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About RocketSpace

RocketSpace, an accelerator and incubator program founded in 2011, is based in San Francisco, United States. With a presence in 13 countries, it has supported around 51 startups in sectors like Enterprise Applications, Consumer. As of Oct 2026, RocketSpace has 3 unicorns under its belt and has witnessed 31 portfolio exits. Most notable companies in its portfolio include Uber, Shopify and Spotify. The program primarily supports Seed startups based in Colombia. Its latest investment was a Undisclosed Seed round in nativestatefoods.co on Oct 31, 2017 along with Rabobank.
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2011
Location
San Francisco, United States
Portfolio Companies
Sectors of Investment
Stages of Investment
Grant (prize money) & Seed
Locations of Investment
Unicorn in Portfolio

RocketSpace's List of Top Investments

RocketSpace has a portfolio of 51 companies, including 3 unicorns. Their most notable investmentis in nativestatefoods.coTheir portfolio spans across United States, Canada, China and 10 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Consumer, High Tech and 21 other sectors, across stages such as Grant (prize money), Seed stages. Here is the list of top investments by RocketSpace:

1. Uber

Network providing on-demand transportation, delivery, and business management solutions. It facilitates ride requests and connects individuals with transportation providers. Additionally, it offers delivery services for food and other goods. The network extends to business solutions, providing tools for managing rides, meals, and local deliveries for organizations.

Key facts about Uber

  • Founded Year: 2009
  • Location: San Francisco (United States)
  • Annual Revenue: $1B+ as on Dec 31, 2025
  • Stage: Public
  • Total Funding till date: $13.2B
  • Employee Count: 167,388 as on Sep 30, 2026
  • Investors: TrueBridge, InvestX and 192 Others
  • Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Dec 19, 2020, $*****
  • Highlight: Public
Provider of an all-in-one commerce platform for businesses of all sizes. The platform enables merchants to start, grow, market, and manage their retail operations. It offers tools to build brands, create websites, and customize online stores. The platform also provides solutions for selling products online, in person, and across various channels. It facilitates payment acceptance, marketing, customer management, and business analytics.

Key facts about Shopify

  • Founded Year: 2006
  • Location: Ottawa (Canada)
  • Stage: Public
  • Total Funding till date: $122M
  • Employee Count: 30,125 as on Sep 30, 2026
  • Investors: Georgian, Ringway Capital and 19 Others
  • Latest Funding Round: Series C, Dec 11, 2013, $*****
  • Highlight: Public
Provider of a platform for streaming digital music and podcasts. The platform allows users to listen to a wide variety of audio content. It is accessible via web browsers and dedicated applications.

Key facts about Spotify

  • Founded Year: 2006
  • Location: Stockholm (Sweden)
  • Annual Revenue: €1B+ as on Dec 31, 2025
  • Stage: Public
  • Total Funding till date: $2.06B
  • Employee Count: 19,363 as on Jul 31, 2026
  • Investors: ADS Ventures, 2020 Ventures and 127 Others
  • Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Feb 10, 2023, $*****
  • Highlight: Public
Developer of mobile applications for learning various foreign language skills. The platform utilizes interactive exercises and gamified lessons to teach vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation. Users progress through structured levels while receiving immediate feedback on their performance. The software adapts curriculum content based on individual user progress and accuracy.

Key facts about Duolingo

  • Founded Year: 2011
  • Location: Pittsburgh (United States)
  • Stage: Public
  • Total Funding till date: $183M
  • Employee Count: 900 as on Dec 31, 2025
  • Investors: HTIF, ADS Ventures and 19 Others
  • Latest Funding Round: Series H, Nov 18, 2020, $*****
  • Highlight: Public
Kabam is a video game developer and publisher based in Canada.It specializes in mid-core games and MMOs for mobile and web platforms. It is focused on developing AAA mobile games. It has developed multiple games including "Marvel: Contest of Champions" and "Transformers: Forged to Fight" based on a Freemium model for mobile platforms and web platforms such as Facebook, Yahoo and their website. Has won multiple awards including "Apple Editors Choice 2014" and "Google Play Editors Choice 2014" for its game Marvel Contest of Champions.

Key facts about Kabam

RocketSpace's Investments by Stage

RocketSpace has made 1 investment in Grant (prize money) stage with an average round size of $50K and 1 investment in Seed stage.

RocketSpace's Investments by Sector

RocketSpace has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Auto Tech, Enterprise Applications, High Tech and Internet of Things - Industry Applications. Notably, it has invested in 45 Tech companies, 34 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 29 Software companies and at least 26 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).
Here are RocketSpace's investments by sector:
Sector
No. of Investments
Auto Tech
1
Enterprise Applications
1
High Tech
1
Internet of Things - Industry Applications
1
Breakdown of RocketSpace's investments by sectorsAuto Tech (1)Enterprise Applic... (1)
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

RocketSpace's Investments by Geography

RocketSpace has made most investments in Colombia (1), followed by United States where it has made 1 investment.

RocketSpace's recent investments

RocketSpace has not made any investment in 2026 so far.
Here are the most recent investments by RocketSpace:
Date
Company
Location
Round Details
Round Amount
Co-Investors
Oct 31, 2017
Colombia
Seed
5698
Dec 03, 2015
United States
Grant (prize money)
7072

Unicorns in RocketSpace's Portfolio

RocketSpace has 3 unicorns in its portfolio - Intercom, Docker and Hootsuite. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Intercom. It became a unicorn in 2018, 8 years before RocketSpace first invested in it.
Here is a list of unicorns in RocketSpace's portfolio:
Tracxn Score
Company
Short Description
Founded year
Sector
Location
Company Stage
First Investment/ Acquisition Details
76
Provider of a customer service and support platform offering AI-powered solutions for managing customer interactions
2011
San Francisco
Series D
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62
Cloud based open source platform offering docker suite
2008
Palo Alto
Series E
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69
AI based social media management platform for businesses
2008
Vancouver
Series B
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IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in RocketSpace's Portfolio

10 of RocketSpace's portfolio companies have become public. Klarna got listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), in Sep 2025 at marketcap of $15.1B and Duolingo got listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) at marketcap of $3.66B.
Here are RocketSpace's portfolio companies that went public:
Company
IPO Date
First Invested on
First Round of Investment
Round Size
Sep 10, 2025
-
-
2972
Jul 28, 2021
-
-
5987
Aug 05, 2020
-
-
8225
May 09, 2019
-
-
7635
Oct 03, 2018
-
-
3965

Acquired companies in RocketSpace's Portfolio

21 companies from RocketSpace's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Wish Shopping.
Here are RocketSpace's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company
Acquisition Date
First Invested on
First Round of Investment
Round Size
Feb 10, 2024
-
-
2600
Aug 10, 2021
-
-
4565
Feb 26, 2021
-
-
9406
Nov 05, 2019
-
-
6769
May 30, 2019
-
-
7694

Co-investors of RocketSpace

Over the past 11 years, 3 investors have co-invested in RocketSpace's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.

  • Top Co-investors of RocketSpace: 2 investors entered a company along with RocketSpace. These include investors like Comerica (1 company).
  • Invested after RocketSpace: Giesecke+Devrient (1 company) is the only investor which has invested in RocketSpace's portfolio after their investments.

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