In partnership with global organizations Alwaleed Philanthropies "Global" participates in supporting the Breakthrough Energy Ventures project

Alwaleed Philanthropies participates in supporting the Breakthrough Energy Ventures project

United States of America

Highlights

Duration

2017 - 2030

Beneficiaries

57 startups were supported including:

Agriculture: 10
Buildings: 5
Electricity: 16
Manufacturing: 19
Transportation: 7

Targeting Range

USA

In the context of facing the climate changes that the world is witnessing and for the sake of a healthier planet, Alwaleed Philanthropies "Global" participated in supporting the Breakthrough Energy Ventures project.

BEV is an early-stage venture capital fund that invests in climate-technology companies that seek to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions by at least half a gigaton per year (~1% of annual global emissions).

BEV's mission is to invest in and build companies that leverage innovation in the five sectors that contribute the most to climate change: agriculture, buildings, electricity, manufacturing and transportation.

BEV has ~$1.1B of committed capital from over 20 individual billionaires who are willing to embrace technical risk in order to catalyze and commercialize transformative innovation.

Objectives

BEV's dual mission:

Commercialize climate-technologies that can mitigate half a gigaton of annual greenhouse gas emissions.
Draw-in other investors
Near-term measures of success: Up-rounds: Of the 46 companies BEV has invested in, 17 have had follow-on financings; all 17 have been up-rounds. Co-investors:
BEV has 110 institutional co-investors across its portfolio companies.
In aggregate, they have invested~$1.3B* in BEV companies alongside or following BEV’s initial investment.