# Top 30 EdTech Angel Investors in Italy in June 2026 ## Matteo de Brabant - Type: Angel - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: News, Beauty, EdTech Matteo de Brabant is Founder and Chairman at Jakala Group. He is the CEO of the company since 2000. ## Marco Caradonna - Type: Angel - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Advertising, PaaS, SaaS Marco Caradonna is a Co-Founder & Managing Partner at BlackSheep Ventures at BlackSheep Ventures. He attended Catholic University of Sacred Heart. ## Fabio Cannavale - Type: Angel - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: SaaS, Software, Information Technology Fabio Cannavale - Founder & President @ B Heroes ## Lorenzo Lamberti Sagliano - Type: Angel - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: EdTech, FinTech, Machine Learning Lorenzo Lamberti Sagliano ## Matthew Lunelli - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: EdTech, Corporate Training, Personal Development Matthew Lunelli ## Massimiliano Magrini - Type: Angel - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence Massimiliano is co-founder and Managing Partner United Ventures . Previously at Altavista and founding Country manager of Google Italy. Founder of Annapurna Ventures, a new generation Technology Angel Fund. and As Consultant appointed by the Ministry of Economic Development, He has actively contributed to the drawing up of the report onventure capitalism in Italy, which then led to the DL Growth .He is currently Vice President of the Touring Club Italiano, Board Member of the American Chamber of Commerce and sits on the board of directors of AppsBuilder, Paperlit, 20 Lines and Cloud4WI. ## Attilio Mazzilli - Type: Angel - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, News Attilio Mazzilli is Corporate Partner of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, a global law firm where he also serves as Co-Head of Italian offices, Head of the Italian Tech Group and Member of the International Technology Companies Group. He specializes in private equity and venture capital, with specific skills in both domestic and cross-borderM&A transactions.Attilio Mazzilli graduated in Law from the University of Milan (dissertation on “The insurance contracts in private international law”). In 2003 he was admitted to the Italian Bar Association. In those years, he started working as Associate for “Pavia e Ansaldo” law firm in Milan. In 2006 he moved to Los Angeles, California and obtained a Master of Laws in Business&Corporate Law from the University of Southern California. The following year he came back to Milan to join “Chiomenti” law firm as Senior Associate. After this working experience, he moved to “Carnelutti” law firm, where he served as Partner and Head of International Development (2011-2015). Subsequently, his career continued at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, where he currently works as Corporate Partner and Head of the Italian Tech Group. He is also Member of the International Technology Companies Group. In 2023 he was also appointed Co-Head of Italian offices. He focuses on M&A, private equity and venture capital transactions, while advising startups and venture capital firms in areas including financing, corporate law, M&A, and listings. Furthermore, he works as consultant for leading tech companies, supporting their founders at all stages of their life-cycle. Attilio Mazzilli was awarded “Lawyer of the Year for Venture Capital” in the 2020 Legalcommunity Awards. His commitment contributed to several awards received by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP: among these are “Law Firm of the Year 2021 for Venture Capital”, “Law Firm of the Year 2020 for M&A Small Cap” (BeBeez and PBV) and “Law Firm of the Year 2020 for Fintech” (TopLegal Industry Awards). During the first outbreak of COVID-19 in Italy, he collaborated with the Italian Ministry of Innovation, the Finance Commission and VC Hub in drafting urgent measures to provide financial support to tech and innovative companies in Italy. In the same period, his client Bending Spoons developed Immuni, the app chosen by the Italian Ministry of Health to track the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy. Over more than 22 years of professional experience, Attilio Mazzilli has taken part in many significant transactions and assisted companies the likes of Gruppo Intesa San Paolo, Cattolica Assicurazioni, Teko Telecom, Octo Telematics, and Prima Assicurazioni. He also assisted Banca Sella Holding and Fabrick (joint venture agreement with illimity Bank concerning Hype), Cerba HealthCare (acquisition of Lifebrain from Investindustrial) and Scalapay (Series B financing round led by Tencent and Series A financing round led by Tiger Global). ## Francesco Beraldi - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Machine Learning, SaaS, EdTech Francesco Beraldi ## Federico Leproux - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: EdTech, Corporate Training, Personal Development TeamSystem, is the leading market provider of software and related value added services for SMEs and Professionals. Headquartered in Pesaro (Italy), the company has a diverse base of 200,000 customers. It has 42 offices in Italy and employs approximately 1900 people.Federico Leproux began his career in 1996 at Procter & Gamble holdingdifferent positions mainly in operations/product supply. He held positions as Production Unit Manager and Initiative Manager, Logistics. In 2002 he moved into management and strategy consulting. For the next two years he worked at Bain & Company where he managed projects in the automotive, retail