Elias Habbar-baylac
Climate Investment Principal at Cisco
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
Sustainability Investment Lead | Partner, Cisco Foundation Regenerative Future Fund
2023 - Current
I lead investments in transformative climate solutions from Pre-Seed to Series A, as well as in select impact-aligned funds. Additionally, I drive Cisco’s company-wide sustainability investment strategy, also part of the sustainability investments team at Cisco Investments. If you're a founder advancing solutions in climate adaptation and resilience, carbon and nature technologies, regenerative agriculture and food, clean energy, circular economy, or IoT and cybersecurity for climate, let’s connect! Cisco Foundation Regenerative Future Fund Direct Investments: Hohonu (sourced & led) Terradot (sourced & led) Aikido Technologies (sourced & led) Ecotone Renewables (sourced & led) SHYFT Power Solutions (sourced & led) Jaza Energy (sourced & led, exited) RapidAIM (sourced & led) Miraterra (sourced & led) Chloris Geospatial (sourced & led) Carbonbuilt (sourced & led) Carbon Reform (sourced & led) Ebb Carbon (sourced & led) Vibrant Planet Vesta Cisco Foundation Regenerative Future Fund - LP Investments: Azolla Ventures Trailhead Capital Enduring Planet Katapult The Catalyst Fund SEACEF Third Sphere (sourced) SuperOrganism
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Investor
2025
Sustainability Investments
2023
Member of the sustainability investment team; Cisco corporate, strategic investments, ranging from early-stage to late-stage growth capital, advancing Cisco's decarbonization and circularity goals and those of its customers and partners Cisco Sustainability Fund - Portfolio Investments: CorPower Ocean - Series B DesCycle - Series A
Cisco Investments is a corporate venture capital arm of Cisco that offers direct and fund of funds investments.
Investor
2024
Investor
2024
Ebb Carbon works on a reverse electrochemical ocean deacidification process that captures CO2 from the atmosphere.
Raised $23,000,000.00 from Elemental Impact.
Investor
2024
Investor
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.
Investor
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.
Investor
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.
Investor
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.