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“Within three or four years at most, we have the ambition to move from three billion CZK of assets under management to around 25 billion,” says Pale Fire Capital partner Dušan Šenkypl. What does he say about the plans and ambitions at Pale Fire Capital, which company do they trust the most and how profitable is the portfolio? You can … Read more

Investment group Pale Fire Capital has increased its stake in the JenPráce.cz project to 80%. The portal’s visitor traffic grew by 140% year-on-year in Q1 (2021/2022). The growth was also due to the fact that the founders and investors managed to build a strong structure with a completely new management.

With the portal’s traffic well over 1 million monthly and … Read more

The investment group Pale Fire Capital has sold its 20% stake in Saunia to the other partners (Michal Drozd, Bohumil Píše, Jan Holeček and Radek Stavinoha), including the founders of the company.

“By its terms, the investment is no longer suitable for PFC’s portfolio. The group added little value to Saunia’s operations,” said Dušan Šenkypl, a partner at Pale Fire … Read more

Prague, 21 March 2022 – The prestigious FT 1000 ranking of Europe’s fastest-growing companies includes two from Pale Fire Capital’s portfolio – furniture and decoration search engine FAVI and global mobile virtual training platform ROUVY.

The sixth edition of the FT1000 ranking, in cooperation with German data provider Statista, has once again identified the 1,000 fastest growing companies in … Read more

Pale Fire Capital Group continues its humanitarian support to Ukraine and has immediately leased another hotel with 216 beds to accommodate the full capacity of the first one. It has now provided over 500 beds in total. The Scout Institute will coordinate operations at the second facility in Prague.

The first facility in Prague has a capacity of 250 beds, … Read more

Pale Fire Capital Group announces an investment in strengthening the Czech Republic’s energy security and independence. This move is intended to help reduce the need for energy supplies from Russia. 

The events of the last few days in connection with Russian aggression against Ukraine have pushed Pale Fire Capital to invest outside its usual area. The group hereby announces its … Read more

Pale Fire Capital Group calls for support for Ukraine. The company is donating around 22 million CZK for immediate humanitarian aid. At the same time, it has prepared 250 beds for refugees.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine and its far-reaching humanitarian consequences have prompted the Czech investment group Pale Fire Capital to act urgently. The group sent $1,000,000 in immediate … Read more

Czech investment group Pale Fire Capital has become a shareholder of the US company Groupon. Many years ago, the company was the first to come up with the model of group discounts, now known from various discount portals. To share the inspiration, the investors invited the Czech experience leader Slevomat.

Czech investors from PFC want to actively participate … Read more

Czech investment group Pale Fire Capital has bought a majority stake in Arpem Networks S.L., a Spanish company based in Madrid, which operates the insurance comparison platform Arpem.  The PFC investment group now controls 83% of Arpem.

PFC is building on a long tradition in the online insurance sector, with which it has many years of experience – PFC … Read more

Jiří Ponrt, former CFO of Alza.cz, is joining Pale Fire Capital as Group CFO. His main task will be to manage the group’s finances, support the financial management of individual companies in the portfolio and look for new investment opportunities. 

Hard-working, talented and ambitious people with high moral values and a desire to learn grow, help, listen, share know-how … Read more