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Rio Tinto (RT Ventures)

CVC🇦🇺 Australia

Investment thesis

Rio Tinto's corporate venture capital fund (launched 2021), backing startups from pre-seed to Series B across five themes: exploration and orebody knowledge; metals processing and recovery; waste and water; mining redesign; and novel materials. Also runs a Founders Factory-partnered mining-tech accelerator.

Notable portfolio

ChemshiftForesight Spatial LabsVoluna

Sector focus

Mining techDecarbonisationMetals processingExplorationNovel materialsCritical minerals