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Christopher Rivest

Partner - Breakthrough Energy Ventures

Palo Alto, California

Investor
VC

Invests in

Stages:

Series B

  • Min Investment:

    $500,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $50,000,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $25,000,000.00

Skills

Start-ups
Renewable Energy
Solar Energy
Venture Capital
Business Strategy
Entrepreneurship
Business Development
Genomics
Manufacturing
Genome Sequencing
Cleantech
Photovoltaics
Alternative Energy
Materials Science
Energy
R&D
Nanotechnology
Strategy
Molecular Diagnostics
Clean Technology

Education

Investments

Arkea Bio

Seed

Total Funding: $39M

Savor

Seed

Total Funding: $33M

Nobell Foods

Series B

Total Funding: $75M

Work Experience

BE
Breakthrough Energy Ventures

2017

  • Partner

    2017

    Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV) invests in companies that leverage innovative technologies and business models to help address climate change. Backed by many of the world’s top business leaders, BEV has more than $2 billion in committed capital to support bold entrepreneurs building companies that can significantly reduce emissions from agriculture, buildings, electricity, manufacturing, and transportation. The fund was created in 2016 by the Breakthrough Energy Coalition.

G
GeologicAI

2023

  • Investor - Board Member

    2023

G
Graphyte

2023

  • Founding Investor - Chairman of the Board

    2023

NF
Nobell Foods

2019

  • Investor - Board Member

    2019

A
ArkeaBio

2020

  • Founding Investor - Chairman of the Board

    2020

PB
Pivot Bio

2018

  • Investor

    2018

NF
Nature's Fynd

2018

  • Investor - Board Member

    2018

TT
Turntide Technologies

2020

  • Investor - Board Member

    2020

DE
Dandelion Energy

2021

  • Investor

    2021

MF
Motif FoodWorks, Inc.

2018

  • Investor - Board Member

    2018