Rubio Impact Ventures

Rubio Impact Ventures is an impact venture fund that partners with founders whose businesses combine profit and purpose. It takes a long-term view and says it wants to help companies grow sustainably. Founders keep control while drawing on the team's experience.

What Rubio Impact Ventures offers

• Early-stage growth capital: funding for founders reshaping industries with a clear impact goal.
• Thematic investing: one theme strengthens social cohesion through wellbeing, education and inclusion, another drives net zero change in energy, industry and agrifood.
• Hands-on partnership: helps founders get the basics right before scaling.
• Published criteria: investment criteria and contact details on its website.

Who it serves

The fund backs impact-driven founders across Europe. One holding is OpenUp Group, a Dutch mental health business that gives employers digital access to certified psychologists for staff, and its subsidiary iPractice provides regular psychological care online.

Key facts

• Type: impact venture fund
• Themes: people and planet
• Portfolio example: OpenUp Group