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Rocket Internet

Corporate venture · Founded 2007 · Active in 2026

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20 Power Law outcomes Power Law Ranking #499 · Global · 20 Power Law outcomes · Active 2026
Unicorns ↑ 18% 5y
13
Decacorns ↓ 100% 5y
0
Thoroughbreds ↑ 40% 5y
16

Rocket Internet is a corporate venture based in Germany, founded in 2007. The page below shows 20 Power Law outcomes from Rocket Internet's portfolio — 13 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 4 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).

Outcomes are concentrated in eCommerce & Marketplaces · Fintech · Other; top portfolio geographies are Germany · USA · Portugal. Rocket Internet ranks #499 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.

Portfolio analysis

The 20 Rocket Internet Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).

Snapshot of where the outcomes are concentrated by country, sector, and stage entered.

By countryCount
  1. Germany9
  2. USA2
  3. Portugal1
  4. UK1
  5. Ireland1
  6. UAE1
  7. Sweden1
  8. Nigeria1
  9. Singapore1
  10. Japan1
  11. Luxembourg1
By sectorCount
  1. eCommerce & Marketplaces9
  2. Fintech4
  3. Other3
  4. Marketing3
  5. Other B2B Software1
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series B+13
  2. Series A1
  3. Seed3
01 · Portfolio market map

Rocket Internet's 20 Power Law outcomes.

Stage entered
Outcome tier
Region
Group by
20 of 20 Power Law outcomes
02 · Founder talent

Where Rocket Internet's founders come from — and where they study.

158 founders across the 20 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management and Rocket Internet are the deepest single pipelines.

LocationCount
Germany54
France10
Denmark7
Sweden5
Spain5
Nigeria5
Russia4
Poland4
Brazil4
Norway3
+8 more →
UniversityCount
WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management11
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich6
Harvard Business School6
Copenhagen Business School5
HEC Paris5
University of Münster5
EBS University5
London School of Economics and Political Science5
INSEAD Business School4
Technical University Munich4
+67 more →
Origin companyCount
Rocket Internet17
Lieferheld3
Zalando2
Postmates1
Loveholidays1
Job&Talent1
Admiral Group1
Grab1
Agilisys1
Amazon1
+11 more →
Origin = country a founder is born in or grew up in (founders may have multiple origins; counts include all entries). University = highest-listed degree. Origin company = a previous employer where the founder was tagged before starting their current company.
03 · Key people

Key people at Rocket Internet.

Senior investment team at Rocket Internet has not been published on this profile yet.
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04 · Compare with peers

How does Rocket Internet stack up?

Rocket Internet in orange, your selection in blue and other colours. Pick from the global roster of 35 peer investors — scope by startup location or hit "Find similar shapes" to auto-pick the three closest. The funnel matrix mirrors the spider chart on the ranking page; the line chart shows each firm's share of unicorns minted in the selected startup location — peaks reveal vintage years.

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Share of new unicorns per year

% of global unicorns minted that year, year by year · hover the chart to see which unicorns

Stage focus

Companies by entry stage and outcome tier

Sector focus

Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectors
Source: Dealroom Power Law dataset. Investors shown are the 2026 Power Law top 35 by combined entry-to-outcome score, drawn from the overview and locations_data sheets. Funnel-matrix axes rescale per-axis using the maximum among the currently selected investors, so the polygons always fill the chart for shape comparison.

Sentiment on X

What X is saying about Rocket Internet

An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Rocket Internet on X over the past 7 days. We rank by likes & retweets, ignore corporate channels, and surface the themes that broke out from real people.

Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…

Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour

In the news

Latest news about Rocket Internet

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