Exclusively deep tech — hardware and software — including nuclear fusion, flying taxis, 3D-printed rocket engines, and AI infrastructure. Backed ~40 companies at the ideation stage to date, several now category leaders in their fields, including Agnikul Cosmos.
Speciale Invest is an early and seed-stage venture capital firm based in Chennai and Bengaluru, focused exclusively on deep tech across hardware and software — including space, nuclear fusion, robotics, semiconductors, and defense technology. The firm backs founders at the ideation stage, before there is a product or pitch deck, and reserves roughly half its total fund for follow-on investment in its own portfolio.
Why Speciale Invest?
One of very few India VCs investing exclusively in hard deep tech (not "deeptech-adjacent" software) — nuclear fusion and rocket engines are genuinely in scope, not just software with an AI label. Explicitly backs founders "when they were still ideating," before a product or deck exists, unusual even among seed funds. Half its fund reserved purely for follow-on, signaling long-term conviction over a large number of small first checks.
How to pitch
No public cold-submission form highlighted; sources deals through its partner network and deep-tech community connections.
Address
The Grid, 8/14, Central Ave, Kesavaperumalpuram, Chennai 600028, Tamil Nadu, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
