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The Heureka Group is increasing its bond emission by up to CZK 650 million

Heureka Group, Europe’s largest price comparison website group, is offering investors an attractive option for earning interest on their free cash. Between the end of November and the start of December, it will increase its emission of its 5-year bonds by up to CZK 650 million, to an emission total of CZK 3.2 billion. The bonds, which have a nominal value of CZK 10,000 and a 2025 maturity date, have a coupon of 5.25 % p.a. They will be placed on the market via J&T Bank and PPF Bank.

Rockaway is launching a newsletter in which personalities from its portfolio will convey their business experience

Practical advice, tested management methods, and inspiring ideas from the world of business. This is what the new Rockaway Insider newsletter will offer starting this week, allowing you to take inspiration from those in the know – the experienced personalities who stand behind the Rockaway Capital investment group and the successful companies in its portfolio.

Storyous, Zdeněk Pohlreich, and Liftago have joined forces to present a delivery system that is fair to restaurants, delivery services, and consumers alike

These are truly trying times for restaurateurs. Only slightly over half of restaurants are open, and in October revenues in the industry dropped by 49 % compared to last year. The only options now available to keep a restaurant going are to have a take-out window or deliver food to customers’ homes. However, the most popular delivery services often operate on terms that make it untenable for many restaurants to work with them. Storyous, which focuses of developing technologies for the restaurant industry, and Zdeněk Pohlreich, a popular chef and owner of of several successful restaurants, have therefore come up with an alternative platform, OneMenu.cz, which is built on fairness to customers, delivery services, and especially restaurants. The project’s delivery partner is successful Czech transport company Liftago.

Interview with Robert Chmelař: We’re playing poker, but luckily with a good hand

Robert Chmelař on the impact of the corona-crisis, anticipating change, and the most important decision that is making life easier for Rockaway in the current crisis. “We have one of the best portfolios that can now exist, because right from the start we have been betting on digitization, the digital economy and e-commerce,” says Rockaway Capital investment partner.

NEW LOGISTICS OPERATOR WeDo WANTS TO FULLY FOCUS ON THE NEEDS OF CONSIGNMENT RECIPIENTS

WeDo, a new logistics operator brand, is starting up on the Czech market. Its director, Daniel Mareš, is striving to create a strong logistics operator oriented primarily on the consumer. He wants to achieve this using technologies that will fulfil customers’ delivery-related wishes and requirements. “The name WeDo means that our entire company, led by a fleet of couriers, is striving to achieve customer satisfaction and is concentrating on reliable and timely delivery through the use of technology and innovation,” says Mareš. The company is building on a foundation consisting of In Time and Uloženka, companies that last year were jointly purchased by PPF, EC Investments, and Rockaway.

Rockaway Blockchain Fund has invested in start-up that simplifies financial derivates trading

Rockaway Blockchain Fund, focusing on investments in blockchain technologies, has made another investment – together with a group of international investors, it has joined Opium Protocol start-up which enables decentralized equivalent of traditional finacial derivates trading.

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