Your Financial Growth Partner

Your local partner
for building value

We combine local market insight with hands-on execution to help you build and grow value across your investment lifecycle.

Local financial expertise focused on building long-term value

Optinion Capital is a small, local financial advisory company specializing in deal sourcing, project financing, Project Management Office (PMO) structuring, and business development within Slovenia, South Austria, and Croatia.

Who We Are

Led by Lovro Gruden, a former Managing Director with decades of high-level management consulting experience at top-tier firms.

Our Vision

To become the go-to advisors for investors looking for new opportunities while managing a niche Family Office portfolio.

"We bridge the gap between investment strategy and pragmatic local execution."

— Lovro Gruden, MD

How we support value creation across the investment lifecycle

We provide hands-on advisory, deal sourcing, execution support, and investment management focused on building long-term sustainable value.

Strategic Advisory

Providing support related to maximizing enterprise value through assessment of current P&L performance and defining strategies for increase of enterprise value by optimizing operations and the financial structure of the company for maximizing valuations.

E2E Deal Sourcing

Based on the investors strategy, we define target companies (and possible JVs) and support our clients from target identification till their exit. We are not an M&A boutique, supporting the sales process. We are working with partners/investors who are also end-buyers of companies.

Strategic PMO Management

Organizational structuring and PMO setting for target companies, finding the right professionals for strategy execution, tracking of deliveries and performance within several workstreams, providing reporting support for investors or PE fund’s investment managers.

Business Development

We have a broad network of individuals within the public and private sector, where we connect ideas and business opportunities, set up the right people for execution of a project and find new opportunities for business growth in various industries.

Investment Management

We manage our own portfolio of investments – commercial real estate, residential real estate, energy distribution and some other investments. There are several approaches and opportunities doing it, we do our best to find the right ones.

We focus on what truly matters

Creating measurable value through aligned interests, clear communication, and a trusted network of experts.

Your interests are our interests

We understand that a long lasting relationship is building value for our clients. Everything we do, we do to increase the value of our clients' investments. There are several approaches and opportunities doing it, we do our best to find the right ones.

Focus on delivery, not discussions

We prefer direct, clean, unbiased and easy to understand communication. We don't make heavy documents, we don't overdeliver, we don't overanalyze, we don't micromanage. We are here to deliver value, fast.

Trusted and professional network

We have a broad network of professional from various fields and industries, who can help build your value of your investments. We are very selective and try to identify individuals, who can deliver value quickly.

Contact our team

We are here to support you in your investment journey. Whether you have questions about our services, want to explore potential collaborations, or simply want to learn more about how we can help you achieve your financial goals, feel free to reach out.

Our Office: Cankarjeva ulica 6F, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia

Telefon: +386 40 887 746