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Speciale Invest is an early-stage deep-tech venture capital firm based in Chennai, India, backing visionary founders in frontier technologies including spacetech, AI, advanced manufacturing, robotics, and biotech. Founded in 2017, the firm typically invests $750K–$1M at the pre-seed and seed stages with reserves for follow-on rounds.
Deal activity decreased year-over-year (1 deal in the last 12 months vs 4 prior). Their most common stage is seed (40% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $4.8M (across 41 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
33
Fund Size
$69M
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
1
Team
Krishnaswamy Srinivasan
General Partner & Chief Financial Officer
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
48 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Newtrace Private Limited | Series A | $6.3M | Jan 2026 |
 ePlane | Series C | — | Jan 2026 |
 e-TRNL Energy | Seed | — | Jan 2026 |
 Unmannd | Pre-Seed | $2M | Sep 2025 |
 Vyomic | Pre-Seed | $1.6M | Sep 2025 |
 Inbound Aerospace | Pre-Seed | $1M | Jul 2025 |
 Morphing Machines | Series A | $4.3M | Jan 2025 |
 Sthyr Energy | Seed | $1M | Jan 2025 |
| Unmannd | Pre-Seed | $2M | Jan 2025 |
| Vyomic | Pre-Seed | $1.6M | Jan 2025 |
| MMindgrove | Series A | $8M | Dec 2024 |
| TThe ePlane Company | Series B | $14M | Nov 2024 |
| MMindgrove | Series A | $8M | Jan 2024 |
 StreamAlive | Pre-Seed | $1.6M | Jan 2024 |
 Agnikul | Series B | $26.7M | Oct 2023 |
| MMindgrove | Seed | $2.3M | Jan 2023 |
 Incore | Seed | $3M | Jan 2023 |
| PPeptris Technologies | Unknown | $1M | Jan 2023 |
 Protecto | Seed | $4M | Jan 2023 |
 Cynlr | Series A | $10M | Jan 2022 |
| UUltraviolette Automotive | Seed | $15M | Jan 2022 |
| StreamAlive | Pre-Seed | $1.5M | Jan 2022 |
| TTrainn | Seed | $700K | Jan 2022 |
| TThe ePlane Company | Series C | — | Mar 2021 |
 StepChange | Unknown | $4M | — |
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Top Co-Investors
India Quotient25 shared
Peak XV Partners6 shared
3one4 Capital5 shared
Rocketship VC4 shared
DeVC4 shared
Japan Airlines4 shared
Antares Ventures3 shared
private angel investors3 shared
WRV3 shared
UTEC3 shared
Saison Capital2 shared
Peak XV's Surge2 shared
Tenacity Ventures2 shared
growX ventures2 shared
Accel2 shared
Plug and Play Tech Center2 shared
BEENEXT1 shared
Global Founders Capital1 shared
Last updated: 20 October 2026