Pale Fire Capital sells its stake in the growing agency teamIT back to the original founders

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Today, teamIT ranks among the most respected recruitment agencies in the Czech Republic specializing in IT professionals. After six years of partnership, the investment group Pale Fire Capital is selling its stake in the company back to its original founders and existing co-owners — Jan Birás, Michal Tomek, and Petr Kropáček.

The teamIT agency connects top experts in information technology … Read more

Pale Fire Capital Becomes Official Partner of the Czech Paralympic Team

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Pale Fire Capital has become an official partner of the Czech Paralympic Team. The first joint activity is the establishment of a new Paralympic Day, which will be celebrated for the first time on October 6, 2025.

Its aim is to honor the history of parasport in the Czech Republic, to recall its core values, and to express respect for … Read more

From the first SEO tool to the SaaS empire itrinity

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Martin Toma is one of the founders of itrinity, a company that today forms an important part of the Pale Fire Capital portfolio. In an interview for Slovak Forbes, he described the roots of itrinity’s success and the DNA on which it continues to build to this day.

Slovaks Quietly Build Their Software Empire

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Since the slump, Groupon’s value has risen by more than 800 percent

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Jan Barta a Dušan Šenkypl. Autorem fotografie je Goran Tacevski.

An article in Hospodářské noviny summarizes Groupon’s journey from “the fastest-growing start-up in history” through crisis to its transition into the hands of Dušan Šenkypl and Pale Fire Capital.

Since the slump, Groupon’s value has risen by more than 800 percent. How did Šenkypl’s team and others manage to achieve this, and why might the stock still soar?
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From vision to a market leader in open-source data analytics. Semantic Visions now acquired by Behind Investments

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Semantic Visions was part of the Pale Fire Capital portfolio for more than a decade. At the time, large-scale semantic text analysis was still more of an emerging vision than an established business segment. Today, Semantic Visions is one of the leading providers of open-source data analytics, serving banks, investment firms, global manufacturers, media outlets, and multinational corporations, including SAP Read more

Returning to Auctions Is Paying Off for Aukro – Growing by a Fifth Annually

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Pale Fire Capital entered Aukro in 2019. Over the past five years, the auction platform has undergone a deep strategic transformation, bringing significant changes to the user experience, a return to its auction roots, international expansion, and a new approach to marketing. This article from Hospodářské noviny summarizes Aukro’s journey to its current state, where more than 6 million products Read more

Online Extra Media has changed ownership

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As of today, Burda International CZ is the only owner of Extra Online Media. We previously owned Extra Online Media through Pale Fire Capital (75%), with CEO Tomáš Kačena holding a 25% stake. Kačena will remain the CEO of EOM and will report to Petra Fundová, the CEO of Burda International CZ. Burda and Extra Online Media will continue to

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American Groupon has a new CEO

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The American Groupon has a new CEO. One of the partners of Pale Fire Capital, Dušan Šenkypl, will fully dedicate himself to managing the company’s transformation.

The board of directors of the American company Groupon has appointed Dušan Šenkypl as interim CEO. In this executive role, Šenkypl will actively lead the transformation of Groupon and oversee the daily operations … Read more