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Bill Gross

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Chairman at Idealab · Venture Partner at Prime Movers Lab · Founder & CEO at Prorata Ai · Founder at tvScientific · Co-founder & Chairman at Carbon Capture

Pasadena, California, United States

FoundedCarbon CaptureEnergy VaultIdealabProrata AitvScientific

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About

Venture Partner and founder/chairman of Idealab, a long-running technology incubator that has created more than 175 companies. He founded Energy Vault, CarbonCapture, and Heliogen.

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Founder & CEO at Prorata Ai

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Prorata Ai's investors · 11

Alumni VenturesManchester · $100K – $10M checks · since 2025Bold Capital PartnersSanta MonicaCalibrate VenturesPasadena · $5M checksFirestreak VenturesLink VenturesCambridge · $1M – $8M checksMayfield FundMenlo Park · $500K – $12M checksMVP VenturesChicagoPrime MoversMiami · since 2024Prime Movers LabJackson · $2M – $30M checks · since 2024RevolutionWashington, D.C. · $100K – $1M checks · since 2025Touring CapitalSan Francisco

Founder at tvScientific

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tvScientific's investors · 12

Aperiam VenturesAllendale · $200K – $2M checksAperiamVenturesAllendale · since 2022Comcast VenturesNew York · $2M – $15M checks · since 2022Gen.GSeoul · since 2021Hearst VenturesTel Aviv · $2M – $5M checks · since 2022NewRoad Capital Partners, LLCBentonville · $5M – $25M checks · since 2025Norwest Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $10M – $30M checks · since 2025Progress VenturesBoston · since 2025S4S VenturesNew York · since 2025Second Alpha PartnersNew York · since 2025super{set}San Francisco · since 2021Unanimous CapitalMenlo Park

Co-founders at tvScientific

JFJason Fairchild
Jason FairchildFounder
DKDavid Koye
David KoyeFounder

Co-founder & Chairman at Carbon Capture

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Carbon Capture's investors · 7

Alumni VenturesManchester · $100K – $10M checks · since 2021Armada Investment AGsince 2021Bay Bridge Ventures ClimateBerkeley · since 2021IdealabPasadena · since 2021LightbankChicago · $500K – $5M checks · since 2021Neotribe VenturesMenlo Park · $250K – $2M checks · since 2021Prime Movers LabJackson · $2M – $30M checks · since 2024

Investments

Board seats

Carbon Capture

Investor

Carbon CaptureCJ AffiliateEnplugPerfect MarketTeliportmeTriptrottingX1

Sources: SEC Form D filings · curated public sources.

Colleagues at Idealab

Gloria Hou
Controller at Idealab
Howard Morgan
Early-internet and database researcher; founding Renaissance president; Idealab investor; First Round co-founder; B Capital chair
Marcia Goodstein
Chief Executive Officer and President at Idealab
Renée LaBran
Board of Directors at Idealab
Stephanie Marquez
Director of Facilities at Idealab
Susan Aledort
General Counsel at Idealab
Tod Cole
Vice President, Information Technologies at Idealab
Tom McGovern
Managing Director at Idealab

Network3

Justin Caldbeck
Investor at BINARY CAPITAL
Troy Carter
Angel investor
Zia Huque
General Partner at Prime Movers Lab

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Bill Gross?
Venture Partner and founder/chairman of Idealab, a long-running technology incubator that has created more than 175 companies. He founded Energy Vault, CarbonCapture, and Heliogen.
Where does Bill Gross work?
Bill Gross is Co-founder & Chairman of Carbon Capture and Chairman at Idealab and Venture Partner at Prime Movers Lab and Founder & CEO at Prorata Ai and Founder at tvScientific.
What companies did Bill Gross found?
Bill Gross founded Carbon Capture, Energy Vault, Idealab, Prorata Ai, tvScientific.
What boards does Bill Gross sit on?
Bill Gross holds tracked board seats at Carbon Capture.
What companies has Bill Gross invested in?
Investments tracked here include Carbon Capture, CJ Affiliate, Enplug, Perfect Market, Teliportme, Triptrotting, X1.

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