Top 50 Angel Investors in Italy (June 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Luca Ascani
Angel
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9 | France, Italy, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Software, Financial Services | $589k–$38M |
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Giovanni Gardelli
Angel
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9 | United States, Italy, United Kingdom | Seed, Angel | E-Commerce, Fashion, Software | $66k–$2.4M |
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Fabio Mondini de Focatiis
Angel
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8 | Italy, France, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding | E-Commerce, Retail, Information Technology | $329k–$2.9M |
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Joe Zadeh
Angel
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6 | Italy, United States, Estonia | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Personal Health | $1.1M–$19M |
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Paolo Barberis
Angel
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6 | Italy | Seed, Series A | Machine Learning, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence | $165k–$11M |
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Andrea Dusi
Angel
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6 | Italy, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Biotechnology, Health Care, CleanTech | $150k–$15M |
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Matteo de Brabant
Angel
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6 | Italy, France | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | News, Beauty, EdTech | $1.8M–$11M |
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Fabio Cannavale
Angel
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5 | Italy, United States, Hong Kong | Series A, Seed | SaaS, Software, Information Technology | $700k–$11M |
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David Clarke
Angel
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5 | Italy, Germany, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | $1.4M–$26M |
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Matteo Fago
Angel
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5 | Italy | Seed, Convertible Note | Travel, Farming, Big Data | $121k–$2.4M |
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Gianluca Cocco
Angel
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5 | Italy | Pre-Seed, Seed | Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce, Mobile | $1.7M–$8.2M |
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Raffaele Terrone
Angel
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5 | Italy, Germany, Spain | Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Financial Services, Finance | $450k–$38M |
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Stefano Bernardi
Angel
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4 | Italy, United Kingdom, France | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence | $100k–$45M |
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Enrico Pandian
Angel
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4 | Italy, United States | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | E-Commerce, SaaS, FinTech | $2M–$3.3M |
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Luca Rodella
Angel
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4 | Italy | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Artificial Intelligence, Mobile, FinTech | $1.7M–$1.9M |
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Marco Valta
Angel
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4 | United States, Germany, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Secondary Market | E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace | $16k–$24M |
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Luca Ferrante Carrante
Angel
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3 | Italy, United States | Seed, Angel, Series A | Shoes, Retail, Travel | $2.7M–$4.8M |
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Pietro Invernizzi
Angel
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3 | United Kingdom, France, Italy | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | FinTech, Software, Financial Services | $1.1M–$38M |
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Duccio Vitali
Angel
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3 | Italy | Freelance, Web Design, Web Development | ||
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Rosario Bifulco
Angel
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3 | Italy | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Art, Medical, Blockchain | |
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Diego Piacentini
Angel
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3 | United States, Italy, The Netherlands | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Human Resources, SaaS, Hardware | $255k–$16M |
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Jacopo Paoletti
Angel
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3 | Italy, United States, United Kingdom | Equity Crowdfunding, Seed | Apps, SaaS, Mobile | $61k–$1M |
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Marco Caradonna
Angel
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3 | Italy, United Kingdom, France | Seed, Angel | Advertising, PaaS, SaaS | $1.2M–$1.6M |
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Marco Di Pietro
Angel
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3 | Italy | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Advertising, Marketing Automation, SaaS | |
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Fernando Diana
Angel
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3 | Italy | Seed, Series A | News, Local, Fitness | $219k–$265k |
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Luca Foresti
Angel
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3 | Italy | Pre-Seed | SaaS, Retail, Nutrition | $238k–$5.2M |
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Fabio Nalucci
Angel
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3 | Italy | Seed, Angel, Series A | Advice, Internet, Accounting | $262k–$1.3M |
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Lorenzo Lamberti Sagliano
Angel
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3 | Italy | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | EdTech, FinTech, Machine Learning | |
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Massimiliano Magrini
Angel
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3 | Italy, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence | $274k–$16M |
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Federico González Tejera
Angel
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3 | Italy | Seed, Pre-Seed | Travel, Software, Travel Agency | |
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Maurizio Donadelli
Angel
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3 | Italy, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | Analytics, Retail, Travel | $110k–$283k |
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Francesco Beraldi
Angel
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3 | Italy | Seed, Pre-Seed | Machine Learning, SaaS, EdTech | $1.1M–$3.3M |
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Max Ciociola
Angel
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3 | Italy, Germany | Pre-Seed, Series A | SaaS, FinTech, Consumer | |
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Alberto Giusti
Angel
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3 | Italy | Seed, Angel | Energy Efficiency, Internet of Things, Industrial Automation | $66k–$270k |
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Alberto Birolini
Angel
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3 | Italy | Seed, Angel | Shoes, Retail, Fashion | |
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Michele Attisani
Angel
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3 | United Kingdom, United States, Italy | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Financial Services, FinTech, Software | $982k–$6M |
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Stiven Muccioli
Angel
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3 | Italy, San Marino | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | FinTech, Financial Services, Banking | $110k–$38M |
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Giordano Martinelli
Angel
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3 | Italy | Seed | Finance, Internet, Freelance | $603k–$2.1M |
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Gianpaolo Naef
Angel
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2 | Italy | Seed, Pre-Seed | Recruiting, Online Portals, Human Resources | |
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Marco Campagnacci
Angel
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2 | Italy | Pre-Seed | Software, GreenTech, Consulting | |
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Fabio Zecchini
Angel
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2 | Italy | Pre-Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Pet, Retail | |
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Giovanni Onesti
Angel
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2 | Italy | Seed | Farming, Agriculture, Manufacturing | |
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Ciro Immobile
Angel
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2 | Italy | Seed | Art, Fashion, Internet | |
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Andrea Febbraio
Angel
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2 | Italy | Seed | Internet, Farming, Fitness | $265k–$276k |
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Riccardo Schiavotto
Angel
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2 | Italy | Pre-Seed | Mobile, E-Commerce, Advertising | |
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Fulvio Basili
Angel
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2 | Italy | Seed | Farming, Agriculture, Manufacturing | |
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Luca Trevisan
Angel
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2 | Italy | Series A | Medical, Health Care, Medical Device | |
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Enrico Giacomelli
Angel
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2 | Italy, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Finance, Accounting | $2.1M–$3.3M |
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Stefano Miccinelli
Angel
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2 | Italy | Seed, Pre-Seed | Pet, Gift, Retail | |
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Luigi Bajetti
Angel
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2 | United States, Italy, Luxembourg | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Apps | $125k–$27M |
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Luca is founder and CEO of Lambda Alpha, an investment company focused on early stage investment. Its portfolio includes Bear, the Apple Design Award winner notes app, Fintechs as Lendable and Emma App in London, Mansa in Paris and ScalaPay as well as autonomous robots Gideon Brothers and automated pasta restaurant Cala. Recent investmentsincludes Dishpatch, Airbank and RVVUP. Luca started his entrepreneurial career aged 20 when he launched BuyCentral.it, the first Italian shopping comparison site, in 2000. It was sold to Lycos in 2004. In 2002 he founded ADVance which became the leading digital agency in Italy, subsequently sold to NetBooster. In 2004 he cofounded GoAdv, later rebranded Populis, one of the largest vertical digital publishing groups in Europe and Brazil, listed on the Paris Alternext stock exchange. In 2011 Populis was named the fastest growing company in Ireland and part of the top ten in Europe by Deloitte. In 2012 and 2013 he has brought the TechCrunch conference to Italy with the aim of connecting the Italian industry with international investors. For this same purpose he was co-hosting the 2017 Founders Forum in Rome.From 2010 Luca was in the board of IlSecoloXIX, an Italian north west leading newspaper, then acquired by LaStampa in 2014 and he was in the board of the new group, ITEDI, until it was acquired by Gruppo Espresso in 2017.
