Oliver Samwer
Founder & Chief Executive Officer @ Rocket Internet
Munich, Germany
Oliver Samwer is a seed investor at Rocket Internet in Munich focused on Software and E-Commerce. Oliver Samwer was born in Cologne, Germany, in 1972. Oliver holds M.Sc. degree in Business Administration from WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management. Upon graduation, Oliver and his two brothers founded Alando.de in 1999. After the sale of Alando.de to eBay Inc., he was Managing Director of eBay, responsible for Germany, Switzerland and Austria. In 2000, Oliver and his two brothers founded Jamba! AG, which was acquired by Verisign Inc. in 2004. In 2007, Oliver founded Rocket Internet. Since 2014, Oliver has served as Rocket’s Chief Executive Officer. Oliver is responsible for strategy development and implementation, business development and investor relations.
- Total investments:
- 36
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 19%
Last updated:
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Industries Oliver Samwer invests in
Stages Oliver Samwer invests in
Countries Oliver Samwer invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $500k–$4.1M
- Pre-Seed
- $1.3M–$5.2M
- Series A
- $6.6M–$22M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 5 (14%)
- E-Commerce 5 (14%)
- Internet 4 (11%)
- FinTech 3 (8%)
- Real Estate 3 (8%)
Stage
- Seed 9 (25%)
- Pre-Seed 5 (14%)
- Series A 5 (14%)
- Series C 4 (11%)
- Series B 3 (8%)
Country
- United States 4 (11%)
- Germany 3 (8%)
- Switzerland 3 (8%)
- United Kingdom 3 (8%)
- Singapore 2 (6%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Melotech develops software that applies generative artificial intelligence to media and entertainment, focusing on the creation and distribution of digital content such as music and video. The company builds systems that combine machine learning, data processing, and creative tooling to produce and manage content at scale across digital platforms. | Pre-Seed / Jan 01, 2024 | ||
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Pivot
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Pivot operates as a fintech company. | $21.6M / Series A / Dec 12, 2023 | |
| Blink is a comprehensive online ordering and fleet management system. | $2.1M / Seed / Dec 08, 2023 | ||
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Pivot
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Pivot operates as a fintech company. | $5.2M / Pre-Seed / Oct 02, 2023 | |
| Onyx Private is a modern and more accessible private bank for the new generation of young professionals, investors, and entrepreneurs. We offer a premium and digital banking experience with a white-glove concierge service for all your personal finance, wealth and lifestyle needs. | $4.1M / Seed / May 22, 2023 | ||
| Streamlining local clean energy for large-scale real estate.Easily simulate, plan and realise your buildings’ journey to energy independence and ‘net zero’. With just an address, instantly discover the financial and environmental returns your building can generate by transitioning to clean energy. Once you’re ready select and contract your idealconstruction and financing partners and reduce transition risks. | $3.9M / Seed / May 05, 2023 | ||
| Silkhaus makes living comfortable and convenient through 24/7 mobile support and a digital concierge. | $7.8M / Seed / Nov 14, 2022 | ||
| Portofino Technologies is building financial infrastructure technology to power digital asset adoption Portofino deploys its proprietary market making technology to trade on centralised, decentralised and OTC digital asset markets, and provides token services & investments to Web3 companies. | $50M / Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 15, 2022 | ||
Voicy
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Voicy is the online content platform for discovering, creating and sharing sound-clips and sound-effects on the internet. | $1.3M / Pre-Seed / May 19, 2022 | |
| Streamlining local clean energy for large-scale real estate.Easily simulate, plan and realise your buildings’ journey to energy independence and ‘net zero’. With just an address, instantly discover the financial and environmental returns your building can generate by transitioning to clean energy. Once you’re ready select and contract your idealconstruction and financing partners and reduce transition risks. | $4.1M / Seed / May 05, 2022 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Rocket Internet
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.
Rocket Internet Contacts
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Alexander Kudlich
Group MD
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C. Serkan Baydin
Head of Search
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Eyad Alkassar
Managing Director Middle East Internet Group
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Frankie Lynn
Business Development Manager
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Heavent Malhotra
Managing Director Rocket Internet India
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FAQ
What does Oliver Samwer invest in?
Oliver Samwer invests primarily in Software, E-Commerce and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 36 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Oliver Samwer invest in?
Oliver Samwer typically joins rounds of $500k–$4.1M at Seed, $1.3M–$5.2M at Pre-Seed and $6.6M–$22M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Oliver Samwer's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Oliver Samwer took part in.
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When did Oliver Samwer last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Oliver Samwer closed in Jan 2024. Shizune tracks 36 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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