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    Rio Tinto

    London, United KingdomFounded 1873
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    ManufacturingHardware & Semiconductors

    Rio Tinto is a British–Australian multinational mining group founded in 1873, operating the corporate venture capital arm 'Rio Tinto Ventures' which invests in startups from pre-seed to Series B to accelerate innovation in the mining and metals industry.

    61% of their portfolio is in Climate & Energy. Average disclosed round size is $138.0M (across 22 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    24

    Fund Size

    —

    Top Stage

    Series B

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    Bold Baatar

    Bold Baatar

    Chief Commercial Officer

    GB

    Georgie Bezette

    Chief People Officer

    JP

    Jérôme Pécresse

    Chief Executive, Aluminium & Lithium

    KJ

    Katie Jackson

    Chief Executive, Copper

    MD

    Mark Davies

    Chief Safety & Technical Officer

    MH

    Matthew Holcz

    Chief Executive, Iron Ore

    PC

    Peter Cunningham

    Chief Financial Officer

    Simon Trott

    Simon Trott

    Chief Executive

    TC

    Trudi Charles

    Chief Legal, Governance & Corporate Affairs Officer

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    31 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Electra logoElectraSeries B$186MApr 2025
    Electra logoElectraSeries B$186MApr 2025
    Electra logoElectraSeries B$186MApr 2025
    GravitHy logoGravitHyUnknown—Mar 2025
    ElectraLith logoElectraLithSeries A$27.5MJan 2025
    SnowFox Discovery logoSnowFox DiscoverySeries A$30MJan 2025
    Rock Zero logoRock ZeroSeed—Jan 2025
    IInoBatSeries C—Dec 2024
    CCarbonCaptureSeries A$80MMar 2024
    SSpoorSeed—Jan 2024
    HHighviewUnknown—Jan 2024
    ClearFlame Engines logoClearFlame EnginesSeries B$30MMar 2023
    Terra AI logoTerra AISeed$3.4MJan 2023
    EElectric Hydrogen (EH2)Series C$380MJan 2023
    Rondo Energy logoRondo EnergyUnknown$60MJan 2023
    Terra AI logoTerra AISeed$3.4MJan 2023
    Electric Hydrogen logoElectric HydrogenSeries C$380MJan 2023
    Electric Hydrogen logoElectric HydrogenSeries C$380MJan 2023
    Electric Hydrogen logoElectric HydrogenSeries C$380MJan 2023
    Electric Hydrogen logoElectric HydrogenSeries B—Sep 2021
    GeologicAI logoGeologicAISeries B$44M—
    Ekion logoEkionSeed——
    Sunchem logoSunchemSeed$2.5M—
    TTerra CO2 TechnologySeries A$46M—
    SSpoorSeries A$8M—
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    Top Co-Investors

    Breakthrough Energy Ventures13 shared
    Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited9 shared
    S2G Ventures8 shared
    Equinor7 shared
    Mitsubishi Heavy Industries7 shared
    Honeywell Ventures6 shared
    bp ventures6 shared
    Energy Impact Partners6 shared
    Silicon Valley Bank5 shared
    Fifth Wall Climate5 shared
    Prelude Ventures5 shared
    Trinity Capital Inc.5 shared
    Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund5 shared
    Capricorn Investment Group4 shared
    Capricorn4 shared
    Fortescue4 shared
    Collaborative Fund3 shared
    Toyota Tsusho3 shared
    Lowercarbon Capital3 shared
    Builders Vision3 shared

    Last updated: 20 October 2026