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Timothy Heidel

Investor

Principal at Breakthrough Energy Ventures

Boston, Massachusetts

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

FoundedVEIR

Experience

  1. VEIRChief Executive Officercurrent2023 — present
  2. VEIRChief Technology Officer2020 — 2023
  3. Breakthrough EnergyConsultant / Advisorcurrent2021 — present
  4. Breakthrough EnergyPrincipal2018 — 2021Washington DC-Baltimore Area
  5. NRECADeputy Chief Scientist2017 — 2018Arlington, VA
  6. Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E)Program Director2013 — 2017Washington, DC
  7. Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E)Assistant Program Director2012 — 2013
  8. Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E)Fellow2012
  9. MITResearch Director, MIT Future of the Electric Grid Study2010 — 2012Cambridge, MA
  10. MIT Research Laboratory of ElectronicsGraduate Student Research Assistant2004 — 2010Cambridge, MA
  11. Advanced Research Projects Agency ­- EnergySummer Fellow2009
  12. MIT Energy ConferenceManaging Director2008 — 2009
  13. MIT Technology and Policy ProgramGraduate Student2006 — 2009Cambridge, MA

Education

  1. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyPhD, Electrical Engineering2005 — 2010
  2. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMS, Technology and Policy2006 — 2009
  3. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyM.Eng., Electrical Engineering2005 — 2006
  4. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyS.B., Electrical Engineering2001 — 2005
  5. University of Cambridge, St. John's College2003 — 2004

Skills & more

Photovoltaics53Policy6Matlab15Renewable Energy63Data Analysis10Simulations13Electrical Engineering9Energy Efficiency10Physics34Solar Energy21Energy54Semiconductors10
+12 moreEnergy PolicyEntrepreneurshipSustainabilitySolar CellsSpectroscopyResearchSmart GridMaterials ScienceNanotechnologyR&DCharacterizationExperimentation

From Timothy's professional profile.

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
Bill Gates
Founder at Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Brenda Haendler
Breakthrough Energy Discovery at Breakthrough Energy Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Where does Timothy Heidel work?
Timothy Heidel is Principal at Breakthrough Energy Ventures.
What check size does Timothy Heidel write?
Timothy Heidel typically writes checks of $500K – $50M.
What companies did Timothy Heidel found?
Timothy Heidel founded VEIR.

Founder mafias

Massachusetts Institute of Technology mafia525

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Elad GilPhDFounded Brain Co.Hemant TanejaM.Eng.Founded PatientKeeperNat FriedmanBachelor of ScienceFounded XamarinMatt HuangB.S.Founded HotspotsDelian AsparouhovDropoutFounded Nightingale +1Noubar AfeyanPhDFounded ProFound Therapeutics +12

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Breakthrough Energy Ventures mafia4

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Carmichael RobertsInvestorFounded Lyratherapeutics +1Adam WallenMemberFounded VEIR +1Brian MayersInvestorFounded Nano Terra, Inc.

Same school

Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology1,281

Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesElad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and Techstars

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Shared employers

Also worked at Breakthrough Energy34

Carmichael RobertsInvestor at Material ImpactBill GatesFounder at Breakthrough Energy VenturesWill MorrisonPrincipal at DFJMatt EggersManaging Director at Prelude VenturesJeannine SargentAdvisor at Colle Capital PartnersHarshita Mira VenkateshPrincipal at Avesta Fund

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Also worked at NRECA2

Kaidlyne GöpfrichAttraction at EWORTroy GoodeFounder at Courier

Also worked at Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E)16

Ian RobinsonInvestor at Khosla VenturesEmily FritzePartner at The Westly GroupDr. Cheryl MartinVenture Partner at Colle Capital PartnersAddison StarkAdvisor at AvilaMalcolm HandleyAdvisor at AvilaAndrew GollachPartner at SOSV

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Also worked at MIT443

Aileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmScott BillerInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Noubar AfeyanInvestor at Flagship PioneeringVyas RamananVenture Partner at Third Rock VenturesRhie LimPartner, Global Strategy at One Way Ventures

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