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    Breakthrough Energy Ventures

    Kirkland, Washington, United StatesFounded 2015
    www.breakthroughenergy.orgLinkedIn
    Climate & Energy

    Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV) is a climate-focused venture capital firm founded by Bill Gates and backed by billionaires including Jeff Bezos and Michael Bloomberg. It invests in companies developing technologies to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions across electricity, transportation, manufacturing, buildings, and food & agriculture, from seed to growth stage.

    52% of their portfolio is in Climate & Energy. Average disclosed round size is $116.6M (across 221 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    160

    Fund Size

    $839M

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    17

    Team

    RG

    Rodi Guidero

    Executive Director of Breakthrough Energy

    CR

    Carmichael Roberts

    Chief Investment Officer of Breakthrough Energy

    AJ

    Alice Jackson

    Head of Grid Modeling

    AG

    Ashley Grosh

    Head of Discovery

    BG

    Ben Gaddy

    Breakthrough Energy Discovery

    BH

    Brenda Haendler

    Breakthrough Energy Discovery

    BM

    Brian Mayers

    Breakthrough Energy Ventures

    CP

    Chris Poirier

    Breakthrough Energy Ventures

    CG

    Christian Garcia

    Breakthrough Energy Ventures

    CK

    Christina Karapataki

    Breakthrough Energy Ventures

    CR

    Christopher Rivest

    Breakthrough Energy Ventures

    CL

    Cindy Leeper

    Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    260 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    PPhysical Superintelligence PBCSeed$58MSep 2026
    Physical Superintelligence logoPhysical SuperintelligenceSeed$58MSep 2026
    Mariana Minerals logoMariana MineralsSeries B$310MAug 2026
    MMarianaSeries B$310MAug 2026
    Rize logoRizeSeries B$31MJul 2026
    BBoston MetalsSeries C$75MMay 2026
    Sygaldry logoSygaldrySeries A$105MApr 2026
    Heron Power logoHeron PowerSeries D$140MFeb 2026
    Heron Power logoHeron PowerSeries B$140MFeb 2026
    Heron logoHeronSeries B$140MFeb 2026
    Fleetzero logoFleetzeroSeries A$43MJan 2026
    Fleetzero logoFleetzeroSeries A$43MJan 2026
    Form Energy logoForm EnergySeries A$750MJan 2026
    Heron Power logoHeron PowerSeries A$140MJan 2026
    Physical Superintelligence logoPhysical SuperintelligenceSeed$58MJan 2026
    Aetherflux logoAetherfluxSeries A$50MJan 2026
    Aetherflux logoAetherfluxSeries B$275MJan 2026
    ZeroAvia logoZeroAviaSeries A—Dec 2025
    FFervoSeries E$462MDec 2025
    Stoke logoStokeSeries D$510MOct 2025
    WeaveGrid logoWeaveGridSeries A$15MSep 2025
    Fourth Power logoFourth PowerSeries A$20MSep 2025
    Deep sky logoDeep skySeed$11MSep 2025
    Torus logoTorusGrowth—Sep 2025
    Planted Solar logoPlanted SolarSeries A$12MJul 2025
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    Top Co-Investors

    Lowercarbon Capital42 shared
    Prelude Ventures31 shared
    Y Combinator27 shared
    Energy Impact Partners23 shared
    Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited22 shared
    Capricorn Investment Group20 shared
    Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund18 shared
    Khosla Ventures18 shared
    DCVC17 shared
    Barclays15 shared
    Gigascale Capital14 shared
    Andreessen Horowitz14 shared
    Emerson Collective14 shared
    Rio Tinto14 shared
    Collaborative Fund13 shared
    Amazon Climate Pledge Fund12 shared
    Bill Gates11 shared
    Congruent Ventures10 shared
    S2G Ventures9 shared
    Impact Science Ventures9 shared

    Last updated: 7 October 2026