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Rocket Internet SE is a German internet company headquartered in Berlin. The company builds online startups and owns shareholdings in various models of internet retail businesses.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Global Founders Capital: new €150m VC fund from Rocket Internet's Samwer brothers )〕 The company model is known as a startup studio or a venture builder.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=How ‘venture builders’ are changing the startup model )〕 It provides office space to new companies at its headquarters in Berlin, with IT support, marketing services and access to investors. The company aims to operate outside the US and China,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About - Rocket Internet )〕 with holdings in several countries, and more than 25,000 employees.〔http://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21593586-how-build-companies-kit-rocket-machine〕 == History == The company was founded in Berlin in 2007 by three brothers: Marc, Oliver and Alexander Samwer. and was once also connected to the European Founders Fund, an associated company In 2008 Rocket Internet founded Zalando, inspired by US online retailer Zappos.com.〔Bloomberg Businessweek; 3/5/2012, Issue 4269, p74-80, 6p, 5 Color Photographs〕 On July 1, 2014, Rocket Internet changed its legal form from a GmbH (private limited company) to an AG (public limited company).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=30 things you should know about Oliver Samwer (CEO, Rocket Internet) / EU-Startups )〕 The initial public offering took place on October 2, 2014 at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The company is listed in the Entry Standard. On March 18, 2015 the company changed its legal form into an SE (Societas Europaea).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=BRIEF-Rocket Internet changes legal form and transforms into Societas Europaea )〕 In mid-April, Global Founders held 38.1% in Rocket Internet, Kinnevik 13.2%, United Internet 8.3%, Baillie Gifford 6.8%, Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company 6.1% and Access Industries 6.0%. Holtzbrinck Ventures held a 1.8% share, with main investors holding shares of 3.4%; 16.3% was held in free float.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Investors - Rocket Internet )〕 The company’s market value was approximately 8 billion euros in April 2015.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=RKET:Xetra Stock Quote - Rocket Internet SE )〕 In 2015 Rocket Internet announced to move into a new Berlin headquarter designed by Sauerbruch Hutton, for which they received a Stirling Prize nomination in 2000. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rocket Internet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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