Element Partners

Element Partners invests exclusively in established high growth companies in the energy and clean technology markets. They specifically focus on companies with innovative solutions to global energy, resource, and environmental problems. Element strives to become a long-term partner with passionate business leaders who have built pioneering companies. They have a long history of providing their companies with the financial resources, industry contacts, and strategic insights necessary to maximize growth and shareholder return. Since 1995, Element’s team has successfully managed over $1.2 billion in capital commitments spanning six investment partnerships. All of these partnerships have been focused on investing in and profitably growing energy, industrial, and environmental related businesses. Over the course of more than fourteen years, the principals of Element have collectively invested in over 100 clean technology companies making Element one of the earliest and most experienced alternative energy and clean technology investors.

Michael L. DeRosa

Managing Director

Anup Jacob

Managing Director

David Lincoln

Founder and Managing Partner

Matthew Neville

Operating Partner

Todd Peterson

Operating Partner

Harry Shimp

Operating Partner

41 past transactions

WPT Enterprises

Acquisition in 2021
WPT Enterprises, Inc., is the creator of the World Poker Tour (WPT) – the premier name in internationally televised gaming and entertainment with brand presence in land-based tournaments, television, online and mobile. Leading innovation in the sport of poker since 2002, WPT ignited the global poker boom with the creation of a unique television show based on a series of high-stakes poker tournaments. WPT has broadcast globally in more than 150 countries and territories, and is currently producing its 14th season, which will air on FSN in the United States. Season XIV of WPT is sponsored by ClubWPT.com, a unique online membership site that offers inside access to the WPT, as well as a sweepstakes-based poker club available in 35 states across the United States. ClubWPT.com also sponsors Season II of the WPT Alpha8 series of super-high roller poker tournaments which is currently in production and which will air on FOX Sports 1 in the United States. WPT participates in strategic brand license, partnership, and sponsorship opportunities. WPT Enterprises, Inc. is a subsidiary of Ourgame International Holdings, Ltd.

Circle Pharma

Series A in 2017
Circle Pharma is an early-stage biotechnology company applying proprietary computational design algorithms and innovative chemistry to develop cell-permeable macrocycle peptide therapeutics against important clinical targets. It does this through an iterative, rational design process that deploys large virtual libraries of conformationally diverse macrocycle scaffolds selected for inherent permeability. The company was founded by Matt Jacobson and Scott Lokey in 2012 and is headed by David J. Earp.

Leff Electric

Venture Round in 2015
Leff Electric distributes electrical products that include energy-saving appliances and services, lamps, lighting fixtures, ballasts, distribution equipment, conduit, connectors, wire, enclosures, and more for manufacturers. They offer electrical products and services for the commercial, industrial, and residential markets.

AquaVenture Holdings

Venture Round in 2015
AquaVenture Holdings is a water purification company that specializes in the service industry. Through its Quench and Seven Seas Water businesses, AVH provides water solutions, utilizing state-of-the-art purification and desalination technologies. It was founded in 2006 and headquartered in Tampa, Florida.

AquaVenture Holdings

Venture Round in 2014
AquaVenture Holdings is a water purification company that specializes in the service industry. Through its Quench and Seven Seas Water businesses, AVH provides water solutions, utilizing state-of-the-art purification and desalination technologies. It was founded in 2006 and headquartered in Tampa, Florida.

Quench

Venture Round in 2014
Quench USA, Inc. offers Water-as-a-Service(TM) solutions by providing bottleless filtered water coolers and other products that use filtered water as an input, such as ice machines, sparkling water dispensers, and coffee brewers, to customers across the United States. Our point-of-use (POU) systems purify a building's existing water supply to provide reliable and convenient filtered water to a broad mix of end-markets, including government, education, medical, manufacturing, retail, hospitality, and other large commercial customers, including more than half of the Fortune 500. Headquartered outside of Philadelphia, Quench recently became an independent operating company of AquaVenture Holdings(TM).

