Bobby Demri
Founder & Managing Partner
INVESTMENT THESIS
WE INVEST FOR THE FUTURE
- Travel & Hospitality Is Entering a New Era.
- New Travel Habits Are the Catalyst. »
- We Back Those Who Shape the Future.
- Sustainability (ESG) Is Paramount. »
- Travel-Tech Is the Game-Changer. »
- We Back Those Who Shape the Future.
A NEW ERA IN TRAVEL & HOSPITALITY.
A NEW ERA IN TRAVEL & HOSPITALITY.
TRAVEL HABITS
Catalyst
Working from Anywhere, Digital Nomads & Bleisure drive new lodging offerings and convergence of business models.
True Luxury vs. Affordable Experiences vs. Experiential Travel vs. Ethical Travel trigger highly personal preferences for real and virtual engagement, inspiration, and experience.
A NEW ERA IN TRAVEL & HOSPITALITY
TRAVEL-TECH
Game-Changer
Data & Artificial Intelligence go mainstream. Dynamic pricing, revenue management and personalization are the top Data & AI use cases for travel & hospitality companies.
5G, IOT, Cloud, Blockchain & Metaverse redefine the customer journey from inspiration to sharing experiences and will disrupt legacy industry infrastructures.
A NEW ERA IN TRAVEL & HOSPITALITY
SUSTAINABILITY
Paramount
8% of global carbon emissions caused by travel & hospitality industry. 70% of leisure travelers concerned about sustainability. Still only 10% acting accordingly. 48% of travel & hospitality companies making sustainability an investment priority.
WE APPLY A LONG-TERM INVESTMENT DISCIPLINE.
Investment Team
WE BACK THOSE WHO SHAPE THE FUTURE.
We have a history of building and launching businesses for the world’s leading organizations.
French entrepreneur
Founder of GOV, French Civic Tech leader, acquired by Boston Consulting Group.
Director and Global Business Leader of Tuned by BCG, the proprietary techconsulting Change Management Solution of Boston Consulting Group.
Head of Innovation of BCG Omnia. Responsible for investment, development, incubation, and launch of new software solutions.
Ludger Kuebel-Sorger
Founder & Managing Partner,
Chair of the Investment Committee
Senior Partner Emeritus & Senior Advisor, Boston Consulting Group.
Global Practice Groups & Operating Committee Leadership Team and Global DigitalBCG Management Team.
Global Leader of BCG Omnia, a venture accelerator and fund unit for proprietary tech-consulting products.
Global Leader of BCG Center for Knowledge & Analytics with 2.500+ knowledge experts, data scientists & engineers, and software engineers.
Chairman of BCG Trust, responsible for managing pension fund of BCG Germany.
We have an unparalleled team of experts to ensure the success of each venture.
Our board is an active extension of the team and represents leaders in the Travel & Hospitality industry, who draw upon their significant knowledge, experience, and network, on behalf of ROCH Ventures to turn our investments in huge success.
Chadi Farhat
Ennismore | Brand COO
SBE | COO
Morgan’s Hotels | COO
Amel Hammouda
Air France | Former Executive VP
Air France | Head of Transformation
Air France | Head of Network
Neil Jacobs
Six Senses | CEO
Starwood Capital | President Global Hotel Operations
Four Seasons | Senior Vice-President
Jan Wohlschiess
Barclays Private Banking | Global COO
Deutsche Bank Private | COO/CIO
UniCredit Wealth Management | COO
WE FOCUS ON BUSINESS MODELS READY TO SCALE.
PORTFOLIO | INVESTMENT APPROACH
PORTFOLIO
CONSTRUCTION
Portfolio construction enables superior returns like focus on Series A.
At the same time includes choices to de-risk like bias to B2B propositions.
EU and Israel are our target countries.
THE ROCH VENTURES’ COMPANY SELECTION FRAMEWORK.
PORTFOLIO | INVESTMENT APPROACH
COMPANY
SELECTION
We apply our proprietary framework »5+2 lenses« to all portfolio company candidates.
Our approach has been validated by over 35 years cumulated experience as entrepreneurs, members of venture boards and managing a corporate venture accelerator and fund.
Initiated by a visionary
founder team
Desirability
Product or service that is 10x better than currently next-best available option, or a real moonshot
Marketability
Validated product-market fit, validated go-to market model, rapidly growing book of business
Defendability
Unique IP or other corporate asset that can be protected and/or give a 2-3 year headstart
Scalability
Total addressable market > $ 5 B, achievable market share >10%, scalable operating model
Timeliness
In time to ride a big wave within next 2-3 years, resilience against unexpected headwinds
Executed by an outstanding
management team
PORTFOLIO
COMPANIES
WeSki.com, a one-stop-shop travel tech startup allowing skiers and snowboarders to search, compare, and book fully customized self-service ski packages in just a few clicks.
WE PUSH THE ART OF THE POSSIBLE.