Breakthrough Energy Ventures is a venture capital firm that is interested in energy, finance, and impact investing. The firm was founded by Bill Gates, Jack Ma, Jeff Bezos, John Doerr, and Vinod Khosla in 2015, in Paris, Ile-de-France, and is a sub-organization of Breakthrough Energy Coalition.
The firm is interested in guiding companies with scientific and technological expertise, and commit to helping companies grow and travel. The firm invests in new technologies that are designed to provide affordable power resources. The firm has made investments during Series A through C rounds.
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Funded Companies
Pivot BioA company that creates technology that is focused on nitrogen fixation in cereal crops through microbes.It was founded in 2010 and is located in Berkeley, California.
Berkeley, California
Motif FoodworksA food ingredients company that uses biotechnology to brew proteins and nutrients, for more delicious and sustainable foods.
Boston
KoBold MetalsA mining company that utilizes Big data, statistical modeling, and ore-deposit science to research natural resources exploration. It was founded in 2018 and is located in Berkeley, California.
75FA technology company offering an internet of things (IoT) building automation system for HVAC, lighting, and equipment control.
Burnsville, Minnesota
Sustainable BioproductsA biotechnology company growing edible proteins.
Chicago
CarbonCure TechnologiesCarbon capture and storage company founded in 2007 and based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. CarbonCure Technologies Inc. provides carbon dioxide sequestering technology to concrete plants in a system for recycling carbon dioxide waste from industrial emitters and incorporating it into concrete products.
Malta IncStoring renewable energy in molten salt
Cambridge, Massachusetts
ESS Inc.
Portland, Oregon
Form EnergyForm Energy is a Somerville, Massachusetts-based company.
Somerville, Massachusetts
Baseload Capital
DMC Biotechnologies
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Commonwealth Fusion Systems
