# Oliver Samwer

> Oliver Samwer is a seed investor at Rocket Internet (Munich) backing Software and Internet. See 34 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Rocket Internet](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rocket-internet)
- Location: Munich, Germany
- Total investments: 34
- Last investment: Jan 2024
- Lead investor: 18%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliver-samwer-330559/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/oliver_samwer
- Website: https://18salisbury.capital

Oliver Samwer is a seed investor at Rocket Internet in Munich focused on Software and Internet. 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 andAustria. 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.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $500k–$4.1M |
| Pre-Seed | $1.3M–$5.2M |
| Series A | $6.6M–$22M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 5 | 15% |
| Internet | 4 | 12% |
| E-Commerce | 4 | 12% |
| Real Estate | 3 | 9% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 9% |

42 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 9 | 26% |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 15% |
| Series A | 4 | 12% |
| Series B | 3 | 9% |
| Series C | 3 | 9% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 3 | 9% |
| Switzerland | 3 | 9% |
| United States | 3 | 9% |
| Singapore | 2 | 6% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 6% |

8 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Melotech | 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 |  |
| Pivot | Pivot operates as a fintech company. | $21.6M | Series A | Dec 12, 2023 |  |
| Blink | Blink is a comprehensive online ordering and fleet management system. | $2.1M | Seed | Dec 08, 2023 |  |
| Pivot | Pivot operates as a fintech company. | $5.2M | Pre-Seed | Oct 02, 2023 |  |
| Onyx Private | 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 |  |
| enshift | 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 | Silkhaus makes living comfortable and convenient through 24/7 mobile support and a digital concierge. | $7.8M | Seed | Nov 14, 2022 |  |
| Portofino Technologies | 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 | 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 |  |
| enshift | 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 |  |

10 of 34 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [HV Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/holtzbrinck-ventures) — VC Fund, 12 deals together
- [RTP Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rtp-global) — VC Fund, 12 deals together
- [DTCP](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dtcp) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Headline](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/headlinevc) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [New Enterprise Associates](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-enterprise-associates) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Village Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/village-global-2) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

## About Rocket Internet

VC Fund · Berlin, Germany

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.

5 contacts available at Rocket Internet.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alexander Kudlich | Group MD | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexander-kudlich |
| C. Serkan Baydin | Head of Search | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/c-serkan-baydin |
| Eyad Alkassar | Managing Director Middle East Internet Group | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eyad-alkassar |
| Frankie Lynn | Business Development Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frankie-lynn |
| Heavent Malhotra | Managing Director Rocket Internet India | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/heavent-malhotra |

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## FAQ

### What does Oliver Samwer invest in?

Oliver Samwer invests primarily in Software, Internet and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 34 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Oliver Samwer's check size?

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 ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Oliver Samwer participates in.

### When did Oliver Samwer last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Oliver Samwer closed in Jan 2024. Shizune tracks 34 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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