# Rooser

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/rooser

- Industry: Internet
- Headquarters: Edinburgh, UK
- Website: www.rooser.eu
- Total disclosed funding: $21M
- Latest round: Series A (Apr 14, 2022)
- Investors on record: 4

## About

Founded in 2019 and based in Edinburgh, UK, Rooser Limited operates as a provider of marketplace tools. The company was founded by its CEO, Joel Watt; CCO, Nicolas Desormeaux; COO, Erez Mathan, and CTO, Thomas Quiroga. In April 2022, Rooser Limited raised GBP 18 million in series A funding led by new investor Index Ventures, with participation from investor GV. As of 2022, the company has more than 300 users.

The company runs a private online fish market called Rooser that links buyers and sellers of seafood and lets them trade, haggle over prices, sell their wares, and handle shipping. As of 2022, the platform offers a free private online platform called SeaStore, for sellers to list the stock and for buyers, an Openmarket tool to negotiate in real-time. The company has around 66 species on sale, totaling over 90,458 kilos.

The company generates revenue by charging a 3% commission on every sale on its platform.

## Funding rounds

- Series A, Apr 14, 2022, $17M — Index Ventures, GV, Point Nine
- Seed, Oct 7, 2019, $4.1M — Point Nine, EOS Advisory

## Investors

- Point Nine (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/point-nine) — Seed, Series A
- EOS Advisory — Seed
- Index Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/index-ventures) — Series A
- GV (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/gv) — Series A