# Rubio Impact Ventures

> Rubio Impact Ventures is a VC fund backing Software and Education. See 63 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Total investments: 63
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 33%
- Fund size: $117M
- Last fund: Oct 2021
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/3960318
- Website: https://www.rubio.vc

Rubio Impact Ventures is a venture fund focused on early and growth stage enterprises with a positive impact on society and the environment.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.1M–$6M |
| Series A | $3.2M–$16M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 7 | 11% |
| Education | 6 | 10% |
| Renewable Energy | 6 | 10% |
| Energy | 5 | 8% |
| Health Care | 5 | 8% |

83 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 19 | 30% |
| Series A | 17 | 27% |
| Funding Round | 8 | 13% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 6 | 10% |
| Series B | 5 | 8% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| The Netherlands | 29 | 46% |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 8% |
| Germany | 3 | 5% |
| United States | 3 | 5% |
| Spain | 1 | 2% |

9 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Eske Scavenius | Investment Director | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eske-scavenius |
| Helmer Schukken | Managing Partner | 15 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/helmer-schukken |
| Tijl Hoefnagels | Venture Partner | 7 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tijl-hoefnagels |
| Warner Philips | Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/warner-philips |
| Willemijn Verloop | Co-Founder and Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/willemijn-verloop |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ditto | Ditto is a health tech company that offers a platform for healthcare communication and organization. | $8.9M | Seed | May 12, 2026 |  |
| VREY | VREY is a startup that empowers landlords of multi-tenant buildings to generate and manage solar energy on-site. | $3.9M | Seed | Apr 23, 2026 |  |
| OpenUp | OpenUp provides tools and tips to help employees deal with daily mental health challenges. | $23.1M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 26, 2026 |  |
| RIFT | RIFTis a startup on a mission towards a sustainable future that is powered by clean and renewable energy. | $97.2M | Series B | Mar 03, 2026 |  |
| RABLE | RABLE offers an innovative, self-supporting mounting system that allows solar panels to be installed, and the ballast-free design allows for safe installation without the need for renovations or roof modifications. | $2.9M | Seed | Sep 08, 2025 |  |
| Punto Health | AI-powered digital platform for management of Alzheimer's and other dementias. | $115.1K | Grant | Jun 19, 2025 |  |
| Amber Electric | Amber Electric is an energy retailer and technology-driven electricity provider that supplies households with access to real-time wholesale electricity pricing. The company operates by passing through wholesale market prices directly to customers rather than using traditional fixed retail tariffs, allowing electricity costs to fluctuate based onsupply and demand conditions in the energy market. The business provides a digital platform that enables customers to monitor electricity prices in real time and adjust their usage patterns to periods when energy is cheaper and more abundant. It also integrates with home solar systems, batteries, and electric vehicles, allowing users to automate energy consumption, storage, and export decisions to optimize cost outcomes and energy efficiency.Amber develops software tools and automation systems that support dynamic energy management, including smart scheduling features and integration with connected home energy devices. These tools are designed to help customers shift energy-intensive activities and battery charging to periods of lower wholesale prices and higher renewable energy availability. The company also supports distributed energy resources by enabling households with solar panels and batteries to participate more actively in the electricity market. Through this model, excess stored energy can be exported back to the grid during higher price periods, aligning household energy use with grid conditions and renewable generation levels. | $29.7M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 04, 2025 |  |
| Vytal | Vytal is a provider of software-enabled reusable packaging solutions to eliminate single-use packaging waste in the food and beverage industry. It offers a reusable container system and container management software to facilitate sustainable takeaway and delivery services, serving restaurants, supermarkets, caterers, canteens, and event organizers. | $15.5M |  | Mar 11, 2025 |  |
| Chapter | Chapter provides purpose-built AI solutions that streamline workflows and increase efficiency for renewable energy enterprises. | $3.1M | Seed | Jan 23, 2025 |  |
| Sympower | Sympower partners with leading industry players to shape a net-zero future. We unlock revenue streams and stabilise grids by maximising the value of flexibility across energy markets and industries, as it is crucial for the energy transition that all assets are flexible. We utilise our advanced and automated flexibility capabilities to temporarilyadjust the power of systems, machines and processes when the grid is out of balance. By using our non-intrusive software solutions, our customers enhance the value of their energy assets and provide an essential service that enables a fully-renewable grid. | $22.5M | Series B | Nov 13, 2024 |  |

10 of 63 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [PDENH](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pdenh) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [SHIFT Invest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shift-invest) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [BOM](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brabantse-ontwikkelings-maatschappij-bom) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Energie transitie fonds Rotterdam](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/energietransitiefonds-rotterdam) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Activate Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/activate-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Breakthrough Victoria](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/breakthrough-victoria) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Rubio Impact Ventures invest in?

Rubio Impact Ventures invests primarily in Software, Education and Renewable Energy startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 63 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in The Netherlands. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Rubio Impact Ventures's check size?

Rubio Impact Ventures typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$6M at Seed and $3.2M–$16M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Rubio Impact Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Rubio Impact Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Rubio Impact Ventures?

The team at Rubio Impact Ventures includes Eske Scavenius (Investment Director), Helmer Schukken (Managing Partner) and Tijl Hoefnagels (Venture Partner), among 11 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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