Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Bill Gates's climate-tech VC fund
VC
Sector Specialist
📍 Bellevue, WA
Founded 2016
AUM
$3.5B
as of 2026-Q1
SMALL
Breakthrough Energy Ventures was founded in 2016 by Bill Gates and a coalition of climate-focused billionaires (Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, John Doerr). Patient-capital climate-tech investing.
Notable Partners
Carmichael RobertsEric TooneDaniel Pursell
Notable Portfolio
commonwealth-fusionquidnet-energy
Investment Focus
Stages
Series A · Series B · Growth
Sectors
Climate · Energy · Industrial Decarbonization
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Investor data reflects publicly disclosed AUM, fund sizes, and portfolio holdings as of 2026-Q1. Refreshed periodically.