Top 30 Beauty Startup Investors in Italy (October 2026)

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• Soource — Soource is a B2B Saas product that uses AI applications to help purchasing managers to discover the best market solutions through extensive global research and automated email negotiations with thousands of suppliers worldwide.
• Comestai — Comestai focuses on digital and in-person treatment pathways for people with eating disorders. The company operates a hybrid care model that combines online consultations with psychologists, psychotherapists, psychiatrists, and clinical dietitians and access to physical clinical spaces. It offers virtual multidisciplinary therapy programs tailoredto individuals and families, with structured assessments and follow-up sessions. Comestai also develops corporate welfare programs that provide counseling groups, psychoeducational tools, and consultation modules for employees in partner organizations. Through its La Palestra di Animenta branch, it delivers structured professional training, including multi-module courses and continuing medical education pathways for clinicians treating eating disorders. Comestai additionally produces digital educational content such as the Hilde newsletter to support families and caregivers with practical information and clinical guidance about eating disorders.
• Aptadir Therapeutics — Reprogramming DNA methylation in disease conditions by RNA therapeutics APTADIR Contact us NEWS Press Release Reprogramming DNA methylation by RNA therapeutics A novel therapeutic approach for untreatable cancers and rare diseases Aberrant methylation by DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1) of certain genes may cause abnormal cell development and lead to disease. Current therapies targeted to inhibit

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• Cialfo — Cialfo is a faster, better organised, and whole new way of college & university counseling, trusted by leading schools. Find out why!
• Skinlabo — SkinLabo is the fastest growing Beauty Industry Disruptor in Europe and US. Our business model is direct to consumer (DTC) and fully digital, leveraging customer acquisition and retention rates well above market benchmarks. Our mission is to make high-quality cosmetics accessible to everyone. For us, high-quality products go hand in hand withhigh-quality service, which we deliver in 16 languages thanks to our team of currently 30 beauty consultants.
• Uala — Uala allows people to book online the best treatment in hundreds of beauty salons in Italy. It's a premium verified network of hair sylists and beauticians in town.

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• CityFibre — CityFibre is a brand new full fibre network built for the data age. Never worry about speed or reliability again. Connect your home and business today.
• Power Dot — Powerdot offers electric vehicle charging solutions in convenient locations across six European countries.
• Origis Energy — Origis Energy is powering the solar revolution with solar power and energy storage projects for utility, corporate and public sector energy clients.

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• 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

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• Qlhype — Qlhype is an online fashion store offering used clothing, unsold archive, and sample products from top brands. Its Closets section allows customers to purchase outfits directly from VIPs and influencers, promoting bold styles while preserving environmental impact.

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• Evja — Evja supports growers in optimizing the management and monitoring of irrigation, nutrition and protection of their crops through the use of OPI, the most advanced system for precision agriculture .
• TrueLayer — We power faster and safer online payments with our open banking payments network. Onboard users, accept payments & make payouts in seconds. Learn more today.
• Tretau — E-mobility is powered by its core - the electric motor. We at Tau are at the very core of the core: the copper winding wire, the magnetic core, the electrical steel.We just make it bet.

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• 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

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• 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

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• Qlhype — Qlhype is an online fashion store offering used clothing, unsold archive, and sample products from top brands. Its Closets section allows customers to purchase outfits directly from VIPs and influencers, promoting bold styles while preserving environmental impact.

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• 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.
• Ricehouse — Ricehouse creates sustainable construction materials from organic waste from the rice industry to create natural building materials such as rice straws, husks, and chaff. Their products include insulating panels, base plasters, screeds and subfloors, cladding systems, and vertical matt-closing components. The goal of Ricehouse is to construct ahouse made entirely of rice and everything that houses humans, from the smallest to the largest scales.
• Babaco Market — Babaco Market is a subscription with which you receive out-of-the-ordinary fruit and vegetables at home. Products that do not exceed the beauty contests organized by traditional channels and which risk being wasted. We deliver them to your home, in a box. Bring all the goodness of nature to the table and reduce food waste!

