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Spacetech startups spot promise in defence apps; it's road of tough choicesIn response to escalating geopolitical strains, Indian spacetech startups are making a bold pivot from commercial focuses to military appli...
Air taxi startup ePlane eyes $40-50 million round, Speciale Invest co-leadsDeeptech investor Speciale Invest is in discussions to co-lead the private round, along with other investors, sources said. The Chennai-bas...
Speciale Invest elevates Vishnu Rajeev to partner as it scales deeptech betsThe elevation comes at a time when Speciale Invest is actively deploying capital from its third pre-seed and seed-stage vehicle, Fund III, ...
Speciale Invest launches Rs 1,400 crore fund for deeptech startupsVishesh Rajaram, founding partner at Speciale Invest, said that while more investors are entering the deeptech ecosystem, most remain focus...
Speciale Invest’s Fund III closes at Rs 600 crore; eyes investing in 18-20 deeptech startupsThe new fund, which will invest in sovereign tech and globally scalable IP from India, will hand out cheques of Rs 7 to Rs 10 crore to star...
India needs concentrated tooling hubs for advanced manufacturing for aerospace and space domain: S SomanathS Somanath called for the establishment of dedicated manufacturing hubs across India, stressing the critical absence of a comprehensive aer...
Deeptech startup Sthyr Energy raises $1 million from Speciale Invest, Antares VenturesFounded by Gunjan Kapadia, Akhil Kongara and Muhammed Hamdan, researchers from IIT Madras, Sthyr is developing mechanically rechargeable Zi...
Space industry funding in India falls 55% in 2024, data showFunding in India's space sector declined by 55% in 2024 to $59.1 million from $130.2 million the previous year. Despite global investments ...
Chip startup Mindgrove Technologies secures $8 million in fundingThe round was co-led by Rocketship.vc and Speciale Invest, with participation from Mela Ventures and existing investors like Peak XV Partne...
Deep-tech startups must explore alternative funding options, says VC reportIndian deep tech startups have seen a 5.3 times increase in average seed check size over the past eight years, fueled by government initiat...
Budget 2024: FM announces Rs 1,000 crore fund to back spacetech startupsThe minister added that the Indian space economy will be expanded by five times over the next decade. She did not elaborate on which entity...
Drug discovery startup Peptris raises $1 million funding from Speciale Invest, othersUsing advanced AI, Peptris sifts through large data sets to identify and develop potential drug candidates quickly and cost-effectively, re...
Deep-tech firms hail draft policy, flag friction pointsOpen for public consultation and released on Monday, the recommendations are spread across nine themes including access to funding and stre...
Speciale Invest launches Rs 200 crore growth fund for follow-on investmentsThe new fund, approved by Sebi, will have an initial investment of Rs 100 crore and a final corpus of Rs 200 crore. It will invest in ‘winn...
Speciale Invest hires Avaana Capital’s Vishnu Rajeev as an investment principalThe appointment of Vishnu strengthens Speciale Invest's investment team, bringing in a wealth of experience and expertise in the investment...
Seed funding outshines overall deal growth in 2022Seed-stage deals rose to about $1.5 billion in 2022, up 86% from $805.2 million in 2021. The number of deals, however, fell to 396 in 2022 ...
Seed stage investment firm Speciale Invest raises Rs 286 croreThe firm, which focuses on deep tech and enterprise technologies startups, is looking to back more than 20 companies through pre-seed and s...
Cred’s Kunal Shah invests in neo-bank Winvesta’s latest capital raise“This helps us lay the foundation for targeting the cross-border flow opportunity of over $700 bn for India and beyond. This investment is ...
IIT-Madras incubated space tech startup GalaxEye raises pre seed fundingThe company said the funds will be deployed to strengthen and build robust technology infrastructure, prototype development and build a wor...
Speciale Invest raises Rs 120 crore for its second seed fundSpeciale Invest hopes to invest in 18-20 startups. “There will be a large amount of repeat investment—60%-plus investors from the first fun...