Fundraising Fox

Bill Gates

Investor

Founder at Breakthrough Energy Ventures

Seattle, Washington

Writes $500K – $50M checks · typically $25K

About

Bill Gates organized an ultra-long-term, patient coalition of backers and, using his high-profile platform and regular site visits to demos and summits, personally spotlights and advances technologies he wants scaled.

LinkedIn ↗X / Twitter ↗Website ↗

Invests in

AgTechClimate TechDeep TechEnergyFoodTechHardwareMobility & Transportation

Experience

  1. Gates FoundationCo-chaircurrent2000 — present
  2. Breakthrough EnergyFoundercurrent2015 — present
  3. MicrosoftCo-foundercurrent1975 — present

Education

  1. Harvard University1973 — 1975
  2. Lakeside School

Same school

Also attended Harvard University1,173

Alfred LinPartner at Sequoia CapitalChris DixonFounder & Managing Partner of a16z crypto at Andreessen HorowitzSarah TavelVenture Partner at BenchmarkDanny RimerPartner at Index VenturesLaela SturdyManaging Partner at CapitalGRyan IsonoDeal Partner at Felicis Ventures

+ 1,167 more

Also attended Lakeside School12

David WeidenInvestor at Khosla VenturesParis KokaInvestor at Serena VenturesJamie DaudonPrincipal at The Westly GroupKarl BrackenFounder & General Partner at Ocampo CapitalChris DeVoreManaging Partner at Founders' Co-opDawn LippertGeneral Partner at Earthshot Ventures

+ 6 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Microsoft626

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorJavier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis VenturesViviana FagaGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesQuentin ClarkInvestment Team at General CatalystViswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista Capital

+ 620 more

Colleagues at Breakthrough Energy Ventures

Adam Wallen
Investor at Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Alice Jackson
Head of Grid Modeling at Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Allegra Kowalewski-Ferreira
Investor at Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Ashley Grosh
Head of Discovery at Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Ben Gaddy
Breakthrough Energy Discovery at Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Bhargavi Chevva
Investor at Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Brenda Haendler
Breakthrough Energy Discovery at Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Brian Mayers
Breakthrough Energy Ventures at Breakthrough Energy Ventures

Network11

Reid HoffmanScout
Co-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at Greylock
Ali PartoviScout
CEO at Neo
Andrew ChungScout
Investor at 1955 Capital
Aymeric SallinScout
Founder and CEO at +ND Capital
Benjamin BoyerScout
Partner at Tenaya Capital
Josh WolfeScout
Partner and Co-Founder at Lux Capital
Stephen OskouiScout
Co-founder & Managing Partner at Gigafund
Bruce Booth
Partner at Atlas Venture
Eric Schmidt
Founding Partner at Innovation Endeavors
Laura Stoppel
Partner at RA Capital
Peter Kolchinsky
Managing Partner at RA Capital

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