Nokia veteran launches Dajji and backs SoloPulse

Dajji has launched as an advisory-led deep-technology investment platform and made its first disclosed investment in SoloPulse, a company building RF intelligence software. The move signals a bet on hands-on capital for deep-tech founders as they move from technical validation to commercial scale.

Why it matters: - Dajji is targeting a gap in deep tech: founders often need more than capital to get from technical proof to commercial adoption. - The platform is built to provide long-term operating support, industry access and selective funding. - SoloPulse gives Dajji an early example of the type of company the platform wants to back: technically differentiated, already validated in a hard market and aimed at multiple industries.

What happened: - Dajji formally launched as an advisory-led deep-technology investment platform. - The firm said it will pair curated capital deployment with sustained founder engagement. - Dajji also announced an investment in SoloPulse, which is developing a foundational RF intelligence platform. - Nishant Batra, former strategy and technology chief at Nokia, founded Dajji and serves as managing partner. - Sanjay Jupudi is a founding general partner at Dajji. - Jupudi is also founder and CEO of Qentelli, a Dallas-based technology services company.

The details: - Dajji plans to make a small number of high-conviction investments. - The firm is focused on companies with differentiated technology, standout founders and cross-industry value potential. - Dajji said its diligence process unfolds over months and often years. - The platform intends to stay involved beyond the financing round. - Batra said deep-technology companies need expert guidance to combine strong ideas with funding and build something differentiated. - Jupudi said Dajji’s model aims to align founders and investors around building category-defining companies with asymmetric outcomes. - SoloPulse combines advanced physics, signal processing and AI to convert radio-frequency signals into persistent, actionable data. - SoloPulse has established a presence in defense through radar, electronic-warfare and synthetic-aperture-radar applications. - SoloPulse says the same core capabilities can apply to industrial autonomy, mobility, critical infrastructure, space systems and integrated sensing and communications. - Batra said he has known Allyson and Michael McKinney since they started SoloPulse four years ago.

Between the lines: - Dajji is positioning itself less as a passive capital source and more as a long-term operating partner. - The SoloPulse deal suggests the platform is looking for technologies with both technical defensibility and multiple commercial paths. - The emphasis on defense validation suggests Dajji sees demanding government and security use cases as a springboard to broader markets.

What's next: - Dajji said it will keep making selective investments in deep-tech companies over time. - SoloPulse is likely to use the new backing to extend its RF intelligence platform into additional commercial applications. - Dajji’s website is here and SoloPulse’s website is here.