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Elemental Excelerator

VC
Honolulu, HI

Elemental Excelerator is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Honolulu, HI investing in Climate / Energy, Other, Food / AgTech. The firm typically writes $500K–$2.0M checks and has 144 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$500K–$2.0M
Portfolio
144 companies on record
Partners
7 listed
AUM
$210M
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Climate / Energy, Other, Food / AgTech, AI / ML, Consumer
HQ
Honolulu, HI

Last verified: 2026-03-24

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$500K – $2.0M

AUM

$210M

Portfolio

144+ companies

Team

7 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focuses on supporting startups solving systemic environmental challenges, including food waste and sustainable economies.

How Elemental Excelerator invests

Elemental Excelerator is a vc firm based in Honolulu, HI. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Climate / Energy, Other, Food / AgTech, AI / ML, Consumer. It does not invest in Media.

Elemental Excelerator typically writes checks of $500K–$2.0M per investment, backed by approximately $210M in assets under management.

Elemental Excelerator has backed 144 companies in our records, including Refill Revolution, ImpactVision, Actionfigure.

Partners & Team

TH

Tiffany Huynh

Senior Director of External Affairs

RJ

Rex Johnson

Project Director

LT

Lauren Tonokawa

Creative Director

JS

Josh Stanbro

Deputy Director

JM

Jackson Morton

Senior Investment Manager

first-of-a-kind projects
early commercial projects
climate technology finance across ventures & project finance
DL

Dawn Lippert

CEO/Founding Partner

Climate innovation
Circular economy
MR

Mitch Rubin

Managing Director, Portfolio & Investments

sourcing
deal execution
portfolio services
development SAFE financing

Industry Focus

Invests In

Climate / Energy
Other
Food / AgTech
AI / ML
Consumer

Does Not Invest In

Media

Portfolio Companies (144)

Other

RE

Refill Revolution

Circular economy retail
IM

ImpactVision

Food monitoring tech
AC

Actionfigure

AL

Allume Energy

AM

Ampaire

AM

Amply Power

AP

Applied Carbon

AR

Artyc

AS

Aspiring Materials

BA

Banyan Infrastructure

How to pitch Elemental Excelerator
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Climate / Energy, Other, Food / AgTech — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $500K – $2.0M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Tiffany Huynh, Senior Director of External Affairs.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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