Rio Tinto is a corporate venture arm. Team members are concentrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Among the 9 companies in the known portfolio are Electra, Vycarb, RainStick, Terra AI, GeologicAI and Rock Zero.
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Investment focus
- Focus
- AI ApplicationsBatteryClean EnergyData AnalyticsEVLithiumMachine LearningMetalsMining
Who to pitch at Rio Tinto
Rio Tinto portfolio companies (9)
- Electra
- Vycarb
- RainStick
- Terra AI
- GeologicAI
- Rock Zero
- Chalco Rio Tinto JV
- Ekion
- Thunderstone
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About Rio Tinto
The firm's listing covers sectors AI, Climate and Hardware, and focus areas AI Applications, Battery, Clean Energy and Data Analytics; known deals cluster at Pre-Seed, Seed and Series B.
Of the 6 people on file at Rio Tinto, Joan Gardener (Managing Partner), Al Cheaito (Venture Capital) and Roberta Harting Kuehne (Vice President, Commercial) are listed as the contacts to approach first.
Rio Tinto shares portfolio companies with 20 other investment firms, among them Aussie Angels, Nucor and Earth Venture Capital.
Frequently asked questions
What is Rio Tinto?
Rio Tinto is a corporate venture arm whose team is concentrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, with a known portfolio of 9 companies. The portfolio comes from public investment records rather than from the firm, so deals that never surfaced publicly are not in it.
What does Rio Tinto invest in?
Listed sectors include AI, Climate and Hardware; listed focus areas include AI Applications, Battery, Clean Energy and Data Analytics. Those tags come from the portfolio attached to the firm, so they describe what has been backed rather than a stated mandate for what comes next.
What stage does Rio Tinto invest at?
The known deals of Rio Tinto include Pre-Seed, Seed and Series B rounds. Check that against your own round before reaching out: stage mismatch is the most common reason a well matched sector still goes nowhere.
Who should I pitch at Rio Tinto?
3 of the 6 people on file at Rio Tinto are listed as contacts for the firm. All 6 have their own profile page.
How do I contact Rio Tinto?
Any email address on file for the firm is masked on this page and readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The 6 people attached to the firm have their own pages, each showing whether an address is on file for them.
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