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- Industry: FinTech, Software, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: France, Italy, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 40
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$13M; Pre-Seed $589k–$38M; Series A $3.7M–$32M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Fence — At Fence, we're transforming the way debt facilities are managed. We are the Operating System for your debt facility, reducing the amount of resources spent in back-office operations and letting teams focus on what matters.Our platform, built on blockchain technology, offers a Software as a Service (SaaS) solution that simplifies andautomate debt facility operations. Whether you're a capital provider or an asset originator, Fence leads you toward a smarter financial future.For capital providers, our platform enables internet-native debt solutions and real-time portfolio insights, enhancing your credit investment monitoring. With Fence, you stay ahead, making informed decisions for success. Asset originators benefit from enhanced capital efficiency and reduced operational costs, thanks to Fence's automation. We seamlessly integrate debt facilities into your tech stack and provide on-demand programmable debt, giving you unprecedented control over the capital you borrow.
- qomodo — Qomodo: La piattaforma BNPL innovativa. Rate a tasso zero, approvazioni veloci, transazioni sicure. Rivoluzionaria nell'acquisto per aziende e consumatori.
- ReportAId — ReportAId is an AI-powered software that breathes life into medical reports to make healthcare more organized, customized, and accessible.
Giovanni Gardelli is the Senior Director at Verizon Media.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Fashion, Software
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, Italy, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Round size: Seed $638k–$2.4M; Angel $66k–$878k
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- HiNelson — HiNelson an Italian-based online store for nautical accessories. HiNelson is the first nautical online store about high-level boating components. They select the best and successful brands in the nautical worldwide market, such as Veleria San Giorgio to guarantee maritime safety with their life jackets, moving through Polyform’s boat fenders foryacht protection, or the best anchoring and docking system by Lofrans’, Max Power and Quick and finishing with the most famous Plastimo’s compasses or and Bartomarine sail’s accessories.
- Promoted.ai — Sort search and promote the best listing at the top to increase revenue. Designed for top engineering teams at scaled online marketplace e-commerce companies.
- Growth Kitchen — Growth Kitchen provides a network of delivery-optimized kitchens coupled with food delivery solutions and support.
Venture Partner, Eurazeo InvestmentInternational Venture Capitalist, Business Angel and SVP with >20 years experience in >20 countries, with a successful track as VC, BA and Entrepreneur in a truly global environment. Fabio is a Venture Partner in Eurazeo Investment, following their acquisition of IDINVEST Partners, a leading Europeanprivate equity firm with >9B€ AUM, focusing on Venture Capital investments in Italy across sectors and in the Smart City sector (Energy, Cleantech, Eco-mobility) worldwide. Fabio is the Founder and CEO of growth Capital, the leading Italian investment banking focusing on advising innovative, fast-growing companies on fund raising and M&A. Fabio is also an active Business Angel, with a personal portfolio of more than 30 startups. a Member of the Investment Committee of Lazio Innova. Previously Fabio has been a Senior Advisor in the European Investment Fund (EIF), leading the joint efforts of EIF and Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) to establish TT Investment Funds in Italy to develop its ecosystem for Innovation. Before entering the Private Equity sector, Fabio has lead Soitec Solar Division sale after it has increased its revenues from ~2M€ to >40M€ and achieved the world record of PV Module Efficiency and Solar Cell Efficiency. He had earlier founded and lead RenEn Renewable Energy to a leading renewable energy consulting firm. Earlier Fabio has been in McKinsey, ENEL and Russell Reynolds. In ENEL, Fabio has been Head of Integration, Head of International Management, Head of HR and Organisation and member of the Board of various international companies. Fabio received his M.S. degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from M.I.T. and his M.B.A. from INSEAD. He is fluent in English, Italian, French and Spanish.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Retail, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
- Geography: Italy, France, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Round size: Seed $329k–$2.2M; Equity Crowdfunding $1.4M–$2.9M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Icohup — The aim of Icohup is the development of pollution sensors with high performance yet low costs.
- Yobs — Record your interviews, accelerate candidate review, coach recruiters and build a fair and rigorous hiring process.
- Keyless — Reverify and authenticate your users in a glance, without storing biometric data. PingOne Recognize delivers private, fraud-resistant biometric authentication.
Joe Zadeh
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- Industry: Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Personal Health
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy, United States, Estonia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $2.2M–$13M; Pre-Seed $1.1M–$5.2M; Series A $13M–$19M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ephos — Designing and manufacturing glass-based integrated photonic circuits that power the most advanced classical and quantum devices
- Cubbit — Cubbit is secure encrypted cloud storage with a difference. A distributed cloud that is 100% private and green. Join the Swarm.
- Lexroom.ai — Lexroom.ai allows lawyers to complete hours of legal research in seconds.Legal professionals spend up to 50% of their time in repetitive, low value-adding tasks. That’s why we’re building Lexroom.ai, a product that allows lawyers to complete hours of research in seconds, so they can focus on what really matters.Lexroom.ai perfectly integrateswith lawyers' daily workflow and enables them to speed up time-consuming legal research tasks while increasing output quality, so that they can focus more on value-adding activities.Lexroom.ai is building a bridge between advanced artificial intelligence technologies and legal professionals, through a product specifically tailored to their needs.
Paolo Barberis is the Founder at Nana Bianca.
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- Industry: Machine Learning, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $165k–$3.3M; Series A $1.4M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- faire.ai — We enable banks and financial institutions to provide instant lending services leveraging open banking and Artificial Intelligence
- Musixmatch — Musixmatch is the leading Music Data company aggregating rights for the world's largest catalog of lyrics. The company uses the power of lyrics to build unique dataset and machine learning algorithms based on NLP to empower music reccomandations, search, discovery . On top of this Musixmatch administrates more than 10,000 Music publishers andover 150 mln $ copyrights . Musixmatch has ensured worldwide agreement with top Music Publishers as Universal Publishing, Emi Publishing, Sony ATV, BMG, Warner Chappel, Kobalt Publishing, and +4000 trough Harry Fox Agency. Current clients list includes Apple Music, Google, Shazam, Amazon Music, Spotify, Facebook, VEVO, Saavn, MTV, etc
- EPICODE — Epicode School is a online coding startup that offers professional training and coaching services.
