Reports: Bill Gates and billionaire allies back first 'breakthrough' green start-ups

Madeleine Cuff
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First investments from $1bn Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV) will be in two energy storage firms

Back in 2016 a group of billionaires including Bill Gates, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Alibaba founder Jack Ma, and Virgin boss Richard Branson, promised to invest $1bn in innovative technologies to tackle...

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