Ludvik Slavik

Ludvik Slavik is a Partner at Opifer Ventures, a Czech-British early-stage investment firm founded in 2013 that describes itself as an active accelerator and community of investors, entrepreneurs and founders. Slavik is listed as part of the firm's "core team," which the company characterises as people with more than 20 years of experience in building companies. He is Czech, born in January 1981, and resident in the Czech Republic.

UK Companies House records show Slavik serving as a director across several Opifer-linked entities, including OPIFER INVESTMENTS LIMITED (appointed October 2019, resigned March 2022), OPIFER 3 LIMITED, and OPIFER INVESTMENTS STAGE 2 LIMITED, as well as JOY TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED and S FAMILY OFFICE LIMITED (both appointed December 2018). These appointments reflect the firm's structure of spinning up individual investment vehicles per stage/deal, with registered addresses in Cardiff, London (Kemp House, City Road) and Brno (Milady Horákové).

Opifer operates alongside fellow partners Ladislav Chodák (a major shareholder in the firm) and Petr Heyduk. The firm deliberately keeps a very concentrated portfolio, stating it focuses on "just a couple of early-stage startups at a time" and favours "deliberative decision-making based on the maximum amount of relevant information," coupled with hands-on operational support from day one.

• Backs a small number of early-stage (pre-seed/seed) technology startups at any given time, preferring concentration and deep involvement over portfolio breadth.
• Looks for "talented people" solving "real and difficult problems with a vision to make the world a better place" — a mission/impact-oriented lens the firm has adopted more explicitly in recent years.
• Provides more than capital: "we roll up our sleeves and deliver high-value help where needed from day one," offering technology and business evaluation, business development, interim management, IP enhancement, strategic advice, M&A experience and access to a worldwide network of investors and partners.
• Sector heritage spans oil & gas, geo-technology, medical, and IT/software, now trending toward impact-driven technology.
• Check sizes are not publicly disclosed; historic deals have been small pre-seed tickets (e.g., a reported ~€140k pre-seed into Runecast).