Fund profile / Czech Republic

Rockaway Ventures II

Stage
Pre-Seed
Fund size
€55M
Focus
AI/ML, Climate & Sustainability and Enterprise Software
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N°01 / About

About Rockaway Ventures II

Rockaway Ventures II is a venture capital firm based in Czech Republic, focusing on Pre-Seed stage investments. The fund actively supports founders building innovative solutions in AI/ML, Climate & Sustainability, Enterprise Software, providing strategic guidance and capital to help startups scale.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionCzech Republic
Funding StagePre-Seed
Industry Focus
AI/ML
Climate & Sustainability
Enterprise Software

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

CEE tech founder with US scaling ambition and crypto opportunities

CEE tech
deep tech
space & frontier
AI + creative
transatlantic scaling
consumer logistics
portfolio platforms
crypto & blockchain
digital assets
tokenization

Bullish Signals

US-Europe launchpad platform launchedexternal
Strong CEE founder portfolio networkexternal
Cross-disciplinary events at KVIFF 2025external
NASA astronaut + space station deal flowwebsite
ShipMonk, Keboola, Apify founders engagedwebsite
United Founders + Moonshot co-platform activewebsite
Student satellite team in SpaceX rocketwebsite
Transatlantic launchpad operational July 2025website
Real mentorship from proven CEE exitswebsite
Oddin.gg founder mentoring next waveexternal
Tech-creative convergence at KVIFF villaexternal
BottleCap AI in active portfolioexternal
Luxor consumer logistics: smart school listssocial
Euromedia largest Czech book market playersocial
Rockaway Alpha portfolio scaling retail logisticssocial
RockawayX acquired Relayer Capital hedge fundsocial
Active monthly newsletter, 11.8K followerssocial
Crypto thesis: 33M new asset holders globallysocial
Fall events: DesignBlok, Colors of Finance, BigMoneysocial

Contrarian Signals

Heavy event focus, deal flow unclearexternal
No primary GP names publicly disclosedexternal
Crypto acquisition may signal diversificationsocial

Founder Do's

Build in CEE, scale to US
Show transatlantic ambition early
Engage community & co-investors
Connect tech + creative industries
Learn from proven CEE exits
Solve everyday logistics problems
Tap crypto/blockchain growth thesis

Founder Don'ts

Ignore US market expansion path
Stay local without scale vision
Skip community-building efforts

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size€55M
Saves0
People

Key People

Etr Šmíd, Dušan Zábrodský, Jakub Havrlant

Andrew J. FeustelAdvisor/Deal Flow
Šimon KlingaAdvisor/Deal Flow
Bettina ScheibeCo-Platform Partner
Jaroslav BeckPortfolio/Advisor
Jan BednářPortfolio/Advisor
Pavel DoležalMentor/Advisor
Jan ČurnMentor/Advisor
Vlastimil VenclikMentor/Advisor
Viktor FischerFounder/Investment Partner
Andrea LaurenGP/Partner
Diana HricisakovaGP/Partner
Jaromír ŠvihovskýGP/Partner
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