Rune Theill
CEO & Co-founder
Rockstart
Copenhagen, Netherlands, Denmark
Rune is the Co-Founder and CEO of Rockstart, a purpose-driven VC-accelerator specializing in multi-stage investments across AgriFood, Energy, and Emerging Tech.
My organisation
About me
Rune has more than ten years of experience in building ecosystems for entrepreneurs. Rune started his career at Venture Cup in 2010 where he was part of the building out the largest business plan for students in the Nordics. In 2011 he joined Startupbootcamp where he focused on community development, marketing, and deal-sourcing. In 2012, Rune moved to Amsterdam to co-found Rockstart. During his time at Rockstart, Rune has had a leading role in selecting and fast-tracking startups across AgriFood, Energy and Emerging Tech. He has also been actively involved in building Rockstart’s current funds. Rune took the position of CEO in 2016.
My organisation
Rockstart is an early stage investor that empowers purpose-driven founders across three domains: Energy, AgriFood and Emerging Technologies.
Rockstart invests in early-stage startups and provides access to capital, market, and expertise by connecting founders with co-investors, mentors, partners, corporates and the wider Rockstart network.
Rockstart has invested in more than 320+ startups and its alumni value to date is more than €1.7bn. Rockstart is an international team of 45+ professionals dedicated to empowering purpose-driven founders to become scalable and drive positive change on a global scale. Rockstart has notable exits such as Wercker, Bouw7, iClinic, Hubs, Brincrk, Greener, and Dan.com. The company has offices in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Copenhagen, Denmark and Bogota, Colombia.
Speaker sessions (1)
Thursday, 6 June 2024
16:15 - 17:15
Impact Exits
- Entrepreneurship
- Capital