Breakthrough Energy Ventures

Venture Capital

Climate-focused venture fund founded by Bill Gates with over $2 billion in committed capital, investing in companies developing technologies to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions.

Kirkland, United States · 134+ investments · 188 portfolio companies

Early Stage
Growth
Late Stage
Clean Energy
Climate Tech
Sustainability
Energy
Headquarters
Kirkland, United States
Founded
2015
AUM
$2.0B
Portfolio Companies
188
Total Investments
134
Last Investment
Jul 2026
Geographic Focus
Europe, North America, Global

Indexed holds 188 portfolio companies and 134 funding rounds for this investor. The full record is or through the API.

Investment Thesis

Backs early-stage companies developing clean energy and decarbonization technologies that can each avoid at least 500 million tons of CO2 annually by 2050, with a 20-year investment horizon.

Breakthrough Energy Ventures is a Venture Capital firm based in Kirkland, United States. It has made 134 investments, including Cargill, OXCCU and G2V Optics. Focus areas include Clean Energy and Climate Tech.

Fund Family

Portfolio188

Showing 48 of 188 recorded portfolio companies.

Cargill
OXCCU
G2V Optics
Iron Ox
C-Zero
Form Energy
Turntide Technologies
UPSIDE Foods
HyperHeat
Natel Energy
MF
Motif FoodWorks
Jakson Green
C16 Biosciences
CarbonCapture
LuxWall
Veir
Fluidic Energy
Intera
Lilac Solutions
Prolific Machines
Kodama
Sun Mobility
Generate Capital
Agritech Rize
Xcimer
Quidnet Energy
SparkMeter
GridPoint
Electric Hydrogen
DMC Biotechnologies
Niron Magnetics
Verdant Robotics
Twelve
Sakuu
IL
Isomorph Labs
Thea Energy
6K
Xpansiv
CubicPV
Carbon Direct
Enpal
Pivot Bio
CarbonBuilt
Noon Energy
ClearFlame Engine Technologies
UrbanChain
Verne
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Venture Capital ×19 · Accelerator ×2 · Sovereign Wealth Fund ×1 · 101 shared rounds

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