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Re:Wire VenturesR:W
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Backing the pioneers building the industries of the future

R:W invests in early-stage industrial technologies that win on performance, cost competitiveness, simplicity and scalability - helping founders turn their startup into a bankable business.

What we invest in

R:W invests where three criteria intersect:

Adoption-forcing technologies
Industries of the future
Movingthe needle

  1. Lens 01

    Adoption-forcing technologies

    • Performance
    • Cost competitiveness
    • Simplicity
    • Scalability

    Technologies that make adoption the logical choice for the customer.

  2. Lens 02

    Industries of the future

    • Energy
    • Materials
    • Manufacturing

    Technologies that rewire our physical world.

  3. Lens 03

    Moving the needle

    • Re-industrialised
    • Resilient
    • Sovereign
    • Resource-efficient or fully circular
    • Within planetary boundaries

Rooted in industrial logic, with impact stemming from competitiveness and scale.

Illustration of engineers overlooking a first-of-a-kind industrial facility framed by atmospheric clouds.

WHY - OUR POSITIONING

R:W operates at the intersection of venture capital and later-stage institutional finance

The funding gap for first-of-a-kind (FOAK) commercial assets is real, but capital alone does not close it. Underneath lies a clear execution capability gap.

The funding gap for first-of-a-kind assets is an execution capability gapCompany maturity runs along the horizontal axis and ease of funding along the vertical axis. Funding is easy at early venture stages, dips sharply around pilot, demo and first commercial plants, then recovers at growth and infrastructure stages. Execution-focused support is required across the dip, bridging first-of-a-kind projects to bankability.Company maturityEase of fundingPrototypeTestingEngineeringPilotDemo1st commercial2nd, 3rd, etc.commercialIndustrialoptimizationInternationalisationGrowth/PE + Infra/project…Series CSeries BSeries ASeedPre-seedYou need to dothe work here…… to succeedhereExecution-focused supportBridge tobankability

The capabilities required to develop, build and finance FOAK commercial assets exist, but they remain concentrated within industrial incumbents or institutional finance organisations, making them difficult for early-stage hardware founders to access.

How R:W works

The R:W Operating System

Four integrated capabilities designed to help deep tech founders cross the bridge to bankability

Four modules. One integrated OS.

Technical due diligence allowing us to lead your funding round, techno-economic analysis and assessment of scale-up engineering risks.

Founder-led by design as we know the best entrepreneurs may need little help. R:W’s Operating System is available when and where it creates the most leverage.