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Rocket Internet

Global builder and investor in internet and technology companies, with operational support for founders

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About Rocket Internet

Rocket Internet is a company that builds, funds and runs internet and technology businesses around the world. It works with entrepreneurs and gives them hands-on operational support as they scale. Its chief executive, Oliver Samwer, describes the mix as capital plus operational help.

What Rocket Internet offers

  • Company building — creates ventures from scratch using its own processes.
  • Operational support — a large team helping partner companies grow internationally.
  • Investment — its investment division is called Global Founders Capital.
  • Portfolio access — a portfolio of ventures active in many countries.

Who it works with

Entrepreneurs starting or scaling online businesses. Dafiti, a fashion e-commerce company in Latin America, credits it with helping win segment leadership.

Key facts

  • Portfolio: more than 200 companies on six continents
  • Employment: selected companies employed over 42,000 people in 2018
  • Legal form: Rocket Internet SE

Profile written by TrustList from the business's own published information, Oct 2026.

Categories & features

  • Business
  • Internet
  • It
  • Fashion
  • Us,
  • Berlin,

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As of 2026-10-05. Organic ranks only; sponsored placements are never ranks.

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