Capricorn Investment Group
VC Fund
Palo Alto, United States
Capricorn Investment Group is a VC fund in Palo Alto focused on Renewable Energy and Energy. Capricorn Investment Group was created in 2000 to demonstrate the promise that it is possible to invest profitably while driving sustainable positive change. Today Capricorn manages the assets for Jeff Skoll, the Skoll Foundation, and others who strive for extraordinary investment results by leveraging market forces to accelerate large-scaleimpact. The firm invests in the public equity, fixed income, private equity, and real assets markets across the globe. Capricorn has offices in Palo Alto, California, and New York, New York.
- Total investments:
- 126
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 23%
- Fund size:
- $27M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Capricorn Investment Group invests in
Stages Capricorn Investment Group invests in
Countries Capricorn Investment Group invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 9 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Series A
- $9M–$57M
- Series B
- $15M–$140M
- Series C
- $24M–$590M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Renewable Energy 11 (9%)
- Energy 9 (7%)
- Software 9 (7%)
- Manufacturing 9 (7%)
- Semiconductor 6 (5%)
Stage
- Series A 32 (25%)
- Series B 26 (21%)
- Series C 16 (13%)
- Funding Round 10 (8%)
- Series D 9 (7%)
Country
- United States 58 (46%)
- India 2 (2%)
- Canada 2 (2%)
- Norway 1 (1%)
- United Kingdom 1 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dipender Saluja
Managing Director
|
Managing Director | Total investments: 25 | Find email | |
Jeffrey S. Skoll
Founder
|
Founder | Total investments: 17 | Find email | |
Jim Lyons
Chief Technologist
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Chief Technologist | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Jy Bhardwaj
Entrepreneur in Residence
|
Entrepreneur in Residence | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Clarey Castner
Client Relations Consultant
|
Client Relations Consultant | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 9 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Velaura AI develops ultra-low-power computing technology for artificial intelligence applications across cloud, edge, and physical environments. The company provides AI compute solutions designed to reduce power consumption while supporting data center scalability and operating efficiency. Its technology also supports edge AI applications byenabling local processing for responsiveness, autonomy, and deployment across connected devices. For physical and embodied AI, Velaura AI focuses on energy-efficient computing that can extend battery life and support continuously operating intelligent systems. The company also provides resources covering its technology, applications, and developments in AI computing. | $110M / Series A / Aug 18, 2026 | ||
| Operator of a patented plasma accelerator technology designed to address the growing need for clean energy. The company's technology specializes in designing fusion generators based on magneto-inertial fusion with a fifty-megawatt module and energy regeneration, thereby enabling customers to use low-cost, clean, and safe energy. | $465M / Series G / Jun 04, 2026 | ||
| OpenLight is a manufacturing industry. | $50M / Series A / Apr 28, 2026 | ||
| Magrathea Metals is a mining company that unlocks centuries of growth in human civilization by reducing the socioenvironmental impacts. | $24M / Series A / Mar 01, 2026 | ||
| Heron Power is an energy technology startup focused on developing power electronics for the modern electrical grid. They aim to facilitate the expansion of electricity generation by innovating foundational technologies. | $140M / Series B / Feb 18, 2026 | ||
| Fervo Energy is a next-generation geothermal developer generating clean power in new places. Fervo Energy commercializes proprietary technology to own, develop, and operate geothermal assets as the dispatchable foundation to a 100% clean energy future. | $462M / Series E / Dec 10, 2025 | ||
| TeraDAR specializes in nanotechnology and semiconductor manufacturing. The company is known for its 4D imaging sensor technology, which operates in the terahertz band. This technology provides high-resolution imaging capabilities in various weather conditions, both day and night.Founded in 2020 by Matthew Carey (CEO & Co-founder), GregoryCharvat (CTO & Co-founder), and Nicholas Saiz (Chief Chip Architect & Co-founder). | $150M / Series B / Nov 12, 2025 | ||
| Redwood Materials creates a circular supply chain to drive down the environmental footprint and cost of lithium-ion batteries and the electric vehicles and sustainable energy storage systems they power. It offers recycling of end-of-life batteries and production scrap, refining of critical elements, and deployment of large-scale energy-storagesystems using second-life battery packs. | $425M / Series E / Oct 23, 2025 | ||
| OpenLight is a manufacturing industry. | $34M / Series A / Aug 26, 2025 | ||
| Heron Power is an energy technology startup focused on developing power electronics for the modern electrical grid. They aim to facilitate the expansion of electricity generation by innovating foundational technologies. | $38M / Series A / May 29, 2025 | ||
| See all 126 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Capricorn Investment Group invest in?
Capricorn Investment Group invests primarily in Renewable Energy, Energy and Software startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 126 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Capricorn Investment Group's check size?
Capricorn Investment Group typically joins rounds of $9M–$57M at Series A, $15M–$140M at Series B and $24M–$590M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Capricorn Investment Group participates in.
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Who are the partners at Capricorn Investment Group?
The team at Capricorn Investment Group includes Dipender Saluja (Managing Director), Jeffrey S. Skoll (Founder) and Jim Lyons (Chief Technologist), among 9 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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