Speciale Invest

7 statements across 1 episodes · 4 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Aug 24, 2020 by Vishesh Rajaram · said 9 times in 3 episodes since 2020 · across every show →

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Aug 24, 2020 positive
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Rajaram: Speciale Invest Backs R&D-Heavy Startups Over Sales-Heavy Models
“My DNA and I think my partner's DNA is a little more inclined towards saying, let's take signify person of the fundraise and go build product and R and D as against saying, let's take 60% of the fundraise to go do sales and marketing. And then a natural byprod…”
Vishesh Rajaram Aug 24, 2020 ▶ 31:20 Vishesh Rajaram, Speciale Invest on investing in seed-stage deep tech startups
Aug 24, 2020 positive
Insight
Rajaram: Deep Tech Requires Longer Holding Periods for Non-Linear Upside
“We know we're backing deep companies, and sometimes the waiting period has to be longer if you want to create you know, non-linear upside, and I think we were aware of that, and we're playing for it.”
Vishesh Rajaram Aug 24, 2020 ▶ 18:45 Vishesh Rajaram, Speciale Invest on investing in seed-stage deep tech startups
Aug 24, 2020 neutral
Disclosure
Rajaram: Speciale Invest targets 18 companies per fund over four years
“I think our belief is a portfolio construct will be about 18 companies for every fund, and every fund will invest over a four year period.”
Vishesh Rajaram Aug 24, 2020 ▶ 9:44 Vishesh Rajaram, Speciale Invest on investing in seed-stage deep tech startups
Aug 24, 2020 neutral
Disclosure
Rajaram: Speciale Invest targets outcome sizes of around $100M
“We see what are the trends that are coming into economic viability that would be disruptive or additive to a large market. We see if these are founders who can build this. We think whether these outcomes can be about a hundred million dollars for us and then s…”
Vishesh Rajaram Aug 24, 2020 ▶ 26:00 Vishesh Rajaram, Speciale Invest on investing in seed-stage deep tech startups
Aug 24, 2020 positive
Opinion
Rajaram: Software and industrial hardware are 1.5x to 2x more capital efficient than consumer
“And one of the draws towards doing software and industrial hardware is that we generally think that the capital efficiency is one and a half to two times more than the consumer startups.”
Vishesh Rajaram Aug 24, 2020 ▶ 22:00 Vishesh Rajaram, Speciale Invest on investing in seed-stage deep tech startups
Aug 24, 2020
Insight
Rajaram: Meaningful tech value creation typically requires 6 to 10 years
“The important part to keep in mind is that real value comes typically when you scale companies, you know, six, seven, eight, nine, 10 years. I think three, four years ago, it was an unwritten rule that strong value creation takes about 10 years. Of course, now…”
Vishesh Rajaram Aug 24, 2020 ▶ 20:30 Vishesh Rajaram, Speciale Invest on investing in seed-stage deep tech startups
Aug 24, 2020 positive
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Rajaram: Speciale Invest achieved a triple-digit IRR on Pocket52 exit
“I haven't covered the company that we exited recently. It was a good exit for us. Triple digit IRR. This was a company in the gaming side.”
Vishesh Rajaram Aug 24, 2020 ▶ 16:20 Vishesh Rajaram, Speciale Invest on investing in seed-stage deep tech startups
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