# Top 30 Community Angel Investors in Italy in June 2026 ## Fabio Mondini de Focatiis - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 3 - 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. ## Giovanni Gardelli - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Fashion, Software Giovanni Gardelli is the Senior Director at Verizon Media. ## Massimiliano Magrini - Type: Angel - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 2 - 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. ## Max Reynaud - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Communities, Social Impact, Sustainability Max Reynaud ## Luca Artoni - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Communities, Social Impact, Sustainability Luca Artoni ## Mario Mariani - Type: Angel - Location: Cagliari, Sardegna, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Apps, SaaS, Mobile Mario Mariani - Partner @ United Ventures ## Nicola Drago - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Pet, Wellness, E-Commerce Nicola Drago ## Ciro Immobile - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Art, Fashion, Internet Ciro Immobile ## Lucia Predolin - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Events, Wedding, Logistics Lucia Predolin - Global Business Development Executive @ Lightstreamer Srl ## Alberto Grignolo - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Fashion, Women's, Shopping Alberto Grignolo - COO @ Yoox Net-a-Porter Group ## Khaled Helioui - Type: Angel - Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Information Technology, Internet, Software Khaled Helioui is a Partner at Plural, an early stage investment firm founded & led by entrepreneurs. We invest serious time & early stage venture capital to back the next generation of iconic founders. Plural lead investors have the scar tissue & reach to best support founders & tilt the odds for them to build legendary companiesthat can have a GDP-level impact in Europe, tackle systemic risks & address opportunity gap. ## Davide Cecchini - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Grant, Seed - Focus: Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, Apps Previously, he has been: CFO at climate-tech startup EXE Engineering (+300k raised in equity and grants); Managing Director at IKIGAI backing 60+ seed companies in 36 months with its acceleration programs; in charge of Business Development at Club degli Investitori, one of the main angel investment groups in Italy (250+ business angel with €30M+invested); previously; Fintech Analyst at Intesa Sanpaolo from 2015 to 2018, one of the major banking group in Italy, working at its Innovation Center. In 2013, he has also been Chapter Director for Startup Grind, a global network of startup communities, sponsored by Google for Entrepreneurs.He holds an M.A. in Philosphy at University of Pisa and a post-grad Master in Innovation Management at Scuola Sant’Anna. ## Stefano Miccinelli - Type: Angel - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - 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. ## Luca Ferrante Carrante - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Shoes, Retail, Travel Luca Ferrante Carrante - Associate Director, Investments @ The Olayan Group ## Uday Kumar Bangalore Shivaraman - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series B, Equity Crowdfunding - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, E-Commerce Angel / Sophisticated Investor and Trader (Ex London Stock Exchange(LSE), Deutsche Bank, London Clearing House(LCH) ) , Invested in 60+ Startups / 4 successful exits (with Avg 20x) and counting more. (Web3 -> udaybs.ETH )Invested in following asset classes from past 2 decades across UK / India / US / Europe / -Private Equity (Seed / Growth / VC/ Acquisition / Merger) - Equity Markets - Real Estate - FX - Commodity - Bonds - Fintech, Blockchain, Crypto Market, Web3 , DeFi, NFT - Derivative Markets / Hedging / F&O / CFDGrowing Wealth in bumpy economic rides - There is no secret formula. Investment is an art. Being vigilant, dynamic, connecting dots, evaluating risk with constant change, loads of patience and visualising medium to long term.Private Equity Investments across globe in following domains / categories: - Energy - EV / Carbon Footprint - Blockchain / FinTech / AI / ML / Web3 / DeFi - D2C / B2C - Food & Beverages - Pharma - Media & Entertainment ## Matteo Carbone - Type: Angel - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: FinTech, InsurTech, Insurance Matteo Carbone, who is currently ranked as #1 influencer by insurtechnews is Founder and Director of the Connected Insurance Observatory and a global insurtech thought leader. He is an author and public speaker who is