Its role Investor / Financier
Rubio Impact Ventures is a Netherlands-based impact venture capital firm that invests in European startups and scale-ups delivering measurable social and environmental outcomes. The firm focuses on themes such as climate and the energy transition, circular economy and resource efficiency, and sustainable materials and food systems, combining financial returns with audited impact objectives.
For the chemical and process industries, Rubio targets technologies and business models that enable industrial decarbonization, circular materials flows, alternative feedstocks, and efficiency improvements across value chains. It provides equity capital and hands-on support to help companies move from demonstration to commercial scale.
chemXplore tracks 1 project involving Rubio, of which one is active.
Moves into Front-End Engineering Design to refine plant design, reduce technical and execution risks, and prepare an engineering package for a Final Investment Decision.
Grant deal formalises funding for Alpha One, enabling engineering, contracting and FID prep. At Evonik Antwerp: 120,000 t/yr iron fuel → 244 GWh/yr low‑carbon heat; ~682 kt CO₂ avoided in 10 yr.
€113.8M funding will develop a commercial iron fuel facility, aiming to decarbonize industrial heat and avoid over 1M tonnes of CO₂ emissions. Operational by 2029.
active all projects
What each is building and closing, and the pipelines and grids between them, on one map.
