Elias Habbar-baylac
Climate Investment Principal at Cisco
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
Climate Investment Principal | Climate Commitment | Pre-Seed to Series A
2023 - Current
Under the leadership of Cisco's Chief Sustainability Officer, co-managing a global investment portfolio of early-stage climate ventures (Pre-Seed to Series A) and aligned funds, from the $100m Cisco Foundation Climate Commitment. If you're a mission-driven founder looking to advance an inclusive transition to clean energy, protect and scale natural carbon sinks, accelerate regenerative agriculture and food systems, boost circular economy models, or build sustainable infrastructures and climate-smart cities, I'd love to be in touch! Direct Investments: Vibrant Planet Vesta Aikido Technologies (sourced & led) SHYFT Power Solutions (sourced & led) Jaza Energy (sourced & led) RapidAIM (sourced & led) Miraterra (sourced & led) Chloris Geospatial (sourced & led) Carbonbuilt (sourced & led) Carbon Reform (sourced & led) Fund Investments: Azolla Ventures Trailhead Capital Enduring Planet Katapult The Catalyst Fund SEACEF Third Sphere (sourced)
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2024
CarbonBuilt is a climate-tech company that develops innovative solutions to reduce carbon emissions in the concrete industry.
Raised $10,000,000.00 from Foundamental, Tony Pritzker, Grantham Foundation, Pritzker Group, Climate Capital, Lime Street Ventures and YouWeb IV: Impact.
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2024
Carbon Reform is a climate-tech startup that offers a carbon capture and pollution-control device to reduce CO2 levels in the atmosphere.
Raised $1,700,000.00 from Azolla Ventures.
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2024
Aikido Technologies develops innovative floating wind technologies.
Raised $4,000,000.00 from Sabancı Climate Ventures, Anthropocene Ventures, Propeller, Cisco Foundation and Azolla Ventures.
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2024
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2024
Chloris Geospatial is able to provide answers today to critical natural capital issues.
Raised $2,499,999.00 from NextSTEP, Cisco Foundation, Counteract, At One Ventures, AXA Investment Managers, Orbia Ventures, Counteract and At One Ventures.
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2024
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2023
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2023
SHYFT Power Solutions builds IoT and integrated software to connect and intelligently manage distributed energy resources
Raised $4,200,000.00 from Equator, KawiSafi Ventures, Praetura Ventures and Elemental Impact.
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2023