Top 5 Digital Media Angel Investors in Italy

Last updated: Apr 2024 A list of 5 angel investors that invest in Digital media startups based in Italy. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Digital media companies from Italy. We update this investor list every month.

Top 5 Digital Media Angel Investors in Italy

Investor	Digital Media Italy investments
Henri Moissinac	1
Jenny Lefcourt	1
Giulio Valiante	1
Khaled Helioui	1
Sebastian Picardo	1

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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.

Investment focus

Content, Lifestyle, Digital Media
Series A
Italy, France

Portfolio highlights

Upway — Upway is building Europe's leading marketplace for reconditioned e-bikes.
Freeda Media — The voice of the new generations

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.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Internet
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Italy

Portfolio highlights

Idiomatic — Idiomatic's powerful AI-driven customer intelligence platform turns all of your customer feedback into a complete, data-driven voice of customer picture.
Inspectiv — Identify complex security vulnerabilities and sensitive data exposures to reduce risk of security incidents and provide assurance to your customers.
Change — CHANGE is a platform that powers the giving economy. Brands add a button to checkout, and we do the rest. With CHANGE, brands eliminate the time and resources spent on connecting, vetting, and integrating with nonprofits. The platform streamlines corporate giving, provides real-time analytics, and actively engages the most coveted demographic withshareable content.

Giulio Valiante - Partner @ Vertis SGR S.p.A.

Investment focus

Crowdfunding, Social Media, Crowdsourcing
Series A
Italy

Portfolio highlights

DeRev — DeRev is the principal Italian crowdfunding platform to fund creative and innovative projects. DeRev built a large network of relationships at national and international level and we work with institutions, brands, political parties, associations, cultural stakeholders, universities and startup incubators to help spreading the culture and practiceof sharing economy, social innovation and participative democracy. Today DeRev is the leading startup in Italy about crowdfunding and social media, with a focus on arts and culture, politics, activism and civic projects.

Khaled Helioui is the President of the Investment Committee at Armenian National Interests Fund. He Attended Telecom SudParis.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Internet, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, United Kingdom, Italy

Portfolio highlights

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Cardless — Cardless is a credit card company. They help brands launch custom cobrand credit card products. They handle the program creation, card underwriting, lending, issuance, and top-notch customer service, while brands focus on delivering rewards truly valuable to their superfan cardholders.Cardless was founded in February 2019 by Michael Spelfogel andScott Kazmierowicz (ex-Stanford CS / Data Science, ex-Lyft, ex-Visa, ex-Goldman) and is backed by top VCs including Accomplice, Greycroft, Clocktower Ventures, as well as founders of Plastiq, SeatGeek, Flatiron Health, and FiveStars
Numerade — Our team of 1,700+ PhDs and TAs from universities across the US provides step-by-step solutions to your Science, Math and Economics questions.

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.