Dipalo [di-pa-lo]

1. From Bangla, the modern South Asian language rooted in Sanskrit
2. ‘Pra-dip’ (Bangla), ‘Pra-di-pa’ (Sanskrit) meaning “light, lantern”
3. ‘Alo’ meaning light

Team

Building hard tech products is complex. Founders need VCs with product expertise to make the leap from prototype to design and manufacturing at scale. We are product experts and seasoned investors who back science and engineering-based innovation.

Rafiq Ahmed

Managing Partner

Dr. Lauren Bigelow

Venture Partner

CHRISTIAN MESSMACHER

Venture Partner

Bruno Meireles de Sousa

Venture Partner

Larry Hayward

Venture Partner

Mitul Patel

Venture Partner

Dan Radomski

Advisor

Munir Tawfique

Associate

Monika Razdan

Analyst

Shahaan Mirza

VC Intern

Residency advisors

Haley Keith

CEO

Mito Materials

Kevin Keith

CTO

MITO Materials

Anna Tchaikaouskaite

Co-Founder

ENSPAN Innovations

Zunaid Kazi

CTO

Infolytx

Sanchit Goyal

Sr. Product Manager

Amazon

Thomas Spencer

CEO

WasteWizer

Reza Rahman

VP, Product Operations

DISH Network

Shan Hasnat

SVP

iCapital Network

Garry Cooper

CEO

Rheaply

Akanksha Agarwal

Finance

Google

DC Palter

Investor

Chemical Angels

Gautam Banerjee

Head of Product

Kaiterra

Elina Kasman

Commercialization

Argonne National Lab

Habib Enayetullah

Senior VP

Hilton Worldwide

Ross Niemi

Executive VP, COO

The Metal Ware Corp.

Jacob Babcock

CEO

NuCurrent

Brian Luerssen

CEO

Draftbit

Manish Gandhi

Chairman

Power Plant Services

Greg Rublev

Managing Director

Destination Accelerator

Pek Pongpaet

CEO

Impekable

Maryam Saleh

Exec Director

Kaplan Institute, IIT

Alex Gorsuch

CTO

Ascent Integrated Tech

Jim Wicks

MPD Chair

Northwestern University

Ellie Bahrmasel

CEO

Further Faster Design

Sap Basu

Director

ConocoPhillips

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