Who invested in Eli

3 rounds we have observed, with the 7 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Healthcare

Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$19Mraised across 3 rounds since 2024, from 3 sources

$6.8MSeed$133KCrowdfunding$12MSeries A

Latest round: Series A, $12MJun 2025
Step-upi: 93.2×
Investors: 7

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The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

20242025

$6.8MSeed$133KCrowdfunding$12MSeries A

First round: Seed, $6.8M
Biggest round: $12M
Usual gap between rounds: 10 months

The rounds

Jun 2025
Series A$12M4 new
Source recorded
Dec 2024
Crowdfunding$133K2 new
- Pario Ventures
- Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator
Source recorded
Feb 2024
Seed$6.8M1 new
- Lowercarbon Capital
Source recordedSEC filing: $6.8M sold, first sale Jan 2024

Founders and team

From Eli's own website: 15 on the team.

Don GibbsAssociate Vice President
Jeff CrispSenior Vice President
Keith GualtieriAssociate Vice President
Louis BarrentineAssociate Vice President
Tim HaggardAssociate Vice President
Troy SonnerAssociate Vice President
Chuck SaundersPresident
Kathy BilekVP of Finance
Daniel ThibodeauAVP - Director of Survey
David CreedenAssociate Principal
Heath SainAssociate Principal
John MullenAssociate Principal
Lance WagnerCivil Engineering Program Manager
Stephen GreeneTransportation Practice Director
Uriah SowellAssociate Principal

Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

Seed2024Crowdfunding2024Series A2025

Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator

Everyone who backed them

TechstarsVC firm1round

BDC CapitalVC firm1round

Real VenturesFamily office1round

Lowercarbon CapitalVC firm1round

Garage CapitalVC firm1round

Pario VenturesVC firm1round

Los Angeles Cleantech IncubatorAccelerator1round

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Also claim to have backed them

These 10 firms list Eli as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.