Entrepreneur and investor. After working in management consulting, in 2006 he created Wish Days, known above all for the Emozione3 gift boxes. In April 2016, he sold the company to the Smartbox group with a millionaire exit. In 2017, together with Cristina Pozzi, already a partner in Wish Days he founded Impactscool.He is advisor of dozens oftechnological initiatives and business angels in 150+ startups focusing on clean tech.He is the author of the book “Come far fallire una startup ed essere fellici” – How to make a startup fail and be happy, published by Bompiani, Bestseller in 2018.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, CleanTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Round size: Seed $150k–$6M; Series A $3.8M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Talyn Air — Inspired by two-stage rockets, our innovative eVTOL uses two flight vehicles to transform flight. Fixed-wing performance with VTOL capabilities.
- BillionToOne — We are a team at the forefront of disease detection focused on moving Prenatal Screening and Liquid Biopsy forward.
- CaSRevolution — A novel disease-modifying approach against neurodegeneration
Matteo de Brabant is Founder and Chairman at Jakala Group. He is the CEO of the company since 2000.
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- Industry: News, Beauty, EdTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $1.8M–$3.3M; Series A $4.2M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- faire.ai — We enable banks and financial institutions to provide instant lending services leveraging open banking and Artificial Intelligence
- Futura — Futura makes high quality education accessible to everyone. Our AI-based platform uses Deep Learning to optimize your study time and test scores by learning from your past mistakes and targeting weak points with extra attention. We completely personalize learning, using a data-driven approach and modular classes that adapt to students’ individualneeds.
- We Are Emma — We Are Emma is a provider of salon amenities and products meant to promote healthy hair. It offers services like hair spas and products manufactured from natural resources
David Clarke is the Board member of Payslip. David Clarke is the Venture Partner at Frontline Ventures. He attended Trinity College Dublin during 1989-1993.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy, Germany, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $2.8M–$13M; Pre-Seed $1.4M–$6.9M; Series A $6.7M–$26M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Procuros — More and more sales teams struggle with supplier portals. We help you integrate digitally with common supplier portals and consolidate all order documents.
- TextYess — Increase your eCommerce Retention with a Frictionless Experience.
- Kota — Replace your tools, brokers and outdated processes with the only platform that handles the entire employee benefits journey.
Matteo Fago
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- Industry: Travel, Farming, Big Data
- Stage:Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $121k–$2.4M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Wallfarm — WallFarm manufactures LIA, a control unit that enables plants to grow by themselves.LIA is not a custom made solution and neither an expensive robot for industrial automation: it's a small automation box that needs no complicated installation and no specifications, just take 2 minutes to plug some cables, push play and all the plantsinvolved in the system grow by themselves from seeding to gathering whether they are 10, 100 or 10.000.LIA collects data over air temperature, humidity, pressure and altitude and over water temperature, PH and Ec as well as lighting hours, irrigation and water oxygenation.
- Hotbox Food — Founded in 2016 in Maranello, Italy, a team of part time pizzaiolos and engineers were fed up with delivering cold and soggy pizza to their clients. Desperately failing to find a solution they decided to take matters in their own hands. As so many great innovations the idea was sparked by an accident when Claudio burned himself on the exhaust pipeof the scooter while delivering pizza. Aerospace engineers, cousin Anthony, long time friend Marco and Industrial Automation technician Domenico applied advanced physical principles and ingenious mechanical innovation to make Hotbox – keeping the food hot (85°C) and crunchy (steam-free) for up to 40 min of transport, recycling the excess heat from the scooter engine. Since then the team is growing and continue to innovate and work hard to make Hotbox available for restaurants and delivery teams across the globe, with the mission to elevate the quality of the food delivery industry – hot & crunchy food at the doorstep!
- IdentifAI — identifAI pioneers discerning human-AI creations, bolstering authenticity with advanced models. Determine if an image come from AI or from human!
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Browse database — It's Free!Gianluca achieved two successful exits before founding his new fintech. The first exit occurred in 2018 in Italy when he served as the MD of the Italian branch of Delivery Hero. The second exit happened in 2022 in Spain when he sold Factory14, of which he was a co-founder. From 2011, he spent four years as one of the early managers at Amazon Italy,following the start of his career in strategic consulting at Roland Berger. He is angel investing in Fintech, SaaS and AI at pre-seed stage.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce, Mobile
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $2.8M–$8.2M; Pre-Seed $1.7M–$3.1M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Bricks.sh — The fastest way to build and manage your Supabase database. One-click admin panel with powerful features for teams.
- compri — Automate all your Procurement activities with AI
- CommerceClarity — CommerceClarity offers AI-powered catalogue optimization solutions that turn catalogue operations into a competitive advantage.
Raffaele Terrone currently works as Chief Financial Officer at Scalapay. He previously worked at ICAMAP as an Investment Director.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy, Germany, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Pre-Seed $450k–$38M; Series A $8.1M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Xaver — Xaver enables Financial Institutions to close Europe’s pension gap. By offering an advanced AI-driven B2B platform for life insurance and private pension sales, Xaver enhances the operational and sales efficiency of banks, insurers, and brokers by up to 65% and introduces a new era of white-labeled private pension products.With a leadership teamof experienced industry veterans - Max Bachem, Ole Breulmann, and Dr. Björn Holste - and backing from leading VC funds and a prominent group of former financial institution executives, fintech pioneers, and unicorn founders, Xaver is dedicated to improving the pension situation of Europeans through their B2B offering.
- qomodo — Qomodo: La piattaforma BNPL innovativa. Rate a tasso zero, approvazioni veloci, transazioni sicure. Rivoluzionaria nell'acquisto per aziende e consumatori.
- SAPI — SAPI builds credit products for payment companies to facilitate payment flows, engage and retain merchants, and generate new revenue.
Stefano Bernardi is the Investment Director, Climate at Fondazione ENEA Tech.
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- Industry: Software, Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy, United Kingdom, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Round size: Seed $100k–$45M; Pre-Seed $1.4M–$2.2M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- iubenda — Make your sites & apps legally compliant across multiple languages and legislations (including the GDPR) with our lawyer-crafted, self-updating solutions.
- Eden Bio — Eden Bio is a biotech using machine learning to guide the genetic engineering of microorganism strain optimisation, improving protein yield.