Detechtion

Venture Round in 2013
Detechtion specializes in compression optimization technologies and fleet management services. It provides monitoring and optimization services for active compression horsepower in North America. Detechtion offers Enalysis, a Web-enabled compressor optimization, fleet management, and maintenance tracking program for natural gas producers, gatherers, and transporters. Brian Taylor founded it in 1998, with its headquarters in Calgary in Canada and additional offices in Houston, Brisbane, and Pittsburgh.

Turbine Air Systems

Venture Round in 2013
Turbine Air Systems designs and manufactures modular cooling and energy systems for the power generation industry, the district, commercial and industrial process cooling industries, and the industrial sector. The company specializes in high-efficiency standard product designs optimized for low life cycle cost performance. Their product capabilities include chilled water systems, air-cooled systems, clean heat and power on-site energy systems, and industrial waste heat solutions.

Hayward Gordon

Venture Round in 2013
Hayward Gordon is a manufacturer of pumps, mixers, mixing systems, software management, and IT solutions. It offers water treatment pumps, mixers for mining, sulphur pumps, engineered metering, and injection systems, strainers and filters, mixers for petroleum, and anaerobic digestion.

Edeniq

Venture Round in 2012
Edeniq, Inc. is a leading biotechnology company that develops processes for producing and measuring cellulosic ethanol from corn kernel fiber through its Intellulose technology. Edeniq’s Intellulose requires zero capital investment and is easily integrated into existing ethanol production facilities. Edeniq was established in 2008 and is headquartered in Visalia, Calif. with a field office in Omaha, Neb. More information can be found at www.edeniq.com.

Environmental Drilling Solutions

Private Equity Round in 2012
Environmental Drilling Solutions provides solids control services using its proprietary, patent-pending mobile and skid-mounted equipment. EDS also provides rig vacuum systems, storage tanks, pressure washers, and other related equipment and services.

Soleras Advanced Coatings

Private Equity Round in 2012
Soleras Advanced Coatings provides equipment and material solutions for sputtering applications such as energy-efficient glass, thin film displays, thin film PV, electrochromic, thin film batteries, web coating, and others. Their products consist of sputtering equipment such as sputter systems, coater services, sputter equipment, and coater parts. They also provide services such as process support and project management, analytical capabilities, after-sales support, and sputter target testing capabilities.

212 Resources

Seed Round in 2012
212 Resources provides water treatment services to oil and gas industry.

Quench

Venture Round in 2011
Quench USA, Inc. offers Water-as-a-Service(TM) solutions by providing bottleless filtered water coolers and other products that use filtered water as an input, such as ice machines, sparkling water dispensers, and coffee brewers, to customers across the United States. Our point-of-use (POU) systems purify a building's existing water supply to provide reliable and convenient filtered water to a broad mix of end-markets, including government, education, medical, manufacturing, retail, hospitality, and other large commercial customers, including more than half of the Fortune 500. Headquartered outside of Philadelphia, Quench recently became an independent operating company of AquaVenture Holdings(TM).

Agility Fuel Solutions

Private Equity Round in 2011
Agility Fuel Solutions is a manufacturer of systems for storing and converting clean energy for commercial vehicles.

Edeniq

Series B in 2010
Edeniq, Inc. is a leading biotechnology company that develops processes for producing and measuring cellulosic ethanol from corn kernel fiber through its Intellulose technology. Edeniq’s Intellulose requires zero capital investment and is easily integrated into existing ethanol production facilities. Edeniq was established in 2008 and is headquartered in Visalia, Calif. with a field office in Omaha, Neb. More information can be found at www.edeniq.com.

Biofuelbox

Venture Round in 2009
BioFuelBox Corporation, an alternative energy company, provides modular bio-refineries for converting waste materials into biodiesel. It focuses on processing various materials, such as brown grease, wastewater scum/sludge, used cooking oil, waste fish oil, animal fats and tallow, and algae paste, as well as municipal fats, oil, and greases. BioFuelBox Corporation serves industries and municipalities. The company was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in San Jose, California with a plant location in Idaho.

