Elemental Impact

Elemental Impact is a consulting organization established in 2009, dedicated to promoting sustainability and environmental stewardship within the business sector. Based in Honolulu, Hawaii, it focuses on initiatives that encourage waste reduction, recycling, and efficient resource utilization across various industries. By providing resources, tools, and guidance, Elemental Impact assists companies in adopting sustainable practices that enhance operational efficiency and environmental responsibility. The organization emphasizes the importance of equity and access in climate solutions, filling critical gaps in funding innovative climate technologies for real-world applications. Through collaboration, education, and advocacy, Elemental Impact aims to cultivate a culture of sustainability and create a positive impact on the planet.

Danya Hakeem

Managing Director, Portfolio

Danielle Harris

Managing Director, Engagement and Innovation

Kimberly Morris

Senior Director of Innovation

Mitch Rubin

Director of Innovation

Joshua Stanbro

Deputy Director, Policy Lab

Past deals in Public Transportation

Dollaride

Grant in 2023
Dollaride is a mobility company focused on enhancing transportation access in urban areas, particularly for underserved communities. Drawing inspiration from New York City's informal "dollar vans," which have provided local transport services since the 1980s, Dollaride has developed a digital platform that connects fleet owners, drivers, and passengers. The platform offers a comprehensive operator business dashboard, enabling fleet management, automated fee collection, and features that support territory expansion. By providing technical resources and web assistance, Dollaride empowers operators to manage their fleets transparently and in compliance with regulations. This innovative approach not only enhances the earnings potential for drivers but also allows passengers to conveniently hail rides, thereby improving overall mobility in urban settings. Through its commitment to clean transportation, Dollaride aims to foster the adoption of sustainable practices among small transportation fleet owners and contribute to the green economy.

Oonee

Venture Round in 2022
Oonee is a company that specializes in automated bike parking infrastructure, aiming to enhance public spaces in urban areas. Founded in 2017 and based in Brooklyn, New York, Oonee develops a network of smart, modular pods designed to provide secure parking for bikes and scooters. These parking units, known as parking cubes, can accommodate multiple bicycles and are expandable, offering added flexibility. Equipped with video surveillance, they ensure the safety of the parked vehicles, addressing concerns about theft. In addition to secure parking, Oonee's pods offer various public space amenities, contributing to the overall improvement of the urban environment and promoting sustainable mobility solutions.

WhereIsMyTransport

Venture Round in 2020
WhereIsMyTransport Ltd is a mobility technology company focused on providing comprehensive public transport data for megacities in emerging markets. Headquartered in London, with an additional office in Cape Town, the company specializes in digitalizing network information from various modes of public transport across Africa, Latin America, Southeast Europe, and South and Southeast Asia. By employing a data collection playbook, WhereIsMyTransport maps both formal and informal transport networks, ensuring data accuracy as these systems evolve. The company's platform serves businesses, municipalities, and citizens, enhancing the public transport experience and facilitating informed decision-making for infrastructure improvements and market entry.

Dollaride

Venture Round in 2020
Dollaride is a mobility company focused on enhancing transportation access in urban areas, particularly for underserved communities. Drawing inspiration from New York City's informal "dollar vans," which have provided local transport services since the 1980s, Dollaride has developed a digital platform that connects fleet owners, drivers, and passengers. The platform offers a comprehensive operator business dashboard, enabling fleet management, automated fee collection, and features that support territory expansion. By providing technical resources and web assistance, Dollaride empowers operators to manage their fleets transparently and in compliance with regulations. This innovative approach not only enhances the earnings potential for drivers but also allows passengers to conveniently hail rides, thereby improving overall mobility in urban settings. Through its commitment to clean transportation, Dollaride aims to foster the adoption of sustainable practices among small transportation fleet owners and contribute to the green economy.

WhereIsMyTransport

Non Equity Assistance in 2020
WhereIsMyTransport Ltd is a mobility technology company focused on providing comprehensive public transport data for megacities in emerging markets. Headquartered in London, with an additional office in Cape Town, the company specializes in digitalizing network information from various modes of public transport across Africa, Latin America, Southeast Europe, and South and Southeast Asia. By employing a data collection playbook, WhereIsMyTransport maps both formal and informal transport networks, ensuring data accuracy as these systems evolve. The company's platform serves businesses, municipalities, and citizens, enhancing the public transport experience and facilitating informed decision-making for infrastructure improvements and market entry.

Dollaride

Non Equity Assistance in 2020
Dollaride is a mobility company focused on enhancing transportation access in urban areas, particularly for underserved communities. Drawing inspiration from New York City's informal "dollar vans," which have provided local transport services since the 1980s, Dollaride has developed a digital platform that connects fleet owners, drivers, and passengers. The platform offers a comprehensive operator business dashboard, enabling fleet management, automated fee collection, and features that support territory expansion. By providing technical resources and web assistance, Dollaride empowers operators to manage their fleets transparently and in compliance with regulations. This innovative approach not only enhances the earnings potential for drivers but also allows passengers to conveniently hail rides, thereby improving overall mobility in urban settings. Through its commitment to clean transportation, Dollaride aims to foster the adoption of sustainable practices among small transportation fleet owners and contribute to the green economy.

