Spectrum Impact
Spectrum Impact is the Mumbai family office of the promoters of Aarti Industries, India's specialty-chemicals major. It invests both for-profit and philanthropic capital across climate and sustainability technology. In water, it has backed 2 companies across 3 deals, from atmospheric water generation to micropollutant removal, as of 2026.
Compiled by Antoine Walter, (don't) Waste Water, from official filings and direct intelligence in Leviathan.
The take
Spectrum Impact is not a water fund, and it is not really a fund at all in the usual sense. It is the family office of the Gogri family, the promoters of Aarti Industries, one of India's largest specialty-chemicals companies, and it runs two pools of capital at once: a commercial one and a philanthropic one aimed at climate problems the market has not yet learned to price.
Where Spectrum Impact lands in water tells you who is writing the cheques. Both of its water bets are chemistry problems wearing a water label: Uravu Labs pulls drinking water out of thin air using hygroscopic materials and renewable energy, and Exposome builds regenerable polymeric media that grab dissolved micropollutants, the forever chemicals, out of air and water. For a family that built a 400-scientist R&D engine in specialty chemicals, backing the materials science of water is home turf.
Spectrum Impact's public face in water is Mirik Gogri, who runs its sustainability investing and also heads corporate strategy at Aarti Industries. Spectrum Impact has funded a membranes-research hub at IIT Bombay in the family's name, which is the tell I trust more than any thesis deck: when a chemicals house starts paying for academic membrane research and seeding atmospheric-water and micropollutant startups, it is positioning for the part of water that is won in the lab, not the boardroom.
Team · 1 profiled
Water Commitment Score
Compiled from official filings, third-party records, and direct intelligence from investors and founders, in Leviathan · recomputed monthly · as of Jun 2026.
How they invest
Portfolio · 2 water companies
Invests alongside
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Frequently asked
- What does Spectrum Impact invest in?
- Spectrum Impact invests in climate and sustainability technology, spanning clean energy, deep tech, agritech, and water. As a family office it deploys both for-profit and philanthropic capital, and has backed more than 100 companies. In water it focuses on the materials and chemistry behind treatment and supply.
- How many water companies has Spectrum Impact backed?
- Spectrum Impact has backed 2 water companies across 3 deals, according to (don't) Waste Water's tracking: Uravu Labs, which generates drinking water from air, and Exposome, which removes micropollutants from air and water. (don't) Waste Water rates its water commitment Committed.
- Who runs Spectrum Impact?
- Spectrum Impact is the family office of the Gogri family, promoters of the Indian specialty-chemicals company Aarti Industries. Mirik Gogri leads its sustainability investing and also heads corporate strategy at Aarti. The Mumbai office invests across climate, deep tech, and water from early to growth stage.
- Where is Spectrum Impact based?
- Spectrum Impact is based in Mumbai, India, and invests in climate and sustainability companies globally. It is the private investment office of the promoters of Aarti Industries, deploying family capital rather than an outside fund, which lets it write both commercial and catalytic, philanthropic cheques.
- Is Spectrum Impact the same as Rehana Nathoo's Spectrum Impact?
- No. This Spectrum Impact is the Mumbai family office of the promoters of Aarti Industries, which backed water startups Uravu Labs and Exposome. A separate, unrelated US firm of the same name is an impact-investing advisory founded by Rehana Nathoo. Different entities, different countries.