- Golden — Golden is a developer of a self-constructing knowledge database used to accelerate discovery and education. The company uses and leverages human effort by using machine intelligence to make the process of gathering and communicating knowledge simpler.It combines a powerful search across several entities with fine-grain alerts to stay on top ofchanges, and semi-automatic research assistance for gaps in knowledge that enable people in organizations to stay current, understand and leverage the latest trends in their industry.
Enrico Pandian is the Co-Founder and CEO of StartupGym and the Founder of FrescoFrigo. He previously worked at Checkout Technologies as a Co-Founder and President of the Board. Enrico Pandian attended the University of Verona.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, SaaS, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $2M–$3.3M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Quisto — On Quisto, Ho.Re.Ca. retailers can find the best suppliers in their area and purchase 24/7 whatever they need for their business --> www.quisto.it
- CaSRevolution — A novel disease-modifying approach against neurodegeneration
- Viceversa — Viceversa provides capital to European digital businesses to support companies in sustainable and ethical growth. The company was founded in 2021 and has locations in Milan and Dublin.
Luca Rodella is based out of Riva del Garda, Trentino-Alto Adige and is the CEO and Founder of Smartness. Luca previously worked at AlphaTeam.Net as a Co-Founder and CEO. Luca Rodella attended the University of Trento.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Mobile, FinTech
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Pre-Seed $1.7M–$1.9M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- qomodo — Qomodo: La piattaforma BNPL innovativa. Rate a tasso zero, approvazioni veloci, transazioni sicure. Rivoluzionaria nell'acquisto per aziende e consumatori.
- TextYess — Increase your eCommerce Retention with a Frictionless Experience.
- Bricks.sh — The fastest way to build and manage your Supabase database. One-click admin panel with powerful features for teams.
Marco Valta is an Entrepreneur and Investor with over 15 years experience in the tech/web industry. As an internet investor, Marco has a portfolio of more than 150 companies including Appnexus, Soldo, Revolut, Prima, Bolt, Flexport, Deliveroo, Space X, Brex, Fabfitfun, Cloudkitchens, Raya, Playco, Public, Coinbase, Pacaso.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Secondary Market
- Geography: United States, Germany, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 54
- Round size: Seed $16k–$4M; Series A $2.5M–$24M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Bolt — Bolt makes Ecommerce better with One-Click Checkout and CheckoutOS. See how Bolt checkout boosts your sales today.
- Coinbase — Coinbase is an online platform for digital currency transactions, enabling merchants, consumers, and traders to buy, sell, and store cryptocurrencies. The company provides Bitcoin wallet services, allowing users to manage digital assets and conduct transactions. Coinbase offers merchant payment processing tools, supporting businesses in integratingcryptocurrency payments. It facilitates secure digital currency exchanges, assisting users in navigating blockchain-based financial transactions.
- Salty. — Salty Dot, Inc. is the Embedded Insurance® technology company. Salty removes existing consumer impediments to buying the right policy and having the proper coverage. The company’s platform is a proprietary Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution that enables carriers and distribution partners to offer a customized policy to insure a product orservice in real-time during the purchase process. Salty uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to analyze unique data sources about the buyer and the purchase. It then sorts through multiple carriers to seamlessly offer the right insurance. Salty is licensed in all 50 states. For more information, please visit the company’s website at www.wearesalty.com.
Luca Ferrante Carrante - Associate Director, Investments @ The Olayan Group
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- Industry: Shoes, Retail, Travel
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Italy, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Series A $2.7M–$4.8M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- WeRoad — We organise group tours on the road to more than 150 destinations around the world. We leave all year round, in similar groups of age and travel mood.
- Velasca — Our shoes are made by hand in Italy with the greatest care. Choose your favourite Velasca, now also for Women.
- CharityStars — The groundbreaking fundraising platform offering one destination for all. Together we stand strong, dream big and create greater change for causes worldwide.
Pietro Invernizzi - Founding Partner @ firedrop
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- Industry: FinTech, Software, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: United Kingdom, France, Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$5M; Pre-Seed $1.1M–$38M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- qomodo — Qomodo: La piattaforma BNPL innovativa. Rate a tasso zero, approvazioni veloci, transazioni sicure. Rivoluzionaria nell'acquisto per aziende e consumatori.
- Omnea — The all-in-one procurement platform. Request purchases, automate approvals, and streamline your procurement process in one centralised solution.
- Dimension — The state of the art collaboration platform for modern engineering teams. Chat, project management, smart actions, and more, accelerated by AI.
Duccio Vitali is a CEO at Alkemy digital_enabler.
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- Industry: Freelance, Web Design, Web Development
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Cosmico — We are the platform connecting digital talents with the most ambitious companies, using remote work.We have over 8,000 members and our talents have accelerated dozens of projects alongside big names like Accenture Song, Tangity, Frog, Fjord, Sketchin, EY but also aggressive start-ups like Scalapay, Gimme5, Flowe, Unguess.If you are a digitalprofessional: we offer you a community in which to grow your talent through experiences, networks and cosmic projects.If you are a company: we offer you access to a community of designers, developers and marketers from which to select the talents to accelerate your digital transformation projects. Whether you are a manager or a digital professional, Cosmico is here to help you find your space
- Wibo — Scopri le migliori soluzioni per la formazione manageriale. Trasforma il tuo team con i nostri corsi innovativi e efficaci. Contattaci ora!
Rosario Bifulco, president of the auction house Finarte S.p.A.
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- Industry: Art, Medical, Blockchain
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- I-VASC — I-VASC has developed the VELEX device using new technology to treat CVI and varicose veins.
- Reasoned Art — Reasoned Art is the Italian gallery dedicated to CryptoArt. it selects the best digital artists worldwide, curates physical and virtual exhibitions, and certifies the authenticity of works allowing their sale through NFT.
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Browse database — It's Free!Diego Piacentini has served as Senior Vice President, International Consumer Business, since February 2012. From January 2007 until February 2012, Diego Piacentini served as Senior Vice President, International Retail, from November 2001 until December 2006, he served as Senior Vice President, Worldwide Retail and Marketing and, from February 2000until November 2001, he served as Senior Vice President and General Manager, International. Prior to joining Amazon.com, Piacentini was Vice President and General Manager of Apple Computer Europe, where he headed operations for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Piacentini joined Apple Computer in 1987. He held several financial management positions both in Apple Italy and at a European level through 1993. Piacentini served as Sales Director for Apple Italy in 1994 and was promoted to the post of General Manager for Apple Italy in May 1995.Piacentini holds a degree in economics from Bocconi University of Milan. An Italian national, he has traveled and worked across Europe, Asia and North America.n Senior Vice President of International Consumer at Amazon.com Inc. since February 2012.
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- Industry: Human Resources, SaaS, Hardware
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, Italy, The Netherlands
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $255k–$16M; Pre-Seed $1.8M–$5.2M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ephos — Designing and manufacturing glass-based integrated photonic circuits that power the most advanced classical and quantum devices
- IDOVEN — IDoven develops products to detect heart problems at an early stage to prevent heart diseases.
