Arjun Rao

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India20 yrs 6 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Founding partner at a leading seed stage VC.
  • Over two decades of experience in product development.
  • Expertise in investing in deep tech startups.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Venture Capital expert with a strong focus on deep tech startups.

Contact

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Skills

Core Skills

Venture CapitalEntrepreneurship

Other Skills

AnalyticsAngel InvestingBusiness DevelopmentBusiness StrategyDeep TechDigital MarketingE-commerceEarly-stage StartupsEmail MarketingFinanceFund RaisingGTM StrategyInvestmentManagementMarketing

About

Venture Capital: Seed stage VC with experience of investing in early stage deep tech start-ups. Currently Founding Partner at Speciale Invest investing in Deep Science and Tech ideas, across software and hardware. Active angel investor and advisor to entrepreneurs. Previously: Serial entrepreneur experienced in building and scaling product start-ups. Core expertise in product development, GTM strategy, org building, fund raising for more than 2 decades. Early career in software development and product management.

Experience

Speciale invest

General Partner

Dec 2016 – Present · 9 yrs 3 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area

  • Founding Partner at Speciale Invest, a seed venture capital fund focused on deep science & tech startups in India, SE Asia and US. Passionate about working with exceptional entrepreneurs building emerging tech start-ups in the super early stage.
  • Areas of focus:
  • Infrastructure Software & Tooling - GenAI, Applied AI-ML, Data / Cloud Dev Tools, more.
  • Hardware - SpaceTech, Robotics, EV & Battery Tech, Climate Tech, Alt Proteins & Materials, more.
  • Portfolio:
  • Software - Airboxr, Trainn, StreamAlive, LoopPanel, NeverInstall, TrueLark, iAuro, Kawa Space, Threado, Bluecopa, Wingman, TotalCloud, Scapic, ShippingChimp, Pocket52,
  • Hardware - Agnikul, Astrogate, Cynlr, ePlane, Galaxeye, Uravu, NewTrace, QNu Labs, e-TRNL Energy, Inspecity,
Venture CapitalInvestmentDeep TechEntrepreneurshipFund RaisingProduct Development+1

Travelyaari.com (mantis technologies pvt. ltd.)

Co-Founder Director of Products

Jan 2010 – Jan 2015 · 5 yrs

Ibibo web pvt. ltd.

Product Manager

May 2007 – Jul 2009 · 2 yrs 2 mos

  • Building Internet products for Indian audiences!

Yahoo inc!

Software Engineer

Jan 2001 – Jan 2005 · 4 yrs

Education

Indian School of Business

PGDM — Finance

Jan 2006 – Jan 2007

National Institute of Technology Karnataka

B.E. — Electrical and Electronics

Jan 1997 – Jan 2001

Rosary High School

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