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Taj Ahmad Eldridge
Managing Director - Climate Innovation at Jobs for the Future
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
Overview
Taj Ahmad Eldridge is a versatile professional with a background in climate forward investing, currently serving as the Managing Director of Climate Innovation at Jobs for the Future (JFF). Notable career highlights include co-founding Include Ventures and making impactful investments in companies like Bevy at the Series C stage.
Work Experience
Managing Director - Climate Innovation
2023 - Current
Leading an incubated practice focused on climate and its various impacts to workers and learners, including a multi million dollar initiative called CREST, providing grant funding to organizations.
Director - Climate Innovation
2022 - 2023
The greatest need in climate centers around funding great solutions. The second greatest need is ensuring we have the talent to deliver these solutions. Stay tuned for more on CREST, The Green Quotient and more
Jobs for the Future is non profit organization helping youth and adults preparing for college and career.
Raised $66,500,000.00 from American Student Assistance, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Department of Education, GitLab Foundation, U.S. Department of Labor, US Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administation and U.S. Department of Labor.
CoFounder & Venture Partner
2021
A Fund of Funds venture capital fund investing in funds lead by women and people of color.
Include Ventures delivers strategy through fund of funds and direct investment vehicle.
Investor
2022
Form Energy develops and commercializes low-cost battery systems to support renewable electric grids.
Raised $1,517,765,461.00 from Capricorn Investment Group, GE Vernova, Gigascale Capital, TPG Rise Climate Fund, T. Rowe Price, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Temasek Holdings, NGP Energy Technology Partners, Energy Impact Partners and GIC.
Investor
2021
Investor
2023
Seed at The Table is a mission-driven crowdfunding platform connects diverse entrepreneurs with accredited and non-accredited investors.
Raised $225,000.00 from AWS Impact Accelerator.
Investor
2021
OYA Apparel engaged in disrupting the women's leggings market with femtech leggings that give women more control over their feminine health
Raised $1,420,000.00 from R/GA Ventures, Path Ahead Ventures, Union Heritage Capital, Sixers Innovation Lab, Little Green Bamboo, Emmeline Ventures, Urban Capital Network, Seed at the Table, Techstars and Techstars.
Investor
2021
investor & Advisory Board
2019
KIGT is one of the first minority owned energy storage and distribution companies dedicated to bringing EV charging solutions to disadvantaged communities, Universities, and places of worship.
KIGT is an electric vehicle supply equipment manufacturer.
Raised $25,000.00 from NYU Impact Investment Fund and Elemental Impact.
Investor
2022
SparkCharge is an automotive company that offers mobile and convenient charging stations for electric vehicles.
Raised $67,640,706.00 from Elemental Impact.
Investor
2022
Education
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
2005 - 2012
MBA
2002 - 2003
BA
1993 - 1997
Investments
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