# Purnesh Seegopaul

> Purnesh Seegopaul is a Series C investor at Pangaea Ventures backing Energy and Battery. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Pangaea Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pangaea-ventures)
- Location: Hillsborough, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: May 2017
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/purnesh-seegopaul-310bbb9

Purnesh Seegopaul is a Series C investor at Pangaea Ventures in Hillsborough focused on Energy and Battery. Purnesh has worked with advanced materials for over 25 years, directly involved with energy and clean technologies, nanotechnology, semiconductors, thin films and coatings, catalysts, powder metallurgy, and manufacturing technologies.Prior to Pangaea, his senior management and technology positions covered manufacturing scale-up andcommercialization of nanomaterials at Nanodyne, technology management and business development activities in North America at Umicore and engineering and quality management at Materials Research Corporation. He has collaborated with both academic and industrial research groups on various advanced materials development programs, served on the advisory boards of the Marcel-Dekker Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology and many advanced materials and clean tech conferences, published widely and has nine US patents. He received his Ph.D. degree in Chemistry from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia and completed his post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Delaware.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 2 | 40% |
| Battery | 1 | 20% |
| Hardware | 1 | 20% |
| Oil and Gas | 1 | 20% |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 20% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series C | 2 | 40% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |
| Series B | 1 | 20% |
| Series D | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Calysta | Calysta Energy (www.calystaenergy.com), Menlo Park, CA., is developing a new biological gas-to-liquids™ (BioGTL™) and biological gas-to-chemicals (BioGTC™) technology using methane – an energy-rich component of natural gas – as a new sustainable biological feedstock for high value industrial chemicals and transportation fuels with cost andperformance advantages over current processes. The company is a spinout of DNA2.0, the largest US-based provider of synthetic genes for industrial and academic use. | $40M | Series D | May 01, 2017 |  |
| Calysta | Calysta Energy (www.calystaenergy.com), Menlo Park, CA., is developing a new biological gas-to-liquids™ (BioGTL™) and biological gas-to-chemicals (BioGTC™) technology using methane – an energy-rich component of natural gas – as a new sustainable biological feedstock for high value industrial chemicals and transportation fuels with cost andperformance advantages over current processes. The company is a spinout of DNA2.0, the largest US-based provider of synthetic genes for industrial and academic use. | $30M | Series C | Feb 02, 2016 |  |
| Calysta | Calysta Energy (www.calystaenergy.com), Menlo Park, CA., is developing a new biological gas-to-liquids™ (BioGTL™) and biological gas-to-chemicals (BioGTC™) technology using methane – an energy-rich component of natural gas – as a new sustainable biological feedstock for high value industrial chemicals and transportation fuels with cost andperformance advantages over current processes. The company is a spinout of DNA2.0, the largest US-based provider of synthetic genes for industrial and academic use. |  | Series B | Jan 22, 2015 |  |
| Calysta | Calysta Energy (www.calystaenergy.com), Menlo Park, CA., is developing a new biological gas-to-liquids™ (BioGTL™) and biological gas-to-chemicals (BioGTC™) technology using methane – an energy-rich component of natural gas – as a new sustainable biological feedstock for high value industrial chemicals and transportation fuels with cost andperformance advantages over current processes. The company is a spinout of DNA2.0, the largest US-based provider of synthetic genes for industrial and academic use. |  | Series A | Dec 11, 2013 |  |
| Envia Systems | Envia Systems is a technology leader in high performance, low cost energy storage solutions using lithium ion batteries. Their disruptive products will enable widespread adoption of clean energy applications such as electric vehicles, hybrid electric vehicles, and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. |  | Series C | Jan 26, 2011 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Walden Riverwood Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/walden-riverwood-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [AquaSpark](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aquaspark) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Cargill](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cargill) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Aqua Spark](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aqua-sparks) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Asahi Kasei](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/asahi-kasei) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bay Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bay-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Pangaea Ventures

VC Fund · Vancouver, Canada

Pangaea Ventures invests in companies solving fundamental problems in the world with advanced materials and hard technology; Impact Investor

5 contacts available at Pangaea Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chris Erickson | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-erickson |
| Matthew Cohen | Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matthew-cohen |
| Purnesh Seegopaul | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/purnesh-seegopaul |
| Tracy Hedberg | Director, Finance and Administration | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tracy-hedberg |
| Andrew Haughian | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-haughian |

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## FAQ

### What does Purnesh Seegopaul invest in?

Purnesh Seegopaul invests primarily in Energy, Battery and Hardware startups, most often at Series C and Series A stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Purnesh Seegopaul last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Purnesh Seegopaul closed in May 2017. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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