BREAKTHROUGH ENERGY DISCOVERY
ADVANCING CLIMATE and Energy SOLUTIONS
Breakthrough Energy Discovery, a Breakthrough Energy platform focused on pre-venture, early-stage clean technology, is working with the Hertz Foundation to connect, collaborate and advance transformative climate and energy solutions.
Innovation at Scale
Hertz Fellows will gain access to Breakthrough Energy’s global network of climate and energy experts, entrepreneurship curriculum, mentorship opportunities and grant programs. In turn, Breakthrough Energy will engage deeply with the Hertz Foundation’s exceptional pipeline of technical talent working at the frontiers of science and engineering. Together, the partners will offer joint programming — including workshops, targeted networking and shared resources — to engage Hertz Fellows at key stages in their careers.
Partner BENEFITS
ACCELERATING INNOVATION
- Deeper engagement with technical talent working at the frontiers of science and engineering
- Accelerating innovation through targeted networking
- Shared resources and joint programming in collaboration with Hertz Foundation
HERTZ FELLOWS BENEFITS
Global network of experts
- Mentorship opportunities with a global network of climate and energy experts
- Entrepreneurship curriculum and grant programs
- Shared resources and joint programming in collaboration with Breakthrough Energy
“When institutions like Breakthrough Energy and the Hertz Foundation align, we create something greater than the sum of our parts. By opening up our networks, sharing resources, and connecting extraordinary talent, we believe we can accelerate innovation at a scale that no one organization could achieve alone.”
Ashley Grosh
ANNOUNCEMENT
Hertz Foundation and Breakthrough Energy Partner to Advance Climate and Energy Solutions
By connecting Breakthrough Energy’s innovation platform with the Hertz Foundation’s renowned community of scientific leaders, the partnership creates new opportunities for Fellows across both networks to engage, exchange ideas, and collaborate. Several Hertz Fellows have worked at Breakthrough Energy during their careers, including Cooper Rinzler and Rajeev Ram, who serve as partners at Breakthrough Energy Ventures, and Thomas Dean, a research scientist on the Breakthrough Energy Contrails team.
OUR PARTNER
About Breakthrough Energy
Breakthrough Energy is a global platform focused on accelerating clean energy innovation and building the industries of the future. Founded by Bill Gates in 2015, we work across every major source of emissions to drive down costs, eliminate green premiums, and make clean technologies affordable and accessible worldwide. It supports investment-ready breakthroughs at every stage of the innovation pipeline—through our discovery platform for pre-venture innovation; a suite of venture capital funds backing 120+ climate tech companies; and flexible capital for commercial deployment. We’re finding solutions, funding them, and bringing people together to scale them.
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