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Rocket Internet
Corporate venture · Founded 2007 · Active in 2026
Rocket Internet is a corporate venture based in Germany, founded in 2007. The page below shows 20 Power Law outcomes from Rocket Internet's portfolio — 13 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 4 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).
Outcomes are concentrated in eCommerce & Marketplaces · Fintech · Other; top portfolio geographies are Germany · USA · Portugal. Rocket Internet ranks #499 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.
Rocket Internet’s biggest exits.
Rocket Internet portfolio companies worth $1B+ that have IPO’d or been acquired. Each shows its valuation at exit and, in grey, its current value if still public.
Rocket Internet’s selected top 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 →
The 20 Rocket Internet Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).
Snapshot of where the outcomes are concentrated by country, sector, and stage entered.
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Germany9
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USA2
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Portugal1
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UK1
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Ireland1
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UAE1
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Sweden1
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Nigeria1
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Singapore1
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Japan1
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Luxembourg1
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eCommerce & Marketplaces9
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Fintech4
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Other3
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Marketing3
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Other B2B Software1
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Series B+13
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Series A1
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Seed3
Rocket Internet's 20 Power Law outcomes.
How does Rocket Internet stack up?
Rocket Internet in orange, your selection in blue and other colours. Pick from the global roster of 35 peer investors — scope by startup location or hit "Find similar shapes" to auto-pick the three closest. The funnel matrix mirrors the spider chart on the ranking page; the line chart shows each firm's share of unicorns minted in the selected startup location — peaks reveal vintage years.
Share of new unicorns per year
% of global unicorns minted that year, year by year · hover the chart to see which unicornsStage focus
Companies by entry stage and outcome tierSector focus
Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectorsWhere Rocket Internet's portfolio founders come from — and where they studied.
158 founders across the 20 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management and Rocket Internet are the deepest single pipelines.
Key people at Rocket Internet.
Market sentiment
What the market is saying about Rocket Internet
An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Rocket Internet on X over the past 7 days. We rank by likes & retweets, ignore corporate channels, and surface the themes that broke out from real people.
Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…
Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour
In the news
Latest news about Rocket Internet
Recent press, funding announcements, and portfolio moves mentioning Rocket Internet — pulled live from Dealroom's news feed.
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