Kunal Upadhyay is Co-founder of Translation Endeavors, a national deep-tech commercialisation platform. He co-founded IIMA Ventures in 2007, pioneering R&D-led investing in India, and went on to build Infuse Ventures, the country's first early-stage energy fund, and Bharat Innovation Fund, one of India's first deep-tech funds. Across these platforms he has backed 300+ ventures with 40+ exits. He serves on the National Startup Advisory Council and has been a member of SIDBI's fund-of-funds investment committee. IIT Madras and IIM Ahmedabad alumnus, he is a recepient of ET 40 under Forty and UK Government's Chevening Gurukul Fellowship.

Vishesh Rajaram is Founding Partner at Speciale Invest, an early-stage deep-tech venture fund focused on IP-led innovation across spacetech, semiconductors, robotics, and climate tech. A Chartered Accountant and ISB alumnus, he brings over two decades of experience across corporate banking, entrepreneurship, venture capital, and technology commercialization. He previously worked with Ventureast and led his family’s pharma business through a successful exit. At SCALE, Vishesh brings expertise in deep-tech commercialization, venture building, market strategy, fundraising, and ecosystem development, supporting the translation of frontier research into globally competitive ventures.