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Top 50 Education Startup Investors in Italy in September 2025

A list of 50 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Education startups based in Italy. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Education companies from Italy. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Education Startup Investors in Italy in September 2025

Investor Education Italy investments
CDP Venture Capital 9
Club degli Investitori 6
United Ventures 4
P101 3
Matteo de Brabant 3
LIFTT 3
Club Italia Investimenti 2 3
40Jemz Ventures 2
Lorenzo Lamberti Sagliano 2
Equiter 2
Embed Capital 2
Opes Impact Fund 2
Fabio Cannavale 2
Lazio Innova 2
Club Digitale 2
Massimiliano Magrini 2
TIM Ventures 2
Matthew Lunelli 2
Sport Horizon Holding S.p.a. 2
Mamacrowd 2
Wayra 2
Boost Heroes 2
Doorway 1
dPixel 1
Synergo Capital 1
Guala Closures Group 1
Zanichelli Venture 1
Francesco Beraldi 1
Vertis 1
Emerge VC 1
Marco Caradonna 1
Ashoka 1
Vodafone 1
Loris Gay 1
Niccolò Colussi 1
Enrico Drago 1
Tamburi Investment Partners 1
Eisenhower Fellowships 1
Federico Leproux 1
RCS MediaGroup 1
Eurazeo 1
Luca Ascani 1
Net4Capital 1
Giuseppe Donagemma 1
Mival Capital 1
MVM Life Science Partners 1
Attilio Mazzilli 1
Praxi 1
Azimut Holding 1
Azimut Digitech Fund 1
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CDP Venture Capital VC Fund · Rome, Lazio, Italy · 47 investments in the past 12 months
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
  • Software, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • Italy, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • 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.
  • lit — Con lit puoi monitorare, quando e dove vuoi, i tuoi consumi energetici, riducendoli fino al 22%, avendo informazioni in real time sui tuoi elettrodomestici.
  • Tulum Energy — Discover how Tulum Energy harnesses methane pyrolysis technology to transform machinery and produce substantial volumes of clean hydrogen, driving innovation and sustainability in the energy sector.
Club degli Investitori VC Fund · Torino, Piemonte, Italy · 5 investments 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
  • Health Care, E-Commerce, Information Technology
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Stema — It serves as a platform for hiring engineers
  • Approxima — Approxima medical is developing a novel treatment for patients with tricuspid valve regurgitation
  • Annaida Technologies — Annaida Technologies has developed a groundbreaking device, EmbryoSpin, that performs microscopic Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (“µNMR”) at a scale 10-fold better than existing technologies.
United Ventures VC Fund · Milan, Lombardia, Italy · 4 investments in the past 12 months
We are an independent Venture Capitalfirm supporting visionary entrepreneurs toreinvent industries through technology.
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Investment focus
  • Software, FinTech, Information Technology
  • Series A, Seed, Funding Round
  • Italy, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Akamas — Akamas uses advanced application-aware AI to optimize performance, reduce cloud costs, and ensure reliability
  • Stema — It serves as a platform for hiring engineers
  • Volume — Payment Infrastructure for the Internet
P101 VC Fund · Milan, Lombardia, Italy · 6 investments 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
  • Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
  • Funding Round, Seed, Series A
  • Italy, Spain, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Toduba — Toduba is a digitalization company that provides shopping vouchers, food stamps, gift cards, and travel expense management.
  • Hotiday — Hotiday is the first hospitality startup that applies Instant Buying to the hotel industry to become a true "Online-Only" hotel chain, completely decentralized
  • 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.
Matteo de Brabant Angel · Milan, Lombardia, Italy
Matteo de Brabant is Founder and Chairman at Jakala Group. He is the CEO of the company since 2000.
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Investment focus
  • News, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Italy, France
Portfolio highlights
  • faire.ai — We enable banks and financial institutions to provide instant lending services leveraging open banking and Artificial Intelligence
  • Futura — Futura makes high quality education accessible to everyone. Our AI-based platform uses Deep Learning to optimize your study time and test scores by learning from your past mistakes and targeting weak points with extra attention. We completely personalize learning, using a data-driven approach and modular classes that adapt to students’ individualneeds.
