Rockstart

Rockstart is an accelerator and venture capital firm based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, founded in 2011. It focuses on incubating and investing in early-stage startups, particularly in the sectors of energy, health, agrifood, and emerging technologies. Rockstart aims to empower purpose-driven founders by providing access to capital, mentorship, and a robust network of partners and investors. The firm has established itself as a global player in startup acceleration, offering customized programs that foster collaboration between startups and corporates. With additional offices in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Bogotá, Colombia, Rockstart has invested in more than 230 startups, helping them raise over €90 million and create over 700 jobs. The firm also manages specialized funds, such as Rockstart Emerging Tech, which targets innovative sectors including artificial intelligence and blockchain.

Michael Bjørnlund

Managing Partner, Emerging Technologies

Mark Durno

Managing Partner AgriFood

Francisca Sousa Guedes

Investment Manager

Max ter Horst

Managing Partner, Energy

Suzanne Kroeze

Investment Manager, Emerging Tech

Gem Kua

Investment Manager, Energy

Felipe Santamaria

Co-Founder and Managing Director, LATAM

Philippe Schuit

Investment Director

Frederik Ploug Søgaard

Senior Investment Associate

Rune Theill

Co-Founder, CEO

Past deals in Internet of Things

Clairify

Seed Round in 2022
SaaS, Entreprise Software, Office Automation, IoT

Wenda

Convertible Note in 2019
Wenda srl develops food integrity data management platform. It develops an IoT device to trace temperature, humidity, shock, box breaching, and overturning during shipment and storage phases. The company’s plug-and-play platform directly processes data from the device and performs elaborate analysis, aggregates trends, and delivers information for decision-making. It provides integrity analytics, multi-access management, document sharing, and interoperability. It serves food and beverages industry, restaurants, retailers, and producers. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Castel Maggiore, Italy.

Cardiomo

Seed Round in 2019
Cardiomo Care, Inc. is a healthcare technology company based in New York, focused on developing wearable devices for continuous health monitoring. Founded in 2016, the company offers a miniature wearable patch that tracks vital signs such as EKG, heart rate, respiratory rate, temperature, and body position. This device works in conjunction with a mobile application and an AI-driven cloud platform to analyze the collected data in real-time. Cardiomo's solution is designed to detect arrhythmias and other health conditions, providing alerts to users and caregivers while facilitating remote patient monitoring. By enabling home-based health tracking, Cardiomo aims to improve patient outcomes, particularly for seniors and those with cardiovascular diseases, while reducing the need for unnecessary hospital visits and minimizing infection risks.

Be Sure Healthcare

Non Equity Assistance in 2018
BeSure Online is a digital platform for daily aging patients’ monitoring, stroke risk mitigation, clinical decision support, and health plans optimization. Using data from wearable devices, IoT and medical equipment, as well as external data, BeSure makes real-time analysis of leading health indicators in order to predict the onset of emergent situations and evaluate health outcomes Precise COVID19: remote patients monitoring and clinical decision support system for healthcare providers with coronavirus COVID-19 patients

OneWatt

Seed Round in 2017
OneWatt is an AI company providing a non-invasive, non-contact predictive motor health maintenance system using sound.

Bamomas

Seed Round in 2017
Bamomas specializes in providing an Industry 4.0 battery monitoring solution as a service. The company has developed a modular cloud-based platform that utilizes non-intrusive wireless sensors to monitor and manage industrial battery systems. This innovative system leverages artificial intelligence to analyze usage patterns, offering predictive analytics that help reduce liabilities on battery warranties and minimize maintenance costs. By enabling remote monitoring, Bamomas allows companies to charge batteries more efficiently and effectively manage their battery systems, thereby preventing unexpected downtime. Their approach ensures scalability and flexibility to meet the diverse needs of their clients.

Crownstone

Seed Round in 2016
Crownstone develops Crownstone, a power plug that switch and dim devices and lamps based on users presence. The company’s Crownstones react to users presence by switching on lights, react to users absence by switching off energy devices, allows users to build their own wake-up light with current bedside lamp, and enables to control from users smartphone. It markets and sells its products online. The company is based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Crownstone operates as a subsidiary of DoBots.