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• Yeldo — Unlocking exclusive access to Real Estate deals for professional investors
• Shampora — Shampora creates hyper-personalized hair products
• PrestaCap — PrestaCap is a marketplace lender serving small businesses in Europe. Through our website, we provide them with direct access to capital from retail and institutional investors in a fast and convenient way.We are the first truly pan-European marketplace lender for small businesses. E.g. An investor in England can easily lend money to a Germancompany. This means small business borrowers have access to a deep pool of capital, and investors can easily achieve diversification.We are not a bank, our solution is much simpler and allows investors to lend directly to small businesses meaning lower fees and better terms for both.

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• Tender — Tender offers delivery services. They also provide home delivery, store-to-store delivery, delivery from store, delivery from deposit, and instant return services. The company's contact modes are by mail, phone, and physical address.

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• Qlhype — Qlhype is an online fashion store offering used clothing, unsold archive, and sample products from top brands. Its Closets section allows customers to purchase outfits directly from VIPs and influencers, promoting bold styles while preserving environmental impact.
• Ventive Group — Ventive Group is a venture capitalist that provides personalized advice to support innovative startups and SMEs.

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• Cato AI — Search, analyze and bid on Italian public tenders with AI, automating the manual work for bid offices and sales teams.
• AUDIOGEN — Generate your sounds with AI. Create an infinite world of sounds - sound effects, samples, and music, instantly. Get Started Free.
• Alomana — Alomana is an organization that focuses on harnessing the power of artificial intelligence and data analytics to drive insights and innovation across various industries. They offer a range of services, including data analysis, machine learning model development, and AI-driven solutions tailored to meet the specific needs of their clients. Datasparkemphasizes the importance of data-driven decision-making and works closely with businesses to implement strategies that enhance operational efficiency and improve outcomes. With a commitment to advancing the use of AI and data analytics, Dataspark aims to empower organizations to unlock the full potential of their data and stay competitive in a rapidly changing market.

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• Gamindo — Create interactive training experiences in minutes with AI and gamification. Increase engagement, completion rates and learning outcomes.
• NANDO — NANDO provides AI Waste Monitoring solutions for effective waste tracking. Gain real-time insights and streamline operations.
• This Unique — This Unique offers innovative solutions for feminine hygiene needs in both the B2C and B2B sectors. For consumers, we provide convenient subscription boxes delivering eco-friendly menstrual products right to their doorstep, ensuring they have access to high-quality essentials whenever they need them. In the B2B realm, we specialize in installingstate-of-the-art dispensers in corporate restrooms, offering businesses a hassle-free way to provide their employees with complimentary menstrual products. Our mission is to promote sustainability, inclusivity, and well-being, both at home and in the workplace.

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• Windrose Holding — Windrose Holding S.r.l. operates as a dedicated special-purpose sub-holding company that indirectly manages a clean energy asset portfolio with a combined capacity of approximately 157 MW. The entity focuses on the financial optimization, operation, and strategic refinancing of established onshore wind farms and solar photovoltaic plants. It functions as the direct borrowing vehicle for institutional utility-scale grid financing, utilizing structured corporate credit lines like green loans. The company is structured to absorb and manage wholesale merchant risk on its mixed asset portfolio once state-backed tariff incentives expire.
• Mater Private hospital — Mater Private are proud to offer some of the most technologically advanced treatment options in the country and have pioneered many major developments in the delivery of healthcare in Ireland.Their team of over 300 leading consultants bring their patients from all over the country to their facilities with the highest confidence in the standard ofcare they can offer.
• Econergy Renewable Energy — Econergy to create, own, and manage utility-scale renewable energy projects, guided by in-depth knowledge of the industry, regulations, and technology at each crucial stage, from creation to supply

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• 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

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• UNGUESS (formerly AppQuality) — UNGUESS is the crowdsourcing platform for effective testing and real insights. Take the guesswork out of your work.
• Paragraph — Paragraph's agent turns your company context into posts, newsletters, social campaigns, and landing pages, then ships the work you approve.
• La Passione — High quality Italian Road and Urban cycling wear at fair prices. We use only the finest materials and sell direct to you with no middleman. Shop now!

