Rockstart is a self-described global accelerator that empowers founders to drive positive change on a global scale, providing support from start to series B through investment, expertise, and community.

Rockstart

Rockstart is an early stage investor that empowers purpose-driven founders across three domains: Energy, AgriFood, and Emerging Technologies. 

Rockstart invests in early-stage startups from each of the three funds and provides access to capital, market, and expertise by connecting founders with co-investors, mentors, partners, corporates, and the wider Rockstart network.

Rockstart has invested in more than 350 startups and its alumni value to date is more than €1.3bn. Rockstart is an international team of 45+ professionals dedicated to empowering purpose-driven founders to become scalable and drive positive change on a global scale. Rockstart has notable exits such asWercker, Dan.com, Hubs.Com, Bouw7, iClinic, and s and Brincr. The company has offices in Amsterdam, Copenhagen, and Bogota.

Syndy

Wercker

Hubs

Postcron

Sleep.ai

Stukio

Bomberbot

Bouw7

Codeplace

Gibbon

iClinic

imgZine

Eneco Ventures

The videos from TechChill earlier this year are live! 📽️ Michael Bjørnlund, Managing Partner for Rockstart Emerging Tech, joined a panel on Investing Redefined: Beyond Unicorns and Zebras.

The panel covered the changing dynamics of the investment world. Press play for:

✅ A thought-provoking discussion with investors on selecting the right partners who prioritize sustainable growth over burnout.
✅ Navigating the 'new normal' in investment, where success is not just measured in valuations, but in balanced, healthy growth.

Michael was joined by Jone Vaituleviciute (FIRSTPICK), Petar Tsachev (LAUNCHub Ventures), and Arvydas Bloze (Practica Capital) for the panel.

Find the full video here - https://brnw.ch/21wKYVZ

🌟 Meet the #WomenAtRockstart: Luisa Murillo, Community Coordinator

Originally from Colombia, Luisa has made the Netherlands home for the past three years. Luisa has a background in agribusiness, entrepreneurship & innovation, and working with entrepreneur communities across various startup challenges and accelerators. With her creative, enthusiastic, and people-focused approach, Luisa is on a mission to take the Rockstart community to the next level.

Swipe through to learn more ➡️

Love to see our portfolio founders thriving! 🌟 Charlene Putney, Co-Founder & COO of Write With LAIKA, a Rockstart Emerging Tech portfolio company, is a 2024 nominee for VentureBeat Women in AI Awards. 🚀🎉

She’s up for AI Entrepreneur: Bringing AI out of the lab and into the real world. The award honors women who have started promising AI companies. Considerations include business traction, tech solutions, and impact. Learn more: https://brnw.ch/21wL154

LAIKA's next-gen creativity tools let writers fine-tune language models to create unique "brains." Check out their new Writing Room that launched last month: https://brnw.ch/21wL1id

Congrats Charlene and the LAIKA team! 🎊👏

🌟 Kavaken, a Rockstart Energy portfolio company, has successfully raised $1.1 million to revolutionize the renewable energy industry! 💡🌱

Kavaken's innovative SaaS platform is set to transform how renewable energy plants are operated, financed, and insured, driving efficiency and sustainability across the sector. 

Max ter Horst, Managing Partner of Rockstart Energy, shares: "At Rockstart Energy Fund, we are committed to supporting disruptive technologies that have the potential to reshape the energy landscape. Kavaken's unique platform holds immense promise for transforming how renewable energy plants are managed, financed, and insured, and we are thrilled to be part of their journey."

Congratulations to the entire Kavaken team on this milestone! 🚀

🔗 https://brnw.ch/21wKYwu

📢 Did you hear? Beholder recently secured €600,000 for their AI-based remote sensing platform for critical minerals and energy resources exploration.

At Latitude59’s pitching competition during the international startup and technology conference in Tallinn last month, Beholder earned the largest investment of €600,000. The competition also saw AskToSell  take home €300,000 and GaltTec secure €100,000.

Beholder joined the Rockstart Energy portfolio earlier this year. A huge round of applause to the entire team! 👏👏👏

https://brnw.ch/21wL0mt

The excitement continues in Amsterdam this week as our Energy portfolio companies pitched at their own Startup Spotlight! 🌟

Founders who joined Rockstart Energy in Spring 2024 had the chance to showcase their solutions for shaping the future of the sector, spanning from energy storage solutions to carbon insetting and plenty more in between⚡

For Energy Spring 2024, we were thrilled to welcome Beholder, Holy Technologies, Eddy Grid, and 123Carbon 🚀

Keep an eye out, these founders have a bright future ahead!

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