Elemental provides funding and in-depth support to promising climate technology startups with social impact potential. Over the past 14 years, Elemental has invested in more than 150 portfolio companies and built a vibrant community of entrepreneurs with world-changing solutions.
At a minimum, we require all applicants, regardless of track, to:
- Be a startup addressing climate change and related issues
- Be a for-profit, stand-alone venture
- Have at least two full-time employees
- Have at least an operating prototype
We require Project Track applicants to:
- Have at least one initial pilot deployment in progress or completed
Your company will get the most out of Elemental if you:
- Are Pre-Seed – Series D+ stage
- Have demonstrated product-market fit and customer traction
- Are looking to do something transformational for your business, such as expand your product, customer base, equity outcomes and/or geographic reach or to fund the development costs for an infrastructure project
- Are building solutions that create good quality, local jobs for people who live in frontline communities and are committed to justice, equity, diversity and inclusion
- Have an engaged CEO with a diverse executive team that wants to be an active part of a global ecosystem of change-makers
