Newtree Impact

We're Rubio, a leading impact venture fund. We partner with founders building companies that matter, the kind where profit and purpose combine for maximum impact. Why? The future's most valuable businesses will be tackling humanity's biggest headaches. Solid Growth: A short-term perspective isn’t our style. We prefer to play (and win) the long game, helping you build your business sustainably. Strong Impact: We live to change the system. We’re excited by impact ambitions too big to ignore and too important to fail. Genuine Partners: We go fast alone, but further together. You’ll have our experience on call 24/7, but you’re always behind the wheel. Growth capital to turn impact vision into velocity Early stage growth capital for founders reshaping industries with heart, vision, and intelligence (human and artificial alike!). We’re guided by our thematic areas: People Power: Strengthening social cohesion through wellbeing, education, and inclusion Planet Paradise: Driving net zero transitions in energy, industry, and agrifood We’ll partner with you to nail the fundamentals that unlock your audacious impact vision. Check out our investment criteria and get in touch if you think we’d be a good match. At Rubio, we do VC differently We believe the success of an impact VC is driven by equally ambitious impact and financial goals. That’s why we’re one of the only funds in the world where 100% of our performance fees are directly linked to (externally validated) quantifiable impact targets.

We aim to be the preferred partner in accelerating the value of entrepreneurs’ disruptive companies and the transformation of Koch Industries. THE CORNERSTONES OF OUR PHILOSOPHY CREATIVE DESTRUCTION KDT embraces disruption by promoting creative destruction - the continuous process of iterating, improving and destroying current business models and platforms, EVEN OUR OWN. We partner with emerging high-growth companies that are committed to doing the same. MUTUAL BENEFIT In each of our investments, we look for aligned vision and values as well as complementary capabilities. We can then leverage our massive network of companies and partners to help any young company grow exponentially. By aligning incentives, the company has a greater impact, Koch learns new business models and technologies, and society improves dramatically - a mutual benefit scenario for all. LONG-TERM THINKING By taking a long-term, contrarian approach to investing, we free our partners to create new capabilities and disrupt large industries. We are not bound by fund cycles or predetermined exit strategies. We are focused on helping our companies create the most impactful and profitable scenario possible, and we remain committed to navigating all the unpredictable situations with them. OUR APPROACH Stage Agnostic We have the flexibility and long-term thinking to invest anywhere in the life cycle of a company, from seed to late-stage growth. Thematic Investing We invest across various industries anywhere in the world. Some of our investments will be ancillary to Koch’s core businesses and some will be in completely new industries. See our Investment Themes below. Situationally Focused We review each opportunity on individual merit and timing, not concerning ourselves with popular themes or concentration limits. INVESTMENT CRITERIA• Principled Entrepreneurship Leadership with aligned vision, values and complementary capabilities. • Disruptive Potential to significantly disrupt current market solutions or market alternatives. • Mutual Benefit Strategic engagement where KDT can help a company accelerate even beyond the capital infusion. • High Potential Potential to create a world-changing platform where people think, act, or behave differently.

“Spero” is Latin for hope. We help founders build a hopeful future. We’re a team of former startup founders, operators, and investors from landmark companies including eBay and Tesla. We invest in determined founders building mission-driven technology companies in three focus areas: wellbeing; sustainability; learning, work, and play. We prefer to lead or co-lead a $3-$10M round (late seed or Series A). Our typical check is $2-$4M, and we reserve capital for follow-on. We are conviction-based investors who play the long game. How We Work With YouWe have the conviction to lead and price your round. We participate in follow-on funding and help with subsequent fundraising. Our concentrated portfolio approach allows us to engage deeply with our founders. We’re supportive throughout the life of a company. Every one of our founders has full access to the entire Spero Ventures team. We know some ideas take time to catch on, so we offer patient capital. We are calm and steady partners in uncertain times. We help companies scale to serve billions of customers. We’ve done this as operators and founders, and as advisors and board members. We connect our companies to a network of founders, advisors, coaches, domain experts, and executive talent. We build community by bringing founders and leaders together through our CEO Summits, Product Leader Summits, founder breakfasts, workshops and thought-provoking events. We offer expert-led workshops that help founders with brand/storytelling, sales/go-to-market, consumer growth, and fundraising. Our focus Wellbeing Agency over physical and mental health People deserve to be in control of their own physical and mental health. For that, they need new kinds of information and access to care. What devices, apps, tools and services will help people live longer, healthier, more vibrant lives? How can genomics help us better understand our world and ourselves, and contribute to new solutions? Companies that answer these questions will make life worth living. Sustainability Protecting and preserving our planet Life is worth living on a healthy planet. But many of the largest systems we rely on - water, food, energy, transportation, product production and waste - were designed in a way that’s unsustainable and detrimental to our personal and planetary health. The economic, social, and health impacts of climate change and industrial pollution are growing too large to ignore: unprecedented droughts, fires and floods have disrupted millions of lives and result in billions of dollars of loss each year. How can we develop safer, more efficient systems? What can we do to improve power grids, recycling, environmental monitoring and disaster analytics? We invest in sustainability with conviction. Learning, Work, and Play Freedom in work and life Savoring relationships, art, joy, and laughter makes life worth living. Today, the way we do these things is changing. We can now learn, work, and play in hybrid ways that suit individual needs. This means self-directed learners need access to education and job preparation. Likewise, self-directed workforces need freedom, flexibility, and the ability to manage their goals. How can we provide better access to rewarding, satisfying work? What tools and support systems do people need to thrive? We invest in powerful visions for the future of learning, work, and play.