- Jet HR — Jet HR makes managing people incredibly simple: payroll, benefits, devices, compliance and much more. We re-thought the HR function, removing anything that is cumbersome and simplifying any action on employees. We are funded by the best Italian VCs (Exor Ventures, Italian Founders Fund and 6 more) and by the best Italian founders (founders ofCasavo, Satispay, Scalapay, Bending Spoons, Musixmatch, Talent Garden, Oyster HR, etc).
Digital Marketer, Serial Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, Startup Advisor.
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- Industry: Apps, SaaS, Mobile
- Stage:Equity Crowdfunding, Seed
- Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $165k–$470k; Equity Crowdfunding $61k–$1M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Japal —
- CreationDose — We are the MediaTech Company that build solutions and technologies that help Brands to communicate in new media and enable Creators to monetize their contents and audiences.
- Contents — Contents.com is a tech company that developed an artificial intelligence platform based on a perfect cycle of interaction between data analysis and machine learning systems that makes access to data easier for everyone. Contents.com provides integrated solutions for every online business and customer. Through proprietary algorithm-basedsoftware, Contents.com guarantees specific advanced tools for any needs: all in one unique application platform. The platform provides advanced tools with specific functions: future trends prediction, content generation, user behavior analysis, website performance monitoring, detection of website’s position in search engines, and much more.Contents.com was founded in 2017, currently, the company is present in 4 countries: Italy, Spain, France, and the UK.
Marco Caradonna is a Co-Founder & Managing Partner at BlackSheep Ventures at BlackSheep Ventures. He attended Catholic University of Sacred Heart.
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- Industry: Advertising, PaaS, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Italy, United Kingdom, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$1.6M
- Lead/follow: 90% lead, 10% follow
Portfolio highlights
- GoVolt — GoVolt is an innovative startup providing sustainable last mile logistics solutions. The company was born to address the challenge of mobility in modern urban centres and aims to differentiate its service offering within the market while solving a crucial issue for today’s and future generations. The company operates four separate business units:custom B2B delivery services, coroporate dedicated vehicle fleet rentals, third party micro-mobility fleet logistical management and specialized mechatronic maintenance.
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- Acadèmia.tv — Acadèmia.tv is an e-learning provision that offers online classes on cooking conducted by various professional chefs.
Marco Di Pietro former director of Yoox.
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- Industry: Advertising, Marketing Automation, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- TextYess — Increase your eCommerce Retention with a Frictionless Experience.
- Cassandra — Cassandra gives you ongoing suggestions to optimize Marketing Investments across all the campaigns you have, suggests where and how much to spend on each campaign while automates your marketing workflows.
Fernando Diana - Manager - Acquisitions & Sales Management @ CityNews
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- Industry: News, Local, Fitness
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $219k–$265k
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- CityNews — Citynews is an italian based network of local newspaper sites. Actually active in 9 cities Citynews planning to open in the 30 principal italian cities. Actually 1,4 million visits each months.
- Fitprime — Il Partner unico per il Wellbeing Aziendale
Luca Foresti is the CEO at Santagostino. Luca Foresti attended The University of Pisa.
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- Industry: SaaS, Retail, Nutrition
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Pre-Seed $238k–$5.2M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Tuduu — Tuduu.it: Revolutionizing the Internationalization of Italian Food E-commerceTuduu.it is an innovative internationalization-as-a-service platform designed to empower small and medium-sized Italian food producers to overcome the digital and linguistic barriers that limit their global reach. By providing a scalable AI-powered ecosystem, Tuduuenables these producers to seamlessly translate, enrich, and showcase their product catalogs and recipes in over 17 languages, unlocking new export opportunities across Europe and beyond.The Challenge The Italian agri-food sector is a global leader, generating over €523 billion in turnover and employing 3.6 million people. However, only 15% of this turnover currently derives from exports, and just 20% of Italian food companies have an e-commerce presence — often limited to Italian language only. This poor digitalization and language gap create significant competitive disadvantages for many small and medium producers eager to reach international customers.Tuduu’s Solution Tuduu.it addresses these challenges through a comprehensive, AI-driven digital platform designed as an internationalization-as-a-service (IaaS) model for Made in Italy food e-commerce. The key pillars of Tuduu’s solution include:AI-powered catalog and recipe translation: Automatic, scalable translation of product catalogs, recipes, and user-generated content (UGC) videos into 17 languages, including automated dubbing of video content, enabling producers to speak directly to diverse international markets.Personalized user experience: Dynamic nutrition filters allow users to explore products and recipes tailored to their dietary profiles (e.g., vegan, gluten-free, allergies), with AI algorithms that automatically determine macro- and micronutrients, and assess nutritional compatibility with specific dietary restrictions.Seamless marketplace integration: Producers set up or maintain their own e-commerce sites and access Tuduu’s ecosystem by installing a simple plugin or API feed. This approach preserves producers’ autonomy while enabling them to benefit from Tuduu’s unique international visibility and user engagement.Recipe-driven commerce: Tuduu innovates by combining product discovery with rich recipe content, allowing consumers to explore authentic Italian culinary experiences and directly purchase ingredients through integrated shopping lists and seamless checkout flows.SEO and marketing optimization: Tuduu acts as a multilingual media showcase optimized for both Google search and YouTube video discovery, leveraging AI-generated content and influencer marketing networks to boost brand awareness and export sales.Market Opportunity 54,000+ Italian food companies generate approximately €67 billion in export value annually.The total addressable market (TAM) of the Italian agri-food sector is €523 billion, with the serviceable available market (SAM) focused on the digitally mature segment estimated at €12 billion.Tuduu’s projected serviceable obtainable market (SOM) aims to capture €11.4 million in transactions within five years, with a target of more than 800 retailers and 90 million euros in transaction volume.Business Model Tuduu operates primarily on a performance-based affiliation fee of 10% on sales, coupled with a SaaS subscription starting at €99/month for access to advanced platform features. Custom projects and media services (including influencer campaigns) are offered to support brand promotion and growth.The Tuduu Ecosystem and Team The platform is built on three key scalable AI models:Product Model: Analyzes and translates product data with nutritional profiling and cross-contamination detection.Recipe Model: Automates recipe nutrient calculation and compatibility with specific dietary needs.Nutrition Model: Generates personalized nutrition plans and profiles.The Tuduu team combines expertise in food tech, software development, UX design, marketing, and business development, driven by a shared mission to support Italian food producers’ digital transformation and international expansion.Sustainability and Impact Tuduu embraces sustainability not only as a goal but as a driver of growth. By promoting healthier eating habits through nutritionist-guided recipes and improving access to authentic local products, Tuduu aligns with several United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The platform also supports small producers by facilitating their entry into global markets via digital channels, thereby enhancing social and economic sustainability in local communities.Side Project: Tuduu Nutrition Expanding the core technology, Tuduu has developed a complementary SaaS platform for nutritionists called Tuduu Nutrition. This platform enables rapid creation, analysis, and digitization of personalized nutrition plans, integrated into a mobile app for patient compliance and monitoring.Key features of Tuduu Nutrition include:Generation of tailored nutrition profiles and plans based on validated dietary guidelines.Weekly meal planning with integrated recipes from Tuduu’s extensive database.Shared and collaborative shopping lists that automatically sync with partner retailers for easy purchasing.SaaS pricing based on a monthly subscription (€29/month) plus a fee per managed patient (€2.5/month).Tuduu Nutrition leverages the same AI technology and data models as Tuduu.it, creating synergy between food e-commerce and health-oriented nutrition planning.Financial Outlook and Fundraising Tuduu is currently in a growth and fundraising phase, targeting €1,000,000 in capital with investment tickets starting from €5,000. The company projects rapid scaling with increasing revenues from marketplace transactions, media services, and SaaS subscriptions, aiming for over €11 million in revenues by 2029 and expanding its brand network substantially.Summary Tuduu.it is poised to transform the Italian food export landscape by bridging the gap between small producers and international consumers through advanced AI-driven digital tools, an engaging marketplace experience, and a strong commitment to sustainability and nutrition. Alongside its sister platform Tuduu Nutrition, it creates a comprehensive ecosystem that connects producers, consumers, and health professionals in a unique, scalable way.
