Breakthrough Energy
Group of organizations that invest in sustainable energy startups
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| March 19 2025 | Breakthrough Energy shifted its strategy from public policy focus to directly supporting clean energy companies through the Breakthrough Energy Catalyst program and Breakthrough Energy Ventures. |
| March 2025 | Bill Gates dissolved the Breakthrough Energy units working in Europe and the United States public policy, citing ineffectiveness during the Second Trump administration's promotion of fossil fuels. |
| August 2022 | Breakthrough Energy invested in methanol fuel cells technology for electricity conversion. |
| February 2 2022 | Breakthrough Energy joined an investors syndicate providing $80 million in capital to Verdox, Inc., a startup developing a carbon capture and removal platform originally created at MIT by chemical engineers T. Alan Hatton and Sahag Voskian. |
| December 2016 | Investors launched the Breakthrough Energy Ventures fund, committed to investing in clean energy innovation to fight climate change. |
| November 2015 | Bill Gates announced the Breakthrough Energy initiative at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, forming a coalition of 28 high net-worth investors from ten countries. |
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