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Rubio
Venture capital · Amsterdam, Netherlands · Europe
Rubio is an impact venture fund that has managed impact-focused capital since 2014 and invests in early-stage growth companies. It describes itself as a certified Article 9 fund that links part of its own performance fees to externally validated impact targets.
Invests inEducationHealthcare & Biotech
In its own wordsimpact investingsocial cohesioneducationhealthcaredecarbonizationcircular economy
Your fit with Rubio
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Or find every investor that fitsRubio lists 12 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 10 funding rounds, 4 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 67% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Education (42%), Healthcare & Biotech (16%) and Industrial & Manufacturing (11%). 46% of its companies are based in Netherlands. It invests most often alongside Y Combinator, 10x Value Partners and Agoranov.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Rubio, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 67% |
| Series A | 11% |
| Series B | 11% |
| Growth | 11% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 1 | 1 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 4 | 1 |
| '26 | 5 | 2 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 30th | 12 companies |
| Recent activity | 89th | 6 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 80th | 67% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 98th | 33% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 76th | 42% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 84th | 6 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Education | 42% | 7% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 16% | 15% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 11% | 7% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 5% | 6% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 5% | 3% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 5% | 18% |
| Fintech | 5% | 12% |
| Climate & Energy | 5% | 1% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Y Combinator | 2 |
| 10x Value Partners | 1 |
| Agoranov | 1 |
| Ballpark Ventures | 1 |
| Caesar Ventures | 1 |
| CapitalT | 1 |
| Collaborative Fund | 1 |
| Creative Destruction Lab | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers12100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Rubio head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Funds
from public registers and its siteRecent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Rubio| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 12 Oct 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 12 May 2026 | Seed | |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 26 Mar 2026 | Round | |
| 3 Mar 2026 | Series B | |
| 10 Dec 2025 | Seed | |
| 8 Sept 2025 | Seed | |
| 1 Mar 2025 | Series C+ |
Round details for Rubio
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Rubio's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
12 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chapter builds AI-native knowledge for manufacturers, technicians and distributors | AI & Machine LearningEducation | Jan 2025Seed | Page + round | |
| Ditto develops an app to record and summarize doctor's appointments for patients | Healthcare & Biotech | May 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Female Invest provides a money app for women to learn to invest and build their financial future | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| HyLight uses autonomous airships and AI to safeguard infrastructures with millimeter precision, spotting risks before they become disasters | EducationE-commerce & Marketplaces | Oct 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| Iron Fuel Technology develops and supplies a clean, circular energy carrier using fine iron powder for industrial heat, aiming to reduce CO2 emissions. | Industrial & ManufacturingClimate & Energy | Mar 2026Series B | Funding round | |
| Lingvist provides online language learning services | EducationEducation | Oct 2021Seed | Funding round | |
| OpenUp provides mental well-being support for workplaces | Healthcare & BiotechEducation | Mar 2026Round | Funding round | |
| The company helps healthcare and care teams deliver personalised support for cognitive health and wellbeing to more people. | Healthcare & Biotech | Dec 2025Seed | Funding round | |
| RABLE provides anchor- and ballast-free mounting systems for solar panels on flat weak roofs | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Sept 2025Seed | Funding round | |
| Tiney offers trusted local childcare in a real family home as an alternative to a nursery. | Education | Portfolio page | ||
| VREY provides solutions for solar power systems in multi-family homes, including measurement, billing, and payment processing. | EducationReal Estate & Construction | Apr 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| The company provides reusables for various industries such as festivals, events, brands, cities, restaurants, canteens, and stadiums. | Food & Agriculture | Mar 2025Series C+ | Funding round |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- rubio.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 27 Oct 2021
- Companies checked
- 12
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