Geolumen

Seed Round in 2016
Geolumen S.r.l. specializes in the production and sale of integrated tele-control and tele-management systems for both public and private lighting. Based in Benevento, Italy, the company offers a wide range of solutions, including environmental monitoring, smart metering, parking management, and waste management, alongside light sensors and remote panic buttons. Geolumen's technology allows for the remote control and management of individual light points, enabling functionalities such as on/off switching, operational state monitoring, dimming, and automated scheduling. The company focuses on enhancing urban environments through its wireless network of smart lights, which supports energy efficiency, safety, and various location-based services. By providing a real-time IoT infrastructure, Geolumen aims to transform traditional lighting systems into comprehensive smart city platforms, ultimately improving the quality of life for citizens while promoting sustainability and effective resource management.

Dajie

Seed Round in 2016
DAJIE Ltd. is a technology company specializing in distributed network and energy infrastructure solutions aimed at fostering smart grids and smart communities. Established in 2015 and headquartered in London, the company offers a modular toolkit that integrates hardware and software, enabling local communities to efficiently share internet and clean energy in a peer-to-peer manner. This solution simplifies the complexities and costs associated with building and managing smart micro-grids and local networks. DAJIE employs blockchain technology to enhance transparency and security, providing a cryptocurrency and wallet system for managing the value generated from shared energy. Additionally, the company utilizes innovative Internet of Things (IoT) devices and open-source software to ensure compatibility with existing systems and various vendor devices, thereby facilitating the implementation and management of energy production and distribution infrastructures.

Wapo.io

Seed Round in 2016
Wapo.io is a collaboration platform based in Greece that focuses on enhancing building operations and user experiences through advanced conversational technology. The platform facilitates a shared and intelligent layer of communication among enterprises, service providers, and installed systems. It offers a comprehensive suite of tools including computables, statistics, benchmarking, comparisons, and normalization to support portfolio management. By uniting all stakeholders under common objectives, Wapo.io aims to boost productivity and operational effectiveness, providing valuable insights and fostering collaboration within the industry.

eGEO

Seed Round in 2016
eGEO LLC, based in Boston, Massachusetts, specializes in the research and development of embedded systems tailored for various applications, including robotics, the Internet of Things (IoT), systems control, energy efficiency, and home automation. As a subsidiary of eGEO Tech SAS, the company addresses the challenges posed by increased electric vehicle usage and the unpredictability of distributed micro-generation in smart electrical grids. To meet these needs, eGEO produces low-cost Ultra-SmartGrid terminals that enhance local grid stabilization and provide real-time metrics valuable to industries, generators, utilities, and grid operators. Additionally, the company develops home automation tools aimed at improving energy efficiency and monitoring across residential, commercial, and industrial sectors.

Vebbu

Seed Round in 2016
Vebbu specializes in designing and manufacturing smart heating and air quality control systems. Founded in 2010 and based in Zagreb, Croatia, the company offers a smart thermostat that enables users to customize heating conditions in different areas of their homes according to schedules or personal preferences. Vebbu's system integrates a relay box compatible with various heating sources, including gas, oil, and wood chip boilers, as well as chillers. Additionally, Vebbu provides an advanced indoor climate solution that incorporates sensors and a heat recovery ventilator, which purifies indoor air while recovering up to 90% of the temperature. The entire system is managed through user-friendly web and smartphone applications, promoting energy efficiency and maintaining clean air quality within residential spaces.

Tinybots

Seed Round in 2016
Tinybots are small social robots that assist the elderly with dementia by providing systematic reminders, personalized music, storytelling, cognitive therapy, and spoken instructions for daily tasks. Using an app, the formal and informal caregivers can configure a Tinybot for personal needs and wishes.

Newatt

Seed Round in 2016
Newatt is a company based in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, specializing in real-time energy cost management systems for medium and large retail stores and supermarket chains. The company leverages artificial intelligence, big data, and the Internet of Things to develop solutions that monitor electricity consumption and provide actionable insights to its customers. By offering real-time data on power usage, Newatt enables businesses to manage their energy consumption more efficiently and reduce costs. The company's focus is primarily on the Latin American market, where it aims to help retailers optimize their energy management practices.

