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    Rocket Internet

    Berlin, GermanyFounded 2007
    www.rocket-internet.comLinkedIn
    E-Commerce & Marketplace

    Rocket Internet SE is a Berlin-based investment firm and startup studio founded in 2007 by the Samwer brothers. It incubates, builds, and strategically invests in internet and technology companies globally, providing operational support to help them scale internationally.

    Average disclosed round size is $74.1M (across 9 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    11

    Fund Size

    $1B

    Top Stage

    Growth

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    PD

    Prof. Dr. Marcus Englert

    Chairman, General Partner at Texas Atlantic Capital

    Timo Klein

    Timo Klein

    Founder and Managing Director nexa partners GmbH

    Dr. Arnd Lodowicks

    Dr. Arnd Lodowicks

    Chief Financial Officer

    Gregor Janknecht

    Gregor Janknecht

    Deputy Chairman

    NL

    Norbert Lang

    Management Consultant

    Oliver Samwer

    Oliver Samwer

    Chief Executive Officer

    PL

    Pierre Louette

    Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Les Echos Le Parisien Group, LVMH

    PD

    Prof. Dr. Joachim Schindler

    Deputy Chairman, Chartered Accountant, Tax Adviser

    Soheil Mirpour

    Soheil Mirpour

    Chairman

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    14 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Pivot Health logoPivot HealthSeries A$22MDec 2023
    InstaFreight logoInstaFreightSeries B$40MJan 2022
    Knotel logoKnotelGrowth—Aug 2019
    ExpertLead logoExpertLeadSeries A—Jun 2019
    Goodlord logoGoodlordSeries B$9.1MOct 2018
    Home24 logoHome24Growth—Sep 2016
    Foodpanda logoFoodpandaGrowth$100MApr 2015
    HelloFresh logoHelloFreshSeries E$126MFeb 2015
    Lazada logoLazadaSeries D$250MNov 2014
    Lazada logoLazadaGrowth—Nov 2014
    Foodpanda logoFoodpandaUnknown$20MMay 2013
    HelloFresh logoHelloFreshSeries C$10MDec 2012
    WWimduSeries C$90MJun 2011
    Sonovate logoSonovateUnknown——

    Top Co-Investors

    Kinnevik6 shared
    Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited2 shared
    Verlinvest2 shared
    Insight Partners2 shared
    Visionaries1 shared
    Anamcara1 shared
    Emblem1 shared
    Phenomen Ventures1 shared
    Vorwerk Ventures1 shared
    HV Capital1 shared
    Mercuri1 shared
    Bloomberg Beta1 shared
    ITOCHU Technology Ventures, Inc.1 shared
    Norwest Venture Partners1 shared
    Founders Fund1 shared
    Fin Capital1 shared
    The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.1 shared
    SEEK Investments1 shared
    Kreos Capital1 shared
    Acton Capital1 shared

    Last updated: 7 October 2026