# Top 50 Angel Investors in Italy in June 2026 ## Luca Ascani - Type: Angel - Location: Rome, Lazio, Italy - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Software, Financial Services 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. ## Giovanni Gardelli - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Fashion, Software Giovanni Gardelli is the Senior Director at Verizon Media. ## Fabio Mondini de Focatiis - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding - Focus: E-Commerce, Retail, Information Technology 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. ## Joe Zadeh - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Personal Health Joe Zadeh ## Paolo Barberis - Type: Angel - Location: Firenze, Toscana, Italy - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Machine Learning, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence Paolo Barberis is the Founder at Nana Bianca. ## Andrea Dusi - Type: Angel - Location: Verona, Veneto, Italy - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, CleanTech 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. ## Matteo de Brabant - Type: Angel - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: News, Beauty, EdTech Matteo de Brabant is Founder and Chairman at Jakala Group. He is the CEO of the company since 2000. ## Fabio Cannavale - Type: Angel - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: SaaS, Software, Information Technology Fabio Cannavale - Founder & President @ B Heroes ## David Clarke - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS 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. ## Matteo Fago - Type: Angel - Location: Rome, Lazio, Italy - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: Travel, Farming, Big Data Matteo Fago ## Gianluca Cocco - Type: Angel - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce, Mobile 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. ## Raffaele Terrone - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance Raffaele Terrone currently works as Chief Financial Officer at Scalapay. He previously worked at ICAMAP as an Investment Director. ## Stefano Bernardi - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence Stefano Bernardi is the Investment Director, Climate at Fondazione ENEA Tech. ## Enrico Pandian - Type: Angel - Location: Milano, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, SaaS, FinTech 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. ## Luca Rodella - Type: Angel - Location: Riva Del Garda, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Mobile, FinTech 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. ## Marco Valta - Type: Angel - Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Secondary Market - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace 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. ## Luca Ferrante Carrante - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Shoes, Retail, Travel Luca Ferrante Carrante - Associate Director, Investments @ The Olayan Group ## Pietro Invernizzi - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: FinTech, Software, Financial Services Pietro Invernizzi - Founding Partner @ firedrop ## Duccio Vitali - Type: Angel - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 3 - Focus: Freelance, Web Design, Web Development Duccio Vitali is a CEO at Alkemy digital_enabler. ## Rosario Bifulco - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Art, Medical, Blockchain Rosario Bifulco, president of the auction house Finarte S.p.A. ## Diego Piacentini - Type: Angel - Location: Greater Seattle Area, Washington, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Human Resources, SaaS, Hardware 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. ## Jacopo Paoletti - Type: Angel - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Equity Crowdfunding, Seed - Focus: Apps, SaaS, Mobile Digital Marketer, Serial Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, Startup Advisor. ## Marco Caradonna - Type: Angel - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Advertising, PaaS, SaaS Marco Caradonna is a Co-Founder & Managing Partner at BlackSheep Ventures at BlackSheep Ventures. He attended Catholic University of Sacred Heart. ## Marco Di Pietro - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Advertising, Marketing Automation, SaaS Marco Di Pietro former director of Yoox. ## Fernando Diana - Type: Angel - Location: Roma, Lazio, Italy - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: News, Local, Fitness Fernando Diana - Manager - Acquisitions & Sales Management @ CityNews ## Luca Foresti - Type: Angel - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: SaaS, Retail, Nutrition Luca Foresti is the CEO at Santagostino. Luca Foresti attended The University of Pisa. ## Fabio Nalucci - Type: Angel - Location: Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Advice, Internet, Accounting Fabio Nalucci - CEO & Founder @ GELLIFY ## Lorenzo Lamberti Sagliano - Type: Angel - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: EdTech, FinTech, Machine Learning Lorenzo Lamberti Sagliano ## Massimiliano Magrini - Type: Angel - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence 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. ## Federico González Tejera - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Travel, Software, Travel Agency Federico González is the Founder at Radisson Hotel Group. ## Maurizio Donadelli - Type: Angel - Location: Altino, Veneto, Italy - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Analytics, Retail, Travel Maurizio Donadelli ## Francesco Beraldi - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Machine Learning, SaaS, EdTech Francesco Beraldi ## Max Ciociola - Type: Angel - Location: Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: SaaS, FinTech, Consumer 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. ## Alberto Giusti - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Energy Efficiency, Internet of Things, Industrial Automation Alberto Giusti - Partner @ Guanxi ## Alberto Birolini - Type: Angel - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Shoes, Retail, Fashion Alberto Birolini ## Michele Attisani - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software Michele Attisani - General Partner @ Insiders Ventures ## Stiven Muccioli - Type: Angel - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Banking 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. ## Giordano Martinelli - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Finance, Internet, Freelance Giordano Martinelli ## Gianpaolo Naef - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Recruiting, Online Portals, Human Resources Gianpaolo Naef is an individual investor. ## Marco Campagnacci - Type: Angel - Location: Perugia, Umbria, Italy - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, GreenTech, Consulting Marco Campagnacci ## Fabio Zecchini - Type: Angel - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Pet, Retail 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. ## Giovanni Onesti - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Farming, Agriculture, Manufacturing Giovanni Onesti ## Ciro Immobile - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Art, Fashion, Internet Ciro Immobile ## Andrea Febbraio - Type: Angel - Location: Rome, Lazio, Italy - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Internet, Farming, Fitness 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 ## Riccardo Schiavotto - Type: Angel - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Mobile, E-Commerce, Advertising 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. ## Fulvio Basili - Type: Angel - Location: Rome, Lazio, Italy - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Farming, Agriculture, Manufacturing Fulvio Basili is a Private Investor at WallFarm and also the CEO and Founder of Ecosafey. ## Luca Trevisan - Type: Angel - Location: Siena, Toscana, Italy - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Medical, Health Care, Medical Device Luca Trevisan Sales Manager and Business Coordinator. ## Enrico Giacomelli - Type: Angel - Location: Ancona, Marche, Italy - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Finance, Accounting Enrico Giacomelli Founder & Co-Owner of Namirial S.p.A. ## Stefano Miccinelli - Type: Angel - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Pet, Gift, Retail Stefano Miccinelli works in venture capital and private equity in Italy. He is currently the Proprietario of SRM Holdings. ## Luigi Bajetti - Type: Angel - Location: Silicon Valley, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Apps 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.