Breakthrough Energy Ventures — Seed & Series A VC Firm ($1.0M–$20.0M Checks)
Breakthrough Energy Ventures is a Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in Kirkland, WA investing in Climate / Energy, Other. The firm typically writes $1.0M–$20.0M checks and has 4 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $1.0M–$20.0M
- Portfolio
- 4 companies on record
- Partners
- 2 listed
- AUM
- $3.5B
- Stage
- Seed, Series A
- Sectors
- Climate / Energy, Other
- HQ
- Kirkland, WA
Last verified: 2026-08-24
Seed, Series A
$1.0M – $20.0M
$3.5B
4+ companies
2 partners
Investment Thesis
Invests in transformative technologies to combat climate change while fostering biodiversity and ecosystem recovery.
How Breakthrough Energy Ventures invests
Breakthrough Energy Ventures is a vc firm based in Kirkland, WA. The firm invests at the Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on Climate / Energy, Other.
Breakthrough Energy Ventures typically writes checks of $1.0M–$20.0M per investment, backed by approximately $3.5B in assets under management.
Breakthrough Energy Ventures has backed 4 companies in our records, including Pivot Bio, Benson Hill, ResilientGrid.
Partners & Team
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (4)
Other
Pivot Bio
Benson Hill
ResilientGrid
GreenFlow Systems
- •Raising at Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Climate / Energy, Other — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $1.0M – $20.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Carmichael Roberts, Co-Lead Investor.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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