We bring you the Startups in which Bill gates Invested and those are some of the best startups to be noted. Bill Gates is famous for his continuous contributions in the field of health, education and many more.
He constantly keeps on investing in these fields and there is no doubt that he might have invested in some of the startups. below is the list of startups in which Bill invested in this decade.
- Grail
- EtaGen
- Change.org
- Varentec
- Impossible foods
- Memphis Meats
Below we tell about the Startups in which Bill gates Invested
Grail
Detecting cancer is the largest challenge for all doctors and researchers all around the world. And not just detecting, detecting at the stage so that it can be curable. This startup aims to solve this. This startup is working on the method to detect cancer at the stage of curable.
Founded in 2016 this startup is working on the research to detect cancer at the curable stage. Bill has invested in this startup and other investors who invested in this startup are Jeff Bezos and Google Ventures.
This startup has raised almost $1 billion up to date.
Etagen
Etagen is a startup that is working on the problem related to energy efficiency. this startup is developing the generators that are more powerful than normal generators.
The Ultra-Efficient generators developed by these companies can be used in companies, in houses, and in a building.
To date, this company has raised about $133 millions and Bill Gates and others invested $83 million.
Change.org
This startup is known to all if you are an internet geek. The startup is an innovative idea to solve the issues by raising them to the officials. You can file a petition on this site and if the number of persons signing the petitions is very large it will be taken to the concerned officials.
this startup had helped in solving many issues and it had almost 150 million users in almost 196 countries.
This startup raised an amount of about $83 millions and Bill had invested $30 million
Varentec
This startup mainly focuses on the Electric grid system that exists in the cities. It claims to uses a startup that will give the easy to use access to control the power flow.
This startup also works on reducing the voltage waste and also manages power demand in an easy manner and avoid overloading.
Gates invested in these startups two times in 2014 and 2015 and to date, the company has raised an amount of $41.9 million.
Impossible Foods
You will be wondered what this startup is working on. This startup is producing meat from plants. Yes, you heard me right. The meat tastes like real meat with a flavor. from an ingredient called Heme, they are making the impossible burger to be like the beef burger.
This startup has raised an amount of $208 million in 2013-2017 and gates participated in three rounds that come to a total of $308 million.
And another similar startup is also got the chance to be invested by Bill Gates and it is called Beyond Meat
Memphis Meats
This is also a startup to produce meat quite different from conventional methods. Instead of producing the meat from plants this startup is working to produce meat from animal cells and the meat is similar to the conventional meat
The startup is going to be completely live by 2022 as informed by the startup officials.
Gates invested an amount of $17 million