  • We Are Emma — We Are Emma is a provider of salon amenities and products meant to promote healthy hair. It offers services like hair spas and products manufactured from natural resources
LIFTT VC Fund · Turin, Piemonte, Italy · 8 investments in the past 12 months
A not-only-profit operating investment company, eager to create a bridge between innovative ideas, territory and capital.
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Investment focus
  • Biotechnology, Software, Information Technology
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • Italy, United Kingdom, France
Portfolio highlights
  • QSensAto — QSensAto is a quantum sensing company specializing in the development and research of integrated vapor cells and quantum atomic sensors.
  • Agate Sensors — Agate Sensors offers equipment manufacturers advanced sensors that detect, identify, and classify people, vital signs, objects, and more. Their sensors come in a range of sizes, from single pixel devices to full matrix devices, and are produced using standard CMOS production processes, making them both cost-effective and efficient.
  • Sparrow Quantum — Sparrow Quantum, a global leader in quantum photonic chip technology. Explore innovative solutions driving advancements in quantum computing, communication, and beyond. Stay ahead with cutting-edge technologies shaping the future.
Club Italia Investimenti 2 VC Fund · Milan, Lombardia, Italy
Club Italia Investimenti is a Milan-based venture capital firm that assists startups in raising seed capital.
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Investment focus
  • E-Commerce, Software, Mobile
  • Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
  • Italy, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • UNGUESS (formerly AppQuality) — UNGUESS is the crowdsourcing platform for effective testing and real insights. Take the guesswork out of your work.
  • Paragraph — Powerful stories and powerful storytellers. Each week find seven of the world's best shorts in text, audio, and video: http://bit.ly/1usXQd5
  • 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!
40Jemz Ventures VC Fund · Verona, Veneto, Italy · 4 investments in the past 12 months
40Jemz Ventures is an investment firm. Its mission is to identify and finance the most promising early-stage businesses.
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Investment focus
  • Artificial Intelligence, Advice, Computer
  • Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Italy
Portfolio highlights
  • PREFE — PREFE is a real-time BI platform for FMCG, delivering instant insights on pricing, distribution, and promotions to boost profitability.
  • Hotiday — Hotiday is the first hospitality startup that applies Instant Buying to the hotel industry to become a true "Online-Only" hotel chain, completely decentralized
  • Forte! — Automate mix prep and bounce. Maximize your flow on Pro Tools and Logic Pro. 15-day FREE trial. No credit card needed. Pay-once or subscriptions.
Lorenzo Lamberti Sagliano Angel · Milan, Lombardia, Italy
Lorenzo Lamberti Sagliano
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Investment focus
  • EdTech, FinTech, Machine Learning
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Italy
Portfolio highlights
  • faire.ai — We enable banks and financial institutions to provide instant lending services leveraging open banking and Artificial Intelligence
  • EPICODE — Epicode School is a online coding startup that offers professional training and coaching services.
Equiter VC Fund · Turin, Piemonte, Italy
Equiter seleziona, realizza e gestisce investimenti infrastrutturali in capitale di rischio finalizzati allo sviluppo socio-economico del territorio.
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Investment focus
  • Medical, Health Care, Information Technology
  • Seed, Series B, Convertible Note
  • Italy
Portfolio highlights
  • AWorld — AWorld is The Sustainability Platform and Mobile App chosen by the United Nations to support the ActNow Campaign.
  • Medics — 3D anatomical modeling per la pianificazione pre-operatoria e il supporto intra-operatorio delle chirurgie complesse.
  • BionIT Labs — We apply IT to Bionics in order to Turn disabilities into New Possibilities
Embed Capital VC Fund · Milan, Lombardia, Italy
Embed Capital directly invests in startups, established or in the process of creation.Embed is mainly focused on innovative companies that:- Are active in the so-called “real economy” sectors: industrials, technology, environment, services, retail or social;- Are characterized by simple and intuitive business models and valuepropositions, and operate in markets or market segments featuring high growth potential;- Present a clear competitive advantage and high barriers-to-entry;- Are cash-generative in the medium term.Given that Embed Capital is not a closed-end fund, it doesn’t have specific time-constrains and it can assess on a project-by-project basis to determine the best time to sell a participation, and sign customized agreements with the entrepreneurs.
