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Top 50 Community Startup Investors in Italy (September 2026)

The most active venture capital funds and angel investors investing in Italy Community startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Italy Community startup companies. Find investors to raise a Pre-Seed, Seed or Series A round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Italian Angels for Growth
VC Fund
11 Italy, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Angel, Series A Software, E-Commerce, Health Care $219k–$14M
CDP Venture Capital
VC Fund
8 Italy, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, Health Care $483k–$23M
Club degli Investitori
VC Fund
7 Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Health Care, E-Commerce $197k–$30M
Club Italia Investimenti 2
VC Fund
6 Italy, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Venture - Series Unknown E-Commerce, Software, Mobile $55k–$8.2M
Fondazione Social Venture Giordano dell'Amore
VC Fund
5 Italy, Mexico Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Pre-Seed Health Care, Software, Information Technology $29k–$841k
Rancilio Cube
VC Fund
5 United States, Italy, Germany Seed, Series A, Series B E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services
360 Capital
VC Fund
5 France, Italy, United States Seed, Series A, Series B Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence $1.1M–$33M
Boost Heroes
VC Fund
4 Italy, United States, Hong Kong Seed, Series A E-Commerce, Software, Internet $291k–$7.9M
United Ventures
VC Fund
4 Italy, United States, United Kingdom Series A, Seed Software, Information Technology, FinTech $406k–$15M
LIFTT
VC Fund
4 Italy, United Kingdom, France Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Biotechnology, Software, Health Care $338k–$118M
Opes Italia
VC Fund
4 Italy, Spain Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Seed E-Commerce, Leisure, Medical $440k–$7.5M
Primo Capital
VC Fund
4 Italy, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Artificial Intelligence, Aerospace $358k–$49M
PranaVentures
VC Fund
4 Italy, India Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A SaaS, Tourism, Internet $1.8k–$16M
Pi Campus
VC Fund
4 Italy, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel Software, Mobile, Biotechnology $100k–$7M
3LB Seed Capital Srl
VC Fund
4 Italy, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology $71k–$2.5M
Friulia Finanziaria FVG
VC Fund
3 Italy Venture - Series Unknown, Debt Financing, Seed Manufacturing, Industrial, Service Industry $224k–$9.7M
Proximity Capital
VC Fund
3 Italy, Germany, United States Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed E-Commerce, Financial Services, FinTech $561k–$37M
Loyal VC
VC Fund
3 United States, Canada, United Kingdom Pre-Seed, Seed Artificial Intelligence, Software, FinTech $20k–$2.5M
Growth Engine
VC Fund
3 Italy, Mexico, Portugal Seed, Secondary Market, Pre-Seed E-Commerce, Software, Artificial Intelligence $300k–$4.2M
Intesa Sanpaolo
VC Fund
3 Italy, United Kingdom, United States Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Convertible Note Energy, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy $263k–$2.5B
Bios Line Holding
VC Fund
3 Italy Seed, Series A Sports, Leisure, E-Commerce $545k–$2.7M
U-Start
VC Fund
3 United States, Germany, United Kingdom Series A, Seed, Series B E-Commerce, Travel, Fashion $406k–$23M
Vertis
VC Fund
3 Italy, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Series A Software, Health Care, Biotechnology $823k–$11M
Principia SGR
VC Fund
3 Italy, United States, United Kingdom Series A, Seed Health Care, Biotechnology, Software $329k–$7.9M
Fabio Mondini de Focatiis
Angel
3 Italy, France, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding E-Commerce, Retail, Internet $318k–$3.3M
Giovanni Gardelli
Angel
3 United States, Italy, United Kingdom Seed, Angel E-Commerce, Fashion, Software $66k–$2.4M
EXOR N.V.
VC Fund
2 United States, Italy, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence $320k–$55M
Giorgio Chiellini
Angel
2 Italy Seed, Series B Gaming, Internet, Marketing $983k–$5.9M
Nico Rosberg
Angel
2 Germany, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Angel Information Technology, Software, Logistics $146k–$29M
OurCrowd
VC Fund
2 Israel, United States, New Zealand Series B, Series A, Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care $604k–$62M
P101
VC Fund
2 Italy, Spain, United States Seed, Series A Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology $236k–$15M
e-Novia
VC Fund
2 Italy Seed, Pre-Seed Software, Robotics, Electronics $240k–$1.3M
Banca Sella Holding
VC Fund
2 Italy, France, Germany Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series B Financial Services, FinTech, Payments $1.8k–$20M
DVR Capital
VC Fund
2 Italy Venture - Series Unknown Gamification, Social Impact, Natural Resources
CDP Equity
VC Fund
2 Italy, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Information Technology, Software, Health Care $177k–$13M
Dea Capital Alternative Funds
VC Fund
2 Italy Venture - Series Unknown Fruit, Leisure, Education $5.2M–$16M
Andera Partners
VC Fund
2 France, United States, Germany Series B, Private Equity, Series A Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical $7M–$237M
Massimiliano Magrini
Angel
2 Italy, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS $274k–$16M
Nicola Volpi
Angel
1 Italy Angel Social, Internet, Media and Entertainment
VAM Investments
VC Fund
1 Italy Private Equity, Seed Fashion, Music, Dental
Al.Pe Invest
VC Fund
1 Italy Venture - Series Unknown Baby, Software, Child Care
Gruppo Bertoldi
VC Fund
1 Italy, United Kingdom Seed, Series A FinTech, Financial Services, Mobile $389k–$49M
Luca Ascani
Angel
1 France, Italy, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A FinTech, Software, Financial Services $589k–$37M
Alven
VC Fund
1 France, United States, Germany Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence $900k–$53M
Siamosoci
VC Fund
1 Italy Seed Mobile, Children, Delivery $173k–$603k
Alchimia Investments
VC Fund
1 Italy, United Kingdom, Israel Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Health Care, Medical $2.2M–$40M
Luiss Alumni 4 Growth
VC Fund
1 Italy, United Kingdom Seed, Convertible Note Software, InsurTech, Insurance $768k–$3.9M
SmartCapital
VC Fund
1 Italy, United States Series A Events, Mobile, Software
Fondazione Paideia
VC Fund
1 Italy Local, Social, Finance
UBI Banca
VC Fund
1 Italy Debt Financing ISP, Local, Social
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Italian Angels for Growth
VC Fund · Milan, Lombardia, Italy · 11 investments in Italy Community startups, 7 in the past 12 months

