Kalaiarsi Periasamy — Co-Founder

I build investment conviction in deeptech hardware and ZpiSignal.com is the public record of how I do it. Over the past year I've published 15+ market maps, sector theses, and deep dives across Green Hydrogen, Semiconductors, Defence Autonomy, Thin Films, and adjacent verticals. I also built a capital allocation framework for evaluating deeptech bets, mapping downside protection against asymmetric upside, now used by family offices as a preliminary IC filter. My edge: 15+ years of hands-on depth in industrial automation, robotics, and AI. I have been a founder, raised institutional capital and scaled. I have evaluated hardware startups for funds as a sector specialist. I have sat on both sides of the table, and that is what shapes my judgment. I don't deploy capital today. But I do the work that precedes it, and increasingly, alongside it. I evaluate deals for select funds, develop sourcing intelligence for hardware-focused GPs and Famil Offices, and advise a small number of founders at the lab-to-fundable inflection. My focus is narrow by design: hardware, IP-led moats, materials, manufacturing etc and the engineering-intensive bets that are hard to underwrite without deep domain context. I don't cover SaaS, healthtech, fintech, consumer or DigiBio. To work with me: ZPiSignal.com For connection requests: Please do include context. Outside Deeptech, I have built a donations site for various causes: Nivaaran.life (the why, and what: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:share:7436303765798006784)

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Deeptech Investment Specialist with expertise in hardware and automation.

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Experience: 12 yrs 5 mos