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Eddy Grid raises €1.5 million to accelerate the fight against grid congestion

Rockstart announces its co-investment in Eddy Grid, a Rockstart Energy portfolio company. The €1.5 m round was led by the Graduate Entrepreneur fund, Herberth Samsom, alongside Rockstart’s Energy F...

Circadian raises €1.25M to accelerate the energy transition for telecom towers in frontier markets

Rockstart announces its co-investment in Circadian, a Rockstart Energy portfolio company. The startup plans to use the funding to expand its SaaS data platform functionality and scale up operations...

Klimate.co secures €3.5 M in seed round to advance carbon removal technologies and ensure transparency

Rockstart announces its co-investment in Klimate.co, a Rockstart Energy portfolio company. The startup plans to use the funding to grow its team, scale internationally, and further develop Klimate....

Helio raises €4.9m round to revolutionize cloud computing

Rockstart announces its co-investment in Helio. The startup plans to use this funding to accelerate its market penetration, in areas like 3D rendering and AI while addressing cloud computing enviro...

IM Efficiency raises seed round to accelerate the use of solar energy in road freight transportation

Rockstart announces its co-investment in IM Efficiency, a Rockstart Energy portfolio company. The seed round was led by Brabant Development Agency (BOM), alongside Rockstart and other private inves...

Dexter Energy secures €10.5m to further accelerate the energy transition towards a fully renewable power system

Rockstart announces its co-investment in Dexter Energy, a Rockstart Energy portfolio company. The €10.5m Series B round is led by ETF Partners and Astelia, with participation from existing investor...

OKTO raises €3m to digitize grid assets

Rockstart announces its co-investment in OKTO GRID, a Rockstart Energy portfolio company. The €3m round saw participation from Elewit and EMD Fonden.

Sympower secures €22 million of further VC investment to accelerate Europe's energy transition

Sympower, Rockstart 2016 portfolio company, has raised an oversubscribed €22 million investment round from a group of five venture capital funds to finance growth in low carbon grid-balancing se...

Micro Mobility Platform Lanterne raises €400K from Rockstart and a group of business angels

Rockstart announces its investment in Lanterne, an existing Rockstart portfolio company. The €400k seed round was raised from Rockstart alongside other co-investors.

Blade monitoring startup Fibersail raises €5m to reduce the cost of wind energy

Rockstart announces its investment into Fibersail, a Rockstart Energy portfolio company. The startup raised a €5m investment round led by FORWARD.one alongside Rockstart, Innoenergy, Caixa Capital...

Rockstart Energy makes final close at €27m to boost the energy transition

Rockstart announces the closing of its Energy fund at €27m with the participation of Hubs.com founders, Rockstart 2013 alumni, and several mentors. The fund’s close exceeds its initial target.

EV charging platform Soolutions raises a €800k seed round from Rockstart and a consortium of angel investors

Rockstart announces its co-investment in Soolutions, a Rockstart Energy portfolio company. The €800k seed round was led by a consortium of angel investors with Rockstart as co-investor.

Rockstart launches second AgriFood Fund to double down on early stage impactful Ag & Food Tech startups

Rockstart announces its second AgriFood fund, advancing its mission to finance the shift toward a regenerative and sustainable future.

Nanomik Biotechnology raises €800k seed round to expand the use of biological plant protection

Rockstart announces its co-investment in Nanomik Biotechnology, a Rockstart AgriFood portfolio company. The €800k round was led by TRAngels, alongside Rockstart, C Ventures, and Arya Women Angel In...

Mooofarm raises $13m in Series A round

Rockstart announces its co-investment in Mooofarm. The round was led Aavishkaar Capital and saw participation from Accel Partners, Aditya Birla Ventures, Navus Ventures and Alteria Capital.

ChefMe raises pre-seed round to strengthen its position as the Nordics leading private chefs platform

Rockstart announces its co-investment in ChefMe, a Rockstart AgriFood portfolio company. The €700k round was led by business angel investor Bjørn Bruun and HumanAct VC alongside Rockstart and Moonr...

