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Elemental Excelerator
Elemental Excelerator
Amount
$1,000,000
Deadline
Rolling
Odds
Not published
Effort
1 to 2 hrs
Can you get this?
✓Entrepreneurs building climate tech across key sectors
✓First-of-a-kind or early commercial stage projects
✓Solving pressing environmental challenges
Your real odds
Elemental has built a select portfolio over 17 years and opens investments in cohorts, so you are competing against a single batch of applicants rather than a rolling queue.
Their portfolio companies are 2.5x more likely to reach late commercial stage than peers, which reflects how carefully they screen at entry. For every dollar invested, companies unlock $110 in follow-on funding, so Elemental is looking for founders who can already attract outside capital, not ones who need a first believer.
What it takes
Review focus areas and confirm your fit1 to 2 hrs
Submit application via Apply Now page2 to 5 hrs
Engage in coaching and due diligenceweeks to mon
Worth knowing
Every investment comes with hands-on coaching across policy engagement, workforce development, and capital introductions, so the grant dollar is the smallest part of what you are getting, and treating it as the main prize is the wrong frame going in.
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