Dipender Saluja
Managing Director @ Capricorn Investment Group
Palo Alto, United States
Dipender Saluja is a Series A investor at Capricorn Investment Group in Palo Alto focused on Information Technology and Energy. Dipender Saluja is Partner and Managing Director at Capricorn Investment Group. Dipender oversees investments in energy technology, clean tech, and IT. Prior to Capricorn, Dipender was Chief of Staff at Cadence, a global market leader in electronic design, where he built and managed businesses that worked closely with the leading electronicscompanies around the world. Dipender is also President and CEO of Automatiks Inc, a Capricorn portfolio company developing electronic connectivity platforms for electric & hybrid vehicles, storage and smart grids. He is an electrical & computer engineer by training, and attended UND, the University of Minnesota, and Stanford.
- Total investments:
- 25
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 32%
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Industries Dipender Saluja invests in
Stages Dipender Saluja invests in
Countries Dipender Saluja invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Information Technology 4 (16%)
- Energy 3 (12%)
- Manufacturing 3 (12%)
- Semiconductor 3 (12%)
- Renewable Energy 3 (12%)
Stage
- Series A 8 (32%)
- Series B 5 (20%)
- Series D 3 (12%)
- Series C 2 (8%)
- Funding Round 2 (8%)
Country
- United States 13 (52%)
- Canada 1 (4%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Summit Nanotech Corporation is a cleantech organization transforming how the world accesses lithium for the global energy transition. Through a patented and sustainable direct lithium extraction (DLE) technology, Summit Nanotech works with mining companies and lithium asset owners in Chile and Argentina to conserve natural resources and optimizeoperations.It was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta. | $25.5M / Mar 18, 2025 | ||
| 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. | $425M / Series F / Jan 28, 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. | $1B / Series D / Aug 29, 2023 | ||
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Co-Investors
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.
Capricorn Investment Group Contacts
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Jeffrey S. Skoll
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Jim Lyons
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Jy Bhardwaj
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Clarey Castner
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What does Dipender Saluja invest in?
Dipender Saluja invests primarily in Information Technology, Energy and Manufacturing startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 25 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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