# Elemental > DeFi Made Simple Elemental is a Solana-based crypto fund offering competitive fixed yields with zero fees, making DeFi investing simple for users. Elemental is a Solana-based crypto fund that started in September 2022 with $1,000 from early adopters. The platform offers users a user-friendly interface to access competitive fixed yields with zero fees. Elemental provides transparent DeFi investment products including lending and fixed deposit options, delivering risk-adjusted returns through automated yield strategies on the Solana blockchain. - Type: Company - Sector: Finance - Status: Active - Founded: 2022-09-01 - Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/elemental ## Products - [Elemental Lend](https://thegrid.id/profiles/elemental): Elemental Lend is a yield aggregator on Solana that delivers optimized lending rates by aggregating yields across the Solana ecosystem and deploying capital through secure non-custodial vaults when in-house strategies are expected to outperform standard lending rates. (Yield Aggregator, Live, Main Product) - [Elemental Fixed Deposit](https://thegrid.id/profiles/elemental): Elemental Fixed Deposit is a structured investment product that allows users to deposit USDC or SOL into epoch-based funds with fixed APR yields. Each epoch lasts five days, and deposits are activated at the start of the next epoch while withdrawals require at least one full epoch to process. (Decentralised Borrowing & Lending, Live) ## Links - [Main](https://elemental.fund) - [Documentation](https://docs.elemental.fund) - [Twitter / X](https://x.com/elementaldefi) - [Telegram](https://tg.elemental.fund) ## Legal This data is provided under two licensing models. Model 1 - open data. The open data core is licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL) — a copyleft/share-alike license allowing free use, modification, and sharing for any purpose. Attribution is required: include "Powered by The Grid" linking to https://thegrid.id wherever the data is used. Derivative databases must be shared under ODbL terms. Trademarks, logos, and brand names (marked "Special TPIP") are not covered by the ODbL. For ML/AI use: training datasets that substantially extract ODbL data are Derivative Databases and must be shared under ODbL if publicly used; models must be attributed in documentation. Model 2 - commercial licenses. The Grid Data Service (TGDS) is also available as a commercial license. See [Web Services Terms](https://about.thegrid.id/legal/web-services-terms) for commercial use that is not covered by the open data service. The following applies to both licensing models. - All data is provided AS IS with no guarantees of accuracy. - The Grid does not provide investment, legal, or tax advice, and - a project's presence in The Grid's data does not imply endorsement. - [Data Licensing & Disclaimers](https://about.thegrid.id/legal/data-licensing-and-disclaimers): Licensing models and disclaimers - [Open Data (ODbL)](https://about.thegrid.id/legal/open-data): Open Database License terms and scope for The Grid's open data service. - [Attribution Guidelines](https://about.thegrid.id/legal/open-data-attribution-guidelines): How to attribute The Grid's data when using the open data service. - [Web Services Terms](https://about.thegrid.id/legal/web-services-terms): commercial Terms for using data services. - [All Legal Documents](https://about.thegrid.id/legal): Full index of terms, policies, and disclosures ## Optional - [TGS Field Descriptions](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/tgs-field-descriptions.md): Schema field definitions for The Grid's data model - [TGS JSON Structure](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/tgs-json-structure.md): Data model structure and relationships - [Product Type Definitions](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/product-type-definitions.md): Definitions for each product type - [Product Type Classification](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/product-type-classification.md): Guide for classifying products into types - [Grid MCP Guide](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/grid-search/skills/grid-query/references/grid-mcp-guide.md): How to query The Grid programmatically via MCP