Rockstart

Rockstart is a startup accelerator and venture capital firm founded in 2011, headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands, with additional offices in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Bogotá, Colombia. It specializes in incubating early-stage companies and investing in funding rounds up to Series B across four key sectors: energy, health, agrifood, and emerging technologies. Rockstart connects startups with investors, mentors, and partners, facilitating access to capital, market opportunities, and expertise. The firm has implemented tailored programs that foster collaboration between startups and corporates, enhancing co-creation and commercial partnerships. Since its inception, Rockstart has invested in over 230 startups, helping them raise more than €90 million and create over 700 jobs. Additionally, Rockstart manages a specific fund targeting emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence and advanced manufacturing, with a focus on impact investments in health and emerging markets.

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Freerk Bisschop

Program Director Smart Energy

Mark Durno

Managing Partner AgriFood

Kim Geesink

Director of Corporate Programs

Alexis Podolny

Director of Commercial

Daria Reutovich

Operations Director

Felipe Santamaria

Co-Founder & Managing Director, LATAM

Rune Theill

Investor

Past deals in Smart Cities

Roam.ai

Pre Seed Round in 2017

Roam.ai, formerly known as GeoSpark Inc., is a technology company that specializes in AI-driven location tracking solutions. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Newark, Delaware, Roam.ai has developed a location tracking application that significantly reduces battery consumption, allowing for a tenfold decrease in energy usage. This innovative technology caters to app developers, providing them with efficient tools for location-based analytics and enabling a wide range of applications that can respond dynamically to users' locations. Through its advancements in location tracking, Roam.ai aims to enhance user experience while minimizing the impact on device battery life.

Geolumen

Seed Round in 2016

Streetlight network may play a strategic role in helping cities overcome the challenges to become Smart, particularly to increase street safety, to improve maintenance processes, to enable new services, to reduce energy consumption and pollution. GEOLUMEN provides a wireless network of smart lights for large open spaces (outdoor & indoor), to enable remote control, failure detection and dimming together with location-based services like energy saving, safety, security, parking management and environmental monitoring. A real-time IoT infrastructure that turn lights into a smart city platform.

eGEO

Seed Round in 2016

eGEO LLC, based in Boston, Massachusetts, specializes in the research and development of embedded systems aimed at enhancing energy efficiency and monitoring across various applications, including robotics, the Internet of Things, and home automation. The company produces low-cost Ultra-SmartGrid terminals designed to stabilize local grids and provide real-time metrics, addressing the challenges posed by increased electric vehicle usage and distributed micro-generation. These terminals serve a range of clients, including industries, utilities, and grid operators, offering essential tools for monitoring and optimizing energy consumption in home, commercial, and industrial settings. As a subsidiary of eGEO Tech SAS, eGEO is committed to advancing smart grid technology to make energy systems more adaptable and efficient.