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title: "Breakthrough Energy Ventures"
description: "Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV) is the venture investment program of Breakthrough Energy. It backs science-driven companies developing technologies with the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across manufacturing, electricity, agriculture, transportation, and buildings. Its official website is breakthroughenergy.org. The investment record provided shows two investments in Max Drive in Nigeria in June 2019: one Series A round and one round categorized as Other. The recorded activity is in Travel & Mobility, and Max Drive is described as offering rent-to-own vehicles and driver services. This record supports describing BEV’s documented African activity, but does not establish a broader geographic or sector preference in Africa."
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# Breakthrough Energy Ventures

Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV) is the venture investment program of Breakthrough Energy. It backs science-driven companies developing technologies with the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across manufacturing, electricity, agriculture, transportation, and buildings. Its official website is breakthroughenergy.org. The investment record provided shows two investments in Max Drive in Nigeria in June 2019: one Series A round and one round categorized as Other. The recorded activity is in Travel & Mobility, and Max Drive is described as offering rent-to-own vehicles and driver services. This record supports describing BEV’s documented African activity, but does not establish a broader geographic or sector preference in Africa.

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## Summary

Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV) is the venture investment program of Breakthrough Energy. It backs science-driven companies developing technologies with the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across manufacturing, electricity, agriculture, transportation, and buildings. Its official website is breakthroughenergy.org. The investment record provided shows two investments in Max Drive in Nigeria in June 2019: one Series A round and one round categorized as Other. The recorded activity is in Travel & Mobility, and Max Drive is described as offering rent-to-own vehicles and driver services. This record supports describing BEV’s documented African activity, but does not establish a broader geographic or sector preference in Africa.

## Recorded investments

| Product | URL | Stage | Amount | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Max Drive | /maxdrive | Series A | 6000000 | 2019-06-01T00:00:00.000Z |
| Max Drive | /maxdrive | Other | 1000000 | 2019-06-01T00:00:00.000Z |

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