Jakub Havrlant, CEO of Rockaway Capital, plans regular support for selected students. The founder of Rockaway sees great potential in the academic focus of young talented people, and therefore decided to financially support 20-year-old Štěpán Los, who was accepted to one of the most prestigious British universities, St. Andrews. He has a long-term interest in psychology, philosophy, the study of the human mind and artificial intelligence. It was the breadth of topics that interested Jakub Havrlant so much that he agreed with Štěpán to develop a study on the influence of social media on human values. Štěpán is going to develop his study in detail in the future and wants to base his key research on the topic of the impact of technology on people. Below you can find and read his recent study:

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What sort of fall would it be for Rockaway without Money Talks? This time around, we held this traditional event, where our teams meet with portfolio colleagues and guests from partner companies, at a tested location with a singular atmosphere: Žofín Restaurant by STONES Catering. This time around, the key theme of the entire evening was “Capital Markets”. We heard panel discussions by our partners from J&T Bank, J&T Investment Company, LYNX Broker, and WOOD & Company.

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Adam Rapák became the PR manager at the DODO logistics technology group a mere month ago, but it’s already clear that he deserves his place among the most inspirational members of the Rockaway family. Not only because he came by his extensive experience in a truly iconic company – at McDonalds Adam worked on PR projects for almost eight years – but also because lots of drum’n’bass fans know him as DJ Schooler.

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At the age of 15, he was already convinced that he’d devote his life to CERN, and though during university his interests took a different direction, he did make an appearance at the European Organization for Nuclear Research – and not only as probably the youngest trainee in history, but later also as the youngest employee. However, one short meeting with Rockaway Blockchain Fund head Viktor Fischer catapulted him from Geneva back to the Czech Republic, and for the past half-year now Filip Široký has been working at the Fund as a Research Associate. “Working for RBF allows me to not only be part of an amazing collective, but also to constantly discuss new technologies and build the largest crypto fund in Europe,” he says.

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Both last year and the year before, with a heavy heart she had to postpone this huge cultural festival, and this year she was finally back in her element. Colours of Ostrava director Zlata Holušová lives and breathes for the festival, something that’s evident from every answer. And as much as she likes being part of this musical whirlwind, she likes to return to where there’s peace and quiet and life flows with a more subtle rhythm. Read another issue of the Insider with an inspiring personality from Rockaway’s portfolio.

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The successful founder of tech companies joined forces with Rockaway thanks to his on-line camper van sharing platform. When he’s talking about his business, one thing is immediately clear: Campiri CEO Lukáš Janoušek doesn’t think up projects just to make a profit, but above all so they make people happy and make real sense. “And so they make the world at least a bit better place,” he says in his interview for Rockaway Insider.

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