Team

Viktor is the managing partner of the Fund. Prior to Rockaway, Viktor worked at McKinsey & Co focusing on corporate finance and M&A. Before that, he co-founded Innovatrics, a start-up focused on biometric identification, which won multiple awards, such as Deloitte Top 50 growth companies. As a hobby, Viktor has been teaching corporate finance and valuations at Charles University in Prague, University Paris XI, and startup accelerators. Viktor holds a Masters degree from HEC Paris and MBA from INSEAD.

Radek is responsible for operations and finances of the Fund. He joined from Macquarie Investment Management ($340B AUM) in London. Radek started his career with PwC as an auditor. Radek holds EMBA degree from IMD, Msc. from Charles University and is a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants.

Dusan Kovacic is responsible for all Fund investments. As part of this, Dusan actively engages in crypto-communities, advocating user-oriented product and platform development. Dusan also engages in non-profit activities. Before joining Rockaway Blockchain, he built GPU-based mining farm for Monero and worked as an IT Security engineer and project manager. Dusan holds a Computer Science degree from the Czech Technical University in Prague.

David is responsible primarily for portfolio management. Prior to this, he worked as an Investment Analyst at RSJ Investments (€500M AUM), where he was responsible for analysing both direct investment opportunities and indirect fund of funds investments in the VC sector. David holds a CFA charter and a Master’s Degree from the University of Birmingham.

Oldrich is in charge of legal operations of the Fund and legal aspects of the investments (both funds and projects). Before joining Rockaway Blockchain Fund, Oldrich worked as a lawyer at Allen & Overy and HAVEL & PARTNERS.

Marek is responsible for investments and portfolio management. Prior to Rockaway, Marek worked at McKinsey & Co focusing on financial institutions and building digital products enabled by advanced analytics. Marek holds an MBA from LBS and a bachelor’s degree in economics from University College London.

Tomas is responsible for operating validation servers, including for projects in which the Fund has invested, and analyzing blockchain technologies. Prior to working with RBF, he worked within Rockaway Capital as an Enterprise Architect for Košík.cz, and before that he was in charge of connection of ICT acquisition services within Mall Group after starting at Kolonial.cz.

Adam is in charge of managing a yield fund, which uses strategies to preserve capital and generate a steady return in the crypto world.  Prior to joining the RBF team, he was Investment Director and Portfolio Manager at Aakon Capital. Adam holds a M.Sc. degree from RANEPA, Moscow.

Mark leads the investor relations program for RBF as well as global public relations.  Before joining RBF, Mark was the Head of Investor Relations at Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. until it was acquired and delisted from the NASDAQ and the Prague Stock Exchange in October 2020.  Mark began his career with KPMG, working both in Prague and Denver, Colorado.  He holds the Investor Relations Charter credential and received a bachelor’s degree in business economics from the University of California at Santa Barbara.

OpsChain monitors all RBF systems, including the validator nodes we operate, to ensure maximum performance, availability and security.  As a rationally paranoid person who is responsible for mission-critical infrastructure, OpsChain prefers to stay anonymous to minimize risks of a social engineering attack.

Michael most recently founded Arrington XRP Capital – a digital asset management firm in blockchain-based capital markets. Prior to that, he co-Founded CrunchFund after leading TechCrunch to a successful exit with AOL. His venture investments include Uber, Airbnb and Pinterest. Michael was previously the Editor of TechCrunch, which he founded in 2005. In 2008 Time Magazine named Michael “One of the World’s 100 most influential people”. Michael is currently serving as an Inaugural Binance for Children Ambassador and is passionate about leveraging blockchain technology for social good.

Andrea is an Investment Partner at Rockaway Capital. Andrea is responsible for Rockaway Ventures and fundraising. Prior to Rockaway, she gathered 18+ years of experience as investment banker in HSBC and JPMorgan in London and Citigroup, Credit Lyonnais and ABN AMRO Bank in Prague. She co-founded neo-investment bank Roklen, and for three years served as its Managing Director & Board Member. Andrea has extensive experience with leading and structuring M&A transactions – she did 30+ transactions with a combined valuation of more than €25bn.