Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Also known as BEV
Kirkland, United States Founded 2016 breakthroughenergy.org Seattle ecosystem (#13 of 32)
Breakthrough Energy Ventures’s latest fund is Breakthrough Energy Ventures III: $839M, 2023 (interim close), #67 of 427 firms by latest fund.
The numbers
| Year | Raised |
|---|---|
| 2016 | $1B |
| 2023 | $839M |
Updates from Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Overview
Only the original 2016 $1B fund was sourced; later BEV funds exist but sizes not verified here.
Funds
| Fund | Closed | Size | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breakthrough Energy Ventures III interim close | 2023 | $839M | sec.gov |
| Breakthrough Energy Ventures Fund I | 2016 | $1B | en.wikipedia.org |
LPs on the record
1 private foundation lists on their latest IRS Form 990-PF, and 1 other LP reports holding Breakthrough Energy Ventures’s funds.
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Reported fund performance
As reported by public LPs that invested in these funds, net of fees. “Versus vintage” ranks each fund against every other fund of the same vintage in that LP’s report, mostly private equity and venture funds. Open a fund for its cash flows and full peer ranking.
| Fund | Vintage | Net IRR | Versus vintage (IRR) | TVPI | DPI | Reported by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breakthrough Energy Ventures Select Fund I | — | N/M | — | — | Andra AP-fonden (AP2) |
Andra AP-fonden (AP2): AP2 holdings: Non-listed equities, participations and loans, as of December 31, 2025. AP2 lists each fund it holds at the year end with a country, an asset class and one amount, its "Acquisition value" in whole millions of Swedish kronor. AP2 does not define that amount: it is not a commitment and not a current value, and AP2 does not say whether capital a fund has returned is taken off it. No amount is stored here for that reason: this is a list of the funds AP2 holds, by name, and the amounts are in AP2's own list (the source). AP2 reports no commitment, fair value, distributions, vintage year, multiple or IRR per fund. Included are the 201 lines AP2 classes as "Private equity" among its "Other non-listed" Swedish and foreign holdings (acquisition values adding up to SEK 45749 million; the list prints no total); they include venture, growth, buyout, fund-of-funds and co-investment vehicles, and a few funds whose names say they lend. The 47 lines AP2 classes as private credits, real estate, sustainable infrastructure or natural climate solutions are left out, as are the 12 lines of its associated companies and loans. View source
About this data
Fund sizes come from firm announcements, SEC filings, and press reports, converted to US dollars near the closing date. Compiled as of October 9, 2026. Notable portfolio companies are examples from public sources, not a complete list.