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Speciale Invest and A91 Partners win APEX'26 Venture Capital Awards

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Speciale Invest and A91 Partners were awarded as among the leading venture capital investors in India for 2025 as part of the Venture Intelligence APEX‘26 Private Equity & Venture Capital awards event in Mumbai.The Venture Intelligence “Awards for Private Equity Excellence” (APEX) is dedicated to celebrating the best that the Indian Private Equity & Venture Capital industry has to offer. The APEX Awardees are selected based on both Self Nomination by the participating PE-VC firms and "crowd sourced" voting from the Limited Partner, PE-VC and advisory communities.https://blog.ventureintelligence.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/image-1536x1023.jpegVishesh Rajaram, Managing Partner of Speciale (Right) & Sunil Cavale, Investment Principal (Center) receive VC Investor of the Year - 2025 Award from Gana S K, Advisor, Venture IntelligenceSpeciale Invest received the VC Investor of the Year 2025 Award on the back of 7 exits with return multiples ranging from 60.4x to 1.4x: 5 exits via secondary sales (including Agnikul Cosmos with 60.4x, Rocketlane with 11.9x and I Auro Systems with 6x) and 2 US-based companies via strategic sales (including Vidurama with 18x). Speciale also made the Final Close of its Fund III at INR 600 crore during 2025. 10 of its portfolio companies attracted follow-on rounds during the year.A91 Partners received the VC Fund Raise of the Year 2025 Award for successfully closing its USD 665 million third fund.https://blog.ventureintelligence.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/image-1-1536x1023.jpeg Kaushik Anand, Partner, A91 Partners (Right) receives VC Fund Raise of the Year 2025 Award from V Laxmikanth, Managing Partner, Pavestone Capital