# Rocket Internet

> Rocket Internet is a VC fund in Berlin backing E-Commerce and Internet. See 145 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Total investments: 145
- Last investment: May 2023
- Lead investor: 26%
- Fund size: $679M
- Last fund: Oct 2019
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/1298456
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/RocketBerlin
- Website: https://www.rocket-internet.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rocket-Internet/233785336728076

Rocket Internet is a VC fund in Berlin focused on E-Commerce and 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.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 39 | 27% |
| Internet | 24 | 17% |
| FinTech | 18 | 12% |
| Financial Services | 15 | 10% |
| Fashion | 11 | 8% |

145 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 30 | 21% |
| Series A | 26 | 18% |
| Funding Round | 20 | 14% |
| Series B | 14 | 10% |
| Pre-Seed | 10 | 7% |

14 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 38 | 26% |
| Singapore | 9 | 6% |
| United Kingdom | 8 | 6% |
| United States | 7 | 5% |
| India | 6 | 4% |

23 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alexander Kudlich | Group MD | 24 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexander-kudlich |
| C. Serkan Baydin | Head of Search | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/c-serkan-baydin |
| Eyad Alkassar | Managing Director Middle East Internet Group | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eyad-alkassar |
| Frankie Lynn | Business Development Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frankie-lynn |
| Heavent Malhotra | Managing Director Rocket Internet India | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/heavent-malhotra |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Apata | Apata the go-to fraud prevention provider for fintech issuers. | $5M | Seed | May 05, 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 |  |
| The Coterie | The Coterie provides end-to-end investment management for GPs and LPs.Our founders—Ethan Agarwal, Jeson Patel, and Chris Boies—have all founded and sold companies before. We’ve raised $50M in funding, led by Andreessen Horowitz. Other investors include Garry Tan (Midas List), Gokul Rajaram (IFKYK), Mar Hershenson (Midas List), Stanley Tang(Doordash co-founder), and more. | $40M | Series A | Oct 24, 2022 |  |
| The Coterie | The Coterie provides end-to-end investment management for GPs and LPs.Our founders—Ethan Agarwal, Jeson Patel, and Chris Boies—have all founded and sold companies before. We’ve raised $50M in funding, led by Andreessen Horowitz. Other investors include Garry Tan (Midas List), Gokul Rajaram (IFKYK), Mar Hershenson (Midas List), Stanley Tang(Doordash co-founder), and more. | $7M | Seed | Oct 24, 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 |  |
| Knoma | Knoma offers a payment solution and marketplace for lifelong learning. The business is tackling the digital skills gap as the global economy shifts into the fourth industrial revolution. We help people looking to future proof their career or move into new areas of work by reducing the barrier of payment and removing the pain point of sourcingtechnical courses.The business is built upon the firm belief in the importance of lifelong education to drive improvements in our customers’ future prosperity. We believe education should be accessed in a short, but frequent manner; at a lower price point and a focus on gaining technical, digital and data skill-sets. All users can gain access up to £10,000, where the cost of a course can be spread over 12 months with flexible repayments. The product is completely free to all end users with no interest or fees applicable. Knoma works with leading coding and tech schools. We are a fun and driven team, ready to make an impact! | $4M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 19, 2022 |  |
| AppX | AppX empowers creators to launch their personal apps and monetize their audience via courses and premium content. Appx started with educational creators and now expanded with gaming and fitness creators. | $1.3M | Seed | Jan 18, 2022 |  |
| Jupiter | Jupiter is a digital retail bank that specializes in legal, accounting, book-keeping, auditing activities, tax consultancy, market research and public opinion polling, and business and management consultancy. Jupiter is India’s first & only co-created banking experience dedicated to Millenials. | $86M | Series C | Dec 27, 2021 |  |
| Vertical Aerospace | Vertical Aerospace designs and develops electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for passenger and mission-oriented transport. The company’s products include piloted eVTOL airframes such as Valo, which are engineered to operate with zero operational emissions, vertical lift capability, and extended range and speed for urban andintercity routes. It also works on hybrid-electric variants and mission profiles that extend to cargo and emergency services to broaden use cases. Vertical Aerospace collaborates with aerospace partners on safety certification, propulsion systems, and advanced materials to support aircraft development and integration. The company engages with global aviation operators and infrastructure partners to prepare these aircraft for entry into service following regulatory approval. |  | Post-IPO Equity | Dec 16, 2021 |  |
| Clevergy | We unlock energy insights to everyone through energy retailers | $566K | Pre-Seed | Dec 01, 2021 |  |

10 of 145 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Rocket Internet invest in?

Rocket Internet invests primarily in E-Commerce, Internet and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 145 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Rocket Internet?

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### Who are the partners at Rocket Internet?

The team at Rocket Internet includes Alexander Kudlich (Group MD), C. Serkan Baydin (Head of Search) and Eyad Alkassar (Managing Director Middle East Internet Group), among 9 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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