ROKStar Ventures

Profile and portfolio

Parent Rockwell AutomationHQ Milwaukee, United States

ROKStar Ventures is the corporate venture arm of Rockwell Automation, an industrial company. It is based in Milwaukee, United States. Sectors it names: cybersecurity, industrial technology and robotics, artificial intelligence, healthcare and digital health.

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Where it invests and who leads it

Geography

Headquarters: Milwaukee, United States
Offices: Milwaukee, United States

Investment regionsS1

Global

LeadersS2

Sharon Van ZeelandVice President, Strategy & Corporate Development, Rockwell AutomationLinkedIn Firm page

ROKStar Ventures on LinkedIn

Key facts

Fact	Value	Status	Source
Parent company	Rockwell Automation (NYSE: ROK)	Single source	S2
Parent industry	Industrial and manufacturing	Single source	S2
Headquarters	Milwaukee, United States	Single source	S2
Status	Active	Single source	S3
Capital source	Parent company only	Single source	S1

For founders

Item	What the firm says	Source
Beyond capital	text=Co-selling, customer and channel introductions, joint product development, technical and business mentoring, vendor introductions, fundraising support	S1
Contact form	www.rockwellautomation.com/en-us/company/ventures.html	S1

Portfolio

The firm's portfolio page lists 14 companies.S1

Shared portfolio with other corporate VCs

10 companies on the ROKStar Ventures portfolio page also appear on the portfolio page of at least one other firm in this directory. Matched by company website, or by name where no website is published.

Firm	Shared	Companies in common
Aramco Ventures	2	ZEDEDA, Dragos
Chevron Technology Ventures	2	ZEDEDA, Claroty
Emerson Ventures	2	ZEDEDA, Dragos
National Grid Partners	2	Dragos, The Hive
ABB Ventures	2	Everactive, Atom Power
Toyota Ventures	2	SLAMcore, Elementary
Forward Investments	1	ZEDEDA
Porsche Ventures	1	ZEDEDA
Samsung Next	1	ZEDEDA
Evergy Ventures	1	Claroty
LG Technology Ventures	1	Claroty
N47	1	Claroty

Companies backed by the most corporate VCs

Every company on the ROKStar Ventures list

14 companies, as listed on the firm's own website.S1 Read the firm's list.

Atom Power
C-Motive Technologies
Claroty
DataHow
Dragos
Elementary
Everactive
Infinitum
Momenta
READY Robotics
RightHand Robotics
Slamcore
The Hive
ZEDEDA

Recent rounds

Date	Company	Round	Amount	Led by the firm	Source
2026-05-28	Slamcore	Not stated	USD 14M	No	S3

History

2026Slamcore announced USD 14M round with Rockwell Automation among investorsS3

About Rockwell Automation

Item	Detail	Source
Listed as	NYSE: ROK	S2
Headquarters	United States	S2

Official pages

Read the firm's own pages for current information.

Website www.rockwellautomation.com/en-us/company/ventures.html

Sources

Disclaimer and corrections

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