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Investment focus
  • Information Technology, Health Care, Mobile
  • Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
  • Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Piantando — Piantando sells plants connected to initiatives for the preservation of the planet engaged in the following areas: land, water, climate, biodiversity and local communities. Each plant is equivalent to a transparent and unique contribution, destined to an initiative certified by our Value Chain. Everyone become ambassadors of a new way of livinggreen and understanding their commitment to the planet.
  • FrescoFrigo - Healthy food close to you — FrescoFRIGO is a smart fridge with fresh and quality products designed for the needs of worker. Improve everyday lifestyle, through automated proximity selling of good, fresh and healthy product, innovating technology and user experience.
  • The Nemesis — The Nemesis is the playground for play-to-earn games and adventures in virtual worlds. Accessible on both mobile and desktop.
Opes Impact Fund VC Fund · Milano, Lombardia, Italy
Opes-Lcef is an impact investor that provides catalytic capital to early-stage social enterprises in emerging markets.
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Investment focus
  • Communities, Agriculture, Service Industry
  • Funding Round, Seed, Series A
  • Italy, Kenya, India
Portfolio highlights
  • Refolo — Refolo is a type B social cooperative that sees social agriculture as having a dual impact: social and environmental. Refolo was created with the aim of creating an agro-ecological and social corridor that runs through the province of Brescia from north to south with the hope that administrations and other communities will come together to generatea positive impact on the environment and the community.Refolo operates in an area located between the municipalities of Brescia, Collebeato, Villa Carcina and Montirone, territories that share the presence of agricultural areas that over the years have been abandoned due to their unsuitability for intensive agriculture and lack of interest by new generations and that are now ready to start again.
  • Ecodudu — Ecodudu is a waste-to-value company. It uses a proprietary innovation to recycle organic waste into high-protein animal feed and organic fertilizer using the black soldier fly. It harnesses insects (nature’s recycling agents) to address global issues which include waste management, demand for protein, and environmental conservation.
  • Sistema.bio — Sistema.bio is a biodigester with biogas appliances. High efficiency biodigesters transform organic waste into renewable biogas.
Fabio Cannavale Angel · Milan, Lombardia, Italy
Fabio Cannavale - Founder & President @ B Heroes
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Investment focus
  • SaaS, Information Technology, Software
  • Series A, Seed, Funding Round
  • Italy, United States, Hong Kong
Portfolio highlights
  • Properly — Properly is a visual checklist tool that lets property owners share turnover instructions with cleaning pros effortlessly.Properly's mission is to have hosts and property managers get the same streamlined results during every guest turnover cleaning, and for professional cleaners to understand their clients' expectations and getrecognized for stellar work.
  • Contents — Generative AI Platform to Support Businesses in Creating High-performing, Original & SEO-optimized Content 10X Faster.
  • EPICODE — Epicode School is a online coding startup that offers professional training and coaching services.
Lazio Innova VC Fund · Rome, Lazio, Italy
Lazio Innova is a venture capital firm with its headquarters in Rome in Italy. The firm provides services in areas such as credit support and guarantees, interventions in risk capital, internationalization services, promotion of business networks and services for the creation and enterprise development.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Grant
  • Italy, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Joinrs — We developed an artificial intelligence model able to read job offers for you and show you the ones that best match your profile.
  • Medicud — Medicud develops a device for treating wounds with negative pressure dressing.
  • Ticketoo — Ticketoo: compra e vendi biglietti fan-to-fan in modo sicuro
Club Digitale VC Fund · Milano, Lombardia, Italy
Club Digitale is an Italian startup accelerator focused on companies in the digital and technology sectors. It is the first club of private investors born with the aim of contributing to the growth of digital in Italy, providing the best startups in the area with the capital necessary for the development of the business. Club Digitale acquiresholdings in the capital of a selection of Startup companies that are completing a process of business acceleration at the partner incubators of the project.
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Investment focus
  • E-Commerce, Retail, Internet
  • Funding Round, Seed
  • Italy
Portfolio highlights
  • WeSchool — Unlock the transformative power of Education with WeSchool: we craft innovative programmes that connect teachers, students and partners.
