Carmichael Roberts
TECH POWER PLAYERS 50 | RANKED #4
Co-Leader of the Investment Committee, Breakthrough Energy Ventures
BIOGRAPHY
Why a Tech Power Player? For fundamental contributions in the fields of materials, energy, and climate tech.
Carmichael Roberts is one of the world’s top venture capitalists focused on climate tech. He co-leads the investment committee at Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV), an investment firm founded by Bill Gates that has raised more than $2 billion to support over 80 companies developing technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. BEV has invested in companies such as Commonwealth Fusion Systems, which aims to build a fusion reactor to generate pollution-free energy, and Somerville-based Form Energy, which is developing energy storage systems to support a fully renewable electric grid. Roberts is also cofounder and managing partner of Material Impact, a Boston-based venture firm that backs startups in materials, energy, and robotics, with a focus on sustainable technologies. Roberts earned a bachelor of science and a doctorate in organic chemistry from Duke University and a master of business administration from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Carmichael Roberts was also on the 2022 Tech Power Players list.
CAREER MILESTONES
2021
Helped Cambridge-based Commonwealth Fusion Systems raise $1.8 billion, the largest funding round ever for a Massachusetts company
2017
Became a member of Breakthrough Energy Ventures
2016
Cofounded Material Impact, a venture firm focused on the material sciences
SIMILAR PROFILES
TECH POWER PLAYERS 50 | RANKED #4
Carmichael Roberts
Co-Leader of the Investment Committee, Breakthrough Energy Ventures
BIOGRAPHY
Why a Tech Power Player? For fundamental contributions in the fields of materials, energy, and climate tech.
Carmichael Roberts is one of the world’s top venture capitalists focused on climate tech. He co-leads the investment committee at Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV), an investment firm founded by Bill Gates that has raised more than $2 billion to support over 80 companies developing technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. BEV has invested in companies such as Commonwealth Fusion Systems, which aims to build a fusion reactor to generate pollution-free energy, and Somerville-based Form Energy, which is developing energy storage systems to support a fully renewable electric grid. Roberts is also cofounder and managing partner of Material Impact, a Boston-based venture firm that backs startups in materials, energy, and robotics, with a focus on sustainable technologies. Roberts earned a bachelor of science and a doctorate in organic chemistry from Duke University and a master of business administration from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Carmichael Roberts was also on the 2022 Tech Power Players list.
CAREER MILESTONES
2021
Helped Cambridge-based Commonwealth Fusion Systems raise $1.8 billion, the largest funding round ever for a Massachusetts company
2017
Became a member of Breakthrough Energy Ventures
2016
Cofounded Material Impact, a venture firm focused on the material sciences
SIMILAR PROFILES
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