John Doerr on why he joined Bill Gates’ billion dollar energy fund

It’s been nearly a decade since famed investor John Doerr — overcome by his emotions — fought back tears while wrapping up his now famous TED talk on climate change. It was a call to action, to fix what his teenage daughter had aptly noted was a problem caused by his and previous generations.
And Doerr acted.
As a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, he helped shape the storied venture capital firm’s investment into cleantech, pouring millions into renewable e