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Dušan Šenkypl

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Partner at Pale Fire Capital · Chief Executive Officer at Groupon, Inc.

Prague, Czechia

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About

Core member of Pale Fire, specializing in scalable organizational structures, sales teams and product development. Built ePojisteni.cz and the NetBrokers holding (sold to Bauer Media in 2018) and served as interim CEO of Groupon in 2023.

Chief Executive Officer at Groupon, Inc.

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In turn, Dušan can intro founders to Groupon, Inc.'s investors below.

Groupon, Inc.'s investors · 11

AccelPalo Alto · $1.6M – $70M checksAndreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checksBattery VenturesBoston · $500K – $100M checksHyde Park AngelsChicagoInterlace VenturesNew York City · $200K – $600K checksMaverick VenturesSan Francisco · $3M – $10M checksMaveronSeattle · $100K – $8M checksNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Menlo Park · $200K – $40M checksPale Fire CapitalPrague · $450K – $22M checksSilver Lake PartnersMenlo ParkXG VenturesMenlo Park

Co-founders at Groupon, Inc.

AMAndrew Mason
Andrew MasonFounder

Experience

  1. GrouponCEOcurrent2023 — presentPrague, Czechia
  2. GrouponMember of the Boardcurrent2022 — presentChicago, Illinois, United States
  3. Pale Fire CapitalPartnercurrent2017 — presentPrague, The Capital, Czech Republic
  4. HC Energie Karlovy VaryOwnercurrent2022 — presentCarlsbad, Czechia
  5. RouvyInvestorcurrent2021 — present
  6. AUKROInvestorcurrent2019 — present
  7. Scuk.czInvestorcurrent2018 — present
  8. Mobilní RozhlasInvestorcurrent2016 — present
  9. ZuriInvestorcurrent2018 — present
  10. UptimeRobotInvestorcurrent2019 — present
  11. DAVINCI travel systemInvestorcurrent2020 — present
  12. DaytripInvestorcurrent2019 — present
  13. Email List VerifyInvestorcurrent2018 — present
  14. FAVI - furniture and decorations marketplaceInvestor2017 — 2022
  15. Covid19CZ.czCo-founder2020
  16. YPOYPO Chapter Board of Director Member2017 — 2019Czech Republic
  17. ePojisteni.czCEO & Founder2008 — 2019
  18. XactiCTO & Co-founder2000 — 2008Boca Raton, Florida, United States
  19. IBIS Information SystemsCEO & Co-founder1998 — 2001

Skills & more

E-commerce54Entrepreneurship23Business Strategy15Online Marketing17Strategy2Start-ups9Business Development5User Experience3MarketingLeadership1Private Equity1Venture Capital1
+1 moreStart-up Ventures

Languages English

  • EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2025 Czech Republic — EY

From Dušan's professional profile.

Colleagues at Pale Fire Capital

David Holý
Partner at Pale Fire Capital
Jan Barta
Partner at Pale Fire Capital
Jan Černý
Managing Partner at Pale Fire Capital
Jiří Ponrt
Partner at Pale Fire Capital
Matej Zabadal
Managing Partner at V-Sharp Venture Studio
Petr Krajíček
Partner at Pale Fire Capital
Yi Guo
Chief Scientist Officer at HM Venture Partners

Frequently asked questions

Who is Dušan Šenkypl?
Core member of Pale Fire, specializing in scalable organizational structures, sales teams and product development. Built ePojisteni.cz and the NetBrokers holding (sold to Bauer Media in 2018) and served as interim CEO of Groupon in 2023.
Where does Dušan Šenkypl work?
Dušan Šenkypl is Partner at Pale Fire Capital and Chief Executive Officer at Groupon, Inc..
Where did Dušan Šenkypl go to school?
Dušan Šenkypl studied at Masarykova univerzita (Masters, Informatics); Masarykova univerzita (Masters, Mathematics).

Founder mafias

Groupon, Inc. mafia2

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Andrew MasonFounderFounded Descript

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Shared employers

Also worked at DAVINCI travel system1

Jiri PsotaFounder at Yieldigo