Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV) is a global venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Bill Gates and a coalition of private investors committed to accelerating the transition to a net-zero emissions future.With over $3.5 billion in committed capital, BEV invests in early to growth-stage companies developing groundbreaking technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across sectors such as energy, transportation, agriculture, manufacturing, and buildings.The firm operates globally, with offices in the United States and Europe.
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Breakthrough Energy Ventures invests in transformative technologies with the potential to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, aiming for solutions that can achieve at least a half-gigaton reduction annually.The firm targets innovations across five grand challenges: electricity, transportation, agriculture, manufacturing, and buildings.
Invest in
Baltics
Nordics
Western Europe
Southern Europe
Central Eastern Europe
North America
Customer types
Governments
Large enterprises
Small and medium enterprises
Product type
Hardware
Software
Software-enabled hardware
Industries / verticals
Climate / New World
Energy
GreenTech
Sustainability
Waste / Recycling / Environment / CleanTech
Investment details
Investment role
Lead and follow
Stages
Seed, Series A
First ticket size
US$1,000,000 - US$50,000,000
Related contacts
Principal
Mark Hartney
Investment Principal & Company Builder
Tara Bansal
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