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RST Ventures for Earth

ul. Januszowicka 5 lok 219, Wrocław, Dolnoslaskie, 53-135, Poland

Overview

RST Ventures For Earth is a technology venture capital fund investing in software and hardware projects at the startup stage. It focuses on renewable energy sources and energy harvesting, industrial automation and robotics, IoT, advanced materials and composites, software and hardware platforms, smart solutions for a clean environment, and artificial intelligence and machine learning.The Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie-located firm was founded in 2018.

Total investments
3
Lead investments
1
Investments · 12mo
0
Active investors
1

Sector focus

  • Finance
  • Financial Services
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Investment portfolio

  • Plenti

    Led · Seed · Apr 2021

    Plenti operates a subscription device hire service that lets consumers rent a broad range of gadgets — including mobile phones, computers, game consoles, VR headsets and autonomous vacuum cleaners — for terms from one month up to a year. The company runs a demand-side platform while introducing a supply-side programme, PlentiPartners, through which entrepreneurs buy ownership of devices for rental distribution via a dedicated subsidiary. PlentiPartners recently exited a trial phase after exceeding revenue targets by 60% and is available to sole proprietors and companies in Poland. The late seed financing will support growth of Polish revenues, expansion of the partner programme and preparation for European expansion in 2023, while funding hires across development, data analysis and risk assessment. Founded in 2018 by Wojiech Rokosz, Karol Klimas, and Wojciech Wójtowicz, Plenti has a 40-person headcount. The company positions itself around circular-economy trends and a consumer shift from ownership toward access. Plenti operates an on-demand rental marketplace offering new or near-new consumer electronics — drones, PlayStation 5 consoles, VR headsets, video projectors, robotic hoovers and similar devices — without requiring purchase or long-term rental. The service provides express delivery within Warsaw (two hours or less) and next-day delivery across the rest of Poland. The company emphasizes a shared-access model to reduce electronic waste and lower ownership costs and responsibilities for users. Plenti reports a constantly growing user base and says overall user satisfaction indicates the model works. Founded in late 2018 and based in Warsaw, the startup plans to expand express delivery services to additional Polish cities using proceeds from its recent fundraise. The new funding is intended to support that delivery expansion and broader service availability.

  • VersaBox

    Participated · Equity · Sep 2020

    VersaBox is a Warsaw-based smart robotics firm founded in 2017 that manufactures autonomous mobile robots and supplies digital solutions for internal logistics within companies, production facilities, and warehouses. The company built its own fully autonomous system for mobile robots to transport goods quickly and efficiently to and from warehouses and between manufacturing cells. VersaBox solutions have been implemented in Polish and foreign industrial plants, including customers in the automotive sector. Current partners and clients include Faurecia, Lubella, HUF, and Autoliv. The startup has received €2.5 million from Fidiasz EVC, SpeedUp Energy Innovation, Movens Capital, and RST Ventures for Earth. VersaBox has embarked on international expansion and is creating a partnership network across several EU countries to scale abroad. Investors and company leadership emphasize readiness and appetite for foreign expansion amid Industry 4.0 tailwinds and a growing robotics market.

  • StethoMe

    Participated · Equity · Jul 2020

    StethoMe is a Poznań, Poland–based medical device and digital health company that developed an integrated electronic stethoscope, a dedicated StethoMe application and AI algorithms. Its core product enables remote examination of the lungs and heart, with AI analysis providing immediate results about detected respiratory abnormalities. The company claims the solution is unique worldwide and cites research showing its AI algorithms are up to 29% more effective at detecting and classifying pathological sounds than pulmonologists. The StethoMe system is already present in France, Spain and Poland. StethoMe plans to use new funding to commercialize the solution across the European market. The company is led by CEO Wojciech Radomski and recently closed a financing round to support that expansion.

Team

  • Tomek Popow

    Co-Founder and General Partner

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