Investor Type | Firm |
Type of Fund | VC |
Industries | BioTech • AgroTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Analytics • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Food & Beverage • Impact • Logistics (& Distribution) • Material Science • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Robotics • Aerospace (& Defense) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Mobility • Consumer • Pharmaceutical (& Medicine) |
Stages | Series A, Series B, Early Stage, Seed, Pre-seed |
Investing | United States • Canada • France • Portugal • Israel • Belgium |
Investment Range | $500,000 - $50,000,000 |
Investment Sweet Spot | $25,000,000 |
Breakthrough Energy Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered in the USA that targets investments in companies operating across a variety of sectors including BioTech, AgroTech, Business Solutions, FinTech & Financial Services, Hardware & Manufacturing, Energy, Retail & E-Commerce, CleanTech, HealthTech & Fitness, Web Security & Privacy, Analytics, Autonomous Vehicles & Cars, Food & Beverage, Impact, Logistics & Distribution, Material Science, Medical Devices & Hospital Services, Robotics, Aerospace & Defense, Real Estate & Construction, Healthcare & Wellness, Mobility, Consumer, and Pharmaceutical & Medicine. The firm is heavily focused on nurturing early-stage companies that demonstrate the potential to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and advance the clean energy landscape. With an investment range from $500,000 to $50,000,000, and a sweet spot around $25,000,000, Breakthrough Energy Ventures is geared towards Series A, Series B, Early Stage, Seed, and Pre-seed funding rounds. The fund champions the development and scaling of critical solutions to achieve net-zero emissions and promote affordable, abundant clean energy for all. Their investment thesis lies in accelerating technological transformations in sectors imperative to mitigating climate change. Breakthrough Energy Ventures invests in companies that bring green ideas to market through cutting-edge research and development. They foster collaboration between public and private sectors to speed up market formation, further innovation, and decrease 'Green Premiums,' which is the cost difference between a clean technology and its traditional fossil fuel-based alternative. Their initiatives also involve advocating for policies that give burgeoning technologies a foothold in the market, stimulate investments in carbon-reduction technologies, and drive down the costs of clean tech solutions.