Rubio Impact Ventures

Rubio Impact Ventures is an Amsterdam-based venture capital firm focused on impact-driven investments in the Netherlands. Founded in 2014, it targets early and growth-stage opportunities across sectors including healthcare, information technology, artificial intelligence, energy, financial services, education technology, food technology, climate technology, agriculture technology, and both consumer and business-to-business models. The firm typically makes equity investments between €0.5 million and €8 million and emphasizes ventures that deliver measurable social and environmental benefits, such as improvements in nutrition, education and employment opportunities, and sustainable development within Dutch markets.

Tijl Hoefnagels

Venture Partner

Charlie Macdonald

Investment Manager

Warner Philips

Partner

Eske Scavenius

Investment Director

Helmer Schukken

Managing Partner

Willemijn Verloop

Co-Founder and Partner

Past deals in Electric Grid

Sympower

Series B in 2024
Sympower provides software-enabled flexibility services to support a renewable, stable electricity grid. Working with leading industry players, it aggregates appliances and industrial assets and uses automated, non-intrusive software to shift energy usage to cheaper hours and to balance supply and demand in real time. The company helps customers unlock new revenue streams and maximise the value of their energy assets by enabling flexible operation across energy markets, enhancing grid reliability and accelerating the transition to a fully renewable system.

Sympower

Series B in 2022
Sympower provides software-enabled flexibility services to support a renewable, stable electricity grid. Working with leading industry players, it aggregates appliances and industrial assets and uses automated, non-intrusive software to shift energy usage to cheaper hours and to balance supply and demand in real time. The company helps customers unlock new revenue streams and maximise the value of their energy assets by enabling flexible operation across energy markets, enhancing grid reliability and accelerating the transition to a fully renewable system.

Sympower

Venture Round in 2022
Sympower provides software-enabled flexibility services to support a renewable, stable electricity grid. Working with leading industry players, it aggregates appliances and industrial assets and uses automated, non-intrusive software to shift energy usage to cheaper hours and to balance supply and demand in real time. The company helps customers unlock new revenue streams and maximise the value of their energy assets by enabling flexible operation across energy markets, enhancing grid reliability and accelerating the transition to a fully renewable system.

Sympower

Series B in 2021
Sympower provides software-enabled flexibility services to support a renewable, stable electricity grid. Working with leading industry players, it aggregates appliances and industrial assets and uses automated, non-intrusive software to shift energy usage to cheaper hours and to balance supply and demand in real time. The company helps customers unlock new revenue streams and maximise the value of their energy assets by enabling flexible operation across energy markets, enhancing grid reliability and accelerating the transition to a fully renewable system.

Sympower

Series A in 2019
Sympower provides software-enabled flexibility services to support a renewable, stable electricity grid. Working with leading industry players, it aggregates appliances and industrial assets and uses automated, non-intrusive software to shift energy usage to cheaper hours and to balance supply and demand in real time. The company helps customers unlock new revenue streams and maximise the value of their energy assets by enabling flexible operation across energy markets, enhancing grid reliability and accelerating the transition to a fully renewable system.

Black Bear Carbon

Venture Round in 2018
Black Bear Carbon BV specializes in the conversion of waste tires into carbon black and green energy, operating from its base in Nederweert, the Netherlands, since its founding in 2010. The company utilizes a circular economy model, transforming end-of-life tires into sustainable products that serve various industries. Its carbon black, derived from controlled pyrolysis and partial combustion of hydrocarbons, is utilized in applications such as tires, technical rubber products, plastics, paints, and inks. In addition to producing carbon black, Black Bear Carbon generates electricity from its operations, which powers its tire shredding processes and supplies energy to local industries and grids. Through these efforts, the company provides businesses with recyclable carbon compounds, contributing to reduced reliance on oil and lower carbon dioxide emissions.
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