Invests in
Sectors:
Min Investment:
$2,000,000.00Max Investment:
$6,000,000.00Target Investment:
$4,000,000.00
Skills
Education
- YU
- YS
- TM
Lists including Dayna
Investments
Monaire
Total Funding: $4M
DBOS, Inc.
Total Funding: $9M
Hadrian
Total Funding: $200M
Verve Motion
Total Funding: $50M
H2Ok Innovations
Total Funding: $7.1M
Amplio
Total Funding: $6M
Buffalo Market
Total Funding: $24M
ChargeLab
Total Funding: $20M
Incremental
Total Funding: $19M
Upskill
Total Funding: $54M
Work Experience
2021
Founding Partner
2021
A venture capital firm backing entrepreneurs making a dent in climate change, spun out of Elemental in 2021.
2009
Founder & CEO, Elemental Excelerator
2017
Elemental Excelerator advances solutions to climate change and deploys them in the communities that need them the most. Each year, we find 15-20 companies that best fit our mission and fund each company up to $1 million to improve systems that impact people’s lives: energy, mobility, water, agriculture, and beyond. To date, we have invested in 117 companies. Our program is supported by a diverse coalition of utility partners, corporate partners, the U.S. Navy, and philanthropic organizations. We are a non-profit created in collaboration with Emerson Collective, the investment and philanthropic platform led by Laurene Powell Jobs. Website: elementalexcelerator.com Twitter: @ElementalExcel
Founder, Energy Excelerator
2009 - 2017
In April 2017, Energy Excelerator (the first climate-focused accelerator) became Elemental Excelerator, a new non-profit created in collaboration with Emerson Collective. Read more about our evolution here: http://elementalexcelerator.com/latest/articles/introducing-elemental-excelerator/
2017
Senior Climate Advisor
2017
Emerson Collective is a social change organization that uses a broad range of tools including philanthropy, impact investing, and policy solutions to create the greatest good for the greatest number of people. Established and led by Laurene Powell Jobs, Emerson Collective is working to renew some of society’s most calcified systems, creating new possibilities for individuals, families, and communities.
2024
Board Observer
2024
Board Member and Founder
2010
Founded WiRE: Women in Renewable Energy, a non-profit to convene, empower, and activate women who are working to bring about a sustainable economy powered by clean energy. I served as President of WiRE from 2010-2015, and now serve as a Director Emeritus.
2022 - 2024
Board Observer
2022 - 2024
Vesta adds a carbon-removing sand made of the natural mineral olivine to eroding coastal systems, providing both climate and community benefit.
2021 - 2022
Board Observer
2021 - 2022
2021 - 2022
Independent Board Director
2021 - 2022
2015 - 2020
Chair of HCEI Advisory Board
2015 - 2020
Chaired Advisory Board for the Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative (HCEI). HCEI is a coalition of public and private partners transforming Hawai’i to a 100% clean energy economy.
2007 - 2009
Senior Consultant
2007 - 2009
Conducted energy modelling, financial analysis, and strategic planning for Booz Allen Hamilton's alternative energy team. Major projects included energy finance, energy system modeling and scenario analysis, utility regulatory design, policy development, and the launching of ARPA-E. As a consultant to US Department of Energy EERE for the Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative, developed partnership between DOE and the State of Hawaii to flip the state from fossil fuels to a clean energy economy. Hawai’i subsequently became the first state in the nation to adopt a 100% renewable portfolio standard. Responsible for stakeholder engagement, technical and financial analysis, and policy development to support whole-system transformation.