Investor profile
Bill Gates
Angel, Operator angel & Founder at Breakthrough Energy, Co-founder at Microsoft
An angel investor and operator angel based in Seattle, Washington, United States, Bill Gates has 18 known investments, including Mainspring Energy, Impossible Foods, Cerevance, Evolv Technology, Lumotive, Kallyope, Pivotal Commware, TerraPower, Echodyne, Fictiv, H2Pro and Inflection AI.
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Investment focus
- Stage
- Seed
- Sector
- AIClimateFoodHealthcare
- Focus
- Alt ProteinBiotechClean EnergyHydrogen TechnologyNuclear EnergyTherapeutics
Contacts
Bill Gates portfolio companies (18)
- Mainspring Energy
- Impossible Foods
- Cerevance
- Evolv Technology
- Lumotive
- Kallyope
- Pivotal Commware
- TerraPower
- Echodyne
- Fictiv
- H2Pro
- Inflection AI
- Nimbus Therapeutics
- Koloma
- Lucy Therapeutics
- Memphis Meats
- Heineken
- Kymeta
Affiliated funds' portfolios
Founder at Breakthrough Energy, whose known portfolio counts 10 companies
- Fervo Energy
- ZeroAvia
- Stoke Space
- Sygaldry Technologies
- Mangrove Lithium
- Rumin8
- Heron Power
- Fleetzero
- Arinna
- Litherm Technologies
Co-founder at Microsoft, whose known portfolio counts 10 companies
- Anthropic
- OpenAI
- Wayve
- Alpha-Omega
- Linux Foundation
- Open Source Security Foundation
- Photonic
- Apployd
- Softquantus
- datadock.ai
Investor Profile
The listing covers sectors AI, Climate, Food and Healthcare, and focus areas Alt Protein, Biotech, Clean Energy and Hydrogen Technology. Startups operating in these areas may find Bill Gates relevant.
Stage-wise, the known deals cluster around Seed rounds.
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Colleagues
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Ashish Chhabria
Product
Seattle, United States
Daniel Firestone
Vice President
Seattle, United States
Aheel Khan
Recruiter
San Leandro, United States
Shane Jones
AI Engineering Leader
Bellevue, United States
Deepak Menon
Vice President
Hyderabad, India
Satya Nadella
Chairman and CEO
Redmond, United States
Curtis Lee
Vice President of Products
New York, United States
Dan Lewis
Corporate Vice President
Seattle, United States
Chris DiBona
Vice President
Seattle, United States
Mustafa Suleyman
CEO
Redmond, United States
Dorota Zimnoch
Chief AI and Innovation Strategist & C-Suite Advisor
London, United Kingdom
Ryan Roslansky
Executive Vice President
San Francisco, United States
Joel Moxley
Venture Partner
United States
Ann Johnson
Technology Executive
Seattle, United States
Asad Irshad
Global Product Leader
Bellevue, United States
Devang Patel
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Cupertino, United States
Ryan Cooper
Corporate Development Director
Seattle, United States
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Researcher Emeritus (ret)
San Francisco, United States
Dave Hodson
Board Member
Palo Alto, United States
Dave Brown
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San Francisco, United States
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Frequently asked questions
Who is Bill Gates?
Bill Gates is an angel investor and operator angel based in Seattle, Washington, United States with 18 known investments on file, among them Mainspring Energy, Impossible Foods and Cerevance. The sections above list the sectors, stages and firms attached to that record.
What does Bill Gates invest in?
Listed sectors include AI, Climate, Food and Healthcare; listed focus areas include Alt Protein, Biotech, Clean Energy and Hydrogen Technology. Those tags come from the companies attached to this profile, so they read as a record of what has been backed rather than a stated preference for what comes next.
What stage does Bill Gates invest at?
The known deals of Bill Gates include Seed rounds. Stage is the strongest single filter when you build a target list: an investor with no record at your stage rarely starts with you.
Which firm is Bill Gates listed at?
Bill Gates is listed as Founder at Breakthrough Energy. 132 other people in the database share a firm with Bill Gates.
How do I contact Bill Gates?
An email address and a LinkedIn page are on file for Bill Gates. The address stays masked on this page and is readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The database holds no phone number for this profile.
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