Flowbox

Seed Round in 2016
FlowBox optimizes energy costs and assets’ utilization for medium-sized manufacturing companies by providing cloud aggregation of process control systems, into a single smart-control function. FlowBox has been developed with the aim to become an integral part of the booming trend of automation and data exchange in the manufacturing sector (the so-called Industry 4.0), with focus on medium-sized manufacturing companies. To them, FlowBox serves as a centralized management system for all of their secondary production processes. By aggregation of all of the energy-related processes and devices into a single smart-control environment, FlowBox centrally and constantly optimizes their individual functions, as well as their mutual coexistence and cooperation. By such autonomous and real-time management, FlowBox provides an ultimate efficiency in both the related processes and the overall energy consumption, leading up to 40% savings from the total energy bill, as well as the most efficient assets’ utilization.

Zenodys

Seed Round in 2015
Zenodys B.V. is a company based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, that specializes in developing an Internet of Things (IoT) platform aimed at simplifying the creation and automation of IoT products and services. The platform caters to a diverse audience, including developers, hobbyists, engineers, and enterprises, allowing them to connect, drag and drop, and innovate various IoT solutions. Zenodys focuses on integrating sensors and devices into a cohesive network, enabling users to monitor and manage their systems in real-time. By facilitating the development of prototypes and automating processes, Zenodys aims to enhance the value and functionality of IoT applications across different industries.

Zenodys

Seed Round in 2015
Zenodys B.V. is a company based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, that specializes in developing an Internet of Things (IoT) platform aimed at simplifying the creation and automation of IoT products and services. The platform caters to a diverse audience, including developers, hobbyists, engineers, and enterprises, allowing them to connect, drag and drop, and innovate various IoT solutions. Zenodys focuses on integrating sensors and devices into a cohesive network, enabling users to monitor and manage their systems in real-time. By facilitating the development of prototypes and automating processes, Zenodys aims to enhance the value and functionality of IoT applications across different industries.

Zenodys

Seed Round in 2014
Zenodys B.V. is a company based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, that specializes in developing an Internet of Things (IoT) platform aimed at simplifying the creation and automation of IoT products and services. The platform caters to a diverse audience, including developers, hobbyists, engineers, and enterprises, allowing them to connect, drag and drop, and innovate various IoT solutions. Zenodys focuses on integrating sensors and devices into a cohesive network, enabling users to monitor and manage their systems in real-time. By facilitating the development of prototypes and automating processes, Zenodys aims to enhance the value and functionality of IoT applications across different industries.

PowerTags

Seed Round in 2014
PowerTags specializes in developing systems that enhance energy efficiency and operational management in commercial, industrial, and governmental buildings. The company's core product consists of miniature sensors attached to employee badges, which communicate with wireless devices deployed throughout a facility to track the locations of employees and occupants. This technology serves multiple purposes, including energy efficiency optimization, security enhancements, disaster response, access control, and asset tracking. PowerTags offers a comprehensive solution that integrates both hardware and software, allowing for easy installation and maintenance. Its scalable platform can be configured for either cloud or local server use, enabling real-time monitoring and data analysis tailored to clients' needs. Established in 2012 and based in Israel, PowerTags has successfully deployed its systems with over 30 global customers, including notable corporations, aiming to reduce operational costs while improving safety and efficiency.

Qwiksense

Seed Round in 2013
QwikSense, founded in April 2014 and based in Utrecht, the Netherlands, specializes in providing data analytics aimed at creating pollution-free and energy-efficient work environments. The company employs actionable sensor analytics to monitor various environmental factors, including temperature, humidity, CO2 levels, gas, electricity usage, occupancy, dust, illuminance, noise, and air pressure. By offering insights into workplace conditions, QwikSense helps businesses enhance productivity while minimizing energy costs and reducing their carbon footprint. Through its innovative approach, the company enables organizations to foster healthier work environments, ultimately contributing to both employee well-being and operational efficiency.
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