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Vopak Ventures

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Vopak's commitment is to store vital products with care, this helps to meet the needs of a growing population. These needs include providing access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy, and facilitating the introduction of cleaner, low-carbon energy and feedstocks; improving air quality; and contributing to a safe and healthy work environment for our employees and contractors.

In line with these ambitions, we have set up Vopak Ventures to identify investment opportunities in start-ups and scale-ups in new technologies and emerging value chains. In this, we focus on three areas:

  1. New Energies, Feedstocks & Sustainability: With the New Energies, Feedstocks & Sustainability fund, we focus on funding ventures facilitating new sustainable solutions in areas such as zero emission fuels, green feedstocks, recycling solutions and flow batteries etc.
  2. Operational Excellence & Asset Management: With the Operational Excellence & Asset Management fund, we look into funding ventures close to our terminal operations who could work with us in continuously striving to make our activities more efficient, effective and as safe as possible.
  3. Platforms, Data & Digitalization: With the Platforms, Data & Digitalization fund, we identify opportunities of funding on ventures that employ data and new digital technologies in efforts to improve our service towards customers, while improving and supporting operations and reducing the environmental footprint.

What do we offer?

  • Market Access: Operating globally with over 70 terminals spread across six continents, Vopak offers unique worldwide market access and scaling opportunities.
  • Knowledge and Network: With over 400 years of experience in the storage industry, we have gathered ample knowledge of the industry through changes and new developments. In addition, our global presence and established reputation ensure a broad network of expertise and partnerships.
  • Financial and Strategic Support: As an active partner, Vopak Ventures not only offers financial support to the ventures, but also actively provides strategic guidance befitting the specific venture and its chosen path.
  • Our basic investment principles: Our typical financial investment over the lifetime of a venture varies from €0.5 to €10 million. We typically take minority stakes.
  • We are not only an active partner, but are often also customers and serve on boards.

Vopak Ventures is a 100% Vopak entity.

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