internationally recognized as an insurance industry strategist with a specialization on innovation. Matteo has advised manyinternational insurance companies and has wide experience that includes set up of industrial and commercial plans, growth strategy definition and support in the start-up of new initiatives, digital strategy development, insurance products development, channel strategy and commercial model definition, startups mentorship and M&A advisory. Before creating the Connected Insurance Observatory, he spent 11 years in Bain & Co.’s Financial Service practice. ## Nico Rosberg - Type: Angel - Location: Wiesbaden, Hessen, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Information Technology, Software, Logistics Nico Rosberg is a sustainability entrepreneur, investor and 2016 Formula One World Champion. ## Nicola Volpi - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Social, Internet, Media and Entertainment Nicola Volpi (born in 1961 in Milan) is an Italian entrepreneur and manager with a deep knowledge of financial matters and more than 25 years of experience in Private Equity. He has been Member of the Board of Directors of several companies. After graduating in Business Administration at Luigi Bocconi University in Milan, he earned a Master inFinance at SDA Bocconi. His professional career started as a Financial Analyst at Sefimeta S.p.A. (Financial Services Department of Montedison Group). In 1987 he joined Sanpaolo Finance, the Investment Bank of San Paolo Group (now Banca Intesa). As Head of Leverage Finance until 1995, he structured the first buyouts ever in Italy. In 1997, Nicola Volpi was a founding Partner of Permira– one of the leading and most successful Private Equity firm in Europe and worldwide with over 40 billion euros under management. In 2005 he was appointed CEO of the Italian branch, Permira Associati SpA, and then Member of Permira Executive Committee which run operations worldwide. Under his leadership, Permira successfully executed several acquisitions and disposals of Italian sector-leading companies, such as Ferretti Yacht, Marazzi, Valentino, Sisal, TFL, and Veneta Cucine. His professional experience at Permira lasted until 2013, when he joined the luxury sports cars manufacturer Pagani Automobili Group as a direct Investor and Member of the Board, a position he is currently holding. In 2014 he was appointed by Erick Thohir, the President of FC Internazionale S.p.A., as Member of the Board of Directors: Nicola Volpi held this position until 2018, with a focus in the area of finance and strategic planning. ## Giorgio Chiellini - Type: Angel - Location: Turin, Piemonte, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series B - Focus: Internet, Gamification, Social Impact Giorgio Chiellini ## Nicolas Ott - Type: Angel - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Art, Fashion, Lifestyle Nicolas Ott ## Fabio Zecchini - Type: Angel - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Pet, Retail Fabio Zecchini is based out of Milano, and is the Founder of Weebora. Fabio previously worked at Musement as a Founder, CTO, and CPO. Fabio Zecchini attended the University of Padua. ## Claudio Bellinzona - Type: Angel - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Pet, Wellness, E-Commerce Digital media expert. Claudio is the co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Musement. He has previously worked in the digital TV business and co-founded a publishing and a well-known restaurants guide. Adjunct Professor in Digital Innovation at www.unipv.it - Faculty of Communication Innovation and Multimedia. ## Stefano Lisi - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Communities, Social Impact, Sustainability Stefano Lisi ## Sebastian Picardo - Type: Angel - Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Fashion, Content, Lifestyle Sebastian Picardo is an active investor and advisor in the global luxury goods sector.As an investor, he has been very active in the fashion, technology and media sectors for over 9 years, investing in companies like Net a porter, Lyst, Farfetch, Business of Fashion and Highsnobiety. He has also been a venture advisor to London-based FelixCapital, a leading Venture Capital firm investing in digital lifestyle start-ups, since 2014.As an advisor, he has helped brands and retailers in areas such as digital marketing, customer experience, omni-channel retailing and innovation, In addition, he has advised companies wanting to enter and market their brands in China mainland.Sebastian was formerly Deputy President of Asia’s iconic luxury department store Lane Crawford. Sebastian joined Lane Crawford in 2012. As a member of the senior management team, he crafted and drove Lane Crawford’s “connected commerce” strategy, underlying the company's focus on omni-channel retail development to deliver a seamless customer experience.Previous to Lane Crawford, Sebastian was with Burberry where he served as Managing Director - Digital Commerce, based in the London headquarters. Prior to this role, he had helped transform and integrate the brand's Spanish operations into the global business as Managing Director - Operations at Burberry Spain. Before joining Burberry, Sebastian had held various senior finance roles at Net-A-Porter, Alexander McQueen and Deloitte.Originally from Argentina, he is a Chartered Accountant, holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Management and a Master’s degree in International Finance. Most recently he attended Harvard Business School, where he successfully completed the Advanced Management Program.Sebastian lived in Buenos Aires, London, Barcelona and Hong Kong. He is fluent in Spanish, English, Italian and has an elementary command of Mandarin. ## Pietro Menghi - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: FinTech, InsurTech, Insurance Pietro Menghi is a CEO at Neosurance. He Attended LUISS Business School. ## Andrea Tonti - Type: Angel - Location: Ancona, Marche, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Fashion, Women's, Shopping Passato professionista nel 1999, ho negli anni vestito le divise di Cantina Tollo, Saeco, Lampre, Acqua & Sapone, Quick Step, Fuji e Carmiooro. In carriera ho ottenuto tre vittorie, il Gran Premio Fred Mengoni, una tappa dell'Euskal Bizikleta in Spagna e il Trittico Lombardo, tutte nel 2006; come gregario ho invece contribuito ai successial Giro d'Italia di Gilberto Simoni nel 2003 e di Damiano Cunego nel 2004. Sono stato per quattro anni convocato dalla nazionale italiana ai Campionati del Mondo (in un'occasione riserva), contribuendo ai successi in linea di Paolo Bettini nel 2007 a Stoccarda e di Alessandro Ballan nel 2008 a Varese. Annuncio il ritiro dall'attività agonistica nel gennaio 2011, rimango comunque nel mondo del ciclismo come Sport Manager del team UCI Continental D'Angelo & Antenucci-Nippo. Nel 2012 e 2013 ricopro la figura di Team Manager nel Team Nippo-De Rosa vincendo due Giri del Giappone, il giro di Malesia e conquistando oltre 40 gare in due anni, portando così il Team ad essere una delle formazioni di maggiore interesse nel mondo Asiatico. Parallelamente dal 2011 inizio una nuova esperienza personale come co-founder & events manager di "Bike Division Tour Operator" specializzato esclusivamente in viaggi alle più importanti Granfondo nazionali ed internazionali e in viaggi per Cicloturisti con oltre 40 destinazioni a livello mondiale. Grazie il mio Know How ed alla trentennale presenza/esperienza nel mondo del ciclismo e sportivo in genere sono stato avvicinato da diverse ed importanti aziende Leader nei loro mercati che mi hanno coinvolto in progetti di consulenza commerciale e marketing, legati sia al mondo ciclistico e cicloturistico in genere, ottenendo sin da subito ottimo riscontro professionale. ## Antonio Zaccheo - Type: Angel - Location: Mason, Ohio, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Social, Internet, Media and Entertainment Antonio Zaccheo is the CEO at BIC Capital. Antonio Zaccheo attended at University Bocconi. ## Luca Ascani - Type: Angel - Location: Rome, Lazio, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - 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. ## Henri Moissinac - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Content, Lifestyle, Digital Media Henri Moissinac is the CEO and Co-Founder of dott. He previously worked at ofo UK as a Head of Business Europe. Henri Moissinac attended Télécom Paris. ## Jenny Lefcourt - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, SaaS, Internet Jenny Lefcourt is a General Partner at Freestyle. Jenny earned her B.S. in economics from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and attended the Stanford Graduate School of Business. In 1998 she left Stanford to found Wedding Channel.com (sold: XOXO). In 2003 she co-founded Bella Pictures (sold: CPI). In 2014 Jenny joined Freestyle,and was promoted to GP in 2015. Some of Jenny’s notable investments include BetterUp, Crexi, Daily.co, Embark, Ridwell, Narvar and WELL Health. She is also a founding member and board member of All Raise. Jenny is an angel investor in Discord, MainStreetHub and Minted. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features: - 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others) - Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data - Updated daily from public funding news - CSV and Excel export The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co