# Arjun Rao

> Arjun Rao is a seed investor at Speciale Invest (Bengaluru) backing Energy and Internet. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Speciale Invest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/speciale-invest)
- Location: Bengaluru, India
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 88%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raoarjun/?ppe=1

Arjun Rao is a seed investor at Speciale Invest in Bengaluru focused on Energy and Internet. Arjun Rao - General Partner @ Speciale Invest

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 2 | 25% |
| Internet | 2 | 25% |
| Software | 2 | 25% |
| Electric Vehicle | 2 | 25% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 25% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 75% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 13% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 6 | 75% |
| United States | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| H2LooP | H2LooP develops an artificial intelligence platform designed for system engineering, focusing on automating and improving the development of safety-critical embedded software. The company builds domain-specific small language models that understand low-level system architecture, enabling engineers to generate, analyze, and maintain code used inindustries such as automotive, aerospace, industrial IoT, and healthcare. It focuses on addressing challenges associated with legacy system software, where documentation is often incomplete and system behavior is difficult to interpret. Its AI models analyze existing codebases to extract system structure, dependencies, and control flows, enabling faster debugging, integration, and onboarding of new engineers. | $2M | Seed | Apr 07, 2026 |  |
| Turno | Turno is a fintech startup that provides electric vehicle solutions for operators and owners. It helps commercial vehicle operators make the switch to EVs. Turno accomplishes this by offering a diverse range of vehicles from partner OEMs, affordable financing, and battery value guarantees to ensure the best possible return on investment for EVowners. Turno's mission in India is to convert gasoline miles to electric miles. The startup sells EVs manufactured by various brands both online and in physical stores, as well as providing financing options and buying back used batteries. | $3.1M | Seed | Jun 28, 2022 |  |
| Trainn | Trainn helps you to create customer self-serve experience using guided product training videos. Users can create these videos by simply recording their screen and add voice over narrations. | $700K | Seed | Jan 19, 2022 |  |
| Uravu Labs | Uravu plans to develop fresh ideas for making human life sustainable and our communities responsive and resilient. In order to build a sustainable and better future for everyone, the company believes that the "water" industry is ripe for innovation and needs ground-breaking innovations.High-quality drinking water may be produced usingUravu's award-winning, 100% renewable water technology, which uses the atmosphere's limitless moisture and solely renewable energy.Uravu was established in 2017 in Bangalore, Karnataka. |  | Pre-Seed | Dec 09, 2021 |  |
| Neverinstall | Neverinstall is a cloud platform that allows you to run any GUI application from the browser without installing anything. It is an alternative to traditional desktop applications and empowers people with the idea of using applications in a way they are more familiar with - as web apps. | $376.8K | Seed | Jul 05, 2021 |  |
| TrueLark | True Lark is an automated customer communications platform. Its powerful and flexible AI technology enables brands to attract, support, and up-sell customers around the clock via text and messaging. The solution engages customers through human-like conversations on a range of triggers, such as phone calls, business texting, web chat, formsubmissions, and promotional texts. True Lark can convert prospects, recommend products and services, answer questions, collect payment information, etc. The comprehensive set of outcomes it drives ensures that the business only needs to follow-up in fewer than 5% of cases.It was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. | $1.1M | Seed | Jun 29, 2018 |  |
| Pocket52 | Pocket52 is 100% made in India. The hallmark of Pocket52 has been to be inquisitive and ask an awful lot of questions in relation to the innovation of Online Poker Platform. They ignore the reasons for ‘why something shouldn't be possible?’. That’s exactly how the most trustworthy online poker platform was built. At Pocket52 experience famouspoker games such as NL Texas Holdem Poker Online, Pot Limit Omaha (PLO) at your choice of favourite poker table. They are certain that Pocket52 is the most trustworthy and innovative platform for Online Poker ever invented globally, In the upcoming time they will also have free online poker @ Pocket52.com. |  | Seed |  |  |
| Ultraviolette Automotive | Ultraviolette Automotive is a technology startup working on electric two-wheelers and energy infrastructure. The startup develops products and systems that reflect a progressive ideology, as well as builds an electric vehicle ecosystem for this urban environment. They synthesize design and technology to create new dimensions in advanced engineeringand seamless user experiences.Ultraviolette Automotive new product F77, an urban sports/commuter bike that allows both seasoned riders, as well as, enthusiasts to do more with just one motorcycle. It goes beyond daily commuting to actually deliver high levels of performance and unparalleled user experience across the usage and ownership experience cycles.The startup was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. |  |  |  |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Stellaris Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stellaris-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [3one4 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/3one4) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Arka Venture Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arka-ventures-labs) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Avaana Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/avaana-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BluePointe Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bluepoint-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Quona Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/quona-capital-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Speciale Invest

VC Fund · Bengaluru, India

Speciale Invest is an early-stage venture capital firm specializing in tech-driven and deep-tech startups. The firm focuses on supporting innovative ventures that leverage advanced technology to solve complex problems and create transformative solutions.

3 contacts available at Speciale Invest.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Arjun Rao | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arjun-rao-3 |
| Dhanush Ram | Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dhanush-ram |
| Vishesh Rajaram | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vishesh-rajaram |

## Similar investors

### Similar stage
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund
- [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund

## FAQ

### What does Arjun Rao invest in?

Arjun Rao invests primarily in Energy, Internet and Software startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Arjun Rao last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Arjun Rao closed in Apr 2026. Shizune tracks 8 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

# About Shizune
Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features:
- 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others)
- Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data
- Updated daily from public funding news
- CSV and Excel export

The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co