Speciale Invest elevates Vishnu Rajeev to partner, strengthening Deep-Tech leadership

Speciale Invest has announced the elevation of Vishnu Rajeev to Investment Partner, reinforcing the firm’s leadership bench as it continues to deploy capital from its third pre-seed and seed-stage fund and prepares to scale its early-growth investing platform.

 

Vishnu’s elevation comes at a pivotal phase for Speciale Invest, which is actively investing from Speciale Invest Fund III, its pre-seed focused fund closed in 2025, and gearing up for the launch of Speciale Invest Growth Fund II in 2026 to back early-growth (Series A and beyond) deep-tech companies emerging from India.

 

“Vishnu has been deeply involved in building Speciale’s investment engine over the years — from thesis development and underwriting complex science risk to working closely with founders through the early stages of company building,” said Vishesh Rajaram, Founding Partner, Speciale Invest. “His elevation to Partner reflects both his contribution to the platform and our belief in building long-term leadership continuity as we scale across funds and stages.”

 

 

The announcement follows recent senior leadership additions at the firm. Speciale Invest had earlier announced Vijay Jacob joining as General Partner, where he will lead the firm’s growth-stage strategy, and Krishnaswamy Srinivasan as General Partner and Chief Financial Officer, overseeing finance, governance, and institutional scale-up of the platform.

 

Together, the expanded partnership positions Speciale Invest to deepen its engagement across the deep-tech lifecycle — from pre-seed and seed stages through to early-growth capital, an area widely acknowledged as a critical gap in India’s deep-tech ecosystem.