Sustainable cargo drones that improve the connection between people and their needs without increasing the carbon footprint.

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About Elemental

Elemental is a venture-backed R&D-heavy aerospace company built by former executives and seasoned engineers from the aerospace industry. We are on a mission to solve the world's most pressing challenges in flight operations of uncrewed aircraft systems by combining the technical innovations of drones with the upsides of LTA (lighter-than-air) technologies.

TES & Elemental

In 2017, TES started with the question 'How to make transportation radically more sustainable?'. Initially TES focused on digital communication. How could we make digital communication so good, that we would no longer need to travel. At least for part of our interactions. This would be a huge step in reducing emissions. The direction this took, was one which TES could not stand behind. As any innovation is a two-edged sword, we felt that guiding this development to a positive impact on people and planet was not sustainable. Now, with the developments around the metaverse, this seems to be rightfully so.

TES then started looking at lighter-than-air technology as a means to solve sustainable transportation. In addition to the positive impact on the planet, the positive externalities on planet became increasingly apparent. With many people, largely in the global south, not connected to the global logistics network, lighter than air technology provides a solution path to connect the unconnected at zero emissions. TES co-founded Elemental and built this venture until exiting in August, 2021.