Biotic raises €2m seed round to commodify biodegradable plastic materials

Rockstart announces its co-investment in Biotic, a Rockstart Agrifood portfolio company. The € 2m round was led by Paseo Rosalez, UM6P Ventures, The Yield Lab Asia Pacific, Norfolk Green Ventures, ...

Orderlion raises €4m to make the global B2B food supply chain more scalable

Rockstart announces its co-investment in Orderlion. The investment round was led by a new European VC alongside Rockstart with the participation from German early-stage investor seed + speed Ventur...

Peelo raises pre-seed round to extend food shelf life and cut down single-use plastic waste

Rockstar announces its co-investment in Peelo, a Rockstart Agrifood portfolio company. The startup plans to use the funding to further develop their products, expand the team, and enter new markets...

Innomy raises €1.3m to develop alternative protein sources based on mushrooms

Rockstart announces its investment in the Spanish food tech startup Innomy. The €1,3m round was led by Corporación Cervino, Zubi Capital, Eatable Adventures, the National Center for Technology and ...

Flavor Enhancer startup REDUCED raises €2.9m to solve food waste through taste

Rockstart announces its investment in REDUCED, an existing Rockstart portfolio company. The €2.9m seed round was led by Vækstfonden and VÅR Ventures, alongside Rockstart, Pollen Capital and busines...

Plant Based Cheese startup Willicroft raises €2m pre seed round led by PINC and Rockstart

Rockstart announces its co-investment in Willicroft, a Rockstart AgriFood portfolio company. The €2m pre seed round was led by PINC, Paulig’s venture arm alongside Rockstart, Döhler and Feast Vent...

Agtech weather company FieldSense raises €2.9m seed round from Danish Agro and Rockstart

Rockstart announces its co-investment in FieldSense, a Rockstart AgriFood portfolio company. The €2.9m seed round was led by Danish Agro, with Rockstart as co-investor alongside Pajbjergfonden.

Agri-biotech startup GreenPod Labs raises € 500K pre-seed round from IAN and Rockstart

Rockstart announces that GreenPod Labs, agri-biotech startup from its AgriFood portfolio, has raised € 500k pre- seed round led by Indian Angel Network (IAN) with Rockstart as a co-investor.

Rockstart launches the world's longest and Europe's first full-year health startup scale program

A hands-on, partner integrated program with more available capital and longer support. The program will take place within the heart of Health Valley, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Boehringer Ingelheim joins Rockstart's New Health Leadership Program

Europe’s leading startup accelerator, Rockstart, is proud to announce the fruitful new collaboration with the research-driven pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim for the new Rockstart Heal...

Rockstart werkt samen met Sensire voor ‘Health Accelerator’ programma

Rockstart, Europa’s meest toonaangevende startup accelerator, kondigt met trots aan dat het voor hun gloednieuwe Rockstart Health Accelerator programma een productief nieuw partnerschap is aangegaa...

Rockstart Partners with Sensire for New Health Program

Europe’s leading startup accelerator, Rockstart, is proud to announce a fruitful new partnership with a prominent healthcare organization for their all-new Rockstart Health program. Sensire is one ...

MQS raises €600k pre-seed round to further bridge the gap between laboratories and quantum chemistry

Rockstart announces its co-investment in Molecular Quantum Solution (MQS) led by Scale Capital. With this new funding, the startup plans to convert the tool stack they have developed to a SaaS sol...

No-code data analytics platform Forloop raises €875k round to democratize access to external data

Rockstart announces its investment in Forloop from its newly launched Emerging Tech fund. The startup plans to use the funding to grow its user base and enter new markets.

Rockstart launches its third fund to back emerging tech early stage startups

Rockstart announces the launch of its new fund - Rockstart Emerging Tech to fund early stage emerging technology startups and ideas that tackle urgent societal problems through tech-enabled solutions.