IAG is an angel investor network that offers access to its affiliates to early-stage venture opportunities. Its members to date have deployed over 22 million Euros to support 41 startups in the series seed/series A stage in many verticals, among which: Medtech, SAAS, e-commerce, Fintech, and high tech at large. Every investment opportunityat IAG is vetted by a professional team together with expert members of the group. Once invested, the company receives the support of up to two Investment champions, who bring their expertise to the table and help them succeed.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 106
  • Round size: Seed $331k–$5.1M; Angel $219k–$987k; Series A $3M–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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 — Autonomous systems for enterprise
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CDP Venture Capital
VC Fund · Rome, Lazio, Italy · 8 investments in Italy Community startups

CDP Venture Capital Sgr - National Innovation Fund aims to make venture capital a cornerstone of the country's economic development and innovation, creating the conditions for an overall and sustainable growth of the venture capital ecosystem.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 297
  • Round size: Seed $483k–$7.7M; Series A $3.3M–$23M
  • Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $212M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • 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 .
  • Mopso — Discover Mopso's anti money laundering detection system. Visit our website and try a 30 minutes free demo with one of our experts.
  • 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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Club degli Investitori
VC Fund · Torino, Piemonte, Italy · 7 investments in Italy Community startups, 8 in the past 12 months

Club degli Investitori (Investors Club) is a network of investors and business angels that invest on early-stage SMEs and startups. The community of 300+ Members (entrepreneurs, CEOs, executive managers) actively scouts for investing opportunities on SMEs & startups and invests with a minimum ticket of €200k. The Club supports business byinvesting capital and by leveraging the Members' network and experience.Club degli Investitori is supported by Unicredit and KPMG Italy.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 117
  • Round size: Seed $197k–$7.9M; Pre-Seed $204k–$1.9M; Series A $889k–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • Quantum Bridge — Quantum Bridge is a pioneer in Distributed Symmetric Key Exchange (DSKE) technology. It offers quantum-safe cybersecurity products and services. Quantum-safe product and services, Quantum-safe roadmap and quantum-safe solutions implementation.
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Club Italia Investimenti 2
VC Fund · Milan, Lombardia, Italy · 6 investments in Italy Community startups

Club Italia Investimenti is a Milan-based venture capital firm that assists startups in raising seed capital.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Mobile
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 82
  • Round size: Seed $55k–$576k; Venture - Series Unknown $686k–$8.2M
  • Lead/follow: 1% lead, 99% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $6.6M in 2013

Portfolio highlights

  • UNGUESS (formerly AppQuality) — UNGUESS is the crowdsourcing platform for effective testing and real insights. Take the guesswork out of your work.
  • Paragraph — Paragraph turns your startup's launches, product updates, customer learnings, and founder thinking into an owned media engine your team approves.
  • 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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Fondazione Social Venture Giordano dell'Amore
VC Fund · Milan, Lombardia, Italy · 5 investments in Italy Community startups

FSVGDA aims at the promotion of the impact investing culture, in order to facilitate social innovation.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Italy, Mexico

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 31
  • Round size: Seed $205k–$603k; Venture - Series Unknown $29k–$841k
  • Lead/follow: 65% lead, 35% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • C.NEXT — C.NEXT develops innovation projects for businesses and organizations by supporting the economy and territorial regeneration.
  • Vivavoce — Il centro medico Vivavoce, Specializzato nel trattamento riabilitativo della #balbuzie. Disturbi del Linguaggio, DSA, Psicologia e Neuropsichiatria infantile.
  • Way Experience — Way Experience operates in all the entertainment B2C sectors, using augmented and virtual reality technology. They also work in the B2B area by applying their technologies for customized consultancy projects in the following sectors: design, fashion, medical, events, and training.
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Rancilio Cube
VC Fund · Milano, Lombardia, Italy · 5 investments in Italy Community startups

Cube is the investment office founded by Rancilio family

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Italy, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 66
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Convoy — Using technology and automation, the Convoy Platform seamlessly connects carriers with shipments from brokers across the nation.
  • FinCompare - Smarter Business Finance — FinCompare was founded by Stephan Heller and is a fintech startup that helps businesses to find, compare, and close the financing solutions. Via the online platform, companies can access a wide range of financing options. They can independently compare offers from well-known banks, fintechs, and alternative financial services providers in Germanyand close the financing. The company also offers a convenient one-stop destination for all financing questions relating to the company.FinCompare financing solutions including corporate loan, factoring, company leasing/hire purchase, warehouse financing, fine trading/purchase financing, and mezzanine capital. It simplifies the financing process with its digital application process and can thus provide your company financing. The company allows SMEs to receive and compare various offers for loans.FinCompare was founded in October 2016 by Stephan Heller and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.
  • Finom — Finom is an online payment solution for entrepreneurs that makes it easy to open a business account and securely manage their finances.
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360 Capital
VC Fund · Paris, Ile-de-France, France · 5 investments in Italy Community startups, 20 in the past 12 months

As an early-stage European VC, we invest from pre-seed to Series B in Deep Tech, Climate Tech, and Digital-First solutions. Embrace sustainable technological progress with us. Stay updated on the latest tech trends and portfolio news. We invest in the future now.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: France, Italy, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 245
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$8.2M; Series A $3.5M–$18M; Series B $6.6M–$33M
  • Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $98M in 2026

Portfolio highlights

  • Talentware — Talentware is the platform that lets you manage your company and people by putting skills first: boosting engagement, talent retention, and productivity.
  • BYNARIO — BynarIO develops an AI-driven cybersecurity platform focused on automated binary analysis and application security testing. The company builds an autonomous security pipeline that examines compiled binaries without requiring access to source code. Its technology targets closed-source environments, legacy software components, and complex third-partysoftware supply chains. The platform uses AI agents to scale testing across large codebases, mapping control states and identifying hidden vulnerabilities such as memory corruption issues and race conditions. BynarIO applies responsible disclosure practices, validating and supporting remediation of discovered issues in widely used software stacks. By converting low-level binary structures into actionable security findings, it supports security teams in strengthening vulnerability management and software assurance processes.
  • Circular Materials — Scopri Circular Materials: immagina una tecnologia che tratta le acque reflue e, allo stesso tempo, recupera metalli preziosi.
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Boost Heroes
VC Fund · Milan, Lombardia, Italy · 4 investments in Italy Community startups

