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Vijit Sabnis

Investor

Investor (focuses on frontier technologies across health, energy, and advanced manufacturing) at 1955 Capital · Technical Advisor at Overwater Ventures Llc

Menlo Park, California, United States

FoundedOverture Life

About

Vijit Sabnis works on frontier technologies spanning health, energy, and advanced manufacturing at 1955 Capital, with over 20 years of experience as an inventor, founder, and investor in deep technology. He was previously a Partner at Khosla Ventures and co-founded and led Solar Junction, which commercialized high-efficiency solar cell technology; he is currently founding CEO of Adaptyx Biosciences, a biowearable health-monitoring company, and was a Co-founder-in-Residence at Deep Valley Labs. He holds a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences from UC Berkeley and MS and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.

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Invests in

Advanced ManufacturingBiotechDeep TechEnergyHealthtech

Experience

  1. Adaptyx BiosciencesCo-Founder, CEOcurrent2022 — presentMenlo Park, California, United States
  2. 1955 CapitalVenture Partnercurrent2021 — present
  3. 1955 CapitalAdvisor2020 — 2021
  4. Deep Valley LabsEntrepreneur In Residence2020 — 2021San Jose, California, United States
  5. Khosla VenturesPartner2015 — 2019Menlo Park, CA
  6. Solar JunctionCo-founder, CEO, board member2013 — 2014San Jose, CA
  7. Solar JunctionCo-founder, VP of Technology, board member2007 — 2013San Jose, CA
  8. TranslucentSenior Staff Scientist2004 — 2007Palo Alto, CA

Education

  1. Stanford UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Electrical
  2. Stanford UniversityMaster's Degree, Electrical
  3. University of California, BerkeleyBachelor's Degree, Electrical
  4. Startup Leadership ProgramFellow2010 — 2011

Skills & more

CPV3Thin Films3Renewable Energy2Customer Service1Solar Cells8Entrepreneurship28Electronics11Start-ups37Photovoltaics29Photonics9Solar Energy22Business Strategy5
+12 moreSimulationsDesign of ExperimentsProduct ManagementEngineering ManagementEngineeringProduct DevelopmentManufacturingStrategic PartnershipsStrategyStrategic PlanningMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft Word

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Same school

Also attended Stanford University1,726

Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital

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Also attended University of California, Berkeley987

Byron DeeterPartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersTrevor OelschigInvestment Team at General CatalystBrendan Bulik-SullivanInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Glen AndersonPartner at Monta Vista CapitalAnthony LinHead of Intel Capital, Corporate Vice President at Intel CapitalScott ShawChief of Staff at Intel Capital

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Shared employers

Also worked at 1955 Capital3

Andrew ChungInvestor at 1955 CapitalAddie HarrisInvestor at 1955 Capitalbenjamin tsengInvestor at 1955 Capital

Also worked at Deep Valley Labs1

Ethan LinInvestor at Tq Ventures Llc

Also worked at Khosla Ventures78

Keith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesDelian AsparouhovPartner at Founders Fund and co-founder of VardaDavid WeidenInvestor at Khosla VenturesSamir KaulInvestor at Khosla VenturesSven StrohbandInvestor at Khosla VenturesAdina TeckluInvestor at Khosla Ventures

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Investments

Investor

ArevoCommonwealth Fusion SystemsGenalyteInflammatixOverture Life

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