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Speciale Invest portfolio
Speciale Invest has 8 portfolio companies on record at Recent Funding, with 3 investments in the last 12 months.
About this page
It is a venture capital firm based in Chennai, IN, founded in 2017. It led 3 of the 6 rounds it joined. Its most recent investment on record is Venomics AI's $2.7M Pre-seed round in November 2026, which it led, alongside South Park Commons and Operators Studio. By category, its portfolio leans toward Robotics and hardware (2) and Developer tools and cloud (2). It has co-invested with Rajaraman Santhanam, South Park Commons and Operators Studio, most often Rajaraman Santhanam (2 rounds).
About Speciale Invest
What Speciale Invest invests in
- Robotics and hardware · 2 · 25%
- Developer tools and cloud · 2 · 25%
- Manufacturing and industrial · 2 · 25%
- Fintech · 2 · 25%
- AI agents · 2 · 25%
- Health and bio · 1 · 13%
- Cybersecurity · 1 · 13%
- Stablecoins · 1 · 13%
Speciale Invest recent investments
| Company | Round | Date | Alongside |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed · $2.7M · lead | South Park Commons (lead), Operators Studio | ||
| Series A · $21M · lead | Gaja Capital, Artha Ventures, Sony Innovation Fund +1 | ||
| Seed · $10.4M · lead | Shastra VC, Antler India, Ashish Kacholia (lead) | ||
| Seed · $5M | Elevation Capital (lead), Vijay Krishnan | ||
| Seed · $2.3M | Rohit Chennamaneni, Titan Capital, S N Damani +6 | ||
| Seed · $3M | Z47 (lead), Shreesha Ramdas, Yamini Bhat +6 |
How Speciale Invest invests
Speciale Invest portfolio companies
VVenomics AI$2.7MPre-seed · Nov 2026QQNu Labs$21MSeries A · Sep 2026
IInspecity$10.4MSeed · Aug 2026
SSkydo$5MSeed · Aug 2024
BBluecopa$2.3MSeed · Aug 2022
RRocketlane$3MSeed · Jun 2021
GGalaxEyebacker
NNever Installbacker
| Company | Round with Speciale Invest | Total raised | Latest raise |
|---|---|---|---|
Health and bio |
Pre-seed · $2.7M · lead | $2.7M | Nov 5, 2026 Pre-seed |
Cybersecurity |
Series A · $21M · lead | $21M | Sep 9, 2026 Series A |
Robotics and hardware |
Seed · $10.4M · lead | $10.4M | Aug 27, 2026 Seed |
Stablecoins |
Seed · $5M | $15M | Dec 10, 2025 Series A |
AI agents |
Seed · $2.3M | $11.6M | Jan 12, 2026 Series A |
AI agents |
Seed · $3M | $105M | Mar 25, 2026 Series B+ |
Robotics and hardware |
backer | $6.67M | Sep 24, 2026 round |
AI infrastructure and compute |
backer | undisclosed | Feb 3, 2026 Seed |
Most frequent co-investors
RRajaraman Santhanam2 shared rounds · last Aug 3, 2022
SSouth Park Commons1 shared round · last Nov 5, 2026
OOperators Studio1 shared round · last Nov 5, 2026
SSony Innovation Fund1 shared round · last Sep 9, 2026
NNational Quantum Mission1 shared round · last Sep 9, 2026
GGaja Capital1 shared round · last Sep 9, 2026
- AArtha Ventures1 shared round · last Sep 9, 2026
AAshish Kacholia1 shared round · last Aug 27, 2026
SShastra VC1 shared round · last Aug 27, 2026
AAntler India1 shared round · last Aug 27, 2026EElevation Capital1 shared round · last Aug 13, 2024
VVijay Krishnan1 shared round · last Aug 13, 2024
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Investors whose portfolios on Recent Funding center on the same category (Robotics and hardware).
How this is counted
Firm profile: Fundraising Fox Open Dataset v2026-11, CC BY 4.0. Track-record counts are theirs, not Recent Funding's.
Share is of the 6 rounds on Recent Funding that name Speciale Invest. Rounds with no announced date are left out of the year split, and "round" is a round whose stage is not on file.
Portfolio companies are the companies on Recent Funding with a round that lists Speciale Invest, which is a subset of its real portfolio. API: /api/v1/investors/speciale-invest (get a free API key). More: the most active VC firms and new venture capital funds.
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