VC  Breakthrough Energy Ventures

https://www.breakthroughenergy.org/





     Office Locations:

Kirkland, WA

 

Stages:

  • Early


 

Industries:

  • Energy & Clean Tech
  • Food & Agriculture
  • Manufacturing & Industrial

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    Description:

    Breakthrough Energy Ventures is an investor-led fund that aims to build the new, cutting-edge companies that will lead the world to net-zero emissions. The firm's strategy is to link government-funded research and patient, risk-tolerant capital to bring transformative clean energy innovations to market as quickly as possible. Breakthrough will only invest in technologies with the potential, at scale, to reduce greenhouse gases by at least half a gigaton every year, about 1 percent of global emissions. Investors in the fund in include Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, and many other business moguls. Breakthrough Energy Ventures-Europe (BEV-E) is a first-of-a-kind €100 million pilot fund that invests in groundbreaking technologies to decarbonize every part of the economy.



    Investment Firm Key

       VC = Venture Capital
       PE = Private Equity
       A = Angel
       I = Incubator
       MB = Merchant Bank
       VD = Venture Debt
       FI = Family Investment Office
       FOF = Fund of Funds
       ED = Economic Development Office   
       TT = Technology Transfer Office
       CVC = Corporate Venture Capital
       SEC = Secondary Purchaser
       HF = Hedge Fund/Mutual Fund
       
       
       
    COMPANY STAGEREVENUE
    Venture Capital
    Seed Stage
    (includes "pre-seed," or
    concept stage)
    No Revenue
    Early StageMinimal
    Revenue
    Growth Stage
    (also called Mid-stage)
    $2M-$7M
    Expansion Stage
    (also called Late-stage)
    $7M and greater
    Private Equity
    Lower Middle Market$10M-$249M
    Middle Market$250M-$499M
    Upper Middle Market$500M-$1B
    Large Cap>$1B
       
       
     

    Investment Team:


    Name   Title
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    Gaetan Bonhomme
    Jim Cabot
    Quinn Cornelius Senior Director
    Rodi Guidero Managing Partner
    Sandra Chavez Manager

     

    Recent Funding Events (trailing 12 months):


      Date


      Name


      State


      Amount


      Stage


      10/30/2024


      Redoxblox


      CA


      $40,700,000


      Series A


      10/09/2024


      Zap Energy


      WA


      $130,000,000


      Series D


      09/24/2024


      Dandelion Energy


      NY


      $40,000,000


      Series C


      08/13/2024


      Guidewheel


      CA


      $31,000,000


      Series B


      07/31/2024


      TS Conductor


      CA


      $60,000,000


      


      06/24/2024


      M2X Energy


      FL


      $40,000,000


      Series B


      05/09/2024


      ArkeaBio


      MA


      $26,500,000


      Series A


      04/08/2024


      Windfall Bio


      CA


      $28,000,000


      Series A


      02/22/2024


      Antora Energy


      CA


      $150,000,000


      Series B


      01/23/2024


      Albedo


      TX


      $35,000,000


      Series A-1


      12/13/2023


      Fourth Power


      MA


      $19,000,000


      Series A


     

    Portfolio companies include:


      1366 Technologies


      75F


      Aeroseal
        web link


      Albedo
        web link


      Antora Energy
        web link


      ArkeaBio
        web link


      Blue Frontier
        web link


      Boston Metal
        web link


      Brimstone Energy
        web link


      C-Zero
        web link


      Circ
        web link


      ClearFlame Engine Technologies
        web link


      Commonwealth Fusion Systems
        web link


      CubicPV
        web link


      Dandelion Energy
        web link


      DMC Bio
        web link


      Electric Hydrogen
        web link


      Fervo Energy
        web link


      Form Energy
        web link


      Fourth Power
        web link


      Guidewheel
        web link


      Heirloom
        web link


      Iron Ox
        web link


      Lilac Solutions
        web link


      M2X Energy
        web link


      Malta


      Nobell Foods
        web link


      Our Next Energy
        web link


      Pivot Bio


      Prolific Machines


      Redoxblox
        web link


      Rondo Energy
        web link


      Sierra Energy
        web link


      Sortera Alloys
        web link


      Sortera Technologies
        web link


      SOURCE Global
        web link


      SparkMeter
        web link


      Stoke Space
        web link


      Terabase Energy
        web link


      Terra CO2 Technology
        web link


      TS Conductor
        web link


      Turntide Technologies
        web link


      VEIR


      WeaveGrid


      Windfall Bio
        web link


      Zap Energy
        web link


      Zero Mass Water
        web link


     

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