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Rohlík became the first startup unicorn in the Czech Republic. Its value has exceeded one billion dollars

He is not a unicorn like a unicorn. Although it may seem like a hair’s breadth, we also have one in the Czech Republic. Online supermarket Croissant of Tomáš Čupr he became it. A successful entrepreneur received another large investment in value for his company 100 million euros (2 and a half billion crowns), and thus Rohlik Group fit into the first Czech startup unicorn, which means that the market value of the company exceeded a billion dollars.

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The magazine also informed about a big event in the Czech startup environment Forbes. Rohlík Group received money from the fund as part of the financing of the C series Index Ventures, from which he received funding in March. Rohlík, after the success of the Central European market, is now preparing to expand to the west, specifically to the German market, where it should start delivering purchases in Munich in the coming months. The next stops should be Italy, Spain or Romania.

Rohlík has been successful in recent years. According to their information, during 2020 they succeeded in Czech Republic, Hungary a Austria, where it operates under other names, generate EUR 300 million (7.6 billion crowns).

The rapid development of Rohlík is not a surprise. In the last year, cars that have brought classic purchases to their homes are practically the only safe way to buy during the corona crisis. Over the past year, he has served on 750 thousand customers in Central Europe. This helped the company, which was founded in 2014, shift to Central European peak among startups.


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