TPI Composites

Series B in 2009
TPI is a developer and volume manufacturer of large-scale composite structures for the wind energy, transportation and military vehicle markets. The company's technology excels where high strength, light weight and durability are needed. TPI serves its customers in a cost efficient manner from its factories throughout the US, Mexico and China.

Turbine Air Systems

Private Equity Round in 2009
Turbine Air Systems designs and manufactures modular cooling and energy systems for the power generation industry, the district, commercial and industrial process cooling industries, and the industrial sector. The company specializes in high-efficiency standard product designs optimized for low life cycle cost performance. Their product capabilities include chilled water systems, air-cooled systems, clean heat and power on-site energy systems, and industrial waste heat solutions.

CoalTek

Series D in 2009
CoalTek's technology reduces moisture content in a broad range of coals, optimizing plant efficiency and delivering environmental integrity. The CoalTek process was developed, tested, and proven over eight years by Dr. Jerry Weinberg, the company's co-founder, along with chief geologist Neil Ginther. CoalTek opened its first commercial processing facility in Calvert City, Kentucky in 2006. The plant's initial capacity of 120,000 tons/yr will be expanded in the future, and there are also plans to build additional facilities, to meet the growing demand for clean coal.

Electro-Petroleum

Series A in 2008
Electro-Petroleum, Inc. (EPI) has patented technology for a heavy oil recovery process known as Electrically Enhanced Oil Recovery (EEOR).

Quench

Series A in 2008
Quench USA, Inc. offers Water-as-a-Service(TM) solutions by providing bottleless filtered water coolers and other products that use filtered water as an input, such as ice machines, sparkling water dispensers, and coffee brewers, to customers across the United States. Our point-of-use (POU) systems purify a building's existing water supply to provide reliable and convenient filtered water to a broad mix of end-markets, including government, education, medical, manufacturing, retail, hospitality, and other large commercial customers, including more than half of the Fortune 500. Headquartered outside of Philadelphia, Quench recently became an independent operating company of AquaVenture Holdings(TM).

DynaPump

Series C in 2008
DynaPump, Inc. manufactures, sells and services surface mounted artificial lift systems for the oil and gas industry to optimize the production of oil and gas wells. The company was founded in 1992 and began commercial sale of products in 1999. DynaPump has sold over 400 units in various markets including North America, South America and the Middle East. DynaPump supports its product through company–owned service centers within the United States and utilizes local distributors to sell and service the product in international markets.

EcoSMART Technologies

Venture Round in 2008
EcoSMART Technologies, the world leader in safe pesticide solutions, is a venture-backed company with patented technology and a world-class management team. Our mission is to create the world’s safest, most effective pesticides based on natural ingredients. We have 15 years of scientific research and a wealth of patents behind us. We make the only 100% safe insecticide that is proven to work. We offer the only complete line of EPA exempt pesticides sold in the US. EcoSMART was the first company to apply modern science to essential plant oils — creating the first 100% safe pesticides. Our products are based on the natural defenses that plants and trees have used for their self protection against insects and pathogens for millenia – essential oils. University research has shown that these oils attack octopamine neuro-receptors. Octopamine is a key insect neurotransmitter that regulates insect movement, behavior and metabolism. The blockage of the receptor activity prevents the transmission of the octopamine signals, which delivers quick knock down, kill and repellency against a wide variety of household pests such as cockroaches, ants, dust mites, flies, wasps, spiders, crickets, and fleas. Our blends of natural plant oils are every bit as effective as synthetic chemicals, killing bugs fast without any toxins or harmful residues.

