

◆ Sectors

Advanced MaterialsComputer VisionPhotonics & OpticsQuantum ComputingSemiconductors

◆ Stages

growth

◆ Geography Focus

India

◆ Team

NameTitleRoleLinks
A. V. S. KrishnanCo-founder & Managing Partner—
Ahammad ShibilAVP - Investmentsmid
Anand DanielGeneral Partner—
Arjun RaoFounding Partnerpartner
Arun ShanmugamInvestment Analystjunior
Balaji MPInvestment Analystjunior
Chethan GowdaInvestment Analystjunior
Dr Mridula MenonHead of Investor Relations & Chief of Staffsenior
Krishnaswamy SrinivasanGeneral Partner & Chief Financial Officerpartner
Nithish KumarInvestment Managermid
Shrihari PalsetiaCo-founder & General Partner—
Sunil CavaleInvestment Principalsenior
Varun KSInvestment Analystjunior
Vijay JacobGeneral Partnerpartner
Vishesh RajaramFounding Partnerpartner
Vishnu RajeevInvestment Partnerpartner

◆ Tracked Investments

◆ Notable Investments

AgnikulePlaneGalaxEyeCynLrFermbox BioQNu LabsUltravioletteCyRoFromAiriDEXPeptrisAgnikul CosmosCosmoserve SpaceOffgrid Energy LabsElecTreeFiTan90 ThermalSkyroot AerospaceNewtraceMindgroveInspeCity

◆ Traits

Leads rounds

Co-invests

◆ FAQ

What does Speciale Invest invest in?

Speciale Invest invests in Advanced Materials, Computer Vision, Photonics & Optics, Quantum Computing and Semiconductors at the growth stage.

Which geographies does Speciale Invest focus on?

Speciale Invest focuses on India, and is headquartered in India.

What is Speciale Invest's typical check size?

Speciale Invest typically writes checks of $0.8M to $1M.

Which startups has Speciale Invest backed?

Speciale Invest has 2 tracked investments on Fusion42, including InspeCity and H2LooP.