The Rockaway Blockchain Fund (RBF), an investment fund focusing on blockchain and DeFi projects, has made its largest investment to date: as part of a Series B investment round it has sent another $5 million (more than CZK 100 million) to 1Inch, the popular decentralized exchange aggregator. 1Inch is the eleventh unicorn in the RBF portfolio, which is a company valued at more than one billion dollars.

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The travel agency Invia Group, which operates in seven European countries, plans to allow payment for tours and tourist packages by selected cryptocurrencies, led by the most widespread bitcoin. It is part of a broader initiative in which Invia Group is looking for a way to meet the needs of its clients while taking advantage of blockchain technology.

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In the latest article in the “Humans of Rockaway” series, we will talk about Jakub Losenický, who is currently a Project Lead at Rockaway. You won’t meet Jakub in our offices on Tuesday, because that’s his day at Bringmeister’s head office in Berlin, where he is responsible for Rockaway’s activities in the company’s management. How did he come to be given such responsibility at Rockaway? You will find out this and more in the following article.

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Thanks to the merger of Allegro and MALL Group, services will be significantly improved and 135,000 retailers in Poland and throughout Central and Eastern Europe will gain wider access to the retail market (TAM) worth a total of 250 billion euros, numbering 70 million people. The transaction is expected to be completed in the first half of 2022.

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On Tuesday, October 19th, the tenth episode of the Money Talks series took place on the unique premises of the Old Wastewater Treatment Plant in Bubeneč. The tradition that had been interrupted by the Covid lockdown was thus back, and in style. The event was attended by over seventy people from companies in Rockaway’s portfolio, plus guests from partner companies. As always, the entire event would not have been possible without support from our partners, this time around Rowan Legal and KPMG.

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Once upon a time Mergim Cahani came to Rockaway’s offices in Prague’s Kavčí hory neighbourhood, and left after about an hour, having made a deal with CEO Jakub Havrlant and investment partner Dušan Zábrodský – that’s because the idea of creating a “Balkan Seznam” immediately made perfect sense to them.Since then, Gjirafa has gotten on its own two feet, has confidently stepped out in all directions, and is functioning as an Albanian-language information, media, and shopping portal operating in the Kosovo, Albania, and Macedonia markets.

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