Rocket Internet
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
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01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
Rocket Internet is a Berlin-based internet company and startup studio founded in 2007 by brothers Marc, Oliver and Alexander Samwer. Known as a clone factory, it industrialized a venture-builder model: copying proven US and Asian internet business models and launching them at speed in Europe, Latin America, Africa and Southeast Asia. Its best-known ventures include Zalando, Delivery Hero, HelloFresh, Home24, Foodpanda and Jumia.
02 / FAILURE REASONS
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03 / EVENT HISTORY
Events in the structured record
- Company founded
Marc, Oliver and Alexander Samwer founded Rocket Internet in Berlin as a startup factory that launches local versions of proven internet business models.
- Peak funding round
Rocket Internet completed its initial public offering on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange on October 2, 2014 at 42.50 euros per share, valuing the company at about 6.7 billion euros.
- Restructuring completed
The company was delisted from the Frankfurt Stock Exchange on October 30, 2020 and continues as a privately held venture builder and investor.
04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT
Difficulty of rebuilding this project today
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05 / CAUSAL CHAIN / AFTERMATH
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