and FMCG industries. In 2004 he joined McKinsey & Company where he led multiple projects in several sectors such as Energy, Private Equity, Directory Services and Retail. He moved to TeamSystem in 2007 as General Manager and in 2009 he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the TeamSystem Group.Under his leadership TeamSystem has grown from 600 employees in 2006 to over 2000-headcount, with revenues increasing from 78M Euro to ca.330M Euro expected in 2017 and Ebitda from 20 to over 115M. During his period at TS he had the chance to work with several Private Equity funds as key shareholders (Bain Capital, Hg Capital and Hellman & Friedman).He is married and, as a young man, was a successful sportsman (sailing and rowing), becoming 3 times an Italian National Champion and Junior Rowing World Champion in 1988 (male coxless four).Mr Leproux has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from La Sapienza University of Rome and he currently sits in the board of the MIP School of Management. ## Vincenzo Cioffi - Type: Angel - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Apps, EdTech, FinTech Vincenzo Cioffi works as the Chief Development Officer and Shareholder at Growth Engine. He has studied at the University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli. ## Jason Corsello - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Human Resources, Recruiting Jason Corsello is the Founder and General Partner at Acadian Ventures. Previously, Corsello was the Senior Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development for Cornerstone OnDemand [NASDAQ: CSOD]. Corsello joined Cornerstone in 2011, bringing more than 15 years of experience in enterprise software, market research, and management consulting.In this role, Corsello was responsible for driving innovation, go-to-market strategies and new corporate initiatives including guiding M&A, leading the company's corporate venture investments and accelerator program and overseeing new product initiatives including platform, big data, analytics and mobile. ## Thomas Otter - Type: Angel - Location: Heidelberg, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Human Resources, Education Thomas Otter runs Otter Advisory, a bespoke firm to help buyers, builders and investors navigate the weird and wonderful world of Human Capital Management technology. Thomas built his expertise in consulting, strategy and product management as - most recently - Head of Product at SAP SuccessFactors, and at Gartner as Research Vice President. He hasworked with companies from around the world, including Nestle, Woolworths Australia, Singtel, Teva, PepsiCo, Swiss RE, to name a few. ## Umberto Bottesini - Type: Angel - Location: Milano, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Angel - Focus: Marketing, E-Commerce, Customer Service With over 20 years of experience in the digital industry as entrepreneur and manager Umberto Bottesini is a pioneer in Europe in data driven marketing and a great expert of MadTech with 3 exits in the field. Umberto Bottesini covered executive assignments for several international companies. He starts his career working for technology consultingfirms such as IBM and Teradata; in 2005 he held the role of manager at Fullsix Group, part of WPP Group. In 2008 he co-founded and led as a CEO Simple Agency which became in a few years the largest digital marketing agency in Italy, holding the role of Ceo until the acquisition by Dentsu, a global leader in media & communications services. From 2017 he simultaneously held the positions of Chief Data Officer of the Group and General Manager of Amnet, the business unit dedicated to the programmatic advertising. In November 2018 he was definitely appointed Chief Digital and Data Officer of the Group, position that he held till February 2020. From March 2020 is the Founder and Managing Partner of BlackSheep Ventures, the first european venture capital firm with an entrepreneurial background that invests in MadTech, namely high potential technology-based companies focused on AI, Big Data, Automation and its b2b applications for the Marketing & Advertising industry. Since 2014 Umberto is the Founder and Ceo of Qreative, a private investment vehicle that creates, identifies and invests in start-up or scale-up companies united by the same mission: applying emerging technology and deep automation to solve real life or business problems of today. He's also contract professor of Digital Communication at ALMA - Università Cattolica of MIlan. ## Giuseppe Donagemma - Type: Angel - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Apps, EdTech, Banking Giuseppe (Beppe) is a global executive, who has had leading positions during last 20 years of both large corporate organizations (>10.000 people) and entrepreneurial companies.Beppe has been successful in his career thanks to his flexible mindset and hands-on behavior, in addition to excellent relationships’ building capabilities.Hisexperience entails from management of B2B business around the world to responsibility of project management of networks’ operations, from P/L management of 4 billion euros region to fund raising in Asia for a start-up company, from achieving successful change management and revenue growth turnarounds in big corporates to ensuring strategic partnerships for new emerging ventures, from developing the strategy and vision for a new business unit to opening new markets for an expanding company.Beppe always builds high performing and diverse teams to work with, leading them with high energy, confidence and ambiguity tolerance. He’s an attentive listener and an effective (public) speaker. He