# Top 35 Digital Media Startup Investors in Italy in June 2026

## United Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, FinTech

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## Redstone.VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care

The Redstone team is an international and diverse group of serial entrepreneurs, investors, investment professionals, tech analysts and data scientists.

## CDP Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Rome, Lazio, Italy
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care

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.

## UniCredit
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt
- Focus: Manufacturing, Renewable Energy, Energy

UniCredit is a pan-European commercial bank offering unique banking services in Italy, Germany, Central and Eastern Europe.

## LIFTT
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Turin, Piemonte, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Manufacturing

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

## Daniel Cremers
- Type: Angel
- Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: 3D Printing, 3D Technology, Digital Media

Daniel Cremers is the Chief Science Officer and Co-Founderat Artisense Corporation.

## Rancilio Cube
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Milano, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services

Cube is the investment office founded by Rancilio family

## Franco Fogliato
- Type: Angel
- Location: Richardson, Texas, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: 3D Printing, 3D Technology, Digital Media

Franco Fogliato is based out of Richardson, Texas, and is the CEO and Board Member of Fossil Group. Franco previously worked at Salomon Group as a President and CEO. Franco Fogliato attended Open University Business School. Franco Fogliato has received the Certificate in Corporate Governance.

## Utsav Somani
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, Software, Financial Services

Looking for - Passionate founders looking to target a market with tremendous future potential and stands to be disrupted by a new entrant. Crucial that the product / service is not easily replicable and the domain expertise of the company is a deterrent to fresh entrants.Keen interest in - Clean Technology, Consumer Internet, EnterpriseSoftware, Health Care, Mobile, SaaSSkills - Angel Investing, Financial Modelling & Valuation, Information Technology, Portfolio Management, Risk Management

## Euregio+
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bolzano, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Private Equity
- Focus: Drones, Robotics, Consulting

Euregio+ is an asset management firm. It operates in the financial sector, in the management of pension funds in the real estate sector, in private debts, in private equity, and venture capital.

## Jenny Lefcourt
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Internet

Jenny Lefcourt is a General Partner at Freestyle. Jenny earned her B.S. in economics from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and attended the Stanford Graduate School of Business. In 1998 she left Stanford to found Wedding Channel.com (sold: XOXO). In 2003 she co-founded Bella Pictures (sold: CPI). In 2014 Jenny joined Freestyle,and was promoted to GP in 2015. Some of Jenny’s notable investments include BetterUp, Crexi, Daily.co, Embark, Ridwell, Narvar and WELL Health. She is also a founding member and board member of All Raise. Jenny is an angel investor in Discord, MainStreetHub and Minted.

## Net4Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: EdTech, Fitness, Software

Net4Capital is a investment management company in private equity and venture capital.

## Uday Kumar Bangalore Shivaraman
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B, Equity Crowdfunding
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, E-Commerce

Angel / Sophisticated Investor and Trader (Ex London Stock Exchange(LSE), Deutsche Bank, London Clearing House(LCH) ) , Invested in 60+ Startups / 4 successful exits (with Avg 20x) and counting more. (Web3 -> udaybs.ETH )Invested in following asset classes from past 2 decades across UK / India / US / Europe / 
-Private Equity (Seed / Growth / VC/ Acquisition / Merger)
- Equity Markets
- Real Estate
- FX
- Commodity
- Bonds
- Fintech, Blockchain, Crypto Market, Web3 , DeFi, NFT
- Derivative Markets / Hedging / F&O / CFDGrowing Wealth in bumpy economic rides - There is no secret formula. Investment is an art. Being vigilant, dynamic, connecting dots, evaluating risk with constant change, loads of patience and visualising medium to long term.Private Equity Investments across globe in following domains / categories:
- Energy - EV / Carbon Footprint
- Blockchain / FinTech / AI / ML / Web3 / DeFi
- D2C / B2C
- Food & Beverages
- Pharma
- Media & Entertainment

## Alpine Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Accounting

Alpine Venture Capital operates as a venture capital firm that supports seed stage founders worldwide.

## Sony Innovation Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Health Care

Sony Innovation Fund is investing in technology-driven transformational companies shaping the future of business, entertainment and society.

## Principia SGR
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Software

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.

## U-Start
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Travel, Fashion

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

## Jacopo Paoletti
- Type: Angel
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Equity Crowdfunding, Seed
- Focus: Apps, SaaS, Mobile

Digital Marketer, Serial Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, Startup Advisor.

