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Elemental Portfolio

Backing the Builders: Announcing Elemental’s First Investments of 2026

I could not be more excited to celebrate Elemental’s first investments of 2026 and the first as Managing Director of Portfolio and Investments. After close to five years at Elemental, it’s more clear today than ever that organizations like Elemental have such a critical role to play in helping breakthrough solutions reach the market. The […]
From our CEO

How the Environmental Movement Can Unleash Innovation

Environmentalism must evolve from a movement that merely protects to a movement that also builds and innovates. In an op-ed published in Heatmap News, Elemental Founder and CEO Dawn Lippert shares her latest thinking and helps spark a conversation about our collective path forward.

Elemental Q&A

Cleared for Takeoff: Ampaire’s Path to Hybrid-Electric Flight

In this Q&A, we sit down with Ampaire’s CEO and Co-founder, Kevin Noertker, to explore how real-world flight deployments reshaped the company’s approach to scalability, and why Hawaii offers a compelling proving ground for cleaner, quieter inter-island aviation.
Elemental Insights

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

An investment tool to unlock early funding and reduce risk for first-of-a-kind (FOAK) and early commercial projects designed in partnership with law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (WSGR)
Our Work in Action

How Nitricity Is Reinventing the Fertilizer Supply Chain

In California’s Central Valley, where one quarter of the nation’s food is grown, a quiet revolution is taking shape. Amid rows of almond orchards and expansive farmland, Nitricity is building a FOAK fertilizer factory to tackle one of agriculture’s most foundational challenge: nitrogen fertilizer.

Elemental Portfolio

Backing the Builders: Announcing Elemental’s First Investments of 2026

I could not be more excited to celebrate Elemental’s first investments of 2026 and the first as Managing Director of Portfolio and Investments. After close to five years at Elemental, it’s more clear today than ever that organizations like Elemental have such a critical role to play in helping breakthrough solutions reach the market. The […]

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Elemental Portfolio

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How Capture6 Used a D-SAFE to Unlock Project Finance and Community Impact

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