Wasatch Wind

Series B in 2008
The company was founded in Utah in 2002 as “Wind Tower Composites, LLC” to research, develop, and commercialize lighter weight, taller and modular wind turbine towers for utility scale, multi megawatt commercially available turbines. Later after subsequent engineering changed the direction of design to steel constructs and damper technologies, the company was renamed “Wind Tower Systems, LLC”. Under the auspices of the Low Wind Speed Technology Program of the Department of Energy (DOE), grants totaling $850,000 were used to conduct research and complete development work. An additional $3,100,000 matching grant ($1.511 million cash) from the California Energy Commission enabled construction, testing, and certification of the new tower with a commercial turbine and demonstration of a crane-less installation method for the tower and turbine.

ECORE International

Series A in 2008
ECORE recycles scrap tire rubber and converts pliable treads into durable products.

Edeniq

Series A in 2008
Edeniq, Inc. is a leading biotechnology company that develops processes for producing and measuring cellulosic ethanol from corn kernel fiber through its Intellulose technology. Edeniq’s Intellulose requires zero capital investment and is easily integrated into existing ethanol production facilities. Edeniq was established in 2008 and is headquartered in Visalia, Calif. with a field office in Omaha, Neb. More information can be found at www.edeniq.com.

Apex Construction

Series B in 2008
At APEX, Their differentiation lies in their company's philosophy and their collective decision to take a more earth-friendly path to providing their customers with a smarter solution to building a more sustainable dwelling. Their conscious choice to use only 100% post-industrial/pre-consumer EPS to create their energy-efficient blocks was not a mistake. Their vision of providing occupants of their structures with greater protection against fire, high winds, earthquakes, infestation, and mold has been realized. As you journey through their site, they encourage you to compare their product to others, and they invite you to share your feedback, as they continually listen to their customers in order to provide a superior product.

Seven Seas Water Group

Venture Round in 2008
Seven Seas Water Group is a multinational developer, focused on owning and operating decentralized water and wastewater treatment plants and businesses. Headquartered in Tampa and Houston, with operations across the U.S., Caribbean, and Latin America, Seven Seas delivers water and wastewater treatment solutions to governmental, municipal, industrial, and hospitality customers and owns more than 150 water and wastewater treatment plants. The Seven Seas Water-as-a-Service® model has been successfully deployed for over 20 years, demonstrating our leading capabilities with project execution, financing, risk management, and operations. In addition to building new plants, the company is actively acquiring existing water and wastewater treatment plant operations. In 2018, Seven Seas acquired Houston-based AUC Group, a leading provider of decentralized water and wastewater treatment plants throughout the U.S., with over 1,500 installations since 1970. Seven Seas is 100% owned by Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners and serves as their portfolio platform for investments in water and wastewater treatment companies.

PPT Reasearch

Series B in 2008
PPT developed proprietary chemistry and process technology that enables cost-effective slurry management for the solar, semiconductor, and optical industries. The Company's initial focus is outsourcing slurry management used to slice silicon ingots into wafers for use in photovoltaic cells, integrated circuits, and fiber optics.

Imergy Power Systems

Series B in 2008
Imergy Power Systems, Inc. is a cleantech company dedicated to developing and manufacturing electrical energy storage systems. The company’s Energy Storage Platform (ESP) provides a solution to reduce energy cost and optimize renewable power generation while improving overall power reliability. It also offers L-Cell, a novel battery technology developed as a potential energy storage method for long-term space flights. Founded in 2004, Imergy Power Systems is based in Fremont, California.

Fat Spaniel Technologies

Series B in 2008
Founded in 2003, Fat Spaniel Technologies is the leading independent provider of critical monitoring and reporting services for the renewable energy industry. Today, the company's solutions are utilized by solar power producers, financiers, system integrators, and OEMs, and growing a growing number of wind power companies. Fat Spaniel solutions help optimize energy output, reduce operations and maintenance costs, contain risk, and increase return on investment for renewable energy power plant projects.