Unified VoC Analytics Platform Wonderflow, a Rockstart portfolio company, raises USD20 million

Rockstart announces that its 2014 portfolio company Wonderflow, a leading Unified VoC Analytics platform, has raised €16.5m (USD$20 million) of growth funding led by Toronto-based Klass Capital.

Rockstart’s portfolio company iClinic acquired by Afya Limited for €27.9m

Rockstart, a global accelerator-VC, announces the acquisition of iClinic, one of its portfolio companies from 2013. This exit gives Rockstart a 20+ times return on its investment in iClinic from 20...

Rockstart announces the top 10 startups from the 3rd edition of the AI 2019 program

After weeks of deliberation, Rockstart has finalized the selection and launched its 3rd AI accelerator program, which kicked off last Thursday night in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands. Attendees ...

Ørsted Propel partners with four energy storage startups

Rockstart annouces that Ørsted will partner with four ventures of the Ørsted Propel acceleration program. Ørsted and Rockstart have teamed up and launched Ørsted Propel to accelerate startups with...

Rockstart, AMS Institute and the City of Amsterdam launch the Amsterdam Circular investor readiness program

Amsterdam Circular investor readiness program is designed to support early stage circular startups developing solutions in food, energy, mobility, digitization, biobased and circular construction, ...

Ørsted Propel selects its first startups

Rockstart and Ørsted announce that the first startups for the Ørsted Propel acceleration program have been selected. The four-month open innovation program is kicking off this February.

The Ørsted Propel program is now open for applications

Rockstart announces that the Ørsted Propel program is now open for applications. With a tailor-made program designed by Rockstart, the Propel program seeks to accelerate up to ten startups.

Rockstart and Ørsted partner to accelerate renewable energy startups as part of new Innovation Hub

Rockstart and Ørsted will collaborate to identify innovations for a future powered by renewable energy. The two companies will launch an accelerator program focused on energy system integration as ...

Rockstart and Green for Growth Fund launch Clim@ Scaler 2022

Rockstart has joined forces with Green Growth Fund to organize the first edition of Clim@ Scaler. Clim@ Scaler 2022 aims to boost impactful ventures addressing sustainability issues and looking to ...

Lely and Rockstart launch Feed the Future, the first cross-industry innovation challenge for startups to revolutioniz...

The first edition of the ‘Feed the Future by Lely’ challenge is launched today and calls to the next generation of tech pioneers to innovate and feed the dairy industry with technology solutions. L...

Rockstart offers equity back guarantee following publication of impressive program ratings

Europe's premier startup accelerator Rockstart has delivered high-quality programs for several years offering unparalleled access to capital, market, community, and expertise to the program partici...

Rockstart is closing in on a €15m fund to invest in AgriFood startups

Rockstart is almost ready to close its first fund of €15 million for its AgriFood domain accelerator and fund. Staying true to its commitment to support and empower startups and provide unparallele...

Rockstart joins the Diversity Commitment

Rockstart announces its membership in the Copenhagen-based Diversity Commitment alongside EIFO, Danske Bank, Fonden for Entreprenørskab, Danish Business Angels, and several other VCs. This decisio...

Rockstart appoints Anne Mette Frejsel as COO to further strengthen the model and organization

Rockstart announces the appointment of Anne Mette Frejsel as COO. With over ten years of experience in strategy, sales, and operations, Anne Mette will work together with the Rockstart team as the ...

Rockstart becomes a remote-first company

It took a global pandemic to accelerate remote working to where the world is today; nobody could have foreseen the profound impact that COVID-19 would have. For Rockstart, a global VC/Accelerator, ...

Rockstart leads the way with a new accelerator model with follow-on capital

Rockstart, one of Europe’s first accelerators, has upgraded its model to offer longer-term support for startups. Starting later this year, the company will add investments up until Series B to its ...

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