FI  Gates Frontier




     Office Locations:

390 Lawrence Street, Suite 400
Denver, CO 80204

 
Stages:

  • Expansion
  • Growth


 
Industries:

  • Energy & Clean Tech
  • Information Technology
  • Life Sciences & Healthcare
  • Software & Internet

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    Description:

    Gates Frontier is a Denver-based private investment firm and venture capital arm for Bill Gates, actively investing in high-tech, life sciences, and energy startups. As of January 2026, it has invested in approximately two dozen startups, focusing on Series B, high-risk, high-reward, and AI-related technologies. The firm primarily invests in US-based startups across sectors like Life Sciences, Energy Tech, and High Tech.



    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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    Sana Fathima Managing Investor

     
    Recent Funding Events (trailing 12 months):


      Date


      Name


      State


      Amount


      Stage


      01/28/2026


      Cellares


      CA


      $257,000,000


      Series D


      08/28/2025


      Commonwealth Fusion Systems


      MA


      $863,000,000


      Series B-2


      02/19/2025


      Lumotive


      WA


      $45,000,000


      Series B


     
    Portfolio companies include:


      Ambri


      Cellares
        web link


      Cerevance
        web link


      Commonwealth Fusion Systems
        web link


      Covariant
        web link


      Evolv Technologies Holdings


      Exicure


      FieldAI


      Glydways


      Heliogen


      Light Field Lab
        web link


      Lumotive
        web link


      Mainspring Energy


      MindImmune Therapeutics


      Modern Hydrogen


      Neurophos
        web link


      Nimbus Therapeutics
        web link


      Peregrine Hydrogen
        web link


      Synchron
        web link


      TerraPower


      TS Conductor
        web link


      Vicarious Surgical


     
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