Boost Heroes is an Italy-based holding company focusing on seed and early stage investments.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Italy, United States, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 58
  • Round size: Seed $291k–$2.8M; Series A $6M–$7.9M
  • Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2015

Portfolio highlights

  • 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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United Ventures
VC Fund · Milan, Lombardia, Italy · 4 investments in Italy Community startups

We are an independent Venture Capitalfirm supporting visionary entrepreneurs toreinvent industries through technology.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, FinTech
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 86
  • Round size: Seed $406k–$10M; Series A $3.3M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 55% lead, 45% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $166M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Cleafy — A new era for online fraud management: Cleafy combines in real-time all the most advanced fraud detection technologies in one fraud management solution.
  • Beelzebub — A secure low code deception runtime framework, leveraging AI for System Virtualization.
  • Seltz — The Web Knowledge Layer for AI Agents.
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LIFTT
VC Fund · Turin, Piemonte, Italy · 4 investments in Italy Community startups

A not-only-profit operating investment company, eager to create a bridge between innovative ideas, territory and capital.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Software, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Italy, United Kingdom, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 75
  • Round size: Seed $338k–$4.7M; Series A $2.8M–$21M; Venture - Series Unknown $495k–$118M
  • Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • CareGlance — CareGlance is the provider of real-time monitoring systems based on SS-OCT technology. Fast, precise and developed for the industry!
  • Rainbow Crops — Rainbow Crops is a next-generation Agtech company developing climate-resilient, high-performing crop varieties.
  • Wearable Robotics — Wearable Robotics produces and develops wearable robotic systems and exoskeletons for rehabilitation, assistance and human-power augmentation.
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Opes Italia
VC Fund · Milan, Lombardia, Italy · 4 investments in Italy Community startups

Opes Italia Sicaf Euveca is an impact investing Venture Capital fund. Our aim is to invest in companies based in Italy, or with prevalent activity in the country, and that propose solutions that generate a strong social impact and create positive externalities for the community and the territory.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Leisure, Medical
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Italy, Spain

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 13
  • Round size: Seed $440k–$536k; Series A $2.3M–$7.5M; Venture - Series Unknown $2.2M–$4.9M
  • Lead/follow: 77% lead, 23% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Baluwo — Providing basic essentials has never been this easy. Sending money is not always the solution so we provide easy, fast & convenient ways to send prepaid electricity top-ups, mobile top-ups and basic food items to support your family back home in The Gambia, and very soon in Senegal and Nigeria.
  • Freedome — Freedome is the leading marketplace for outdoor activities in Italy
  • GenomeUp — Rome-based healthtech startup that offers an ecosystem of AI-powered solutions for genetic analysis and clinical decision support for diseases. GenomeUp's mission is to be a global reference platform to support clinical decision-making for hospitals, laboratories, research centers, and pharmaceuticals to accelerate diagnosis times, improvepatient care and provide knowledge for health prevention, all in less than 24h. Based on these assumptions, the founders decided to evolve the startup and transform it into a Italian Benefit Corporation following the purpose of common benefit by acting responsibly, sustainably and transparently towards stakeholders, people, communities, the territory and the environment.
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Primo Capital
VC Fund · Milan, Lombardia, Italy · 4 investments in Italy Community startups, 12 in the past 12 months

Primo Capital is a venture capital firm focused on seed and early stage startups. The firm is a multi-fund investment company, with four different investment practices with dedicated funds on specialized strategies. Primo Capital invests in digital/software, new space, climate technology and healthcare.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Aerospace
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 111
  • Round size: Seed $358k–$5.4M; Series A $3.4M–$28M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.8M–$49M
  • Lead/follow: 56% lead, 44% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $48M in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • Archimede — Deep tech company based in Sicily #archmesh is our satellite kit
  • Mirai Robotics — Autonomy and intelligence for the seas. We're building software-defined autonomous systems and AI platforms that unify vessels, sensing, and command at sea.
  • Quantum Bridge — Quantum Bridge is a pioneer in Distributed Symmetric Key Exchange (DSKE) technology. It offers quantum-safe cybersecurity products and services. Quantum-safe product and services, Quantum-safe roadmap and quantum-safe solutions implementation.
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PranaVentures
VC Fund · Milano, Lombardia, Italy · 4 investments in Italy Community startups

PranaVentures is an operational venture capital fund launched in 2021 with the goal of filling the funding gap between newly established and startup companies supporting them to grow and quickly reach the next stage of development. The investment strategy is focused on seed and post-seed startups operating in the digital space, with an interest ininnovative sectors such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, software as a service (SaaS), e-commerce and marketplaces. Leveraging a wide network of stakeholders, PranaVentures supports emerging entrepreneurs with capital and strategic expertise.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, Tourism, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Italy, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 22
  • Round size: Seed $1.8k–$3.2M; Pre-Seed $572k–$5.1M; Series A $3.2M–$16M
  • Lead/follow: 59% lead, 41% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $45M in 2021

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
  • BYNARIO — BynarIO develops an AI-driven cybersecurity platform focused on automated binary analysis and application security testing. The company builds an autonomous security pipeline that examines compiled binaries without requiring access to source code. Its technology targets closed-source environments, legacy software components, and complex third-partysoftware supply chains. The platform uses AI agents to scale testing across large codebases, mapping control states and identifying hidden vulnerabilities such as memory corruption issues and race conditions. BynarIO applies responsible disclosure practices, validating and supporting remediation of discovered issues in widely used software stacks. By converting low-level binary structures into actionable security findings, it supports security teams in strengthening vulnerability management and software assurance processes.
  • Doctorsa — Doctorsa is a digital marketplace offering travelers instant access to urgent care online for common conditions, starting at just €20.
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Pi Campus
VC Fund · Rome, Lazio, Italy · 4 investments in Italy Community startups

Pi Campus is a startup district and a venture fund that invests in talent. We provide startups with money, mentorship and the best work environment for growth.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Mobile, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 57
  • Round size: Seed $125k–$7M; Angel $400k–$1M; Pre-Seed $100k–$1.6M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Loquis — La prima piattaforma per ascoltare e raccontare il mondo tramite podcast geolocalizzati
  • Intron Health — Intron provides clinical speech recognition for 200+ accents spoken in developing countries starting with Africa, reducing documentation time by 6x so doctors can spend more time with patients
  • Cyberwave — Transform your industry with AI-defined robotics. Frictionless automation that makes advanced robotics accessible to manufacturers of all sizes.
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3LB Seed Capital Srl
VC Fund · Torino, Piemonte, Italy · 4 investments in Italy Community startups

