Trafigura
VC Fund
Singapore, Singapore
Trafigura is a VC fund in Singapore focused on Mining and Precious Metals. Trafigura is one of the world's largest physical commodity trading groups. Trafigura, at the heart of global supply, connects the world to the critical resources it requires. It deploys infrastructure, skills, and a global network through its Oil & Petroleum Products, Metals & Minerals, and Power & Renewables divisions to movecommodities from where they are abundant to where they are most needed, forming strong relationships that make supply chains more efficient, secure, and sustainable.Trafigura also owns and operates a number of industrial assets, including Nyrstar, a multi-metals producer, and Puma Energy, a fuel storage and distribution company; as well as joint ventures Impala Terminals, a port and logistics provider, and Nala Renewables, a power and renewable energy investment and development platform. Trafigura is a company owned by its employees, and it employs over 13,000 people in 48 countries.
- Total investments:
- 32
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 69%
Last updated:
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Industries Trafigura invests in
Stages Trafigura invests in
Countries Trafigura invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Post-IPO Debt
- $5.8M–$450M
- Debt Financing
- $52M–$450M
- Post-IPO Equity
- $230k–$185M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Mining 13 (41%)
- Precious Metals 9 (28%)
- Energy 5 (16%)
- Mineral 5 (16%)
- Industrial 4 (13%)
Stage
- Post-IPO Debt 11 (34%)
- Debt Financing 6 (19%)
- Post-IPO Equity 6 (19%)
- Corporate Round 3 (9%)
- Series A 2 (6%)
Country
- Canada 11 (34%)
- United States 5 (16%)
- United Kingdom 5 (16%)
- Switzerland 2 (6%)
- Ghana 1 (3%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Alix Prezioso
Copper Trader
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Copper Trader | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Claude Dauphin
Founder, CEO & Chairman of the Board
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Founder, CEO & Chairman of the Board | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Donald Thinschmidt
Oil Trader, Strategic Management & Development Group
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Oil Trader, Strategic Management & Development Group | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Jose Larocca
Head, Oil Trading
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Head, Oil Trading | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
|
Margaux Moore
Head of the Energy Transition Group
|
Head of the Energy Transition Group | Total investments: 1 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Denarius Metals
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Denarius Metals is a company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development, and eventual operation of polymetallic mining projects. | $9M / Post-IPO Debt / Jun 18, 2026 | |
DEVELOP
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DEVELOP produces clean metals for sustainable energy and storage from base-metal mining projects. | $350M / Post-IPO Debt / Jun 10, 2026 | |
Daphne Technology
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Daphne Technology is developing a catalyst-free, nano-technology that helps the petrochemical, power and transportation industries reduce air emissions to the levels required by international and national regulations. Daphne Technology’s patented solution can be miniaturized and is especially well-suited to meet the requirements of marine vessels.This approach reduces capital costs when compared to other technologies and can also be used without switching fuel, resulting in a substantial reduction in operating costs. | $19.2M / Venture - Series Unknown / Apr 20, 2026 | |
Acerta Energy
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Acerta Energy is an oil and gas business that specializes in development, optimization, and acquisition. | $175M / Debt Financing / Apr 10, 2026 | |
Heath Goldfields
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Heath Goldfields is a mining company that provides gold production and infrastructure solutions. | $65M / Debt Financing / Apr 09, 2026 | |
Grupo AVG
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The AVG Group is involved in the forestry industry, investing in sustainable eucalyptus tree planting and charcoal production.AVG Group's transformation of raw materials into goods that move the globe involves a commitment to the future through today's practices of quality, responsibility, sustainability, and innovation. | $130M / Debt Financing / Sep 27, 2025 | |
Silver Mountain Resources
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Silver Mountain Resources is a mining company that focuses on identifying large mineralized systems and high-grade mineral deposits. | $10M / Post-IPO Debt / Jul 08, 2025 | |
Silver X Mining
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Silver X Mining is an exploration-stage company that is engaged in the exploration and development of mineral resource properties. | $2M / Post-IPO Debt / Jun 24, 2025 | |
Euro Sun Mining
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Euro Sun Mining is an exploration and development company that hosts the second largest gold deposit in Europe. On a company-wide basis, the Corporation currently hosts NI 43-101 resources of 4.0 million ounces of gold in the measured plus indicated categories and 4.5 million ounces of gold in the inferred category, as well as 759.1 million poundsof copper in the measured plus indicated category and 663.1 million pounds of copper in the inferred category.The Riacho dos Machados Gold Project is targeted to produce in the order of +/-100,000 ounces of gold per annum, with construction targeted by management to be initiated by mid-2011 with an anticipated goal for the commencement of production in late 2012 or early 2013. | $200M / Post-IPO Debt / Jun 20, 2025 | |
IMPACT Silver
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IMPACT Silver has grown from a grassroots exploration company into a significant silver producer with control of nearly two contiguous mineral districts in south-central Mexico: the 423-square-kilometer Royal Mines of Zacualpan Silver District ("Zacualpan") and the 200-square-kilometer Capire-Mamatla Silver District ("Capire").The Capire is located adjacent to and southwest of Zacualpan. IMPACT owns and operates the 500-tonne-per-day ("tpd") Guadalupe Production Centre in Zacualpan and the 200-tpd Capire pilot plant at its Capire Production Centre, located 16 kilometers southwest of Zacualpan. The company has four producing silver mines across the two districts: the underground San Ramon Mine, Noche Buena Mine and Cuchara-Oscar Mine feed the Guadalupe Production Centre, and the open pit Capire Mine currently feeds the pilot operation at the Capire Production Centre. | $3.6M / Post-IPO Equity / Apr 15, 2025 | |
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Co-Investors
Breakthrough Energy Ventures
2 deals together
Eni Next
2 deals together
Finnish Minerals Group
2 deals together
Shell Ventures
2 deals together
AET
1 deal together
AP Ventures
1 deal together
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FAQ
What does Trafigura invest in?
Trafigura invests primarily in Mining, Precious Metals and Energy startups, most often at Post-IPO Debt and Debt Financing stage. Most of the 32 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Trafigura's check size?
Trafigura typically joins rounds of $5.8M–$450M at Post-IPO Debt, $52M–$450M at Debt Financing and $230k–$185M at Post-IPO Equity. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Trafigura participates in.
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Who are the partners at Trafigura?
The team at Trafigura includes Alix Prezioso (Copper Trader), Claude Dauphin (Founder, CEO & Chairman of the Board) and Donald Thinschmidt (Oil Trader, Strategic Management & Development Group). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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