Rio Tinto Ventures

London, United Kingdom
Pre-SeedSeedRaiseTheNorth verification research (2026-10)

Investment Thesis

Rio Tinto Ventures invests in pre-seed and seed-stage technology startups addressing critical mining and energy transition challenges, including mine safety, decarbonisation, mineral exploration, processing, automation, and critical minerals recovery. The fund partners with accelerator programs to provide capital and structured mentorship, with a strong focus on technologies that reduce emissions, improve operational efficiency, and enable the energy transition across hard-to-decarbonise industries.

Focus Areas

Investment Stage
Pre-SeedSeed
Sectors
Mining technologyMine safetyDecarbonisationMineral explorationMineral processing and critical minerals recoveryAutomation

Investment Signals

GeographyNorth America
ProvincesQC, ON, AB
RoleBoth
Revenue Stagepre-revenue ok
Impact MandateYes
Business ModelsB2B, deep-tech, hardware

Sample Portfolio Companies

Cascade Geomatics, Blueprint powered by Imvelo, Determinant Materials, Fieldstone, NanduX (cohort 5)
Foresight Spatial Labs (Ottawa)
Chemshift (Calgary)
Namu Robotics, Spoor and four others (cohort 3)
Aymium
ClearFlame
Electric Hydrogen
ElectraLith
Evok Innovations
GMG
Nano One
Rondo Energy

AUM & Sources

N/A
Assets under management (estimated)
Sources
No public sources found.
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