Rune Theill

CEO & Co-Founder

2016 - Current

Rockstart invests in and supports startups within the domains of Energy, AgriFood, and Emerging Tech. Rockstart provide startups with access to capital, market, community, and expertise by connecting them to partners, investors, mentors and the wider relevant ecosystem through our hubs in The Netherlands, Denmark, and Colombia. Since its inception, Rockstart has invested in more than 260 startups and supported them in their journey to raise more than €130 million and hire more than 700 people. Rockstart is an international team of 40+ professionals dedicated to support and empower startups to become scalable and change their world for the better.

Co-Founder

2011

Rockstart invests in and supports startups within the domains of Energy, AgriFood, and Emerging Tech. Rockstart provide startups with access to capital, market, community, and expertise by connecting them to partners, investors, mentors and the wider relevant ecosystem. Since the inception, Rockstart has invested in 202 startups and supported them in their journey to raise more than €89 million and hire more than 700 people. Rockstart is an international team of 35+ professionals dedicated to support and empower startups to become scalable and change their world for the better.

Jury member

2011 - 2019

A student business plan competition covering five categories: Cleantech & Environment; Life Science & MedTech; Mobile & Web; People & Society; and Product & Technology. The competition focuses primarily on idea originality, early stage business development, and scalability.

Board Member

2015 - 2017

First Programming Online School to teach people how to code using project based education methodologies.

Founder

2008 - 2012

A startup focused on creating a sustainable model for the Christmas tree market. The original purpose of this business was to rent Christmas trees in a pot to consumers and businesses and by lowering the yearly cost and making it a more sustainable solution, it would be a win-win for everyone. I learned that seasonable businesses are hard to scale and this one even more due to a complicated logistics model. Due to my involvement in Rockstart, I decided to sell the inventory and customer base to a competitor in the Danish market in mid-2012.

Associate

2010 - 2011

Project Manager

2010 - 2011

Technology

2006 - 2010

Project Manager

2008 - 2008

I was hired to execute on a trial project to get more ambassadors at universities for the yearly collection of aid by going door to door. They were seeking to promote the yearly collection on every relevant college and university programme in the Greater Copenhagen area. Part of the assignment was to give 20 lectures plus coordinating more lectures for other ambassadors.