Biologist turned failed founder turned deeptech investor at Speciale Invest. I think in mutations, not models.
I build open tools for the two people I spend my days with — investors deciding under uncertainty, and founders trying to get funded. Most VCs don't ship code. These repos are the counter-evidence.
Building in the open
- conviction — a panel of named investor personas debates your thesis in twelve seconds, then auto-generates the strongest inverse case and debates that too. The delta is the signal. Open source, AGPL-3.0.
- reportforge / BYOR — the open-source autopilot for recurring reports and newsletters. Sources from any MCP, branded PDF/HTML/PPTX out, scheduled delivery.
- lab-signal — a founder-facing companion for the deep-tech raise. Six modules to make a hard-science founder easy to fund. Free for founders.
Writing
- Atoms and Cells — a biology-native newsletter on Indian and global biotech.
- ahammadshibil.com — essays, theses, poems, bookshelf.
Reach me: shibil.ahammad@specialeinvest.com
