Breakthrough Energy Ventures

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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Investment thesis

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

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