Breakthrough Energy, the climate organization founded by Bill Gates, alongside Temasek and Enterprise Singapore, renewed support for the Southeast Asia hub of the Breakthrough Energy Fellows program for three years, covering cohorts from 2028 to 2030.

Fellows can receive up to US$500,000, along with technical and commercial support. New corporate partners Olam Agri, Pertamina NRE, and ExpresSo NB, the venture arm of Thailand’s PTT, will help fellows access industry expertise and potential pilot sites.

Singapore minister Tan See Leng announced the partnerships at Singapore Week of Innovation and Technology (SWITCH) 2026.

The hub, launched in 2024 as the program’s first outside the US, was announced on April 15, 2024.

A Singapore government release dated October 29, 2025, said five climate tech startups joined the latest cohort.

Breakthrough Energy said the hub has backed 12 companies across Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand. One of them, CRecTech, which agreed with Pertamina NRE to develop a biogas-to-biomethanol demonstration plant in Sumatra.

🔗 Source: Breakthrough Energy