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We raised Bangladesh’s first venture capital investment. Now we help you raise, and put AI to work.

Rocketman Capital is an advisory firm for founders, investors and governments. Every mandate is led by a founder who has raised, built and sold.

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Hussain M. Elius, seated, holding a red Pathao helmet
Hussain M. Elius Founder, Rocketman Capital
Elius on LinkedIn

Built, funded and sold, before advising anyone else to.

He raised the first venture capital investment in a market that had never seen one, then did it again in on-chain payments.

Co-founder, 2015Bangladesh’s first venture-backed technology company, grown into a leading super-app.
$50M+raised, including the country’s first VC investment
Co-founder, 2022Self-custodial on-chain payments. Acquired by Fin.com, formerly River, in 2025.
$3.8Mraised from venture investors, then an exit
Other ventures
FundraisingRounds led with US and international venture investors.
$20Mraised

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Two practices: raising capital, and putting AI to work.

We advise, we don’t invest. Every mandate ends in a decision you can defend.

Capital raising and investor relations

Raise on the right terms from the right investors, then keep them close after the round.

  • Capital raisingStory, investor list, data room and process, through to close.
  • Investor relationsBoard updates, reporting and investor communication between rounds.
  • Investment advisoryWhere to deploy capital, what to pay and how to structure it.
  • Transactions and exitsBuy-side and sell-side support, from first call to signed terms.
  • Founder mentorshipOne-to-one guidance for founders and CEOs, from first raise to exit.
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AI strategy and consulting

We find where AI pays in your business, build it with your team, and stay to make it stick.

  • AI strategy and auditA review of your stack and workflows, the highest-return opportunities, and a written plan.
  • AI agentsAgents that take on routine work, from lead research to customer support.
  • Workflow automationYour tools connected end to end, so hand-offs and reporting run themselves.
  • Knowledge systemsSearch and answers over your own documents and data, with sources shown.
  • Team training and workshopsHands-on sessions that get leadership and teams using AI every day.
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Where we see the next opportunities in AI

  • Local-language voice agentsMost people will meet AI by speaking to it in their own language, not by typing English.
  • AI front doors for public servicesOne well-run system can answer citizens around the clock, in every language.
  • AI-native servicesFirms that deliver outcomes with AI at the core, priced on results rather than hours.
  • Expert data for AI labsLabs need specialists to teach and test models. Supplying them is a business in itself.
  • Sovereign AI infrastructureCountries want compute and models they control. Financing it is the next infrastructure cycle.

Every engagement starts with a diagnostic.

Three stages, each with a written output you keep.

  1. 01

    Diagnose

    A fixed-scope read of the numbers, the market and the team. It ends in a written recommendation.

    You keep: the recommendation

  2. 02

    Decide

    One plan, ranked by impact, with the evidence behind each step and the cost of waiting.

    You keep: the ranked plan

  3. 03

    Deliver

    We do the work with your team, whether that is a raise run to close or an AI system put into use.

    You keep: progress against the plan

Moving Bangladesh

The origin story of Pathao, by Hussain Elius

A memoir of raising a country’s first venture investment and building a super-app where no one had before.

Moving Bangladesh by Hussain Elius, paperback copies

Tell us the decision you are weighing. We will show you what the evidence says.

Or write to hello [at] rocketmanhq [dot] com

What happens next

  1. 1Send a few lines on the decision in front of you.
  2. 2Elius replies personally, usually within two business days.
  3. 3A 30-minute first call, under NDA if you need one.