Biofuelbox

Series A in 2007
BioFuelBox Corporation, an alternative energy company, provides modular bio-refineries for converting waste materials into biodiesel. It focuses on processing various materials, such as brown grease, wastewater scum/sludge, used cooking oil, waste fish oil, animal fats and tallow, and algae paste, as well as municipal fats, oil, and greases. BioFuelBox Corporation serves industries and municipalities. The company was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in San Jose, California with a plant location in Idaho.

Think Global

Series B in 2007
Think Global has been developing and producing urban mobility solutions since the early 1990s. Major investments made during the Ford ownership period contributed to an important infrastructural upgrade. New investors are now grooming Think as The Car Company of the 21st Century."

DynaPump

Series C in 2007
DynaPump, Inc. manufactures, sells and services surface mounted artificial lift systems for the oil and gas industry to optimize the production of oil and gas wells. The company was founded in 1992 and began commercial sale of products in 1999. DynaPump has sold over 400 units in various markets including North America, South America and the Middle East. DynaPump supports its product through company–owned service centers within the United States and utilizes local distributors to sell and service the product in international markets.

Petra Systems

Series A in 2007
Petra Solar is a technology company, pioneering "smart solar" which couples distributed solar energy generation with smart grid technology, with their own smart grid communication infrastructure and platform. Petra Solar's smart energy systems are being deployed in both the largest distributed solar electric project and the largest rooftop project in the world today.

Fat Spaniel Technologies

Series A in 2006
Founded in 2003, Fat Spaniel Technologies is the leading independent provider of critical monitoring and reporting services for the renewable energy industry. Today, the company's solutions are utilized by solar power producers, financiers, system integrators, and OEMs, and growing a growing number of wind power companies. Fat Spaniel solutions help optimize energy output, reduce operations and maintenance costs, contain risk, and increase return on investment for renewable energy power plant projects.

Imergy Power Systems

Series A in 2006
Imergy Power Systems, Inc. is a cleantech company dedicated to developing and manufacturing electrical energy storage systems. The company’s Energy Storage Platform (ESP) provides a solution to reduce energy cost and optimize renewable power generation while improving overall power reliability. It also offers L-Cell, a novel battery technology developed as a potential energy storage method for long-term space flights. Founded in 2004, Imergy Power Systems is based in Fremont, California.

BMG Controls

Venture Round in 2006
BMG Controls, Inc., doing business as, BMG Seltec provides operations support software, global position system vehicle tracking, plant control systems, and point of sale solutions to producers of asphalt, aggregates, and ready mixed concrete. The company offers software maintenance, updates and upgrades, and training services. It also provides feasibility assessment, needs analysis, scope documentation, product specification, best practice analysis, project planning and management, site surveys, on-site installation/configuration, plant troubleshooting and tuning, and information technology consulting services. The company serves bulk construction materials industries in North American markets. BMG Controls, Inc. has strategic partnership with Rice Lake Weighing Systems. BMG Controls, Inc. was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Livermore, California with an additional office in Columbus, Ohio.

Miartech

Series A in 2006
Miartech (弥亚微电子) is a Chinese high-tech enterprise specialized in the fields of energy management and information services. It is focused on the design, research, and development of digital-analog mixed-signal chips. Miartech's self-developed power-line loaded wave communication chips and application system solutions have pioneering advantage in the industry. Its technology is widely applied in long-distance data collection and energy management of intelligent household products, intelligent buildings, street lamp management, clean energy connection, and more.

FuelQuest

Private Equity Round in 2003
FuelQuest is an e-Marketplace that provides logistics and service solutions, on-demand fuel supply chain management, and taxation solutions for commercial, private and public sector fleets, petroleum retailers, marketers; and producers. It offers a Software-as-a-Service fuel management solution that automates various aspects of fuel management processes, including demand forecasting, fulfillment, inventory management, sales and purchase order management, financial management, and environmental compliance. FuelQuest was founded by Richard C. Cilento and Jr. in 1999; and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
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