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• 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
• Custodia Bank — Custodia intends to provide a full suite of banking and financial services tailored to business customers looking for enhanced regulatory clarity, defined asset and balance sheet status for assets, and minimized transactional risk as they traverse the digital asset frontier.

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• Gility — Gility is a digital learning platform that collaborates with business schools and training institutions for an effective training offer. Established in 2022, it was supported by CDP Venture Capital and BPER Banca.
• Soplaya — Soplaya is a B2B food company connecting chefs and farmers to build a diverse, sustainable, and efficient food system.By providing data and transparency to an opaque supply chain, we help chefs to simplify purchases, get a wider selection of products and save money and farmers to increase their margins and get easy access to the market.We lovequality food as much as technology and automation. We are rebels: we love transparency and how the internet is capable of bringing the long tail to the market. We're excited about the fact that the restaurant supply chain hasn't basically changed since 40 years, and was technology reluctant for a long time, but restaurants necessities changed dramatically in the last 3 years.We’re becoming the standard layer for restaurant purchasing across Europe, by bringing transparency and simplicity in the procurement phase, increasing order frequency, promoting lean inventory and food waste reduction.
• Valvitalia SpA. — VALVITALIA is a leading group in the field of design, production, and overall supply of equipment and components intended for the petroleum, water, natural gas industries, and petrochemical industry as well as electrical power stations. The group works mainly with valves (core product), actuators, pipe fittings, flanges and systems for measuring,filtering, and regulating fluids and gases and with FireFighting systems. VALVITALIA was set up with the precise objective of becoming the leading Italian group able to offer such a wide range of products and to compete with the large American multinationals that have always dominated this field. This young company has extensive experience in the sector, thanks to its professional management and historical brands in the valve world that have been taken on by the Group, including: ROTOR, DELTA V.E., THEVIGNOT, VANADOUR, VITAS, TORMENE T.G.T. and TECNOFORGE. VALVITALIA has always included safety and respect for the environment and its employees among its priorities.

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• Clastix — Clastix is an enterprise Kubernetes infrastructure company, purpose-built to solve the operational challenges that emerge when Kubernetes runs at scale: cluster sprawl, fragile multi-tenancy, and the mounting cost of over-provisioned hardware and memory. The company's breakthrough is architectural. By combining hosted control planes with hard multi-tenancy, Clastix enables telcos, cloud providers, MSPs, and platform teams to run many isolated Kubernetes environments more efficiently, securely, and cost-effectively than traditional approaches allow. Clastix was founded by engineers who understood these pain points from direct experience running Kubernetes in production. That same commitment to quality engineering runs through everything the company builds – an approach shaped as much by Italian engineering tradition as by technical rigour. The result is infrastructure software that is functional, elegant, and highly scalable. The company's open source credentials are equally strong. Clastix donated Capsule to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation, co-founded Cloud Native Days Italy, and continues to evolve Kamaji – contributing not just code, but community and standards to the broader Kubernetes ecosystem. Clastix's platform is trusted by customers including NVIDIA and Mistral AI – organisations that operate some of the most demanding and innovation-intensive infrastructure environments in the world. Their confidence is a direct measure of what the platform can handle. Headquartered in Naples, Italy, with customers and partners across cloud, data centre, edge, and AI infrastructure globally, Clastix is where world-class engineering meets the real operational complexity of modern Kubernetes at scale.
• Tiledesk — Boost customer engagement with Tiledesk. Discover our conversational automation ready to use. Personalized experiences, improved conversion and retention.
• Comestai — Comestai focuses on digital and in-person treatment pathways for people with eating disorders. The company operates a hybrid care model that combines online consultations with psychologists, psychotherapists, psychiatrists, and clinical dietitians and access to physical clinical spaces. It offers virtual multidisciplinary therapy programs tailoredto individuals and families, with structured assessments and follow-up sessions. Comestai also develops corporate welfare programs that provide counseling groups, psychoeducational tools, and consultation modules for employees in partner organizations. Through its La Palestra di Animenta branch, it delivers structured professional training, including multi-module courses and continuing medical education pathways for clinicians treating eating disorders. Comestai additionally produces digital educational content such as the Hilde newsletter to support families and caregivers with practical information and clinical guidance about eating disorders.

