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Rasmus Rothe

Rasmus Rothe

Building and investing in AI ventures and deep learning research

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Berlin, Germany
Joined August 2025
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Rasmus Rothe is a prominent AI entrepreneur and venture builder, co-founding Merantix, an AI venture studio that incubates and scales AI companies. He also serves as a General Partner at Merantix Capital, investing in early-stage AI startups. His work focuses on transforming industries and fostering innovation in the European AI landscape. merantix-capital+2
He is deeply involved in building and fostering the AI ecosystem in Berlin and Europe. Rothe co-initiated the AI Campus Berlin, Europe's largest AI co-working hub with over a thousand members and 100 companies. He is also a founding board member of the German AI Association (KI Bundesverband), actively shaping AI policy guidance. superdatascience+2
Rothe possesses a strong academic background in deep learning and computer vision, holding a PhD from ETH Zurich. His research led to highly cited papers, including work on apparent age estimation from images. He also co-founded HackZurich, which became Europe's largest hackathon, demonstrating a commitment to fostering technical talent. google+2

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Writing

Switching Costs in AI

April 1, 2025

An article discussing Merantix Capital’s approach to building defensibility for AI startups by focusing on high switching costs through deep integration, data ownership, and continual learning.

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How to identify break-through ideas for AI

December 1, 2020

An article outlining the ideation process for Merantix in identifying and building transformative AI solutions.

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Deep expectation of real and apparent age from a single image without facial landmarks

January 1, 2016

A highly cited academic paper proposing a deep learning solution for age estimation from face images, contributing significantly to computer vision.

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DEX: Deep EXpectation of apparent age from a single image

January 1, 2015

Introduced a method for apparent age estimation using convolutional neural networks, which was presented at the International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV).

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PBPatrick Böertsaid
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is one of the most helpful early-stage investors they've worked with.

Jun 19, 2026

PTPranav Tadikondasaid they would consider
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among the most effective capital allocators to private funds they know.

Mar 25, 2026

CVChristian Vollmannsaid
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is one of the most impressive investors in robotics they've interacted with.

Mar 19, 2026

SMShrey Mittalsaid that if they were building an AI-driven company in drug development,
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would be among their top investor picks at the seed stage.

Nov 20, 2025

SMShrey Mittalsaid that if they were advising a B2B SaaS founder raising a Series A in the US or Europe,
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would be on their shortlist for introductions.

Nov 20, 2025

LHLaetizia Hellmeistersaid they've seen
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build meaningful relationships with founders in both the US and Europe.

Nov 11, 2025

MVMaximilian von Düringsaid that if they were starting a company,
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would be among their top picks for a VC partner to have on their board.

Nov 3, 2025

DGDhruv Ghulatisaid
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is one of the most plugged-in and helpful startup operators they know in Berlin.

Jun 25, 2025