Rise · Batches
Every Rise cohort since 2020.
16 batches, 151 companies. Click into any batch to see where the cohort was when they started Rise — and where they are today.
21 alumni have exited — acquisitions and mergers, each backed by a named public source you can click.
It runs the other way too. 15 alumni have made 17 acquisitions of their own — Whoppah, RoomRaccoon, ChannelEngine, DataSnipper, Lepaya and others buying their way into new markets rather than being bought.
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Sept 2025 · AI
Rise batch 16.
9 companies · 1 acquisition made
Backed by Plug and Play Tech Center, EQT Group, EQT Ventures
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Apr 2025
Rise batch 15.
9 companies · 1 exit
Backed by West Hill Capital, GoBeyond, Run Capital
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Sept 2024
Rise batch 14.
7 companies · 3 acquisitions made
Backed by European Commission, EQT Group, Innovation Industries
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Apr 2024
Rise batch 13.
9 companies
Backed by FMO - Dutch entrepreneurial development bank, Shoe Investments, Pieter Schoen
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Jan 2023
Rise batch 12.
10 companies · 1 exit · 2 acquisitions made
Backed by Pride Capital Partners, Mainport Innovation Fund, SHIFT Invest
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May 2023
Rise batch 11.
9 companies · 1 exit
Backed by R&D Ventures, Holland Capital, Graduate Ventures
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Feb 2023
Rise batch 10.
10 companies
Backed by Amathaon Capital, CLAAS, Riverside Acceleration Capital
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Jan 2023 · Fintech
Rise batch 9 · Fintech.
10 companies · 4 exits
Backed by Startupbootcamp, NYU Tandon Future Labs, Yellow
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Oct 2022
Rise batch 8.
9 companies · 1 exit
Backed by Elias Tabet, European Union, ADM Capital
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May 2022
Rise batch 7.
9 companies · 1 exit · 2 acquisitions made
Backed by Endeit Capital, EISMEA, Index Ventures
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Dec 2021
Rise batch 6.
9 companies · 2 exits · 1 acquisition made
Backed by Acurio Ventures, Begin Capital, FJ Labs
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Oct 2021 · Health
Rise batch 5 · Health.
10 companies · 1 exit · 1 acquisition made
Backed by RUG Ventures, Rabobank, Vesalius Biocapital Partners
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Jul 2021
Rise batch 4.
10 companies · 1 exit · 3 acquisitions made
Backed by Tablomonto Venture Capital, Mathias Biilmann, EQT Ventures
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Mar 2021
Rise batch 3.
11 companies · 3 exits · 3 acquisitions made
Backed by Airbridge Equity Partners, Atomico, Demandware
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Nov 2020
Rise batch 2.
10 companies · 3 exits · 1 acquisition made
Backed by Third Derivative, Wa'ed Ventures, Anne-Marie Rakhorst
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Jul 2020
Rise batch 1.
10 companies · 2 exits
Backed by TRK Group AS, Endeit Capital, Kalo Bagijn
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