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• Qlhype — Qlhype is an online fashion store offering used clothing, unsold archive, and sample products from top brands. Its Closets section allows customers to purchase outfits directly from VIPs and influencers, promoting bold styles while preserving environmental impact.

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• Khooa — Khooa is a mobile app that leverages cutting-edge artificial intelligence technologies to make image consulting accessible to everyone. Users can receive personalized style advice and discover the colors that make them shine. The app is simple, intuitive, and fun, transforming users' wardrobes with just a click.

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• 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

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• Buddyfit — Buddyfit is a fitness app that offers live monthly fitness classes to help people feel strong and healthy. Buddyfit's programs include fat burning, tonification, and yoga. With Buddyfit, users can train wherever and whenever they want to, through live classes or through the replay section.
• MyBeautyBox — Scopri con Beauty Box il tuo prossimo desiderio di bellezza: cofanetti, cosmetici, make up, trucchi, creme viso, creme corpo biologici a prezzi scontati.

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• 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

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• Applix — Founded in 2010, Applix is a company focused on mobile solutions for brands, publishers and institutions willing to create their own digital presence in an innovative and relevant way.We are a strategic partner for some of the most important publishers and businesses, specialising in two main lines of business:Digital Publishing: we changepublishing products into digital experiences. Our solutions allow to transform any kind of paper-based publication into an interactive edition available for smartphone, tablet and computer and to manage information in a fluid and innovative way, monitoring all readers’ activities.Mobile & Apps: we offer tailor-made solutions for the needs of each client. We make our experience, our technologies and our innovation skills available to turn any project into a customised mobile product. In 2011 our company gained a €3 million investment, underwritten by Principia 2 fund, by the investment company AngelLab and by the company Hyppo Corporation, laying the foundation for the international roll-out of its products.In 2012 and 2014 we completed the acquisition of Xorovo and bSmart, today business units of the company: the former, speciasing in the development of end user and enterprise solutions for mobile devices, the latter, focused on digital publishing services for education.Our Apps have received several international awards and have been downloaded in more than 120 countries, reaching the top 10 of the Stores ranking in over 50 of them with millions of downloads.
• Skinlabo — SkinLabo is the fastest growing Beauty Industry Disruptor in Europe and US. Our business model is direct to consumer (DTC) and fully digital, leveraging customer acquisition and retention rates well above market benchmarks. Our mission is to make high-quality cosmetics accessible to everyone. For us, high-quality products go hand in hand withhigh-quality service, which we deliver in 16 languages thanks to our team of currently 30 beauty consultants.
• Poke House — Poke House is effectively industrializing the production of “poke bowls” for food delivery platforms. Poke House specializes in bowl food that often includes marinated fish that’s cubed and layered up with sticky rice, pickles, noodles, etc.

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• VENPA — Noleggio Piattaforme Aeree e Noleggio Macchine Movimento Terra. Scopri tutti i mezzi da cantiere Venpa!
• Tony Kart — Tony Kart is an automotive company specializing in designing and manufacturing chassis, OTK kart parts, and karting wears.
• LMA srl - Aerospace Technology — LMA provides high-precision mechanical processes for aeronautics and aerospace. It operates in precision mechanics for civil and military aeronautical, helicopter, and expanding aerospace sectors.

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• 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

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• Domyn — Domyn develops responsible AI for regulated industries, across financial services, government and heavy industry. It supports enterprises with proprietary, fully governable solutions, based on a composable AI architecture, including Large Language Models and domain-specific AI Agents. Domyn is building one of the largest AI Supercomputers inRegulated Industries in partnership with NVIDIA and the UAE.
• AGORA — Agora World discover and create honest beauty content.
• Applied Computing — Applied Computing delivers industrial AI to the energy industry including oil and gas, refineries, and petrochemical plants, helping critical operations harness 100% of their data and optimise in real time for safer, faster, higher-performing decisions