Innovation
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How Speciale Invest is building a real deeptech portfolio
Chennai-based Speciale Invest has built a portfolio of nearly 40 companies and manages over $70 million in assets, with a focus on deep science and enterprise tech—Saas and AI, health and biotech, space, industry and manufacturing, clean energy and climate tech
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Inflexor Ventures: Taking a broader view on deeptech
Inflexor Ventures tries to pick ventures that has an initial product market fit, ensuring R&D has taken place. It has backed startups in multiple areas, including software products and agritech
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Why Pi Ventures likes to be one of the first investors in a startup
Pi Ventures has 22 investments from its two funds; while much has been said about deeptech on the cusp of being the next sunrise sector, much work remains in making everyday operations easier for both the startups and their investors
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Celesta Capital: At a sweet spot in India's deep tech startup landscape
Celesta Capital has identified startups which are rapidly disrupting the ecosystem. While its investments in India have grown smartly, the deeptech-focussed venture capital firm will double down on these over five to seven years
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Ati Motors: Giving autonomy on industry floors
With its autonomous cargo robots, Ati Motors has found early customers among the world's biggest auto companies
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BluJ Aerospace: Conjuring hydrogen tech for India and the globe
BluJ Aerospace envisions hydrogen fuel cell-powered long-range passenger aircraft and autonomous drones for cargo
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Aerostrovilos Energy: Aiming to be the Tesla of micro gas turbines
Aerostrovilos Energy is building India's first indigenous micro gas turbines for commercial use
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How RoboGPT is making robotic arms affordable for SMEs
The company's subscription plans make its robotic arms affordable for small- and medium-sized businesses, and is getting a good response in the US
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Designed-in-India chips for the World
RISC-V open-source architecture for making chips is spawning a new chip design startup ecosystem in India, including ventures like Mindgrove Technologies
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Altigreen: Making EV impact for greener logistics
Focusing on the commercial segment, Altigreen is helping to usher in a greener logistics sector in India
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Unbox Robotics Labs: Overhauling warehouse automation
Tapping 'swarm intelligence', the robotics venture is overhauling warehouse automation