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.
Fibersail provides a continuous and automated real-time shape monitoring service for wind turbine blades. Its service monitors and analyzes windmill blades in terms of shape, condition, and behavior by using a shape sensing system based on FBG (Fiber Bragg Grating) fiber optic research. The company’s real-time information helps wind turbine operators to maximize performance and availability while preventing failures and maintenance costs from their windmills. Fibersail was founded in 2014 and is based in Oeiras, Portugal with an additional office in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Fibersail provides a continuous and automated real-time shape monitoring service for wind turbine blades. Its service monitors and analyzes windmill blades in terms of shape, condition, and behavior by using a shape sensing system based on FBG (Fiber Bragg Grating) fiber optic research. The company’s real-time information helps wind turbine operators to maximize performance and availability while preventing failures and maintenance costs from their windmills. Fibersail was founded in 2014 and is based in Oeiras, Portugal with an additional office in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
HealthyRoad - Biometric Systems, LDA develops a facial biometric software for the automotive sector. Its software recognizes drivers’ facial features, such as drowsiness, fatigue levels, distraction, emotions, and stress levels; and alerts the driver for dangerous driving behavior. The company offers embedded driver monitoring, aftermarket driver monitoring, and in cabin monitoring systems. It serves computer vision, health, marketing, and security industries. HealthyRoad - Biometric Systems, LDA was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Porto, Portugal.
HealthyRoad - Biometric Systems, LDA develops a facial biometric software for the automotive sector. Its software recognizes drivers’ facial features, such as drowsiness, fatigue levels, distraction, emotions, and stress levels; and alerts the driver for dangerous driving behavior. The company offers embedded driver monitoring, aftermarket driver monitoring, and in cabin monitoring systems. It serves computer vision, health, marketing, and security industries. HealthyRoad - Biometric Systems, LDA was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Porto, Portugal.
TOP Docs designs and develops document collaboration tools for mobiles and the web. The company offers a multi-cloud office platform that allows users from various clouds to collaborate on MS Word documents, Open Office, and Google Docs. It also enables its users to write, edit, collaborate, share, search, access, read, copy, move, and organize documents. TOP DOCS was founded on April 10, 2014, and is based in Porto, Portugal.
Codeplace operates a learning platform designed to assist users in developing web applications through a structured program. The platform includes various features such as video lectures, searchable content, and tools for code sourcing and live app previews. It offers courses covering topics like Ruby on Rails fundamentals, social networks, and crowdfunding marketplaces. Additionally, the program emphasizes practical experience by guiding students through the creation of real-world projects, thereby enhancing their coding skills. Founded in 2014 and based in Amsterdam, Codeplace became a subsidiary of Academia de Código in 2018, further expanding its educational reach in the field of web development.