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Rune Theill

CEO & Co-founder

Rockstart

Copenhagen, Netherlands, Denmark

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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.

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Rockstart

Rockstart

Financial Institution

Amsterdam, Netherlands

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 from each of the three funds 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 350 startups and its alumni value to date is more than €1.3bn. 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 asWercker, Dan.com, Hubs.Com, Bouw7, iClinic, and s and Brincr. The company has offices in Amsterdam, Copenhagen, and Bogota.
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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.

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