About
Amrit Jalan is a Principal at Fine Structure Ventures, where he works on identifying emerging technologies and helping teams turn scientific advances into scalable companies. He was previously a Director at Eni Next, the venture arm of Eni S.p.A., where he led investments from Seed to Series B in decarbonization, advanced materials, and energy transition, and earlier held technology, strategy, and commercialization roles at ExxonMobil. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, MS/PhD degrees in Chemical Engineering from MIT, and a BS in Chemical Engineering from IIT Bombay.
Invests in
CleantechClimate TechDeep TechEnergyNew Materials
Experience
- Fine Structure VenturesPrincipalcurrent2025 — presentCambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- F-PrimePrincipalcurrent2025 — presentCambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Harvard Business SchoolExecutive Fellowcurrent2023 — present
- DG MatrixInvestorcurrent2026 — present
- pH7 TechnologiesInvestorcurrent2026 — present
- EniInvestment Director, Eni Next2024 — 2025Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- EniInvestor, Eni Next2022 — 2024Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Radical AIInvestor2025
- Aether FuelsInvestor2024 — 2025
- MantelInvestor2024 — 2025
- Swift SolarInvestor2024 — 2025
- Cosmos InnovationInvestor2024 — 2025
- Tidal VisionInvestor2024 — 2025
- Energy DomeInvestor2023 — 2025
- OXCCU TECH LTDInvestor2023 — 2025
- CapturaInvestor2023 — 2025
- Thiozen Inc.Investor2022 — 2025
- M2X Energy Inc.Investor2022 — 2025
- Graphitic EnergyInvestor2022 — 2025
- EnergyXInvestor2022 — 2025
- On DeckODCT Fellow2022United States
- QuaiseAdvisor2021 — 2022
- The EngineInvestment Team2021 — 2022
- McKinsey & CompanyAssociate2021
- ExxonMobilProgram Manager2019 — 2020New York City Metropolitan Area
- ExxonMobilProject Manager2016 — 2019Greater New York City Area
- ExxonMobilTechnologist2014 — 2016New York City Metropolitan Area
- Procter & GambleTechnology and Product Development2013Cincinnati, Ohio Area
- Morgan StanleyConsultant2010Greater New York City Area
- NovartisConsultant2010Basel Area, Switzerland
Skills & more
Venture Capital8Strategy12Board Governance6Deal Execution1Due Diligence1Climate Change3Financial Modeling3Sustainability3Chemical Engineering65Renewable EnergyEnergy1Innovation Management
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Business ModelingCarbon ManagementData AnalyticsCarbon EmissionsLife Cycle AssessmentCleantechReaction EngineeringScientific ComputingLanguages English · Hindi · Urdu
- Tackling the Challenges of Big Data (July 7, 2015 - August 18, 2015) — edX
From Amrit's professional profile.
Colleagues at Fine Structures Ventures
Crissy Derome
Investor at Fine Structures Ventures
David Needell
Senior Associate at Fine Structures Ventures
Dionis Minev
Investor at Fine Structures Ventures
Jennifer Uhrig
Senior Managing Director at Fine Structures Ventures
Josué J. López
Senior Associate at Fine Structures Ventures
Lucy Chong
Senior Associate at Fine Structures Ventures
Shyam Kamadolli
Managing Director at Fine Structures Ventures
Tobias Egle
Investor at Fine Structures Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Amrit Jalan?
- Amrit Jalan is a Principal at Fine Structure Ventures, where he works on identifying emerging technologies and helping teams turn scientific advances into scalable companies. He was previously a Director at Eni Next, the venture arm of Eni S.p.A., where he led investments from Seed to Series B in decarbonization, advanced materials, and energy transition, and earlier held technology, strategy, and commercialization roles at ExxonMobil. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, MS/PhD degrees in Chemical Engineering from MIT, and a BS in Chemical Engineering from IIT Bombay.
- Where does Amrit Jalan work?
- Amrit Jalan is Principal at Fine Structures Ventures.
- What does Amrit Jalan invest in?
- Amrit Jalan invests in Cleantech, Climate Tech, Deep Tech, Energy, New Materials.
- Where did Amrit Jalan go to school?
- Amrit Jalan studied at Harvard Business School (Master of Business Administration - MBA); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Chemical Engineering); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Master of Science - MS, Chemical Engineering).
Same school
Also attended Harvard Business School2,000
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Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology1,388
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Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay163
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Shared employers
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Also worked at McKinsey & Company1,548
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Also worked at ExxonMobil55
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