Accelerator

Elemental Excelerator

Honolulu, HI, United States

A nonprofit climate-tech accelerator whose portfolio has raised billions in follow-on funding across energy, water, transportation, and agriculture.

The offer:
$1M per company
Location:
Honolulu, HI, United States
Stages:
Seed, Series A+

What you need to qualify

  • For profit, stand alone companies with a novel business model or technology. Consulting firms, nonprofits and already acquired startups are not eligible.
  • At least three full time employees.
  • An operating prototype.
  • Demonstrable environmental impact and local community impact.
  • Strategy Track is for pre-seed and seed stage companies; Project Track is for Series A and beyond.
  • For the Data Center Innovation Initiative, technology in one of four priority areas: clean concrete, clean metals and alloys, energy storage and power infrastructure, or facility cooling and water efficiency.

Eligibility

Eligible stages
All stages
Countries
Global, subject to the provider’s eligibility and approval

How to apply

  1. 1

    Pick the track

    Strategy Track for pre-seed and seed companies, Project Track for Series A and beyond, or the Data Center Innovation Initiative. The intake form asks which one you are applying to.

  2. 2

    Complete the intake form

    The single intake form at elementalimpact.com/funding-opportunities/apply/ covers all three tracks. Data Center Innovation Initiative applicants complete the same form and indicate interest in that initiative.

  3. 3

    Wait for a selective response

    Elemental states it reviews every submission but, because of application volume, will only reach out to select companies to continue the application and diligence process.

  4. 4

    Ask for help if you are stuck

    Elemental publishes apply@elementalimpact.com for application help, and the same address for referrals. Data Center Innovation Initiative applicants can also work from the published DCII Funding Opportunity Guide.

Frequently asked

For profit, stand alone climate and environmental technology companies with a novel business model or technology, at least three full time employees, and an operating prototype. Consulting firms, nonprofits and acquired startups are excluded.

It is catalytic capital rather than a grant. Elemental invests through SAFEs, development SAFEs, convertible notes and direct investments with payments linked to performance milestones. The Data Center Innovation Initiative is the one track with a published figure: $500,000 to $5 million per project in up to 10 early stage technology startups through 2027.

Any time. Elemental states it accepts applications on a rolling basis and evaluates them case by case. The Data Center Innovation Initiative had a priority deadline of Wednesday, July 15 at 11:59 PM PT, and Elemental states it will continue to accept applications outside that window until 5 to 10 projects are selected.

Elemental describes roughly nine months of active engagement on the Strategy Track and typically 12 to 18 months on the Project Track.

No. The operator now publishes as Elemental Impact, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and elementalexcelerator.com returns a permanent redirect to elementalimpact.com.
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Stage
Seed, Series A+
Where it runs
United States. In person, so you need to be able to take part there
What you give up
No equity stated
Deadline
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