Breakthrough Energy Ventures

Breakthrough Energy Ventures is an investor-led venture capital firm based in Kirkland, Washington, focused on climate and energy technology. It makes minority investments across seed, early, and later stages in companies delivering environmental services, climate technology, and cleantech solutions. The firm seeks scalable technologies that provide reliable, affordable power while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and supports innovations that address energy access, infrastructure, and transportation needs. Its mission emphasizes patient, impact-oriented investing to accelerate the transition to low-emission energy systems.

Bunmi Adekore

Investor

Tara Bansal

Investor

Gaëtan Bonhomme

Investor

Jim Cabot

Managing Director

Bhargavi Chevva

Investor

Past deals in Fossil fuels

Malta

Venture Round in 2023
Malta is a developer of industrial-grade, grid-scale electro-thermal energy storage technology. The system captures energy from wind, solar, and fossil generators, converts electrical energy into thermal energy by creating a temperature difference, stores heat in molten salt, and reconverts it to electricity with a heat engine to be dispatched to the grid when needed. The technology enables long-duration energy storage, helping mitigate wind and solar curtailment and improve the matching of generation and demand, addressing bottlenecks in distribution and transmission and supporting affordable, reliable electricity on demand. Founded in 2018 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Malta's solution targets grid operators and energy players seeking to balance supply and demand with grid-scale storage.

Xcel Energy

Grant in 2023
Xcel Energy is a leading electric and natural gas utility company serving approximately 6 million customers across eight states. It generates power through diverse sources including coal, nuclear, natural gas, hydro, solar, wind, and biomass. The company is committed to reducing carbon emissions and aims to supply more than half of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030.

Malta

Series B in 2021
Malta is a developer of industrial-grade, grid-scale electro-thermal energy storage technology. The system captures energy from wind, solar, and fossil generators, converts electrical energy into thermal energy by creating a temperature difference, stores heat in molten salt, and reconverts it to electricity with a heat engine to be dispatched to the grid when needed. The technology enables long-duration energy storage, helping mitigate wind and solar curtailment and improve the matching of generation and demand, addressing bottlenecks in distribution and transmission and supporting affordable, reliable electricity on demand. Founded in 2018 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Malta's solution targets grid operators and energy players seeking to balance supply and demand with grid-scale storage.

Malta

Series A in 2018
Malta is a developer of industrial-grade, grid-scale electro-thermal energy storage technology. The system captures energy from wind, solar, and fossil generators, converts electrical energy into thermal energy by creating a temperature difference, stores heat in molten salt, and reconverts it to electricity with a heat engine to be dispatched to the grid when needed. The technology enables long-duration energy storage, helping mitigate wind and solar curtailment and improve the matching of generation and demand, addressing bottlenecks in distribution and transmission and supporting affordable, reliable electricity on demand. Founded in 2018 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Malta's solution targets grid operators and energy players seeking to balance supply and demand with grid-scale storage.
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