- Jet HR — Jet HR makes managing people incredibly simple: payroll, benefits, devices, compliance and much more. We re-thought the HR function, removing anything that is cumbersome and simplifying any action on employees. We are funded by the best Italian VCs (Exor Ventures, Italian Founders Fund and 6 more) and by the best Italian founders (founders ofCasavo, Satispay, Scalapay, Bending Spoons, Musixmatch, Talent Garden, Oyster HR, etc).
Fabio Nalucci - CEO & Founder @ GELLIFY
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- Industry: Advice, Internet, Accounting
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $262k–$1.3M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Limolane — Limolane is a chauffeur service designed to meet the mobility needs of users. They offer a variety of vehicles, transparent pricing, and an easy booking process. They streamline user travel interactions and provide users with private car rentals with drivers.
- Normo — Normo is a SAAS platform that provides personalized GPT assistance for accounting firms and entrepreneurs.
- FidoCommercialista — FidoCommercialista is a team of accountants to offer tax support. They use digital technologies to save customers time and money. They provide tax advice for their clients. They respond to customer inquiries by phone, contact form, and email.
Lorenzo Lamberti Sagliano
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- Industry: EdTech, FinTech, Machine Learning
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow
Portfolio highlights
- faire.ai — We enable banks and financial institutions to provide instant lending services leveraging open banking and Artificial Intelligence
- EPICODE — Epicode School is a online coding startup that offers professional training and coaching services.
Massimiliano is co-founder and Managing Partner United Ventures . Previously at Altavista and founding Country manager of Google Italy. Founder of Annapurna Ventures, a new generation Technology Angel Fund. and As Consultant appointed by the Ministry of Economic Development, He has actively contributed to the drawing up of the report onventure capitalism in Italy, which then led to the DL Growth .He is currently Vice President of the Touring Club Italiano, Board Member of the American Chamber of Commerce and sits on the board of directors of AppsBuilder, Paperlit, 20 Lines and Cloud4WI.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Round size: Seed $274k–$10M; Series A $4M–$15M; Series B $12M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 61% lead, 39% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Exein — The firmware security software and middleware can be injected like a vaccine in the hardware and aims to defend it from inside, working directly into the firmware at a lower level.
- 20lines — 20lines is a website and a mobile app where users write, read and share short stories.Their goal is to connect writers and readers around the concept of free short stories. They aim at becoming the “Instagram” for short stories. On 20lines everyone can easily share their stories, from the teenagers writing their daily journal for theirfriends to the important authors who want to share the preview of their next book with their audience.
- AppsBuilder — App Maker by Appy Pie : Start your Free Trial Now. No code App Builder that lets you build native apps in minutes without writing a single line of code.
Federico González is the Founder at Radisson Hotel Group.
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- Industry: Travel, Software, Travel Agency
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BizAway — Discover a streamlined approach to business travel with BizAway. Our intuitive platform offers a one-click solution to book and manage your trips, saving your company time and money. Over 2000 companies trust us with their travel management needs. Request a demo today!
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Browse database — It's Free!Maurizio Donadelli
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- Industry: Analytics, Retail, Travel
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $110k–$283k
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Antlos — Antlos is a peer-to-peer online marketplace that offers all-inclusive experience-driven boat holidays, published and managed directly by local Skippers, who are the captains and owners of the boat. Based on the principles of a Sharing Economy, Antlos makes yachting simple, affordable and accessible to everyone.Every Skipper may publish severallistings and be contacted by registered users willing to book a holiday. Guests can choose from different destinations and experiences offered and safely pay online via credit card, Paypal and Bank Wire. The Skippers can start earning from the rental of their boat without having to pay any agency fees and clients can book their holidays easily and safely thanks to Antlos' flexible cancellation policies and clear terms and conditions.Antlos was born in Venice and grown in H-FARM Campus. The team is composed of young professionals, passionate and expert on travel and the maritime industry, coming from different work experiences. Recently Antlos has been merged with the Swiss company which runs Sailogy.com.
- Pathflow — Pathflow is real life Analytics. Through a camera based system we study how customers move and behave inside a location, we match this analysis with marketing and sales data and we generate dashboards with objective data and analysis.We are focusing on the retail market to provide businesses with a tool that will allow them to really knowtheir customers and their shopping habits.
- Competitoor — Competitoor is the service for price intelligence. We track the price of your competitors and help you defining your price strategy.
Francesco Beraldi
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- Industry: Machine Learning, SaaS, EdTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$3.3M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- faire.ai — We enable banks and financial institutions to provide instant lending services leveraging open banking and Artificial Intelligence
- EPICODE — Epicode School is a online coding startup that offers professional training and coaching services.
- AzzurroDigitale — AzzurroDigitale accompagna le aziende manifatturiere in un percorso di digital transformation per migliorare e velocizzare i processi grazie alla tecnologia
Product-focused, balance-sheet driven entrepreneur with a 20+ year track record in pioneering, launching and growing profitable businesses in the mobile and media space with broad experience in product, business, and content development for the digital space. Max is founder and CEO of Musixmatch, the World's Largest Lyrics Catalog and MusicAI Company with +70 Mln of users in the world. Musixmatch uses Deep Learning and AI techniques to provide lyrics and language data to most of music digital streaming companies. As first mover in the mobile space Max started in early 1998 with Wireless Solutions, a multi media mobile gateway platform for delivering contents in more than 100 countries over 300 mobile carriers. He then sold his company to Dada, an italian media company, and he spent 7 years with Dada first as CEO Dada Iberia & Latam e then as EVP Mobile Services, leading a team of +100 people and +80 mln yearly turnover. Max is the co founder of AI Labs, an R&D AI Lab in Italy active on Technology Transfer on AI.
