Red Rocks

What Red Rocks does

Red Rocks Impact (legal name: Red Rocks Impact GmbH & Co KG) is a privately-held German family office founded in October 2018 by Ralf Schroeder and Laura Schroeder, headquartered in Kirchheim near Munich, Germany. The firm invests patient, founder-controlled capital into solutions that reduce or avoid greenhouse gas emissions, operating primarily as an LP in climate-focused venture, debt, and real-estate funds; as a co-investor in climate tech startups; and as a direct owner of real assets such as solar parks and forestry. Portfolio exposure spans four thematic pillars — Energy, Food & Agriculture, Technology, and Infrastructure — across at least nine jurisdictions including Germany, Ireland, Spain, Slovakia, Belgium, Switzerland, the UK, the Netherlands, and the United States.

The portfolio of 20+ positions is structured across multiple asset classes to balance liquidity, risk, and impact. Climate venture fund LPs include Extantia (Flagship and Pledge), World Fund (backed by Ecosia), Ananda, Telos Impact, Carbon Equity, Blue Horizon Ventures (now Collateral Good Ventures), and SLM Silva Fund. Direct private co-investments include GA Drilling (plasma-based geothermal drilling), Reverion (solid-oxide fuel cell biogas technology), and Rhizocore Technologies (mycorrhizal fungi). Real assets include Solarparks Boock + Herzberg, KiriFarm Europa (Kiri tree plantations in Spain), and the Neitzel Solarenergie 2 secondary PV portfolio. The firm prioritizes solutions that are technically feasible, financially viable, and capable of rapid scaling, and sources deal flow principally through its membership in the Toniic global impact investor community plus direct founder relationships.

Red Rocks Impact generates returns through capital gains on direct equity, fund distributions from LP positions, and stable annuity-style income from real assets such as solar parks and forestry, rather than from fees or product sales. The firm is wholly owned and controlled by the Schroeder family, operates with a small internal team of 1-10 people, and conducts no traditional product distribution. Marketing and sourcing rely on a blog covering climate and impact topics, a LinkedIn corporate page, and selective participation in industry events such as Bits & Pretzels Munich. Consistent with its family-office structure, the company does not disclose revenue, AUM, or portfolio returns.

Name

Red Rocks

Legal name

Red Rocks Impact GmbH & Co KG

Website

https://red-rocks.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Red Rocks Impact is a German family office founded in 2018 that invests as an LP and co-investor in climate-focused venture and debt funds, climate tech startups, and nature-based real assets across Europe and the United States, targeting measurable carbon reduction alongside financial returns.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Kirchheim

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Investment Returns from Portfolio: Red Rocks Impact generates returns through equity gains, fund distributions, and interest income from investments in climate-focused funds, direct co-investments in climate tech startups, and real assets such as solar parks and forestry.

Go-to-market motion1 record

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Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Red Rocks Impact is a family office that deploys patient capital into climate-focused investments through three primary vehicles: LP commitments to climate-focused venture and debt funds, direct equity co-investments in climate tech startups, and real asset investments in solar parks, forestry operations, and energy-efficient real estate. The firm also provides strategic consulting and advisory services to portfolio companies and fund managers, focusing exclusively on technically feasible, financially viable, and rapidly scalable climate solutions.

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Products and services

• Strategic Consulting and Advisory Services Strategic consulting and advisory services provided to portfolio companies (climate tech founders) and fund managers, offering guidance on scaling, climate expertise, network access, and business model validation.
• Climate Fund LP Commitments Limited Partner (LP) capital commitments to climate-focused venture and debt funds, with typical fund durations of 10+ years. Investments span venture funds (e.g., World Fund, Extantia, Ananda, Blue Horizon Ventures), debt funds (e.g., Mad Agriculture), and fund of funds (e.g., Telos Impact, Carbon Equity).
• Direct Climate Tech Co-Investments Direct equity co-investments in climate tech startups and growth-stage companies focused on emissions avoidance and carbon sequestration. Portfolio includes GA Drilling (geothermal energy), Reverion (biogas fuel cells), Rhizocore Technologies (mycorrhizal fungi), NORI (carbon removal marketplace), and others.
• Real Asset Investments Investments in physical climate assets including solar parks (Solarparks Boock + Herzberg, CAV Solar Projekt II, Neitzel Solarenergie 2), forestry operations (SLM Silva Fund via Continuous Cover Forestry, KiriFarm Europa), and energy-efficient real estate (ICD-9 RenovationPlus).

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Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• ToniiccoreGTM or Marketing PartnerMember of Toniic, a global community of impact investors. Attends annual TONIIC gatherings (held at Slow Food headquarters in Pollenzo, Italy) for networking and deal flow. Collaborates with other family offices for co-investment opportunities.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Generation Investment Management: Public-equity-led sustainable investment manager founded on climate thesis by David Blood and Al Gore. Comparable to Red Rocks in mission alignment (avoid/reduce emissions) but operates at much greater scale across listed markets.
• Capricorn Investment Group: Large single-family office managing the Bezos Earth Fund-aligned capital pool with a focus on climate, sustainable food, and energy. Comparable to Red Rocks as a family-office-led climate investor using both LP and direct strategies.

Regional players

• DOEN Participaties: Dutch impact-investment vehicle backing sustainable entrepreneurs across energy, food, and circular economy. Comparable to Red Rocks in Europe-based climate/impact investing thesis and stage-agnostic capital deployment.
• Better Future Fund: German/Swiss family-office coalition that pools capital into European climate and impact funds. Direct regional peer to Red Rocks given overlapping family-office LP approach and shared DACH geography.

Others

• Toniic: Global community of impact-investor family offices and individuals, of which Red Rocks is a member. Not a competitor but a directly comparable ecosystem of similar investors operating with shared LP/co-invest deal flow.

Emerging players

• Extantia: Climate-tech venture fund manager in which Red Rocks is LP; fund-of-funds partner relationship but also a like-minded early-stage climate investor. Comparable mission and overlap with Red Rocks' venture-FOF strategy.

Direct peers

• Pymwymic: European "healthy ecosystems" impact-investing community of family offices and HNW investors. Peer given comparable mission-driven family-office investing model and Toniic-style community-led deal sourcing.
• Encourage Capital: Impact-investment advisory firm that builds and manages climate and conservation portfolios for institutional and family-office clients. Direct peer given shared focus on measurable environmental outcomes and fund-of-funds structures.
• Sonen Capital: California-based climate- and impact-focused investment advisor serving family offices and HNW investors. Mirrors Red Rocks' model of curating climate-fund LP access plus direct impact investments for like-minded families.
• Telos Impact: European climate-focused fund-of-funds vehicle aggregating family-office capital into SFDR-9 funds. Direct peer given shared family-office LP architecture and co-investment syndication model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/red-rocks-kg

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Profiles2 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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