# The Eleos Foundation

> The Eleos Foundation is a VC fund in Santa Barbara backing Communities and SaaS. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Santa Barbara, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Dec 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- Website: https://x.com/eleosfoundation?lang=en

The Eleos Foundation is a VC fund in Santa Barbara focused on Communities and SaaS. Eleos invest in and partner with social entrepreneurs who effectively implement high impact, early stage, pioneering market based solutions.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Communities | 2 | 100% |
| SaaS | 1 | 50% |
| Analytics | 1 | 50% |
| Enterprise | 1 | 50% |
| Clean Energy | 1 | 50% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kenya | 1 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Copia | Every day in America, they waste 3X more food than there are mouths to feed. It is not a lack of food that is the issue, but rather an ineffective distribution of that food. Hunger is not a scarcity problem, it's a logistics problem. For the first time ever, they can effectively donate prepared and highly perishable food to those who need itwhen they need it most. Copia is a for-profit company that has built technology allowing food donors (e.g., food management companies like corporate cafeterias, universities, hospitals, grocers, caterers etc.) to easily request pickups of their surplus food, have it matched, and safely delivered to non-profits in need. With Copia, partnering businesses can now seamlessly access significant tax savings, dramatically reduce food waste through data and analytics on surplus, and remove CO2 from the atmosphere, all while feeding the neediest in their community.We have saved nearly 5M pounds of edible food from ending up in the landfills and provided savings of over $14M for the businesses and nonprofits we serve. We operate nationwide and are on our way to feeding over 4 million people with great food that would have otherwise been wasted! | $150K | Seed | Dec 01, 2021 | https://www.GoCopia.com/ |
| Sanergy | Sanergy makes hygienic sanitation affordable and accessible in urban slums for everyone starting with Nairobi, Kenya. It promotes the fundamental human right to sanitation in the slums of Kenya by increasing access to and usage of hygienic sanitation facilities. Sanergy creates an efficient, equitable, and sustainable sanitation cycle by building adense network of small-scale sanitation centers across the slums, a low-cost containerized waste collection infrastructure, and converting this waste at their central processing facility into useful byproducts, such as organic fertilizer and renewable energy. | $1.7M | Series A | Feb 08, 2016 | http://www.sanergy.com/ |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Acumen](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acumen-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Branded Hospitality](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/branded-strategic-advisors) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Global Partnerships](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-partnerships) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Novastar Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/novastar-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does The Eleos Foundation invest in?

The Eleos Foundation invests primarily in Communities, SaaS and Analytics startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Kenya. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did The Eleos Foundation last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for The Eleos Foundation closed in Dec 2021. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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