Biology is the most ancient and powerful technology that we know of, yet the way that biology has been applied to industrial processes has changed little in the past 100 years. Fatemeh Shirazi, founder of Microvi, observed that microorganisms in…
What is your North Star? At Elemental Excelerator, we are working to create a world where the environment and communities thrive together. In order to drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions and protect our planet, we will need to creatively redesign…
When Solstice co-founder and CEO Steph Speirs was working on Middle East policy in Yemen for the Obama White House National Security Council, she would look out the windows of armored SUVs and see thousands of Yemenis waiting in line…
Startups, you've got a month left to apply to Elemental Excelerator's 8th cohort! Our Qualifying Application takes only 5 minutes and the deadline to apply is April 12th. During the month of March (and year-round for that matter), we recruit…
Christine Su and George Lee left corporate jobs to pursue a shared vision of helping farmers build a better food system. They launched PastureMap in 2016 to help ranchers make profits building carbon-friendly meat supply chains. Christine, CEO of PastureMap, sat…
Friends, applications are open for our next cohort of ambitious startups that are addressing the world's most urgent environmental and infrastructure issues. Does your company — or a company you know — belong in our 8th cohort? Now is the…
What is Deal Day? Every year we see hundreds of amazing entrepreneurs and world-changing technologies, and while we can only fund 15-20 ourselves, we are thinking creatively about new ways to help you grow your company. We want to accelerate…
Entrepreneurs prize nimbleness. Established companies emphasize stability. Here's how to harmonize those two agendas.
California recently became the second state to pass a 100% clean energy standard, three years after Hawaii passed a similar law. As the fifth largest economy in the world, California has a tall order to fill in terms of making the transition…
Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory selected five “Power Connectors” to help grow its American-Made Solar Prize, a $3 million competition designed to revitalize U.S. solar manufacturing. The Power Connectors support the prize by…