Number of Portfolio Companies 4
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 2
  • Primary Job Title Founder & Chief Executive Officer
  • Primary Organization 
    Rocket Internet
  • Investor Type  Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
  • Investor Stage  Seed

Oliver Samwer was born in Cologne, Germany, in 1972. Oliver holds M.Sc. degree in Business Administration from WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management.

Upon graduation, Oliver and his two brothers founded Alando.de in 1999.

After the sale of Alando.de to eBay Inc., he was Managing Director of eBay, responsible for Germany, Switzerland and

Austria.

In 2000, Oliver and his two brothers founded Jamba! AG, which was acquired by Verisign Inc. in 2004.

In 2007, Oliver founded Rocket Internet. Since 2014, Oliver has served as Rocket’s Chief Executive Officer. Oliver is responsible for strategy development and implementation, business development and investor relations.

Number of Investments 6
Oliver Samwer has made 6 investments. Their latest investment was Series A - Pivot on Dec 13, 2023, when Pivot raised
€20M
.
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Dec 13, 2023
Pivot
Series A - Pivot
€20M
Oct 2, 2023
Pivot
Pre Seed Round - Pivot
€5M
Nov 15, 2022
Silkhaus
Seed Round - Silkhaus
$7.8M
May 5, 2022
enshift AG
Seed Round - enshift AG
CHF3.5M
Jan 1, 2008
MFG.com
Series D - MFG.com
$26M
Jan 1, 2007
MFG.com
Series C - MFG.com
$4M
Number of Current Jobs 3
Number of Past Jobs 2
Oliver Samwer has 3 current jobs including Founder & Chief Executive Officer at Rocket Internet, Investor at Global Founders Capital, and Founder at Freenet Digital. Additionally, Oliver Samwer has had 2 past jobs including MD - Germany, Switzerland & Austria at eBay.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
eBay
MD - Germany, Switzerland & AustriaJun 2000Aug 2000
eBay
Co-Founder (Alando.de)Jan 1999Jun 2000
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 2
Oliver Samwer holds 2 board and advisor roles as Board Member at Goodlord and Board Member at Buying Show.
Number of News Articles 259
Funding RoundDec 13, 2023
Pivot raised €20,000,000 / Series A from Anamcara Capital and 3 other investors
Funding RoundOct 2, 2023
Pivot raised €5,000,000 / Pre Seed from Anamcara Capital and 8 other investors
Funding RoundNov 15, 2022
Silkhaus raised $7,750,000 / Seed from Avishesha Bhojani and 19 other investors
Funding RoundMay 5, 2022
enshift AG raised CHF3,500,000 / Seed from Constantin Overlack and 7 other investors
NewsSep 1, 2020