3LB Seed Capital is not an alternative to start-ups incubators and accelerators, rather acts as a complementary reality that helps to enhance your project in terms of attractiveness for the investor and venture capital market.As investors they are the first willing to know if your project has what it takes to grow successfully. If they areconvinced of your potential, they are ready to bet on you, by joining you and helping you to develop your project.3LB Seed Capital does not provide a percentage of equity in exchange for accompanying activities, but relies exclusively on a premium at the time of its first direct investment in your company.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 22
  • Round size: Seed $71k–$2.5M
  • Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • YoAgents — Yo Agents nasce dalla unione delle competenze di ogni singolo founder messe a fattor comune per creare un sales hub innovativo.
  • Botsociety — Your conversational design suite. Design and prototype your next chatbot or voice assistant. Create a mockup of your project on Messenger, Slack, Google Assistant, Alexa and more. The next generation design solution for chatbots and voice.
  • Metis Precision Medicine — Metis Precision Medicine is a B-Corp founded with the vision of bringing powerful cancer therapies to patients in need. Metis owns the intellectual property of a suite of anti-Met monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), with different and unique mechanisms of action, and is currently seeking investors, biotech or pharmaceutical companies interested inacquiring the relevant platform technology on a global basis.
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Friulia Finanziaria FVG
VC Fund · Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy · 3 investments in Italy Community startups

Friulia Finanziaria FVG formed by the Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Industrial, Service Industry
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Debt Financing, Seed
  • Geography: Italy

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 14
  • Round size: Debt Financing $549k–$1.7M; Venture - Series Unknown $224k–$9.7M
  • Lead/follow: 93% lead, 7% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Ca' D'ORO — Ca' D'ORO is an industrial company that focuses on the natural stone sector. The company's main production of natural stone blocks and semi-finished products such as marble, granite, onyx, travertine, and quartzite are the main natural products that the company transforms and markets all over the world.
  • BMG Pharma — BMG Pharma S.p.A.is an Italian pharmaceutical company and the first company in the world to develop products based on modified Sodium Hyaluronate, a patent protected technology which they brand as hyaluromimethic technology. BMG headquarters is currently located in Milan, Italy. It is a business to business company and its business model is basedon signing distribution and licensing agreements with companies worldwide to sell and distribute its products. In 2018, BMG acquired another Italian company, Sigea S.r.l, with expertise in the development of targeted functional ingredients, specifically focused on modified Hyaluronic Acid (Sodium Hyaluronate).
  • Poetronicart — Poetronicart is a technological platform which enhance and create opportunity for artistic work and projects.
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Proximity Capital
VC Fund · Milan, Lombardia, Italy · 3 investments in Italy Community startups

Proximity Capital - The Italian venture capital operator. We invest in B2B software products in pre-seed and seed stage...

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Financial Services, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Italy, Germany, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 22
  • Round size: Seed $561k–$6.2M; Pre-Seed $3M–$37M; Series A $1.3M–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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).
  • Lampoo — Consign your luxury items and earn up to 80% of the sale! Shop authenticated designer brands at second hand prices! Fast deliveries and easy returns!
  • qomodo — Qomodo: La piattaforma BNPL innovativa. Rate a tasso zero, approvazioni veloci, transazioni sicure. Rivoluzionaria nell'acquisto per aziende e consumatori.
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Loyal VC
VC Fund · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 3 investments in Italy Community startups, 6 in the past 12 months

Loyal runs a global venture fund with quarterly redemptions and a proprietary gate-stage process, reducing investment bias and unlocking greater returns. Partnered with INSEAD, Founder Institute, and 500+ advisors, we are Loyal to the world with 250+ investments in 50+ countries.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, FinTech
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 194
  • Round size: Seed $142k–$2.5M; Pre-Seed $20k–$1.2M
  • Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Dehurdle — Practice high-stakes conversations with real-time AI. Instant speaking pace and competency feedback with zero voice storage.
  • Vireo Capital — Vireo provides software for deal diligence, fund administration, and portfolio monitoring at private market investment firms.
  • Hyperbond Studio — Hyperbond Studio builds AI-driven games and interactive experiences, including the Call Me Sensei app. We combine technology and emotion to create unforgettable digital worlds.
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Growth Engine
VC Fund · Milan, Lombardia, Italy · 3 investments in Italy Community startups

Growth Engine is a sector-agnostic VC holding, investing from Pre-Seed to Pre-Series A. Thesis-driven and built on one conviction: exceptional founders win.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Secondary Market, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Italy, Mexico, Portugal

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 48
  • Round size: Seed $329k–$4.2M; Pre-Seed $300k–$1.7M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Holifya — Holifya offre test del DNA avanzati e piani di salute personalizzati per ottimizzare nutrizione, metabolismo, performance sportive e prevenzione. Con un unico test, scopri intolleranze, rischi genetici e strategie su misura per migliorare il benessere, tutto comodamente da casa.
  • CiaoDott — Automatizza le telefonate, prenotazioni e FAQ del tuo studio medico con CiaoDott, l'assistente vocale AI disponibile 24/7. Provalo gratis.
  • Vivaio Ventures — Vivaio Ventures partners with early-stage and creator-led consumer brands to scale food, beverage, and beauty products. We offer capital, consulting, and Made in Italy manufacturing excellence for the next CPG leaders.
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Intesa Sanpaolo
VC Fund · Torino, Piemonte, Italy · 3 investments in Italy Community startups, 22 in the past 12 months

Apri il conto in pochi minuti e scegli il piano adatto a te.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Energy, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Convertible Note
  • Geography: Italy, United Kingdom, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 149
  • Round size: Post-IPO Debt $112M–$2.5B; Debt Financing $2.7M–$1000M; Convertible Note $263k–$2.2M
  • Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Sun Project srl — SunProject is distinguished by its unwavering commitment to innovation and quality. The company is the perfect partner to satisfy the demands of a varied and demanding clientele because of its vast experience in producing a wide range of high-quality items.
  • 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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Bios Line Holding
VC Fund · 3 investments in Italy Community startups

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sports, Leisure, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Italy

