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


      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


      10/16/2023


      Stoke Space


      WA


      $100,000,000


      Series B


      10/03/2023


      Electric Hydrogen


      MA


      $380,000,000


      Series C


      09/06/2023


      Boston Metal


      MA


      $262,000,000


      Series C


      09/01/2023


      Sortera Technologies


      IN


      $30,500,000


      Series C


      08/17/2023


      Rondo Energy


      CA


      $60,000,000


      


      08/12/2023


      CubicPV


      MA


      $33,000,000


      


      07/20/2023


      Aeroseal


      OH


      $67,000,000


      Series B


     

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