Kunal Doshi

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Lecturer

Kunal Doshi

Lecturer in Management

Research Interests

  • Climate
  • Education
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Impact Investing
  • Sustainability

Bio

Kunal Doshi is currently a partner at Accelerate Investment Group. Accelerate is an investment management firm dedicated to sustainability and primarily works with families, foundations, and endowments to better align their investments with their values to meet their risk, return, and impact requirements.

Formerly Doshi worked at Capricorn Investment Group conducting diligence, evaluating investments, and providing assistance to existing portfolio companies. He acted as a Board Observer for select technology-impact venture and growth investments currently valued at ~$3.5 billion. Some of Capricorn’s past and current investments include Form Energy, Joby Aviation (NYSE: JOBY), Pagatech, Planet (NYSE: PL), Saildrone, SpaceX, Tesla Motors (NASDAQ: TSLA) and QuantumScape (NYSE:QS).

Prior to Capricorn, Doshi worked at Greentech Capital Advisors, an investment bank acquired by Nomura, where he focused on projects in the energy and sustainability sector. He began his career as an investment banking analyst within Citigroup’s Mergers & Acquisitions team. During his tenure at Greentech and Citigroup, he successfully raised over $1 billion in capital for companies and funds.

Doshi earned his master’s degree at Stanford Graduate School of Business and his bachelor’s degree from the McIntire School of Commerce at The University of Virginia.

Academic Degrees

  • MS in Management, Stanford Graduate School of Business, 2022
  • BS; McIntire School of Commerce, University of Virginia

Professional Experience

  • Partner, Accelerate Investment Group, 2024–present
  • Chief Investment Officer, Accelerate Investment Group, 2021–24
  • Climate & Energy Global Visioneering Brain Trust Member, XPRIZE, 2024–present
  • Investor, Redwood Materials, 2020–present
  • Investor, SPAN, 2020–present
  • Investor, Form Energy, 2019–present
  • Investor, NUVIA, 2019–present
  • Investor, Saildrone Inc, 2017–present
  • Investor, Helion, 2017–present
  • Investor, SpaceX, 2016–present