Rocket Internet

About

Rocket Internet incubates and invests in internet and technology companies globally.

Berlin,Berlin,Germany
251 - 500
https://www.rocket-internet.com/

Highlights

Details

Last Funding Type: Funding Round
Industries: Finance,Financial Services,Incubators,Internet,Software
Founded date: Jan 1, 2007
Number Of Employee: 251 - 500
Operating Status: Active
Stock Symbol: etr:RKET
Legal Name: Rocket Internet SE
Investor Type: Venture Capital

Rocket Internet incubates, builds, develops operationally and strategically invests in internet and technology companies globally. It provides operational support to its companies and helps them scale internationally. Rocket Internet's selected companies are active in a large number of countries around the world.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds

Total Funding Amount

8

€1.39B $2.27B

Rocket Internet has raised a total of €1.39B $2.27B in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Feb 13, 2015 from a Post-IPO Equity round.

Announced Date	Round	Money Raised	Number of Investors	Lead Investors	Post Valuation
Feb 13, 2015	Post-IPO Equity	€588.80M	—	—	—	Detail
Oct 10, 2014	IPO	$1.77B	—	—	—	Detail
Aug 22, 2014	Funding Round	—	1	HV Capital	—	Detail
Aug 15, 2014	Series Unknown	€435M	1	United Internet Ventures	—	Detail
Aug 7, 2014	Funding Round	€333M	1	PLDT	—	Detail

Investments

Number of Investments

Number of Lead Investments

150

41

Rocket Internet has made 150 investments. Their most recent investment was on Oct 24, 2022, when The Coterie raised $33M.

Date Company Name	Round	Money Raised	Industry	Lead Investor
Oct 24, 2022 The Coterie	Series A	$33M	Software	—
Apr 19, 2022 Knoma	Series Unknown	$4M	Banking	—
Jan 18, 2022 AppX	Seed	$1.30M	B2B	—
Dec 27, 2021 Jupiter	Series C	$86M	Banking	—
Dec 16, 2021 Vertical Aerospace	Post-IPO Equity	—	Aerospace	—

Investors

Number of Lead Investors

Number of Investors

7

Rocket Internet is funded by 7 investors. HV Capital and United Internet Ventures are the most recent investors.

Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round
HV Capital	Yes	Funding Round
United Internet Ventures	Yes	Series Unknown
PLDT	Yes	Funding Round
Access Industries	Yes	Series Unknown
Kinnevik	Yes	Series Unknown
Global Founders Capital	Yes	Seed
Mountain Partners	—	Series Unknown

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles

29

Rocket Internet has 29 current employee profiles, including Employee Guilherme Steinbruch

Employee

Employee

Employee

Board member

Executive

Exits

Rocket Internet has had 39 exits. Rocket Internet most notable exits include Global Savings Group , Namshi

Date	Company Name	Exit Type	Industry
Dec 7, 2022	Global Savings Group	M&A	Content Delivery Network	Detail
Aug 20, 2022	Namshi	M&A	E-Commerce	Detail
Apr 25, 2022	Laundrapp	M&A	Apps	Detail
Dec 16, 2021	Vertical Aerospace	IPO	Aerospace	Detail
Apr 26, 2021	Glade	M&A	Enterprise Software	Detail

Acquisition

Rocket Internet has acquired 8 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was 24hae on Feb 11, 2015. They acquired 24hae for 0.

Date Company Name	Industry	Acquisition Type	Price
Feb 11, 2015 24hae	E-Commerce	acquisition	—	Detail
Feb 11, 2015 Talabat	E-Commerce	acquisition	$ 169.50M	Detail
Feb 11, 2015 Pizzabo.it	E-Commerce	acquisition	€ 55M	Detail
Mar 4, 2015 Food Mesenger	Delivery Service	acquisition	—	Detail
Apr 16, 2015 foodora	Delivery	acquisition	—	Detail