With the help of the Rockaway, Mergim Cahani is developing the internet economy in the Balkans. The current situation, which favours on-line shopping, is one of the reasons why his Gjirafa content and e-commerce platform overtook plans by an entire year.
Effective 1 January 2021, Jan Hanuš is the new CEO of the MALL Group. Prior to coming to MALL he spent two years as CEO of Telenor Hungary. Jakub Havrlant remains Chairman of the Board, and will continue to be responsible for the strategic development of the MALL Group.
The Rockaway Capital investment group is sending another of its start-ups out into the world and selling its stake in the Techloop.io tech start-up, in which it invested in 2017 and 2018. Techloop will become part of LMC, which is part of the Finnish Alma Media Group. Both parties agreed to refrain from providing details of the transaction.
Jitka Dvořáková is the general manager of CZC.cz, known as the “proud number two” e-shop with electronics, and until recently was also MALL Group’s regional director for Slovenia and Croatia. Jitka, who by the way is a passionate traveller, is one of the most successful managers in the Czech Republic and according to Forbes Magazine also one of the 50 most influential women in this country.
Tech startup Storyous, which is part of the portfolio of the Rockaway Capital investment group and provides cash register systems and operations management to restaurants, has a new strategic investor: SaltPay, a leading European FinTech player that provides innovative and complete payment solutions for businesses and a related payment eco-system.
The Rockaway Insider is a regular newsletter in which the experienced personalities who stand behind the Rockaway Capital investment group and the successful companies in its portfolio offer practical advice, tested managerial methods, and inspirational ideas. We are unlocking an interview for you from the first edition. You can look forward to the next one on Wednesday, December 9 in the morning – this time with Igor Třeslín, CEO of Storyous.