has a pragmatic and participative leadership style, and an excellent Board presence attitude.Beppe holds an engineering degree, a master (non-degree) in Strategy & Leadership. He is Fellow at Elis, a post-graduation faculty in Rome. He is an enthusiast sportsman, married with two daughters. ## Simone Cimminelli - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Equity Crowdfunding - Focus: Analytics, Real Time, Social Media Simone Cimminelli is a Founding Partner at Cimminelli Holding. He attended ESCP Business School. ## Niccolò Colussi - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: EdTech, Corporate Training, Personal Development Niccolò Colussi is a Co-Founder of Flexitalian Srl. ## Luca Valerio Camerano - Type: Angel - Location: Rome, Lazio, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: EdTech, Corporate Training, Personal Development Luca Valerio Camerano was born in Rome in 1963. He graduated in Economics from LUISS (Rome) and He attended INSEAD Advanced Management Programme (Fontainebleau). He is currently Managing Director at Algebris Investments where he leads a new business unit dedicated to the environment and sustainability. He is also Indipendent Member of the COIMA ESGCity Impact Fund, Business Angel for startup, and Professor at LUISS. In addition, he has the role of Senior Advisor for infrastructure, energy transition, circular economy and smart city. He has been the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of A2A S.p.A., Italy’s largest multi-utility company with more than 13,000 employees, a turnover of around 6 billion euros in 2017 and a Gross Operating Profit of more than 1 billion euros. During his mandate, A2A doubled its capitalization end tripled its net income. Currently, Luca Valerio Camerano is a member of the Executive Council and the Energy Advisory Committee of Utilitalia and also a member of the Council and Vice Chairman of the Assolombarda Energy Group. In the past, he developed his professional path working as CEO of GDF SUEZ Energie, Managing Director at Enel Gas, Managing Director at Camuzzi, Chief Executive Officer of Plenia and Managing Director in the Corporate Banking of Citibank. ## Giacomo Trovato - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: EdTech, Gaming, Education Giacomo Trovato is an individual investor ## Lorenzo Lagorio - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: EdTech, Gaming, Education Lorenzo Lagorio is an individual investor. ## Loris Gay - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: EdTech, Software, Education Loris Gay ## David Clarke - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS David Clarke is the Board member of Payslip. David Clarke is the Venture Partner at Frontline Ventures. He attended Trinity College Dublin during 1989-1993. ## Enrico Drago - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: EdTech, Corporate Training, Personal Development Enrico Drago is a Chief Executive Officer of PlayDigital at IGT. ## Gianandrea Strekelj - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: EdTech, Corporate Training, Personal Development Gianandrea Strekelj ## Marco Fassone - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: EdTech, Gaming, Education Marco Fassone is an individual investor ## Paolo Barberis - Type: Angel - Location: Firenze, Toscana, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Machine Learning, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence Paolo Barberis is the Founder at Nana Bianca. ## Oscar Farinetti - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: EdTech, Gaming, Education Oscar Farinetti is the Co-Founder & Owner of Eataly. He attended the University of Turin. ## Andrea Incondi - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: EdTech, Gaming, Education Andrea Incondi is an individual investor ## Luca Ascani - Type: Angel - Location: Rome, Lazio, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Software, Financial Services Luca is founder and CEO of Lambda Alpha, an investment company focused on early stage investment. Its portfolio includes Bear, the Apple Design Award winner notes app, Fintechs as Lendable and Emma App in London, Mansa in Paris and ScalaPay as well as autonomous robots Gideon Brothers and automated pasta restaurant Cala. Recent investmentsincludes Dishpatch, Airbank and RVVUP. Luca started his entrepreneurial career aged 20 when he launched BuyCentral.it, the first Italian shopping comparison site, in 2000. It was sold to Lycos in 2004. In 2002 he founded ADVance which became the leading digital agency in Italy, subsequently sold to NetBooster. In 2004 he cofounded GoAdv, later rebranded Populis, one of the largest vertical digital publishing groups in Europe and Brazil, listed on the Paris Alternext stock exchange. In 2011 Populis was named the fastest growing company in Ireland and part of the top ten in Europe by Deloitte. In 2012 and 2013 he has brought the TechCrunch conference to Italy with the aim of connecting the Italian industry with international investors. For this same purpose he was co-hosting the 2017 Founders Forum in Rome.From 2010 Luca was in the board of IlSecoloXIX, an Italian north west leading newspaper, then acquired by LaStampa in 2014 and he was in the board of the new group, ITEDI, until it was acquired by Gruppo Espresso in 2017. ## Elena Mirandola - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: EdTech, Gaming, Education Elena Mirandola is an individual investor ## Duccio Vitali - Type: Angel - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Freelance, Web Design, Web Development Duccio Vitali is a CEO at Alkemy digital_enabler.