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About Investor

Rafiq Ahmed is the Founder and Managing Director/Managing Partner at Dipalo Ventures, making investments ranging from $50K to $250K in Medical Devices, AgTech, Robotics, ClimateTech/CleanTech, Food and Beverage, EnergyTech, Material Science, IoT, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain Tech companies from pre-seed through Series A stages. Based in Chicago, Illinois, Ahmed focuses on early stage investments in hard tech innovation for climate change. As a serial entrepreneur and investor with over three decades of experience, he particularly targets investors who were founders, diverse investors, and those who invest in diverse founders, with a geographic focus on the Midwest.