Draft:Rockaway Capital

Rockaway Capital SE (sometimes referred to as Rockaway Group) is a Czech investment group led by Jakub Havrlant. The group's total aggregate revenue for 2019 was EUR 2.5 billion.

It focuses mainly on e-commerce, and also in the areas of e-travel, fintech, media, blockchain and venture capital.

Rockaway's mission is to develop the digital economy of selected markets through building, investing in and acquiring internet companies.

Its motto is „Hic Sunt Leones", a Latin phrase that appeared on old maps. It means "Here are the lions" and was a reference to unexplored territory where man had not yet ventured.

Portfolio
Rockaway Capital's portfolio is divided into the following verticals:


 * e-commerce & online grocery (e.g. Bringmeister.de);
 * e-travel (e.g. Invia);
 * consumer electronics (e.g. Fast CR);
 * publishing & media (e.g. KVIFF Group);
 * Rockaway Ventures (e.g. Productboard);
 * Rockaway Blockchain (e.g. Solana);

The most prominent companies that fall under the Rockaway Capital portfolio include:


 * online travel group Invia;
 * Colours of Ostrava; music festival
 * Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, part of the KVIFF Group;
 * online supermarket Bringmeister.de;
 * Mind2Flo, a consulting group focused on expertise in media, content, technology and e-commerce;
 * Czech publishing group Euromedia Group;
 * Fast ČR, a leading Central European consumer electronics wholesaler and retailer;
 * Gjirafa, a dominant e-commerce platform in the Balkan region;

Rockaway Ventures Fund
Founded in 2021, Rockaway Ventures Fund targets startups primarily in Central and Eastern Europe that are digitizing traditional industries while following the principles of green, socially responsible and socially responsible business (ESG).It invests in startups and companies at a more advanced stage of their development, when they already have a real product and customers and are generating revenue.

The Rockaway Ventures Fund portfolio includes Hubert Palán and Daniel Hejl's Productboard and Vitek Horky's Brand Embassy, as well as the Estonian startup Lingvist and the German company Vivere.

Among others, Rockaway Ventures Fund invested in Greek used car platform Spotawheel, German camping holiday planning and campervan booking platform Freeway Camper and domestic caravan rental platform Campiri in 2022.

Rockaway Blockchain Fund
The Rockaway Blockchain Fund (RBF) is the largest blockchain fund in Europe and focuses on platforms that can connect blockchain technologies, not just cryptocurrencies.

The Rockaway Blockchain Fund's portfolio includes 1Inch, Solana, Terra, Sushiswap and Compound, among others.

In May 2022, RBF hosted the Gateway to Cosmos conference focused on the new possibilities of the Cosmos Network, which was the largest in-person conference on the topic.

Rockaway Capital Exits
Among the group's most prominent companies was Mall Group, which was sold to the Polish group Allegro at the beginning of 2022, along with logistics operator WEDO.

Rockaway Capital has also been involved in the past in the following companies:


 * online portal for renting and selling real estate bezrealitky.cz;
 * modern checkout system storyous.com;
 * commission-based seller of financial products chytryhonza.cz;
 * software that integrates and analyses all incoming customer requests across digital channels brandembassy.cz.
 * online supermarket Košík.cz
 * Heureka.cz, the largest comparison engine in Central and Eastern Europe;