## Khaled Helioui
- Type: Angel
- Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Information Technology, Internet, Software

Khaled Helioui is a Partner at Plural, an early stage investment firm founded & led by entrepreneurs. We invest serious time & early stage venture capital to back the next generation of iconic founders. Plural lead investors have the scar tissue & reach to best support founders & tilt the odds for them to build legendary companiesthat can have a GDP-level impact in Europe, tackle systemic risks & address opportunity gap.

## The Techshop
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech

The Techshop is a venture capital and private equity firm that invests in B2B digital startups.

## Indaco Venture Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Life Science

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## Francesco Beraldi
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Machine Learning, SaaS, EdTech

Francesco Beraldi

## P101
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology

P101 is an Italian venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in the digital sector.

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## Henri Moissinac
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Content, Lifestyle, Digital Media

Henri Moissinac is the CEO and Co-Founder of dott. He previously worked at ofo UK as a Head of Business Europe. Henri Moissinac attended Télécom Paris.

## Club degli Investitori
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Torino, Piemonte, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, E-Commerce, Information Technology

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.

## Nathaniel Barling
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: 3D Printing, 3D Technology, Digital Media

Nathaniel Barling joined Knowhere as Co-Founder, CEO in 2015.

## TBA Network
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Brixen, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Medical, mHealth

TBA Network provides risk capital, entrepreneurial expertise, and valuable network support to ambitious founders. TBA objective is to support innovative ideas and contribute to the global expansion of early-stage startups, laying the groundwork for future entrepreneurs.

## Vertis
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Computer, E-Commerce

Vertis is a dynamic and independent investment management company authorised by Bank of Italy. It manages five closed-end funds for qualified investors by participating in research projects, spin-offs, startups and PMI and deals with the investments of the innovative Made in Italy.

## Alessandro Rimassa
- Type: Angel
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Software, Industrial

Author of "It's easy to change Italy, if you know how to do it" and "Thousand Euro Generation", director of the school of management and communication of IED.

## Club Italia Investimenti 2
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Mobile

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

## Alven
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence

Independent early-stage VC firm for 25 years

## Gianmario Tondato Da Ruos
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Software, Industrial

Gianmario Tondato Da Ruos

## Emanuele Visconti
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: 3D Printing, 3D Technology, Digital Media

Emanuele Visconti is an angel investor.

## Freestyle Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Freestyle is an early-stage venture capital firm with investments in over 130 technology companies including Airtable, Intercom, Patreon, and BetterUp.

## Sebastian Picardo
- Type: Angel
- Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Fashion, Content, Lifestyle

Sebastian Picardo is an active investor and advisor in the global luxury goods sector.As an investor, he has been very active in the fashion, technology and media sectors for
over 9 years, investing in companies like Net a porter, Lyst, Farfetch, Business of Fashion and
Highsnobiety. He has also been a venture advisor to London-based FelixCapital, a
leading Venture Capital firm investing in digital lifestyle start-ups, since 2014.As an advisor, he has helped brands and retailers in areas such as digital marketing,
customer experience, omni-channel retailing and innovation, In addition, he has advised
companies wanting to enter and market their brands in China mainland.Sebastian was formerly Deputy President of Asia’s iconic luxury department store
Lane Crawford. Sebastian joined Lane Crawford in 2012. As a member of the senior
management team, he crafted and drove Lane Crawford’s “connected commerce” strategy,
underlying the company's focus on omni-channel retail development to deliver a seamless
customer experience.Previous to Lane Crawford, Sebastian was with Burberry where he served as Managing
Director - Digital Commerce, based in the London headquarters. Prior to this role, he had
helped transform and integrate the brand's Spanish operations into the global business as
Managing Director - Operations at Burberry Spain. Before joining Burberry, Sebastian had
held various senior finance roles at Net-A-Porter, Alexander McQueen and Deloitte.Originally from Argentina, he is a Chartered Accountant, holds a bachelor’s degree in
Business Management and a Master’s degree in International Finance. Most recently he
attended Harvard Business School, where he successfully completed the Advanced
Management Program.Sebastian lived in Buenos Aires, London, Barcelona and Hong Kong. He is fluent in Spanish,
English, Italian and has an elementary command of Mandarin.

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