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Seed $545k–$1.3M; Series A $2.3M–$2.7M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MgShell — MgShell offers intraocular devices for the treatment of age-related macular degeneration and other ocular diseases. Their technology is the only technical solution capable of replicating current clinical practice with a single injection and releasing the same therapeutic drug doses at predetermined periods, autonomously and without surgicalprocedures.
  • Freedome — Freedome is the leading marketplace for outdoor activities in Italy
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U-Start
VC Fund · Milan, Lombardia, Italy · 3 investments in Italy Community startups

U-Start is a professional advisory firm structuring deals with private investors, investing in tech companies across Europe, Israel and US.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Travel, Fashion
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 37
  • Round size: Seed $406k–$3.5M; Series A $3M–$23M; Series B $3.4M–$16M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2014

Portfolio highlights

  • Dott — We believe in a future where cities are pollution-free and designed for people, not cars.
  • Keatz — A technodelic for VR
  • TransferGo — Move and manage money between borders quickly and affordably with TransferGo.
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Vertis
VC Fund · Milan, Lombardia, Italy · 3 investments in Italy Community startups, 9 in the past 12 months

Capitali e competenze per accelerare l'innovazione. Attraverso fondi di investimento chiusi investiamo in startup, scaleup e PMI innovative

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 74
  • Round size: Seed $823k–$4M; Series A $1.5M–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 55% lead, 45% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $49M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Scuter — Scuter is the smart e-scooter sharing service that makes city mobility,simple, enjoyable and sustainable. Scuter is on well on its path toward making a dent in this space.
  • Health Triage — Health Triage, crea nuove tecnologie per offrire modelli innovativi di diagnosi clinica, identificazione e cura delle malattie oncologiche.
  • 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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Principia SGR
VC Fund · Milan, Lombardia, Italy · 3 investments in Italy Community startups

Principia is an Italian Venture Capital firm with over Eur 80M under management. Currently Principia has two funds investing in digital start ups and expansion capital opportunities and in particular cases, we invest also in seed opportunities.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Software
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 50
  • Round size: Seed $329k–$3.3M; Series A $1.5M–$7.9M
  • Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $200M in 2014

Portfolio highlights

  • KLISBio — KLISBio is a clinical-stage regenerative medicine company focused on developing innovative technology platforms based entirely on natural silk fibroin. The company, headquartered in Milan, Italy, currently has several assets under development, such as vascular graft, bone graft substitutes, rotator cuff repair, drug release, and a first-in-humanstudy on nerve repair that is ongoing at the University of Zurich, Switzerland
  • ENTEROME — We are a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel drugs to transform human health based on our unique ability to de-code molecular interactions in the gut microbiome.
  • WISE — WISE (Wiringless Implantable Stretchable Electronics) is a start-up company created in 2011 with the mission of producing the new generation of leads for neuromodulation for treatment of chronic pain and Parkinson: unbreakable, less invasive and cheaper.
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Fabio Mondini de Focatiis
Angel · Paris, Ile-de-France, France · 3 investments in Italy Community startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Retail, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
  • Geography: Italy, France, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 22
  • Round size: Seed $318k–$2.2M; Equity Crowdfunding $1.4M–$3.3M
  • Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Homepal — Homepal, a digital real estate agency, allows owners and buyers to make direct contact and independently organize visits to the house. It is also a site to buy, sell, and rent a house with the full support of a real estate agency, at low costs. The team of the Homepal RE real estate agency will then help in managing the negotiations and thecontracts.It was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Italy.
  • 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.
  • Yobs — Record your interviews, accelerate candidate review, coach recruiters and build a fair and rigorous hiring process.
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Giovanni Gardelli
Angel · San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States · 3 investments in Italy Community startups

Giovanni Gardelli is the Senior Director at Verizon Media.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Fashion, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: United States, Italy, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 24
  • Round size: Seed $680k–$2.4M; Angel $66k–$874k
  • 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.
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EXOR N.V.
VC Fund · Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands · 2 investments in Italy Community startups

EXOR is a holding company based in the Netherlands that the Agnelli family controls. The company has a diverse portfolio of investments in various industries, including automotive, real estate, and finance. The company is known for taking a long-term approach to its assets and has a reputation for being a patient and value-oriented investor. Thecompany's primary focus is on creating long-term value for its shareholders by actively managing and growing its portfolio of investments.EXOR's core mission is to cultivate exceptional enterprises, simultaneously nurturing opportunities for its talented workforce to flourish, make meaningful societal contributions, and yield outstanding returns for its valued investors.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Italy, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 173
  • Round size: Seed $1.8M–$18M; Pre-Seed $320k–$5.1M; Series A $8M–$55M
  • Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $100M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Q.ai — Q.ai provides systems designed to support high data throughput, multilingual interaction, privacy controls, and accessibility features within communication workflows. Its technology is used to enhance real-time and asynchronous interactions between users who operate across different languages and regions. Q.ai’s platform is designed to integrateinto existing applications and services, supporting organizations that require consistent communication standards across distributed teams and audiences.
  • Norbert Health — Norbert Health develops a home medical pod that monitors the health of families using contactless sensors. Their product senses key vital signs including heart rate, breathing rate, and temperature, providing a real-time and historical view of the user's health. It was founded in 2019 and headquartered in Brooklyn, New York.
  • Philips — Koninklijke Philips is a technology company that provides healthcare, consumer lifestyle, and lighting products, solutions, and services. The company offers professionals with healthcare, lighting, and oral healthcare products, professional dictation, and display solutions, and innovation services. It offers consumers electronic products related tosound and vision, personal care, mother and child care, housewares, lighting, PCs and phones, and more.
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Giorgio Chiellini
Angel · Turin, Piemonte, Italy · 2 investments in Italy Community startups

Giorgio Chiellini

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Internet, Marketing
  • Stage:Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Italy

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Seed $983k–$5.9M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 2Watch — 2WATCH is the next level Entertainment Hub, a space where media, technology and innovation fuse seamlessly.
  • Qodeup — Qodeup is a provider of digital menu solutions for restaurants. Their QR code payment method reduces waiting times to zero for customers, increases turnover, and is eco-friendly. They allow customers to pay the bill directly from their smartphone through their QR code payment system.
  • Treedom — Grow a tree and follow the story of the project of which it is a part.
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Nico Rosberg
Angel · Wiesbaden, Hessen, Germany · 2 investments in Italy Community startups

