I think a lot of the recent events around Rocket Internet need to consider the very unique position of the company: they are both a Venture fund, and a very clo

I think a lot of the recent events around Rocket Internet need to consider the very unique position of the company: they are both a Venture fund, and a very closely involved corporate holding. They provide technical support (including development, hosting and dev ops) and marketing assistance to their subsidiaries/investees. The CEO of their companie” have a relation to the head-office similar to what local GMs have with the Uber HQ. This means that financially-motivated decision can be confused with doubts over the management direction.