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Rocket Internet
Corporate · Founded 2007 · Berlin, Germany
Rocket Internet, accessible at rocket-internet.com, is a global startup incubator and investment firm that partners with ambitious entrepreneurs to build market-leading companies. The company operates primarily in the e-commerce and technology sectors, serving a diverse range of clients from fashion to home living. Rocket Internet's business model revolves around two main activities: incubation and investment. In the incubation phase, Rocket Internet uses its proprietary processes to create companies from scratch. This involves providing new technologies, market insights, and effective business solutions to help startups achieve segment leadership. For example, Rocket Internet played a crucial role in the success of Dafiti, the largest fashion e-commerce company in Latin America, by offering these essential resources. On the investment side, Rocket Internet operates through its division, Global Founders Capital. This division partners with daring entrepreneurs to fund and support their ventures. The firm’s extensive operational support team accelerates the growth of these ventures, helping them scale dynamically and innovatively. A notable success story is Westwing, an international online retailer for home and living, which benefited from Rocket Internet's investment and shared vision to navigate a fragmented market. Rocket Internet's portfolio is impressive, with over 200 active companies across six continents. The firm makes money through equity stakes in these startups, benefiting from their growth and eventual success. By providing both the initial push through incubation and ongoing support through investment, Rocket Internet ensures that its portfolio companies have the best chance to thrive in competitive markets. Keywords: startup incubator, investment firm, e-commerce, technology, Global Founders Capital, operational support, market insights, business solutions, equity stakes, global portfolio.
Rocket Internet’s biggest current holdings.
An estimate of Rocket Internet’s largest live positions — disclosed shareholding × Dealroom’s latest valuation — across 3 companies where Rocket Internet is a named shareholder, worth about $5M in estimated equity value.
Estimated value = Rocket Internet’s disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. Rocket Internet also appears inside investor groups in Nium, where a standalone stake isn’t disclosed. See the underlying cap tables on Dealroom →
Rocket Internet’s biggest exits.
Portfolio companies that IPO’d or were acquired at $1B+, with the valuation recorded at exit and — for those still public — their value today. Exit events come from each company’s funding-round history; entry stage from Rocket Internet’s transaction record.
Where Rocket Internet’s portfolio is concentrated.
Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 74 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.
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Germany23
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UK9
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Brazil5
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India5
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Singapore5
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USA4
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Australia3
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Nigeria3
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Spain3
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China1
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France1
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Indonesia1
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Fintech20
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Home Living9
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Fashion8
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Marketing7
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Jobs Recruitment6
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Real Estate6
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Transportation6
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Travel6
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Enterprise Software4
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Food4
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Wellness Beauty4
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Education3
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Seed28
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Series B+24
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Series A19
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Breakout Stage30
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Late Growth25
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Early Growth18
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Mature1
Inside Rocket Internet’s portfolio.
The 60 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 74 tracked.
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KnWhere Rocket Internet’s portfolio founders come from.
108 founders across the 74 highest-funded portfolio companies — by current location, university attended, and the companies they worked at before founding. Sourced from the founder records the API links to each portfolio company.
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Germany37
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Spain13
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United Kingdom10
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India5
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Peru5
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France4
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Singapore4
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United States4
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Australia3
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Brazil3
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EBS University6
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WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management6
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ESCP Business School4
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INSEAD Business School4
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London School of Economics and Political Science4
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Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich4
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Technical University Munich4
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University of Cambridge4
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Harvard Business School3
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University of California, Berkeley3
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Boston Consulting Group14
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McKinsey & Company12
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Rocket Internet9
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Bain & Company5
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Groupon4
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Deloitte3
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eBay3
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KPMG3
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Roland Berger3
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Siemens3
Similar investors.
Peers the API surfaces as most similar by portfolio shape, with Dealroom investor rank and portfolio scale.








Key people at Rocket Internet.