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- Industry: SaaS, FinTech, Consumer
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Dance — Dance is an electric mobility subscription company that makes it easy to explore your city with an electric bike or moped.
- Jet HR — Jet HR makes managing people incredibly simple: payroll, benefits, devices, compliance and much more. We re-thought the HR function, removing anything that is cumbersome and simplifying any action on employees. We are funded by the best Italian VCs (Exor Ventures, Italian Founders Fund and 6 more) and by the best Italian founders (founders ofCasavo, Satispay, Scalapay, Bending Spoons, Musixmatch, Talent Garden, Oyster HR, etc).
- Young Platform — Il crypto exchange italiano dove puoi acquistare e vendere Bitcoin e le migliori altcoin del mercato. Accumula criptovalute e costruisci il tuo futuro finanziario giorno dopo giorno.
Alberto Giusti - Partner @ Guanxi
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- Industry: Energy Efficiency, Internet of Things, Industrial Automation
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $66k–$270k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Alleantia — Boosts Industrial IoT with a converged industrial edge platform that connects machines fast and turns data into insights to optimize operations.
Alberto Birolini
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- Industry: Shoes, Retail, Fashion
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Velasca — Our shoes are made by hand in Italy with the greatest care. Choose your favourite Velasca, now also for Women.
Michele Attisani - General Partner @ Insiders Ventures
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 42
- Round size: Seed $2.8M–$6M; Pre-Seed $982k–$1.8M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Bankaya — Bankaya is the first fintech startup in Mexico built through a Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) platform. Bankaya's purpose is to empower everyone with the financial and digital freedom to break through barriers and achieve more.
- Firenze — Firenze aims to expand financial services by extending investment-backed lending to a wider audience, recognizing its importance in wealth creation and preservation. The founding team aims to democratize Lombard lending, making it accessible to all, while focusing on mass affluent clients.
- Hastee — Hastee is an employee benefit that companies can offer to their workforce. It empowers employees to receive their earned pay immediately to increase their choice and financial wellbeing. Companies profit from the improved productivity, engagement, recruitment & retention of their workforce, with zero cost or impact on company cash-flow.Thecompany was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in London, England.
Tech Entrepreneur and investor. The Financial Technology Report awarded him as one of the Top 25 CTOs of the world in the FinTech industry and he was selected as one of the Top 150 FinTech Leaders and Influencers in Italy. Founder and CEO of the Banking-as-a-Service startup BKN301 and founder of the VC firm SM Capital.Founder of Ventis, Fintechcompany sold to Iccrea Banca Group and co-founder of the multi-awarded SportTech startup Golee and the sustainable fashion startup KNIIT Milano. He founded Libertas, the first widely used news App in the Republic of San Marino and founded and later sold the e-commerce company Tippest. Early investor in SpaceX and Palantir (NYSE: PLTR) and Angel Investor of the Founder Institute of San Francisco, the world's largest pre-seed startup accelerator, based in Silicon Valley, through which he invested in startups like Realty Mogul, Andalin and MallIQ.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Banking
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy, San Marino
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Pre-Seed $110k–$38M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BKN301 — Scopri tutti i servizi dedicati a privati, aziende ed esercenti. Accedi all'area riservata.
- qomodo — Qomodo: La piattaforma BNPL innovativa. Rate a tasso zero, approvazioni veloci, transazioni sicure. Rivoluzionaria nell'acquisto per aziende e consumatori.
- Ventis — Acquista online abbigliamento per uomo, donna e bambino, arredamento, beauty e gourmet su Ventis. Approfitta delle offerte con la garanzia di pagamenti comodi e sicuri.
Giordano Martinelli
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- Industry: Finance, Internet, Freelance
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $603k–$2.1M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Cosmico — We are the platform connecting digital talents with the most ambitious companies, using remote work.We have over 8,000 members and our talents have accelerated dozens of projects alongside big names like Accenture Song, Tangity, Frog, Fjord, Sketchin, EY but also aggressive start-ups like Scalapay, Gimme5, Flowe, Unguess.If you are a digitalprofessional: we offer you a community in which to grow your talent through experiences, networks and cosmic projects.If you are a company: we offer you access to a community of designers, developers and marketers from which to select the talents to accelerate your digital transformation projects. Whether you are a manager or a digital professional, Cosmico is here to help you find your space
- Prestiamoci — Prestiamoci is the first community of loans between individuals born in Italy, allowing you to make profitable investment and to obtain loans with installments transparent.With Prestiamoci the providers invest and get Claimants, returning to its original role of the bank safe. Loans shall be paid by people to trustworthy people who want toachieve their life projects, grow their professional activity, better manage expenses and major purchases
Gianpaolo Naef is an individual investor.
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- Industry: Recruiting, Online Portals, Human Resources
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Stepsconnect — Trova candidati delle Nuove Generazioni. Offriamo tools di AI per trovare rapidamente i migliori candidati sui Social Network e nei nuovi canali.
Marco Campagnacci
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- Industry: Software, GreenTech, Consulting
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- TAC S.r.l. — Entra nel futuro del networking con Smart Card personalizzate. Tecnologia NFC e QR. Porta il tuo Business con te.
- Ventive Group — Ventive Group is a venture capitalist that provides personalized advice to support innovative startups and SMEs.
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Browse database — It's Free!Fabio has strong passion for data, technology and free ride skiing. He previous worked at PwC and iProspect/Aegis Media and has a degree in Information Engineering from the University of Padova.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Pet, Retail
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- JAMPY — JAMPY produce integratori premium per il benessere del tuo cane. Solo ingredienti funzionali, sviluppati da veterinari.
- Cosaporto — Cosaporto is a home delivery service bringing users goods from upmarket and premium shops in Rome, Milan, Turin, Bologna, Florence, and London. The startup carefully selects the best independent shops, producers and artisans, delivered directly to the user’s doorstep within hours of ordering. The service can be used to send beautiful gifts, or forevents, as well as surprises. Currently, Cosaporto operates in several Italian cities, including Rome, Milan, Turin, Bologna, Florence and last year it launched a London branch of the business.
Giovanni Onesti
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- Industry: Farming, Agriculture, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Wallfarm — WallFarm manufactures LIA, a control unit that enables plants to grow by themselves.LIA is not a custom made solution and neither an expensive robot for industrial automation: it's a small automation box that needs no complicated installation and no specifications, just take 2 minutes to plug some cables, push play and all the plantsinvolved in the system grow by themselves from seeding to gathering whether they are 10, 100 or 10.000.LIA collects data over air temperature, humidity, pressure and altitude and over water temperature, PH and Ec as well as lighting hours, irrigation and water oxygenation.
