Elemental Impact

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  Investing in entrepreneurs who are building technologies across energy, industry, food and agriculture, nature, water, and transportation
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  150+ projects deployed across the U.S. and around the world
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- Earthshot Ventures
  In 2021, we launched the $94M venture fund for companies applying tech and AI to large industries to provide best-in-class venture returns.
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  Insights, news, and more
- First of a Kind, Next to Scale
  A series spotlighting the bold entrepreneurs building first-of-a-kind (FOAK) and early commercial projects, and the real-world insights gained from scaling them
- Catalytic Capital in Action: One Year of the D-SAFE
  A new investment tool to unlock early funding and reduce risk for first-of-a-kind (FOAK) and early commercial projects
- Climate Tech Map
  Created in partnership with Speed & Scale, Breakthrough Energy, Energy Innovation, McKinsey Sustainability, and Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability
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Funding Opportunities
Investing in entrepreneurs who are building technologies across energy, industry, food and agriculture, nature, water, and transportation
Projects
150+ projects deployed across the U.S. and around the world
Portfolio Companies

Earthshot Ventures
In 2021, we launched the $94M venture fund for companies applying tech and AI to large industries to provide best-in-class venture returns.

Latest
Insights, news, and more
First of a Kind, Next to Scale
A series spotlighting the bold entrepreneurs building first-of-a-kind (FOAK) and early commercial projects, and the real-world insights gained from scaling them
Catalytic Capital in Action: One Year of the D-SAFE
A new investment tool to unlock early funding and reduce risk for first-of-a-kind (FOAK) and early commercial projects

Climate Tech Map
Created in partnership with Speed & Scale, Breakthrough Energy, Energy Innovation, McKinsey Sustainability, and Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Our Approach

We take a four-pronged approach to investing in companies and filling gaps in the market: catalytic capital, project expertise, local partnership, and investor mobilization.

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How We Invest

Catalytic Capital

We provide flexible funding to help entrepreneurs overcome early project risks, preparing climate solutions for commercial deployment.

Project Expertise

We guide entrepreneurs through the complexities of commercial-scale projects—from policy engagement to workforce development and capital coaching.

Local Partnership

We foster partnerships between entrepreneurs and local partners—schools, farmers, homeowners, mayors, and workforce providers.

Investor Mobilization

We bring together investors, insurers, financiers, and customers to foster the collaborative ecosystem needed to scale successfully.

We are a nonprofit investor with 15+ years of experience advancing technologies that create lasting environmental and local impact.

Elemental works to address market failures for first-of-a-kind and early commercial climate projects by providing catalytic capital and specialized expertise—from policy engagement to workforce development and capital coaching. Our companies are almost 2.5x more likely to survive from early to late commercial stages than those we didn’t invest in.

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160+

Portfolio companies

17K

Jobs

$11.5M

Additional funding catalyzed

Nth Cycle

Revolutionizing the U.S.’s critical mineral supply chain from the heart of Ohio

Fervo Energy

Building the workforce to deliver American energy abundance

Nitricity

Reinventing the fertilizer supply chain

Bedrock Energy

Unlocking geothermal for commercial buildings

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Series

First of a Kind, Next to Scale

At Elemental, our mission is to accelerate innovation and share the lessons we learn along the way. First of a Kind, Next to Scale is a new series—spotlighting the bold entrepreneurs building first-of-a-kind (FOAK) and early commercial projects, and the real-world insights gained from scaling them.

Tools and Insights

Climate Tech Map

The Climate Tech Map charts the innovation imperatives and moonshots that can accelerate the path to net zero. Elemental partnered with Speed & Scale, Breakthrough Energy, Energy Innovation, McKinsey Sustainability, and Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability to build this online database.

Tools and Insights

Catalytic Capital in Action: One Year of the D-SAFE

A new investment tool to unlock early funding and reduce risk for first-of-a-kind (FOAK) and early commercial projects.

Event

D-SAFE in Action

Join us on October 2nd for a virtual session where we’ll walk through the growing need for financial innovation, what we’ve learned along the way, and how the D-SAFE works when deployed on the ground.

Data and Insights

FOAK and Beyond: Sharing the Latest Data on Market Sentiment

The data is in: First-of-a-Kind projects remain the hardest hurdle in scaling innovative technologies across sectors like energy, industry, and agriculture.