Dipalo Ventures

Dipalo Ventures is a Chicago-based early-stage hard tech VC firm investing in advanced manufacturing for people and the planet across energy, climate, and physical AI. We back companies at the Seed and Series A stages, leveraging our product design and development-focused Residency to de-risk investments and accelerate growth. We back founders building breakthrough deep tech across Energy, Climate, and Physical AI, bringing hands-on engineering expertise and the product manufacturing networks to help you go from prototype to production. We're at a historic inflection point. Breakthroughs in materials, manufacturing, and supply chains enabled by Artificial Intelligence are unlocking new possibilities but bringing them to market remains hard. Dipalo Ventures provides product expertise and deep engineering knowledge to help our founders bring breakthrough scientific and engineering innovations to market. We don't just invest capital we help you build. Our partners are founders and operators with firsthand experience taking hard tech products from idea to market. We understand the technical risk, the operational complexity, and the path to scale.