Rabo Ventures

Profile and portfolio

Parent RabobankHQ Utrecht, NetherlandsFounded 2017

Rabo Ventures is the corporate venture arm of Rabobank, a financial services company. It was founded in 2017 and is based in Utrecht, Netherlands. It invests from seed to Series B. Sectors it names: food and agriculture, climate and energy.

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Snapshot

Investment stage: Seed to Series B

Data behind this graphic

Data behind this graphic
Item	Value
Stage range	Seed to Series B
Sectors	Food and agriculture, Climate and energy
Geography	Europe
Offices	Utrecht, Netherlands

Sources: S1 Rabo Investments: Ventures.

Where it invests and who leads it

Geography

Headquarters: Utrecht, Netherlands
Offices: Utrecht, Netherlands

Investment regionsS1

Europe

LeadersS1

Katrien SwertsExecutive DirectorFind on LinkedIn Firm page
Denisa KociAssociate DirectorFind on LinkedIn Firm page
Björn AartsESG DirectorFind on LinkedIn Firm page
Bernadette LeeAssociateFind on LinkedIn Firm page

Rabo Ventures on LinkedIn

Key facts

Fact	Value	Status	Source
Parent company	Rabobank	Single source	S1
Parent industry	Banking and financial services	Single source	S1
Founded	2017	Single source	S4
Headquarters	Utrecht, Netherlands	Single source	S1
Status	Active	Single source	S1
Capital source	Parent company only	Single source	S1
Stages	Seed, Series A, Series B	Single source	S1

Investments by year

Year	New	Total	Source
2018	1	1	S2
2019	1	1	S2
2020	4	4	S2
2021	2	2	S2
2022	1	1	S2
2023	3	3	S2
2024	3	3	S2
2025	1	1	S2

For founders

Item	What the firm says	Source
Stages	Seed, Series A, Series B	S1
Check size, Seed	EUR 1M to EUR 4M	S1
Check size, Series A	EUR 1M to EUR 4M	S1
Check size, Series B	EUR 1M to EUR 4M	S1

Portfolio

The firm's portfolio page lists 18 companies.S2

Shared portfolio with other corporate VCs

7 companies on the Rabo Ventures portfolio page also appear on the portfolio page of at least one other firm in this directory. Matched by company website, or by name where no website is published.

Firm	Shared	Companies in common
Bidra Innovation Ventures	1	EarthOptics
CNH Ventures	1	EarthOptics
Cooperative Ventures	1	EarthOptics
Leaps by Bayer	1	EarthOptics
301 Inc	1	BeeHero
MS&AD Ventures	1	BeeHero
AgriFoodTech Venture Alliance	1	InnovoPro
Ingredion Ventures	1	InnovoPro
NuFrontiers	1	ViAqua Therapeutics
Thai Union Ventures	1	ViAqua Therapeutics
Ki Tua Fund	1	BioLumic
TELUS Global Ventures	1	Full Harvest

Companies backed by the most corporate VCs

Every company on the Rabo Ventures list

18 companies, as listed on the firm's own website.S2 Read the firm's list.

Agurotech
ArkeaBio
BeeHero
Biolumic
Bird Control Group
EarthOptics
Ecto
ENKO
Full Harvest
InnovoPro
Lokalist
MiAlgae
OroraTech
RootWave
Saga Robotics
TeleSense
Triplebar Bio
ViAqua Therapeutics

Official pages

Read the firm's own pages for current information.

Website raboinvestments.com/team/ventures/
Portfolio raboinvestments.com/portfolio/

Sources

S1Rabo Investments: VenturesFirm
S2Rabo Investments: PortfolioFirm
S3FundingWatcher corporate venture capital investor listThird-party report
S4Business Wire: Rabobank Launches Venture Capital Fund for Innovative Food & Agriculture CompaniesPress

Disclaimer and corrections

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