Breakthrough Energy Solutions Canada
VC Fund
Toronto, Canada
Breakthrough Energy Solutions Canada is a VC fund in Toronto focused on Manufacturing and Renewable Energy. The initiative was launched under a new stream of Natural Resources Canada’s (NRCan) Energy Innovation Program and in partnership with BDC and Breakthrough Energy, a group of high-net-worth investors established in 2015 by Bill Gates to address climate change. The initiative is intended to advance a sustainable clean energy future through tech.
- Total investments:
- 11
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 91%
Last updated:
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Industries Breakthrough Energy Solutions Canada invests in
Stages Breakthrough Energy Solutions Canada invests in
Countries Breakthrough Energy Solutions Canada invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Manufacturing 3 (27%)
- Renewable Energy 3 (27%)
- Energy 2 (18%)
- Hardware 2 (18%)
- Software 2 (18%)
Stage
- Seed 5 (45%)
- Grant 4 (36%)
- Series A 1 (9%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (9%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Ekona Power
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Ekona is using methane from feedstock to produce clean hydrogen and electrical power. | Series A / Nov 09, 2021 | |
Evercloak
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Evercloak is a manufacturer of ultra-thin graphene and other 2-d nanomaterial films designed for cleantech applications. The company's platform uses a low-cost advanced manufacturing platform which builds ultra-thin nanomaterial membranes, enabling disruptive clean technologies to reduce cost, energy use and associated greenhouse gas emissionsthroughout the oil and gas, nuclear, energy, mining and agri-food sectors. | $678.9K / Seed / Feb 12, 2020 | |
CarbonCure Technologies
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CarbonCure Technologies creates, develops, and licenses solutions that consume waste CO2 to make better concrete. It spurs the market shift towards affordable green concrete, by enabling concrete manufacturers to convert waste CO2 into solid minerals, locked away as a solid within concrete during manufacturing. It is a green building technologycompany currently serving concrete product manufacturers in the US and Canada. It offers concrete producers the ability to manufacture green concrete products without compromising on either quality or price.CarbonCure is a retrofit innovation that repurposes CO2 gas from large final emitters as a feedstock in concrete plants. The gas is permanently converted into embedded solid mineral carbonates that yield material, environmental, and production advantages. By enabling concrete manufacturers to consume CO2 into concrete products during manufacturing, the technology differentiates an otherwise traditional commodity concrete product, while achieving superior material performance characteristics. In addition to technology, CarbonCure provides demand-pull marketing and environmental reporting/certification services to reinforce its customers’ exclusive competitive positioning. The technology is licensed at a very low-CAPEX to concrete producers, generating a recurring revenue stream.CarbonCure Technologies was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Halifax, Nova Scotia. | $2M / Grant / Feb 12, 2020 | |
Biome Renewables
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Biome Renewables is a design and engineering firm. It employs the power of nature to create a sustainable future. | $1.9M / Seed / Feb 12, 2020 | |
Smarter Alloys
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Smarter Alloys™ is at the forefront of the smart materials revolution. Our unique ability to program shape memory behaviour makes it possible to create complex machine-like function in simple devices. | $1.5M / Seed / Feb 12, 2020 | |
Havelaar
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Havelaar has developed a suite of trail-blazing technologies for zero-emission electric vehicles. Havelaar innovative powertrain technology optimizes battery performance and significantly cuts charging time. This also allows for bidirectional charging, as well as charging directly from renewable energy sources like wind and solar. | $3M / Venture - Series Unknown / Feb 12, 2020 | |
CERT Systems
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CERT Systems is converting carbon dioxide into conventional chemical feedstocks and fuels to support the decarbonization of the chemical manufacturing, transportation and energy industries. | $1.4M / Seed / Feb 12, 2020 | |
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Ekona Power
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Ekona is using methane from feedstock to produce clean hydrogen and electrical power. | $2.8M / Seed / Feb 12, 2020 | |
GBatteries
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Our technology enables dramatic improvements to battery charge time and cycle life, enabling Electric Vehicles to charge as fast as it takes to fill up a tank of gas. | $3M / Grant / Feb 12, 2020 | |
Intelligent City
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Intelligent City has developed a fully integrated, technology-enabled building system designed to deliver premium quality multi-family housing specifically created to address the key issues facing cities globally: affordability, sustainability and the wants and needs of people living in urban environments.The system consists of a single platformthat combines the design, architecture, engineering and fabrication stages of construction, utilizing the principles of “mass customization” – an approach to manufacturing that combines flexibility and personalization of custom-made products with the low unit costs associated with mass production. | $3M / Grant / Feb 12, 2020 | |
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Co-Investors
Baker Hughes
1 deal together
Creative Destruction Lab
1 deal together
Emissions Reduction Alberta (ERA)
1 deal together
Government of Canada
1 deal together
National Research Council Canada
1 deal together
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FAQ
What does Breakthrough Energy Solutions Canada invest in?
Breakthrough Energy Solutions Canada invests primarily in Manufacturing, Renewable Energy and Energy startups, most often at Seed and Grant stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did Breakthrough Energy Solutions Canada last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Breakthrough Energy Solutions Canada closed in Nov 2021. Shizune tracks 11 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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