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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 increased 100% year-over-year (2 deals in the last 12 months). Their most common stage is seed (42% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $3.9M (across 23 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
20
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
24 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 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 |
| MMindgrove | Series A | $8M | Dec 2024 |
| MMindgrove | Series A | $8M | Jan 2024 |
 Mindgrove Technologies | Series A | $8M | Jan 2024 |
 StreamAlive | Pre-Seed | $1.6M | Jan 2024 |
| IIncore | Seed | $3M | Jan 2023 |
| UUltraviolette Automotive | Seed | $15M | Jan 2022 |
| StreamAlive | Pre-Seed | $1.5M | Jan 2022 |
 StepChange | Unknown | $4M | — |
 Uravu Labs | Seed | $2.3M | — |
| MMindgrove | Seed | $2.3M | — |
 QNu Labs | Series A | $7M | — |
 Threado | Seed | $3.1M | — |
 Inspecity | Seed | $1.5M | — |
| Mindgrove Technologies | Seed | $2.3M | — |
| UUravu | Seed | $2.3M | — |
 Looppanel | Pre-Seed | $1M | — |
 H2LooP | Seed | $2M | — |
| NNewTrace | Series A | $6.3M | — |
| EePlane | Series C | — | — |
Top Co-Investors
India Quotient14 shared
Rocketship VC5 shared
Peak XV Partners5 shared
DeVC3 shared
VERSO Capital2 shared
Echo River Capital2 shared
Vesta Ventures2 shared
Plug and Play Tech Center2 shared
Sequoia Capital India2 shared
BEENEXT1 shared
Global Founders Capital1 shared
Saison Capital1 shared
Seedstars1 shared
Antler1 shared
Tenacity Ventures1 shared
Veda VC1 shared
Antares Ventures1 shared
Accel1 shared
Qualcomm Ventures1 shared
Last updated: 8 September 2026