ICL is a global leader in the field of agriculture, food, and engineered materials, and continually seeks with its unparalleled R&D infrastructure to develop innovative solutions for humanity’s greatest sustainability challenges. ICL Planet Startup Hub is the vehicle in which ICL chooses to work with innovative companies, synergize with their novelty, and short-cut their way to global play. Our ICL Planet Startup Hub offers a unique flexible hybrid innovation model that uses various startup incubator and startup accelerator elements to synergize ICL’s resources, expertise, mentorship, and infrastructure with early-stage innovative AgTech startups and FoodTech startups with the goal to make an impact in the world we live in and in the AgriFood Tech ecosystem. Together, we can grow game-changing technology and address vital global sustainability concerns, in order to create significant environmental transformation! We created ICL Planet Startup Hub, a vehicle in which ICL cultivates, nurtures, and accelerates innovation and technologies in the AgriFood tech ecosystem. We invite entrepreneurs, innovators, and AgTech & FoodTech startups to join forces with us and fulfill their potential. Together we can make an impact on global challenges and disrupt the AgriFood tech ecosystem. By joining our cutting-edge AgriFood tech startup hub, you’ll be partnering with a trusted name and an industry leader. We at ICL are on a continual quest to create sustainable solutions for the global food, agriculture, and industrial markets that impact the daily lives of millions worldwide. We seek, invest and grow disruptive companies that can favorably affect the industries we work in and lead, in order to address critical global needs and bring about a positive environmental impact on our collective future.

Early stage investments in climate-friendly food tech startups in Asia Pacific. With over a quarter of global emissions coming from food and dominated by animal agriculture and the Asia Pacific region, our fund was setup with impact in mind. A personal commitment to you.Trust for the long term 🤝🏼 Above all, we value long term relationships built on trust, rather than short-term, zero-sum thinking. We know world-changing R&D takes time - and that's just fine with us. Ethics matter 😇 We will always respect your wishes and what's confidential will never be shared. How we do what we do is important. Clear communication 📖 We've been on the other side of the table raising money, and we know what it's like to be ghosted by VCs who don't respect your efforts. We promise to always let you know where you stand and answer your questions clearly. Responsiveness 🛵 Sitting around waiting for days or weeks for a reply to a message is frustrating. We strive to always stay fast and responsive, and avoid red-tape. We work for you 👍🏻 At the end of the day, our top priority to help you succeed. Everything else is secondary. Giving back 🐣 Apart from supporting startup founders, we also make time for contributing to the community, career advice and mentoring. We also give to climate, animal welfare and human health & development causes. For us it's about planet and purpose.

With a focus sector in food and agriculture with specific verticals of Food Technology, Agriculture Technology, Climate Technology, Sustainability and Consumer Food Products, we provide strategic investment, mentorship, and operational support to visionary entrepreneurs. Our regional perspective, coupled with deep industry expertise, enables us to identify and nurture groundbreaking solutions, fostering sustainable growth and creating impactful outcomes. Committed to driving innovation and shaping the future, we partner with exceptional founders, fueling their journey towards success and meaningful impact on a regional and global scale. WE ARE DRIVEN BY A PURPOSE : to expedite the shift towards a sustainable, climate-resilient world. At First Frontier Ventures, our investment approach is characterized by a combination of rigorous due diligence, strategic guidance, and continuous support throughout the growth journey of our portfolio companies. We are committed to fostering innovation and creating lasting value for both entrepreneurs and investors. Our fund is dedicated to catalyzing this transformation by focusing on Climate Tech, Sustainability, and Agri-Food Tech. These sectors hold immense potential in reshaping industries and tackling pressing global challenges. Through strategic investments in pioneering startups and innovative solutions that champion positive change, our goal is twofold: to generate compelling returns for our investors and to actively contribute to a future that's both sustainable and food-secure. 350+ Agrifoodtech Startups First Frontier Ventures stands as a formidable force in the agrifoodtech realm, boasting a vast network of 350+ pioneering agrifootech startups. Our robust ecosystem is a testament to our commitment to empowering innovation. Through strategic alliances and comprehensive support, we've cultivated a diverse community of forward-thinking entrepreneurs, each driving transformative change in the industry. Our dedication to these 350+ startups extends beyond mere numbers; it represents a collective mission to revolutionize the agrifoodtech landscape, fostering collaborations, amplifying impact, and propelling the evolution of sustainable and scalable solutions that tackle global challenges.