Nico Rosberg is a sustainability entrepreneur, investor and 2016 Formula One World Champion.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Logistics
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Germany, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 37
  • Round size: Seed $4M–$9.3M; Angel $146k–$29M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Qutwo — We unite Qutwo OS and world-class AI and quantum scientists with the most forward-looking enterprises to develop competitive edge through classical AI, hybrid, and full quantum systems. We tackle the most challenging problems in AI computing.
  • Viktor — Viktor is the AI employee that lives in Slack and Microsoft Teams, connects to 3,200+ tools, and does the work. Reports, dashboards, code, campaigns. Start free.
  • General Intuition — The frontier lab for acting in space and time.
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OurCrowd
VC Fund · Jerusalem, Yerushalayim, Israel · 2 investments in Italy Community startups

Invest in exclusive and pre-vetted startups, late-stage companies, and top tier funds - private market access made simple, transparent, and institutional-grade.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
  • Stage:Series B, Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Israel, United States, New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 372
  • Round size: Seed $604k–$9.5M; Series A $4.5M–$22M; Series B $7M–$62M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $230k in 2026

Portfolio highlights

  • N.Light — N.Light is a Metaverse 3D design software that allows individuals to effortlessly turn their ideas into reality.
  • Hemispheric — Hemispheric develops fundamental AI technologies aimed at deciphering brain activity for innovative applications.
  • MUV Interactive — MUV Interactive designs and develops innovative technology for active human sensing, providing a natural and fluent interactive experience with any type of digital application, from displayed content, and smart home appliances to IOT (Internet of Things) devices, drones and AR/VR applications. The company’s flagship product, Bird, is anintuitive device that is worn on the index finger, which transforms any space into a 3D Interactive Environment. Bird is the first device to integrate the entire spectrum of input and control methods – including touch, remote touch, gesture control and mouse functionality. This gives users the flexibility to interact with each type of digital content in the most intuitive way, whether up close or from a distance of up to 100 feet away.
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P101
VC Fund · Milan, Lombardia, Italy · 2 investments in Italy Community startups, 7 in the past 12 months

P101 is an Italian venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in the digital sector. Agreement to handle personal data I agree I don't agree

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Italy, Spain, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 121
  • Round size: Seed $236k–$4M; Series A $2.3M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 63% lead, 37% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $265M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Biorsaf — Biorsaf is an IT company that develops mobile apps and web control panels to assist companies to bring efficiency to their operations.
  • 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
  • A-Cube — A-Cube API: la piattaforma globale per la Tax Compliance. Integra la fatturazione elettronica e gli obblighi fiscali in ogni ERP o e-commerce in Italia e nel mondo.
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e-Novia
VC Fund · 2 investments in Italy Community startups

Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Robotics, Electronics
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Italy

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Round size: Seed $317k–$1.3M; Pre-Seed $240k–$318k
  • Lead/follow: 87% lead, 13% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Blubrake — blubrake is a leading company that develops and produces advanced mechatronic systems focused on braking and sensing applications for bicycles, in particular e-bikes. The company developed the only ABS (anti-lock braking system) for e-bikes that can be fully integrated inside the frame and that can drastically increase safety on every kind ofe-bikes, from city to mountain, from trekking to cargo. A light and invisible technology that can assure a safer and more enjoyable cycling experience.
  • Blimp — Blimp has developed the Head-Counter device to collect real-time data on people and vehicles flows in the physical world, either outdoor or indoor. Blimp Head-Counter processes sampled images in real-time to extract the audience volume and sociodemographic distribution (gender, age and emotional state) up to a 60 meters range in the standardversion. The proprietary technology is privacy compliant as the image processing is executed directly on the device, transmitting only the aggregated and anonymized data to the cloud.
  • Existo S.r.l. — GRABSLOT menghadirkan ribuan permainan seru dalam satu platform lengkap dan praktis, dirancang untuk memberikan pengalaman hiburan online yang lebih seru, cepat, dan menyenangkan setiap saat.
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Banca Sella Holding
VC Fund · Biella, Piemonte, Italy · 2 investments in Italy Community startups

Banca Sella Holding is a holding company based in Italy. It provides services that include management, coordination, control, trading, and treasury activities of financial sectors through its subsidiaries. The company's banking products and services also consists of various deposits, as well as repurchase agreements, mortgage loans, personalloans, factoring, and Internet and mobile banking services.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Italy, France, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 20
  • Round size: Seed $1.8k–$447k; Series B $12M–$20M; Venture - Series Unknown $100k–$5.8M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Qonto — Qonto is the all-in-one business account for SMEs and freelancers with a simplified accounting flow, a top-notch customer service and transparent pricing.
  • 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
  • Hercle — Hercle is a regulated digital asset liquidity provider specializing in OTC trading and market making.
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DVR Capital
VC Fund · Lombard, Illinois, United States · 2 investments in Italy Community startups

DVR Capital offers M&A advisory and private equity as well as equity services for businesses, financial investors, and multinationals

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gamification, Social Impact, Natural Resources
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Italy

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Treedom — Grow a tree and follow the story of the project of which it is a part.
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CDP Equity
VC Fund · Milan, Lombardia, Italy · 2 investments in Italy Community startups

CDP Equity is a holding company that has been set up to boost the Italian economy by investing venture capital in companies of "significant national interest" (as envisaged by the decrees of the Ministry of Economy and Finance of 3 May 2011 and 2 July 2014) or in companies with "economic, financial and capital balance, with adequateprospects of profitability and development, capable of generating value for investors"

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 41
  • Round size: Seed $177k–$3.6M; Pre-Seed $230k–$3.6M; Series A $2.3M–$13M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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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Dea Capital Alternative Funds
VC Fund · Milano, Lombardia, Italy · 2 investments in Italy Community startups

Piattaforma indipendente italiana leader negli investimenti alternativi.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Fruit, Leisure, Education
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Italy

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Venture - Series Unknown $5.2M–$16M
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $370M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Ingino — Ingino is an italian fruit puree producer.
  • OMB Saleri — OMB Saleri are manufacturer of small metal parts and ball valves for residential gas and water applications.
  • Costa Edutainment — "divertiamoci imparando" chi siamo La storia aziendale di Costa Edutainment intreccia le proprie radici con quelle imprenditoriali della famiglia Costa: un sistema di valori che ha caratterizzato nel tempo un modo di fare impresa riconoscibile e duraturo nel tempo. Divertiamoci imparando: Costa Edutainment si propone di rispondere alla
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Andera Partners
VC Fund · Paris, Ile-de-France, France · 2 investments in Italy Community startups, 12 in the past 12 months