Ciro Immobile
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- Industry: Art, Fashion, Internet
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Inkdome — Inkdome business is a platform designed to help Tattoo parlours and permanent beauticians manage their day-to-day sales and operations. The platform’s feautures span managing appointment bookings, point-of-sale, customer records, inventory, supply and financial reporting.
- Moovenda — Moovenda provides crowdsourced urban shipment services. It enables its customers to order food from any restaurant of their choice. Moovenda was founded on February 20, 2015, and is based in Roma, Lazio, Italy.
Venture Capitalist, Investor, Internet entrepreneur, International Speaker and Book Author.+15 years of experience in AdTech & Digital Advertising : I love to start-up international digital business, scale it and make them grow till the exit.Co-founder of Ebuzzing (now Teads) from 0 to 100M$ Revenues in 4 YearsFounder of PromoDigital// Sold It After 2 Years for 4x RevenuesCo-Author of the book "Viral Video: Content is King Distribution is Queen" & Co-Author of the Book "Buzz Marketing nei Social Media" Partner at Ariadne CapitalPro Speaker at London Speaker Bureauhttp://mariafranzoni.com/business-management/4471-andrea-febbraio// I LOVE TO MENTOR AWESOME TEAMS //Speaker at Major Digital Advertising events: Royal Institution of Great Britain, IAB Forum Milan, iStrategy London, iStrategy Amsterdam, Cannes Lions Advertising Festival, Dmexco Cologne, Inspirational Festival Madrid.Advisor http://www.luissenlabs.com/ Angel Portfolio: AdEspresso, Chupamobile, Beintoo, FiloVenture Portfolio: Money Dashboard, Oxygen, Bit X , Quill, Taggstar, SoundOut, Made Television, Orson & Co , Bloomy Days, Norwood SystemSenior Lecturer at :SDA Bocconi, LUISS Business School, Business School Il Sole 24 Ore, IED, NaBA, Master IAB Università Cattolica, Gambero Rosso
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- Industry: Internet, Farming, Fitness
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Round size: Seed $265k–$276k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Fitprime — Il Partner unico per il Wellbeing Aziendale
- FRUITSAPP — First bidirectional marketplace in the world, adapted to Fresh Produce Industry. Thanks to IA, we connect companies of Fruit&Veg sector.
Riccardo holds a master degree - cum laude - in Management Engineering from University of Padova and an MBA from Colleges des Ingenieurs. He joined Rocket Internet after his MBA, working on the launch of some of the biggest e-commerces in South East Asia, like Lazada (recently sold to Alibaba). He’s passionate about developing new ideas andcreating new companies, with a strong hands-on approach to problem solving, processes and strategy. He created the algorithms that allows Lanieri to achieve a perfect fit for its customer more than 90% of the times.
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- Industry: Mobile, E-Commerce, Advertising
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- TextYess — Increase your eCommerce Retention with a Frictionless Experience.
Fulvio Basili is a Private Investor at WallFarm and also the CEO and Founder of Ecosafey.
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- Industry: Farming, Agriculture, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Wallfarm — WallFarm manufactures LIA, a control unit that enables plants to grow by themselves.LIA is not a custom made solution and neither an expensive robot for industrial automation: it's a small automation box that needs no complicated installation and no specifications, just take 2 minutes to plug some cables, push play and all the plantsinvolved in the system grow by themselves from seeding to gathering whether they are 10, 100 or 10.000.LIA collects data over air temperature, humidity, pressure and altitude and over water temperature, PH and Ec as well as lighting hours, irrigation and water oxygenation.
Luca Trevisan Sales Manager and Business Coordinator.
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- Industry: Medical, Health Care, Medical Device
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- I-VASC — I-VASC has developed the VELEX device using new technology to treat CVI and varicose veins.
Enrico Giacomelli Founder & Co-Owner of Namirial S.p.A.
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- Industry: FinTech, Finance, Accounting
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $2.1M–$3.3M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- XBOOKS — Investors Relations is Xbooks website whereby the company shares communications between the mangares and the Shareholders community. It provides an accurate account to investors, which keeps them updated of company life and key results.
- compri — Automate all your Procurement activities with AI
- Viceversa — Viceversa provides capital to European digital businesses to support companies in sustainable and ethical growth. The company was founded in 2021 and has locations in Milan and Dublin.
Stefano Miccinelli works in venture capital and private equity in Italy. He is currently the Proprietario of SRM Holdings.
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- Industry: Pet, Gift, Retail
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kippy — Pet owners deal with 2 main issues: every year millions of pets are lost; pets are thought to have become increasingly overweight, with higher risk of arthritis, diabetes and heart diseases development. We create the most advanced GPS and Activity Monitor for pets to keep them safe, healthy and to strengthen our relationship with them.
- Prestiamoci — Prestiamoci is the first community of loans between individuals born in Italy, allowing you to make profitable investment and to obtain loans with installments transparent.With Prestiamoci the providers invest and get Claimants, returning to its original role of the bank safe. Loans shall be paid by people to trustworthy people who want toachieve their life projects, grow their professional activity, better manage expenses and major purchases
- The WishList — The Wishlist is a unique Italian company, which introduced the concept of gift box applied to objects rather than experiences.
Luigi Bajetti is the managing partner and founder of Lombardstreet Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm in Menlo Park, California.Luigi is a serial entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience in the tech and internet industries, with a wealth of knowledge and expertise in building and scaling startups.As a full-time investor since2013, he has been leveraging his experience and insights to identify and support the next generation of Silicon Valley founders. With a passion for backing game-changing technologies and a talent for spotting emerging trends, Luigi has a proven track record of success in identifying groundbreaking startups. He has invested almost always at the earliest possible stage of seed in 20+ US startups valued at over $30 billion combined, including 9 that have since become unicorns.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Apps
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Italy, Luxembourg
Investor stats
- Total investments: 47
- Round size: Seed $250k–$9M; Pre-Seed $125k–$1.5M; Series A $5M–$27M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Cardenxe Sotol — Artisanal Small Batch 100% Sotol Spirit Cardenxe Sotol is a terroir-inspired premium craft spirit, distilled from the heart of the Dasylirion plant, in North of Mexico - where it holds a Denomination of Origin. Every label (Desierto and Sierra) honors a different environment in which the plants used to distill grew.
- Terraformation — Terraformation creates partnerships to scale reforestation with hardware, software, and knowledge based solutions.
- Rebellyous Foods — Rebellyous Foods makes crispy, juicy, 100% plant-based nuggets. Your guests will love the taste. Your team will love the simplicity. Get Rebellyous with us!
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