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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.
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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.
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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)
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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.

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2024 Annual Report: Investing in Entrepreneurs. Deepening Local Impact.

This past year we invested in 36 pioneering entrepreneurs. Today, our portfolio includes more than 160 companies that have catalyzed $11.5 billion in additional funding and created over 17,000 jobs. Read our 2024 Annual Report to learn how we’re scaling impactful technologies.

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From our CEO

How the Environmental Movement Can Unleash Innovation

This article was originally published in Heatmap News. Innovation has always been core to the American story — and now, it is core to any story that successfully addresses climate. The International Energy Agency estimates that 35% to 46% of the emissions reductions we’ll need by 2050 will come from technologies that still require innovation […]

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