Andera Partners, formerly known as Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners (EdRIP) As heir to the traditions and values that have ensured the success of the Rothschild family for 250 years, the Edmond de Rothschild Group has established itself over time as a leading player in European finance. Its activities are grouped around two major areas:Private Banking and Asset Management. The Group offers wealthy families, entrepreneurs, and large institutions a full range of solutions combining a culture of tailored solutions, stability, performance, and innovation. The Edmond de Rothschild Group’s offering is characterised by strong convictions, with the desire to guarantee to each of its customers: A unique, close relationship, underpinned by the know-how and the variety of expertise of a large international group; Autonomous, experienced teams, who anticipate economic trends and innovate to establish long-term performance; The recognised stability, strength, and independence of a family-owned financial group. Founded by Baron Edmond de Rothschild in 1953, the Group has been chaired by his son, Baron Benjamin de Rothschild, since 1997.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
  • Stage:Series B, Private Equity, Series A
  • Geography: France, United States, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 187
  • Round size: Series A $7M–$83M; Series B $14M–$83M; Private Equity $112M–$237M
  • Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $491M in 2026

Portfolio highlights

  • Cyllene Therapeutics — EG 427 is a French biotechnology company that pioneers a new approach in gene therapy called pinpoint gene therapy.
  • Inventiva Pharma — Inventiva Pharma is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of oral small molecule therapies for the treatment of patients with significant unmet medical needs in the areas of fibrosis, lysosomal storage disorders and oncology.They have built a pipeline backed by a discovery engine with an extensive library ofproprietary molecules, a wholly-owned research and development facility and a team with significant expertise and deep experience in the development of compounds that target nuclear receptors, transcription factors and epigenetic modulation. Leveraging these assets and expertise, they are advancing two clinical candidates in three indications, as well as a deep pipeline of earlier stage programs.
  • Rivermark Medical — Rivermark Medical develops a minimally-invasive treatment for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) that restores urinary function. Developed by urologists to reliably reduce BPH symptoms with minimal side effects.
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Massimiliano Magrini
Angel · Milan, Lombardia, Italy · 2 investments in Italy Community startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 24
  • Round size: Seed $274k–$8.1M; Series A $4M–$15M; Series B $12M–$16M
  • Lead/follow: 63% lead, 37% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • Beelzebub — A secure low code deception runtime framework, leveraging AI for System Virtualization.
  • 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.
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Nicola Volpi
Angel · 1 investments in Italy Community startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Social, Internet, Media and Entertainment
  • Stage:Angel
  • Geography: Italy

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • The Hundred — The Hundred is an holding company which invests in entertainers.
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VAM Investments
VC Fund · Esch-sur-alzette, Luxembourg, Luxembourg · 1 investments in Italy Community startups

Siamo una partnership di imprenditori, manager e professionisti di Private Equity che investono

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Fashion, Music, Dental
  • Stage:Private Equity, Seed
  • Geography: Italy

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Slam — Slam is the nautical clothing brand that has revolutionized the sailing world. In Slam, History and Avant-Garde come together in a perfect union.
  • Soundreef — Soundreef ltd is an Independent Management Entity (EU Directive 2014/26/EU) listed in the Intellectual Property Office in the United Kingdom and can operate throughout Europe including Spain. Soundreef was founded to offer a viable alternative to the traditional Collective Management Organisation by combining innovative technology withpersonal customer service. Soundreef manages the rights of over 25,000 authors and publishers worldwide rewarding them with the fair, transparent and quick payment they deserve for the use of their musical works. Business users such as radio and tv broadcasters, digital service providers, live event organisers, theatres and cinemas, business establishments and music labels can obtain a mandatory license for the use of musical works managed by Soundreef.Soundreef ltd is incorporated in U.K. and owned by Soundreef S.p.A. , a company incorporated in Italy. Soundreef S.p.A. is the company that develops the technology and the content management platform used by Soundreef ltd to audit, collect and maximize royalties for Soundreef authors and publishers. The company process billions of transactions with a focus to improve data security and efficiency in the music industry.Soundreef S.p.A. controls also 100% of Soundreef publishing srl and 100% of Soundreef Media Services srl.
  • Supermoney — Supermoney is an online broker which helps to compare costs of electricity and gas.
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Al.Pe Invest
VC Fund · 1 investments in Italy Community startups

Al.Pe Invest

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Baby, Software, Child Care
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Italy

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Filo — Filo the Bluetooth tracker that can find your keys, wallet and phone with an app on your phone. Attach, connect and ring. Always find what matters most to you.
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Gruppo Bertoldi
VC Fund · Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy · 1 investments in Italy Community startups

Bertoldi Holding is an Italian investment Company controlled by the brothers Gianluca and Giacomo Bertoldi. The first activities date back to the sixties, when their grandfather Aldo Bertoldi, a strong and entrepreneurial businessman, focused its activities on the market of import and export of spices, dried fruit and coffee.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Mobile
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Italy, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Seed $389k–$49M
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • AideXa — AideXa is an Italian challenger bank for SMEs. It operates as credit institution, offering loans and investment-related services.
  • Pinsalab — Using genuine imported Italian ingredients, bringing a unique, authentic taste of Rome to the heart of Park Slope. Follow us on Instagram @pinsalab
  • Walliance — Walliance is a digital platform that combines investment and financing opportunities in the real estate and renewable energy sectors, accessible through various financial instruments, including Equity, Lending, and Debt crowdfunding. Aiming at providing solutions to the complexities in these areas, Walliance was founded in Trentino (Italy) in2016 and launched its first project in September 2017. Walliance was the first equity crowdfunding platform to receive CONSOB authorization in Italy to raise venture capital for online real estate projects.In November 2023, it also obtained authorization to operate in France and Spain as well. In the same month, Walliance announced the acquisition of Lymo Finance, the first real estate crowdfunding portal launched in France.
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Luca Ascani
Angel · Rome, Lazio, Italy · 1 investments in Italy Community startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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–$14M; Pre-Seed $589k–$37M; Series A $4.3M–$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.
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Alven
VC Fund · Paris, Ile-de-France, France · 1 investments in Italy Community startups

