Ep 92: Dawn Lippert, CEO of Elemental Excelerator
Today's guest is Dawn Lippert, CEO of Elemental Excelerator. Elemental Excelerator is a clean tech accelerator program incubating the next generation of companies tackling various environmental and climate-related issues. In operation as a nonprofit for nearly a decade, the program invests across several key sectors: mobility, food & agriculture, water, circular economy and energy. Each year it backs 15 to 20 companies up to 1 million each to improve systems that impact the planet and people's lives. Beginning her career working in the alternative energy space at management consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton, Dawn eventually went onto leading innovation and community at the Emerson Collective, the investment and philanthropic platform led by Laurene Powell Jobs and also a key partner of Elemental. We had a great discussion about the areas Elemental has invested in and the multifaceted ways it supports its portfolio companies. I learned a lot and I hope you will as well. Enjoy the show! You can find me on twitter @jjacobs22 or @mcjpod and email at [email protected], where I encourage you to share your feedback on episodes and suggestions for future topics or guests.
Inevitable · Dawn Lippert, Jason Jacobs
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Show Notes
In today’s episode, we cover:
- What is Elemental Excelerator
- Dawn’s journey to climate change
- Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative
- Applying the startup accelerator model to energy and clean tech
- Investing focus and criteria
- Holistic support for portfolio companies
- Geographic focus for its projects
- Sources of funding for Elemental Excelerator
- Purpose of pilots
- Coaching support
Links to topics discussed in this episode:
Elemental Excelerator: https://elementalexcelerator.com/
Emerson Collective: https://www.emersoncollective.com/
Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative: http://www.hawaiicleanenergyinitiative.org/
CarbonCure Technologies: https://www.carboncure.com/
Zero Mass Water: https://www.zeromasswater.com/
Cyclotron Road: https://www.cyclotronroad.org/
Trove (f.k.a. Yerdle): https://www.trove.co/
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