Investors / Netherlands / Rockstart
Rockstart
Venture capital · Amsterdam, Netherlands · Europe
Rockstart invests in and supports early-stage founders through domain-focused programs in AgriFood, Energy and Emerging Technology. It provides mentoring, market introductions and investment from pre-seed to series B, with offices in Amsterdam, Copenhagen and Bogotá.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningEducation
In its own wordsagrifoodenergyemerging technologysustainabilityclimateseed
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Or find every investor that fitsRockstart lists 9 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 9 funding rounds, 2 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 67% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (24%), Education (18%) and Healthcare & Biotech (12%). 33% of its companies are based in Netherlands. It invests most often alongside 4impact capital, Angel Invest and Backbone Ventures.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Rockstart, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 33% |
| Seed | 67% |
| Series A | 0% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 4 | 1 |
| '26 | 5 | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 19th | 9 companies |
| Recent activity | 89th | 6 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 100th | 100% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 29th | 24% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 84th | 6 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 24% | 18% |
| Education | 18% | 7% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 12% | 15% |
| Fintech | 12% | 12% |
| Space & Defense | 12% | 3% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 6% | 6% |
| Food & Agriculture | 6% | 3% |
| Cybersecurity | 6% | 4% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| 4impact capital | 1 |
| Angel Invest | 1 |
| Backbone Ventures | 1 |
| Borski Fund | 1 |
| Caesar Ventures | 1 |
| Capnamic | 1 |
| Delphinus Venture Capital | 1 |
| Graduate Ventures | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers9100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Rockstart head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Funds
from public registers and its siteRecent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Rockstart| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Sept 2026 | Pre-Seed Led | |
| 20 Aug 2026 | Pre-Seed | |
| 19 Aug 2026 | Pre-Seed | |
| 1 May 2026 | Seed | |
| 1 Jan 2026 | Seed | |
| 6 Dec 2025 | Seed | |
| 4 Nov 2025 | Seed Led | |
| 30 Sept 2025 | Seed |
Round details for Rockstart
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Rockstart's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
9 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aisel connects and contextualizes clinical information for clinicians before, during, and after consultations. | Healthcare & Biotech | Aug 2026Pre-Seed | Funding round | |
| Contribe allows shoppers to support their favorite causes with every purchase at no extra cost | E-commerce & MarketplacesFintech | Nov 2025Seed | Funding round | |
| Decameal produces sustainable crab-based feed ingredients for various industries, including aquaculture, pet food, and poultry. | Food & AgricultureSpace & Defense | May 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Deepentix provides artificial intelligence knowledge assets for regulated enterprises, particularly in the insurance and finance sectors. | FintechHealthcare & Biotech | Aug 2026Pre-Seed | Funding round | |
| Eevi.ai provides an AI-powered language learning platform that helps users build fluency in a new language by talking with a personal AI tutor. | EducationAI & Machine Learning | Sept 2026Pre-Seed | Funding round | |
| GreenShift optimizes cloud computing by eliminating waste at the application layer | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Sept 2025Seed | Funding round | |
| Root Sustainability provides a software platform for retail companies to manage and report their sustainability data | Space & DefenseConsumer | Dec 2025Seed | Funding round | |
| The company develops and provides hardware and software solutions for wind turbine power performance optimization. | EducationEducation | Jul 2025Seed | Funding round | |
| SenseUp develops and produces dsRNA-based solutions for crop protection and animal feed applications | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Jan 2026Seed | Funding round |
About this data
site last read 12 Nov 2026- Site
- rockstart.com
- Last read
- 12 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 1 Jul 2025
- Companies checked
- 9
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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