Independent early-stage VC firm for 25 years

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: France, United States, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 234
  • Round size: Seed $900k–$10M; Series A $3.1M–$18M; Series B $7.3M–$53M
  • Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $373M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Stoïk — Stoïk is a cyber insurance company that integrates cybersecurity software with insurance protection, helping businesses manage their cyber risks effectively. Stoïk empowers brokers by offering clients comprehensive insurance policies and protection against cyber risks. Its mission is to equip brokers with the tools to help their clients insure andsafeguard against cyber threats.Stoïk's unique product simplifies the underwriting process using automated tests, replacing traditional questionnaires. It also provides continuous risk prevention through integrated cybersecurity tools and ensures swift, effective incident response with an in-house team of crisis management experts.
  • Archy — SaaS Practice Management Software for Dental Practices
  • Attention — Attention is a powerful conversational intelligence software that helps you coach and ramp up your sales reps into top performers.
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Siamosoci
VC Fund · Milan, Lombardia, Italy · 1 investments in Italy Community startups

Siamosoci is the directory for italian start ups. Siamosoci srl Italy provides transparency to the market of italian start ups. the new companies can list in the directory including videos and multimedia support. they can include capital request for their own financing needs.Siamosoci srl Italy facilitate the matching between local investors andthe start ups.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Mobile, Children, Delivery
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Italy

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Seed $173k–$603k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kopjra — Kopjra is a legal and reg tech startup specialized in IP (Intellectual Property) protection, network forensics and trust services, advising clients like Mediaset, SIAE and Sky on cyber piracy counter-measures before and during litigations.
  • Le Cicogne — Trova la tua babysitter elavorate insieme in sicurezza! Le Cicogne, divisione di Orienta Family specializzata nella ricerca e selezione di [...]Leggi
  • Lorenzo Vinci — Ecommerce di offerte alimentari online su alta gastronomia, enogastronomia e prodotti tipici italiani!
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Alchimia Investments
VC Fund · Rome, Lazio, Italy · 1 investments in Italy Community startups

Alchimia is an investment company primarily operating in the Venture Capital Sector. Leveraging the expertise of our team and a wide network of international advisors, we invest and co-invest in high growth potential opportunities offering capital, as well as dedicated strategic and operational resources.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Medical
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Italy, United Kingdom, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 21
  • Round size: Seed $2.2M–$11M; Series A $4.4M–$40M; Venture - Series Unknown $5.8M–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Gardin — We believe in a world in which everyone has the right to access high quality, nutritious food that is good for you and for our planet. Our environmental issues are real, something, somewhere needs to change. Gardin promises to create the step-change required by deploying its technology.
  • NoTraffic — NoTraffic has developed the first AI-powered traffic signal platform that connects road...
  • Stellar — At Stellar we bring perfect internet on the move to vehicles and passengers, leveraging the combined strength of cellular, wi-fi, and satellite networks, through AI and fully integrated solutions. We offer SaaS, data plans, and all-inclusive options for enterprise connectivity needs on the move.
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Luiss Alumni 4 Growth
VC Fund · 1 investments in Italy Community startups

Investment Club Luiss Guido Carli University

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, InsurTech, Insurance
  • Stage:Seed, Convertible Note
  • Geography: Italy, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 11
  • Round size: Seed $768k–$3.9M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Lampoo — Consign your luxury items and earn up to 80% of the sale! Shop authenticated designer brands at second hand prices! Fast deliveries and easy returns!
  • NANDO — Monitor waste in real time with AI. NANDO tracks fill levels, automates reporting and improves recycling rates. Trusted by 80+ companies across 17 countries.
  • This Unique — Customize your own period with a unique assortment to fit your needs that's sustainable and committed.
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SmartCapital
VC Fund · Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain · 1 investments in Italy Community startups

Smart Capital form a group of entrepreneurs and managers with over 10 years experience in this sectors.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Events, Mobile, Software
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: Italy, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • KNOBS — KNOBS is a Tech Advisory Firm & Software House specializing in Blockchain development. We are the perfect partner to make your business fly into the future.Founded in 2014, KNOBS deals with the design, prototyping and implementation of complex IT systems. Using the most modern hardware and software engineering technologies, the mostinnovative programming languages ​​and the most reliable frameworks, our team of young professionals is able to offer optimal, customized and cutting-edge solutions.
  • Cusa Tea — Using only hand-selected, premium tea and coffee, and real fruit, spices and herbs, Cusa Tea & Coffee makes delicious and convenient beverages that are ready to drink, hot or iced, in seconds.
  • TMP Group — TMP Group performance marketing function supports and supports digital strategies management, organization, qualification, and reporting of social ADS campaigns on major search engines or digital stores. They apply their design, creative, technical, and technical skills to the realization of events, products, promotions, collaborations, pressoffices, and public relations services.
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Fondazione Paideia
VC Fund · Torino, Piemonte, Italy · 1 investments in Italy Community startups

Every day we strive to restore trust and serenity to children and families in need. Because no family can feel alone and no excluded child .

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Local, Social, Finance
  • Geography: Italy

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • PerMicro — PerMicro: credito e microcredito per l'inclusione. Al fianco di startup, micro e piccole imprese e famiglie con esigenze primarie.
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UBI Banca
VC Fund · Bergamo, Lombardia, Italy · 1 investments in Italy Community startups

UBI Banca is the fifth largest banking group in Italy for number of branches, with a market share of around 6% and a significant presence in the regions with the highest potential of the country. UBI Banca is a cooperative Group, listed on the Milan Stock Exchange and included in the FTSE MIB

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Investment focus

  • Industry: ISP, Local, Social
  • Stage:Debt Financing
  • Geography: Italy

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Linkem — Linkem ti offre Internet senza linea fissa per la tua casa grazie alla tecnologia FWA. Naviga senza limiti di traffico.
  • PerMicro — PerMicro: credito e microcredito per l'inclusione. Al fianco di startup, micro e piccole imprese e famiglie con esigenze primarie.
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Community Investor funding in Italy at a glance

Stats across 279 deals from 243 investors.

243
investors
in Italy Community startups
279
deals
in Italy Community startups
$595k
median round
in Italy Community startups
42%
lead investors
lead at least one round
33%
Seed
most common funding stage
77/23
VC / Angel
share of investor count

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