About Bill Gates
Bill Gates is an entrepreneur and an angel investor based out of Seattle, United States. They did their education from Harvard University in 1975. Their journey in the startup ecosystem started in 1975 through Microsoft. Bill Gates has founded 14 companies. They are currently acting as the founder of Breakthrough Energy and Breakthrough Energy, and as the co-founder of Microsoft, Gates and Cascade Investment. As an angel investor, Bill Gates has a portfolio of 47 companies, focusing primarily on sectors like High Tech, Enterprise Applications and 25 more sectors. They invest in companies across United States, India and 7 more. Their most notable investments include companies like Ginkgo Bioworks and Stream.
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Bill Gates' Investments
Bill Gates has invested in 47 companies. Their most recent investment was in Lucy Therapeutics (Series B Round) on May 28, 2024. Their investments are primarily in High Tech, Enterprise Applications and 25 more sectors. Their investment portfolio include companies in United States, India and 7 more.Here is the list of recent investments by Bill Gates:
Date | Company | Round | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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May 28, 2024 | Series B | $10.5M | ||
Jun 29, 2023 | Series E | $1.3B | ||
Sep 22, 2022 | Series E | $140M | ||
Sep 12, 2022 | Series E | $125M |
Bill Gates' Portfolio Exits
Here is the list of top portfolio exits by Bill Gates:
Company | Description | Location | Total Funding | Founded Year | Exit Type | Exit Date |
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Autonomous labs for biotechnology, empowering scientists to design the living world | Boston (United States) | $796M | 2008 | IPO | Sep 17, 2021 | |
Workplace financial wellbeing platform that provides employees with tools to access earned wages | London (United Kingdom) | $228M | 2018 | Acquisition | Feb 09, 2023 | |
Provider of a web-based simulation and modelling tool | New York City (United States) | $162M | 1990 | IPO | Feb 06, 2020 | |
Digital freight network platform for the trucking industry | Seattle (United States) | $828M | 2015 | Acquisition | Jul 28, 2025 |
Bill Gates' Portfolio Unicorns
Bill Gates has 5 unicorns in the portfolio including Impossible Foods, Form Energy and 3 more.
Here is the list of top portfolio unicorns by Bill Gates:
Company | Short Description | Total Funding | Founded Year | Current Stage | Location |
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Provider of plant-based alternatives to traditional meat products | $2.01B | 2011 | Series H | Redwood City | |
Clean energy technology platform developing long-duration iron-air battery systems | $1.97B | 2017 | Series G | Somerville |
Bill Gates' Founded Companies
Here is the list of top founded companies by Bill Gates:
Company | Short Description | Total Funding | Founded Year | Current Stage | Location |
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Developer of computer software hardware gaming consoles and cloud services | - | 1975 | Public | Redmond | |
Designer of nuclear reactors | $1.52B | 2006 | Series D | Bellevue | |
Provider of philanthropic funding for health and economic development initiatives | - | 2000 | Funding Raised | Seattle |
Bill Gates' Top News
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Echodyne raises $20M from Bill Gates and others as surveillance radar gains tractionGeekWire•Sep 11, 2019•Echodyne, Madrona, Vulcan Capital, New Enterprise Associates and 3 others
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Clean Energy Company Partners With Big Oil Companies: An Ironyz6mag.com•Jun 23, 2019•Carbon Engineering, Chevron, Oxy, BHP and 1 other
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