Jury investor panel member

Warner Philips | Managing Partner, Rubio Impact Ventures

Warner has been in venture capital and startups for over 25 years: he started as a VC in ’96, then became co-founder at Tendris, which launched a series of successful cleantech start-ups in ’02-’12. In ’07 Warner moved to San Francisco, USA, to grow the USA businesses. In 2012 Warner exited Tendris and continued as an impact angel investor in Silicon Valley in companies such as Nest, Lyft, Change.org and Solar Mosaic. Warner moved back to Amsterdam in 2015 to help launch Rubio which has grown into an impact platform with €150m AUM, 2 funds, 31 investments. At Rubio, Warner is responsible for investments in Sama, OLIO, SkinVision, GoodUp, Lingvist and SkillLab. Outside of Rubio, Warner is on the VC committee for the Netherlands Venture Capital Association and a venture advisor to FMO, the Netherlands foreign development bank.

About Rubio

Rubio is a leading European impact venture fund, based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. With €150m AUM in its first 2 venture funds, Rubio has made over 30 investments in Western Europe in Circular Solutions, Healthy Systems and People Power. Rubio typical invests €0.5-2 million in Seed rounds and €2-5 million in Series A in companies that scale impact with a commercial business model, seeking healthy market returns. Rubio is one of the first venture funds to link its investment team’s compensation program to both financial and impact targets. Rubio’s diverse team consists of 15 people who are passionate about impact.