# Ladislav Bartonicek

> Ladislav Bartonicek is a pre-seed investor at PPF Group backing FinTech and SaaS. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [PPF Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ppfgroup)
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 57%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ladislav-bartonicek-245b643

Ladislav Bartonicek is a pre-seed investor at PPF Group focused on FinTech and SaaS. Ladislav Bartonicek - Shareholder @ PPF Group

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2M–$2M |
| Pre-Seed | $530k–$1.4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 2 | 29% |
| SaaS | 1 | 14% |
| Lending | 1 | 14% |
| Medical | 1 | 14% |
| Oncology | 1 | 14% |

20 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 43% |
| Seed | 1 | 14% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 14% |
| Private Equity | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 29% |
| Czech Republic | 2 | 29% |
| Latvia | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WanderWallet | WanderWallet is a digital wallet that lets foreigners pay like locals across Latin America. Users add USD or EUR and pay instantly by scanning local QR codes, including Pix in Brazil, Transferencias 3.0 in Argentina, and QR Simple in Bolivia, with no local bank account required. Built for travelers, expats, and digital nomads, WanderWallet makeseveryday payments abroad simple and seamless. | $530K | Pre-Seed | Mar 03, 2026 |  |
| RoboTwin | RoboTwin s.r.o. develops innovative products for motion imitating robotics, focusing on easy robot teaching for tasks such as spray painting, powder coating, grinding, sanding, and polishing. The company aims to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) efficiently robotize their production processes. RoboTwin's smart robot teaching toolallows workers to directly teach robots the required motions, making automation more accessible and practical for various manufacturing applications. | $1.4M | Pre-Seed | Jun 18, 2025 |  |
| Jeff | Jeff is a personalized loan broker that matches borrowers and lenders through alternative data. Jeff's mission is to help the unbanked to access financial services. In the absence of credit history and bank transactions, Jeff gathers alternative data from sources like smartphones, social media, behavioral patterns, geolocation, and other typesof digital footprint.Jeff then puts this information to good use and find ways on how alternative data points can prove creditworthiness and build trust, building new ways of accessing financing and evolving an alternative credit score.The company was founded in 2019 and is located in Riga, Latvia. | $2M | Seed | Jul 17, 2024 |  |
| Jeff | Jeff is a personalized loan broker that matches borrowers and lenders through alternative data. Jeff's mission is to help the unbanked to access financial services. In the absence of credit history and bank transactions, Jeff gathers alternative data from sources like smartphones, social media, behavioral patterns, geolocation, and other typesof digital footprint.Jeff then puts this information to good use and find ways on how alternative data points can prove creditworthiness and build trust, building new ways of accessing financing and evolving an alternative credit score.The company was founded in 2019 and is located in Riga, Latvia. | $2M | Seed | Jul 17, 2024 |  |
| Elin.ai | Elin.ai develops an AI-driven engagement tracker for teams in Slack, making remote teams productive and successful. Elin.ai's performance measurement and tracking software lets its users to create and compare teams, tag users, and get weekly insights on improving metrics by analyzing their team communication and getting actionable insights onbuilding high-engagement culture, allowing managers to check how their teams are doing in the real-time. | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | Jun 18, 2024 |  |
| Sotio | Sotio is an international biotechnology company leading the efforts of PPF Group to build a diverse biotechnology portfolio through its own research & development, collaborations, in-licensing, investments, mergers, and acquisitions. The company is developing new medical therapies, focusing on the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases.The most advanced project is the SOTIO proprietary platform of active cellular immunotherapy (ACI) based on dendritic cells. | $307.2M |  | Dec 02, 2021 |  |
| Sotio | Sotio is an international biotechnology company leading the efforts of PPF Group to build a diverse biotechnology portfolio through its own research & development, collaborations, in-licensing, investments, mergers, and acquisitions. The company is developing new medical therapies, focusing on the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases.The most advanced project is the SOTIO proprietary platform of active cellular immunotherapy (ACI) based on dendritic cells. | $316.6M | Private Equity | Dec 02, 2021 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Presto Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/presto-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [bd Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bd-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [iSeed](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/iseed-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [J12](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/j12-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [DEPO Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/depo-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [EIT Manufacturing](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eit-manufacturing) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About PPF Group

VC Fund · Amsterdam, The Netherlands

PPF Group invests into multiple market segments such as banking and financial services, telecommunications, biotechnology, real estate, insurance and agriculture. PPF's reach spans from Europe to Russia, the USA and across Asia. Their philosophy is to search out business opportunities that others have overlooked or rejected on a risk basisand where they see hidden value. They aim to achieve superior investment returns through their values of responsibility, determination and successful execution. The 25-year history of PPF Group is based on the discipline, innovation and professionalism of a team led by the Czech founder and majority shareholder of PPF Group N.V., Petr Kellner.

5 contacts available at PPF Group.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Aleš Minx | CEO & Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ale-minx |
| Jean-Pascal Duvieusart | Shareholder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jean-pascal-duvieusart-2 |
| Jean-Pascal Duvieusart | Shareholder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jean-pascal-duvieusart |
| Katerina Jiraskova | CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/katerina-jiraskova |
| Ladislav Bartonicek | Shareholder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ladislav-bartonicek |

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## FAQ

### What does Ladislav Bartonicek invest in?

Ladislav Bartonicek invests primarily in FinTech, SaaS and Lending startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Ladislav Bartonicek's check size?

Ladislav Bartonicek typically joins rounds of $2M–$2M at Seed and $530k–$1.4M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Ladislav Bartonicek participates in.

### When did Ladislav Bartonicek last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ladislav Bartonicek closed in Mar 2026. Shizune tracks 7 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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