Swiftly

Series A in 2020
Swiftly, Inc. is a technology company based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in developing data-driven applications for public transportation. The company offers a comprehensive platform designed to enhance operational mobility and efficiency for transit agencies by unifying public transit data across various departments and stakeholders. Swiftly's platform integrates seamlessly with existing transit hardware and provides essential features such as GTFS and TransXchange data, location and operator information, on-board data, real-time passenger information, and historical data analytics. By leveraging billions of data points and advanced algorithms, Swiftly aims to improve transit system performance and service reliability for transportation agencies, residents, and governments. Originally known as Swyft Technologies, Inc., the company rebranded to Swiftly, Inc. in January 2016 and was incorporated in 2014.

Numina

Venture Round in 2019
Numina is a technology company that has developed a computer vision sensing platform aimed at enhancing urban planning and infrastructure. The platform measures and analyzes the movement of pedestrians, bicycles, vehicles, and other objects in public spaces, providing valuable data to city planners and transportation departments. By delivering insights into volume counts, paths, speeds, and interactions, Numina enables municipalities to design more walkable and bikeable environments while ensuring equity and responsiveness in urban development. The company emphasizes privacy by preventing the collection of personally identifiable information, offering intelligence without surveillance. Founded in 2014 and supported by various foundations and investment groups, Numina operates from St. Louis, Missouri, and New York, New York, contributing to the evolution of urban automation and planning.

Proterra

Venture Round in 2019
Proterra Inc. is a manufacturer of zero-emission electric buses, primarily focused on providing sustainable transportation solutions for public and commercial transit. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Burlingame, California, with additional offices in Greenville, South Carolina, and City of Industry, California, Proterra designs its products, including 35-foot and 40-foot electric buses, to meet the diverse needs of urban and regional transit routes. The company's Catalyst platform is noted for its modularity, allowing it to adapt to various operational demands while delivering high energy efficiency. Proterra also offers a broad range of services, including vehicle electrification solutions, fleet planning, charging infrastructure, and comprehensive vehicle maintenance programs. By facilitating the transition away from fossil fuels, Proterra aims to enhance environmental quality and reduce operational costs for fleet operators, contributing to significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.

Remix Technologies

Venture Round in 2017
Remix is a San Francisco-based platform established in 2014 that focuses on public transit planning, street design, and new mobility management. The platform is utilized by over 4,000 planners across more than 300 cities globally, enabling them to understand the interplay between streets, public transit, and private mobility. Remix consolidates critical datasets from various sources into a cohesive view, helping users analyze existing conditions and derive insights across multiple dimensions. Its tools allow transit agencies and local governments to create and manage maps and routes, explore innovative concepts, and make data-driven decisions aimed at enhancing transportation safety, accessibility, and equity.

RideScout

Seed Round in 2015
RideScout is a technology platform based in Austin, Texas, with an additional office in Washington, DC. The platform aggregates various transportation options, including public transit, taxis, rideshares, bike shares, carpools, walking, biking, driving, and parking, all accessible via its free iOS and Android applications. By allowing users to search and compare these ground transportation alternatives in real-time, RideScout aims to replicate the convenience and flexibility of car ownership. Frequently referred to as the Kayak of ground transportation, the platform provides a comprehensive view of available mobility options, enhancing user decision-making for on-demand travel.

Bandwagon

Seed Round in 2014
Bandwagon facilitates real-time sharing of taxis and hired vehicles. Through web and mobile apps, they connect people who are traveling in the same direction. Shared trips are affordable, fun, and environmentally-friendly. Bandwagon builds transportation software and systems. Their primary area of expertise is building products that increase the efficiency of for-hire vehicle fleets, and increase the connectivity of these fleets with traditional transit systems. Bandwagon also offers transportation strategy consulting to large organizations, municipalities and transportation management agencies. Bandwagon was inspired by an ethic of repair and a belief that cities are fundamentally collaborative & creative enterprises. The Company’s mission is to create products and services that increase urban access to mobility and reduce energy costs and pollution, by reorganizing existing transportation infrastructure. Their products provide efficient access to traditional transportation networks where they exist, and create new mobility where traditional transportation infrastructure is underdeveloped.

Actionfigure

Grant in 2014
TransitScreen, Inc. specializes in developing software for digital displays that deliver real-time transit information across various transportation modes, including subways, buses, trains, bikeshare, and carshare. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Washington, D.C., the company offers solutions tailored for a diverse range of clients, including property managers, educational institutions, transit agencies, and cities. Its flagship product, TransitScreen, powers live transportation displays in building lobbies, showcasing public transit options as well as shared mobility services like bike and car rentals. Additionally, the company provides CityMotion, a mobile app designed for commuters that integrates employer shuttle services and parking information. Another offering, CommuteWise, serves as an educational tool that assists users in creating personalized commute plans, facilitating a smoother transition when starting a new job or returning to the office.
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