Elemental Impact

Elemental Impact, established in 2009 and located in Honolulu, Hawaii, is an impact investment firm dedicated to fostering positive change through strategic investments. The firm focuses on supporting companies in the energy, mobility, agriculture, circular economy, and water sectors. Elemental Impact aims to improve systems that significantly affect people's lives and has actively invested in numerous startups to facilitate this mission. By providing financial backing and resources, Elemental Impact contributes to the growth of innovative solutions that address critical global challenges.

Lauren Tonokawa

MD of Communications

Past deals in Electric Vehicle

Liminal

Venture Round in 2019
Feasible, Inc. designs and develops a battery analytics system. The company offers a battery intelligence platform, known as EchoStat, that uses ultrasound waves to detect differentials within one cell, between multiple cells, and between production lines. It also provides a screening and analytics platform that analyses data generated through EchoStat. The company caters to automotive, residential storage, grid storage, and consumer electronics industries. Feasible, Inc. was founded in 2015 and is based in Emeryville, California.

Chargetrip

Seed Round in 2018
Chargetrip B.V. designs and develops software platform for electric vehicle (EV) drivers and the EV industry. It reduces range anxiety with stations and route planning. The company’s EV Route Planning tool provides planning algorithm using revolutionary graph database technology and its EV Metrics tool secures EV data-warehouse, which includes charging station data, POI (Point of Interest) data, user journey data, and charge-station penetration data. Chargetrip B.V. was founded in 2016 and is based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands with additional offices in Norway and Switzerland.

eMotorWerks

Grant in 2017
eMotorWerks is the creator of JuiceNet - a market-leading IoT platform that organizes distributed networks of electric vehicle charging stations into multi-megawatt Virtual Power Plants providing critical demand flexibility services to utilities and grid operators. The company’s mission is to attain control of 100% of EV charging load using its innovative driver engagement tools and a disruptive business model based on recurring revenues and third-party project financing. With 8,000+ of its own charging stations in operation, access to 50,000+ stations from its partners, and access to the entire installed base of 500,000 EVs through its innovative IoT charge adapters and relationships with leading OEMs, eMotorWerks is the largest aggregator of EV charging load today and has contracts with all three largest California utilities to provide energy services from that capacity.

Go Electric

Grant in 2017
Go Electric is a green-tech early stage company, developing customer side of the meter energy solutions and services that serve facilities and utilities. Its energy products and services accelerate a renewable energy future by integrating renewable energy, advanced batteries, and generators to reduce energy costs, assure energy security, and enhance grid stability. Go Electric is based in Anderson, I.N.

FreeWire

Seed Round in 2015
FreeWire Technologies, Inc. is a manufacturer of mobile electric vehicle (EV) chargers based in San Leandro, California. Established in 2014, the company specializes in smart battery systems that provide mobile and distributed power solutions. Its product line includes the Mobi Charger v0, capable of charging at speeds of up to 5kW, the Mobi Charger v1, which offers charging as a service with attendant support, and the Mobi Charger v2, a semi-autonomous unit that provides dual level 2 and single level 3 charging options. FreeWire's systems deliver clean and quiet power on-site, effectively replacing or supplementing diesel generators for various remote power applications. By offering flexible and easily deployable charging solutions, FreeWire enables its customers to electrify operations previously reliant on fossil fuels while avoiding the complexity and costs associated with traditional infrastructure upgrades. The company is supported by venture capital and partnerships with global corporations.

Autowatts

Seed Round in 2014
Autowatts develops a sales software package that simplifies the selling process for dealers of electric vehicles (EV) and photovoltaic solar power production systems. The company offers a sales portal and learning platform that allows salespeople to discuss tax incentives, driving habits, charging costs, fuel sources, true cost of ownership, and financing with customers. Autowatts was founded in 2013 and is based in Denver, Colorado.