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E65: Arjun Rao (Partner, Speciale Invest)
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Arjun Rao is a Partner at Speciale Invest, one of India’s leading deep-tech focused funds. He has spent over 15 years in the technology and Internet start-up ecosystem in India. He started his career with Yahoo! and later joined Ibibo as Product Manager. The entrepreneurial bug led him to start an edutech startup and also a travel tech startup, Travelyaari. He has led tech and product teams, and strategy and fundraising at all phases of a start-up lifecycle. At Travelyaari, he built the company to achieve revenues of $40mn, and raised $12mn in seed, Series A and Series B funding. Arjun’s experience spans product development, product management, and digital marketing at growth-stage companies.
Arjun has a Bachelors in Engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Suratkal and an MBA from the Indian School of Business.
In this episode we will cover:
1. Looking back at the year from a deep tech perspective (4:05)
2. Learnings from running the first and raising the second fund (18:50)
3. Putting the deep tech thesis to test (33:10)
4. Personas of LPs interested in deep tech within India (41:25)
5. Sectors within deep tech that excite Arjun (50:39)
6. Value add of angels and global mega funds within the deep tech space in India (1:05:32)
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E65: Arjun Rao (Partner, Speciale Invest)
The Desi VC: Indian Venture Capital | Angel Investors | Startups | VC
Manage episode 323304527 series 2769558
Arjun Rao is a Partner at Speciale Invest, one of India’s leading deep-tech focused funds. He has spent over 15 years in the technology and Internet start-up ecosystem in India. He started his career with Yahoo! and later joined Ibibo as Product Manager. The entrepreneurial bug led him to start an edutech startup and also a travel tech startup, Travelyaari. He has led tech and product teams, and strategy and fundraising at all phases of a start-up lifecycle. At Travelyaari, he built the company to achieve revenues of $40mn, and raised $12mn in seed, Series A and Series B funding. Arjun’s experience spans product development, product management, and digital marketing at growth-stage companies.
Arjun has a Bachelors in Engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Suratkal and an MBA from the Indian School of Business.
In this episode we will cover:
1. Looking back at the year from a deep tech perspective (4:05)
2. Learnings from running the first and raising the second fund (18:50)
3. Putting the deep tech thesis to test (33:10)
4. Personas of LPs interested in deep tech within India (41:25)
5. Sectors within deep tech that excite Arjun (50:39)
6. Value add of angels and global mega funds within the deep tech space in India (1:05:32)
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