  • WeSchool — We empower teachers and educators to transform schools, universities and professional development and impact the future of learning.
  • 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!
Massimiliano Magrini Angel · Milan, Lombardia, Italy
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
  • Software, Network Security, Manufacturing
  • Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Italy, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Akamas — Akamas uses advanced application-aware AI to optimize performance, reduce cloud costs, and ensure reliability
  • 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.
  • 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.
TIM Ventures VC Fund · Rome, Lazio, Italy
TIM Ventures prefers to invest in the internet, digital life, mobile evolution, e-learning, and green technology sectors. The company provides startups with consulting services and support. It selects companies that exploit disruptive technologies, with particular attention to enterprise applications, digital life, and telecommunications.
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Investment focus
  • Internet, Software, Financial Services
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Italy, United States, Malaysia
Portfolio highlights
  • Webidoo — Forniamo soluzioni all inclusive di digital marketing per le PMI: siti web, gestione social media, export digital pensati per il tuo settore.
  • Satispay — Satispay: l'app per i pagamenti di tutti i giorni. Scopri i servizi per pagare e risparmiare, gli strumenti per il Business e i prodotti Welfare per aziende.
  • SonoBee Ultrasound — Looking for a reliable ultrasound scan center in Malaysia? Our center offers a range of ultrasound services, from pregnancy scans to abdominal and pelvic scans. Our experienced professionals provide accurate and timely results. Contact us today to schedule your appointment
Matthew Lunelli Angel
Matthew Lunelli
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Investment focus
  • EdTech, Corporate Training, Personal Development
  • Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Italy
Portfolio highlights
  • EPICODE — Epicode School is a online coding startup that offers professional training and coaching services.
Sport Horizon Holding S.p.a. VC Fund · Turin, Piemonte, Italy
Sport Tech Investment Company
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Investment focus
  • Apps, Sports, Fitness
  • Seed, Convertible Note
  • Italy, Germany
Portfolio highlights
  • AWorld — AWorld is The Sustainability Platform and Mobile App chosen by the United Nations to support the ActNow Campaign.
  • Hoopers — Global basketball community platform connecting players, fans and enthusiasts through products, contents, experiences and NFTs.
  • PunchLab — Download PunchLab Choose among martial arts & combat sports workouts designed for boxing, MMA, karate and kickboxing training. Track any punching and kicking combination you throw at the punching bag USING ONLY YOUR PHONE! Follow audio workouts while you hit the punching bag or shadowbox.
Mamacrowd VC Fund · Milan, Lombardia, Italy
Mamacrowd is the equity crowdfunding platform authorized by Consob that allows you to invest in innovative Italian projects: startups, innovative SMEs or clubs, ie companies that invest mainly in startups and innovative SMEs.
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Investment focus
  • iOS, Apps, EdTech
  • Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
  • Italy
Portfolio highlights
  • Lifeed — Lifeed (powered by Life Based Value) is a digital learning platform that unlocks life’s learning potential, transforming employees’ life transitions into professional growth. Companies that adopt Lifeed have access to a set of training and communications resources, a hub for sharing experiences and a dashboard with updated data on employees’experiences. By using a strength-based approach, the Life Based Learning method demonstrates how life events can be maximised to improve the corporate environment, empowering parents, caregivers and transitioners to fully engage and reveal their value within the company, reducing stress and helping them to excel in their careers.Since launching in 2015, Life Based Value has worked with over 80 firms and is being piloted in 23 countries and 218 cities across the USA, Europe, Southeast Asia and Australia. Over 20,000 people have participated and the results indicate that the program can improve soft skills by up to 35%.
  • 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.
  • Marshmallow Games — Marshmallow Games crea app educative per bambini per offrire divertenti e innovative esperienze di gioco. I bambini imparano e si divertono.
Wayra VC Fund · Madrid, Madrid, Spain · 15 investments in the past 12 months
Wayra is a globally connected and technological open innovation hub in the world. We currently operate in 10 countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Germany, Mexico, Peru, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Venezuela.Through Telefónica our global presence allows us to be at the helm of innovation, shoulder to shoulder with drivenentrepreneurs and in a position to engage the right partners and leaders of industries for business. Our mission is clear, to connect innovators with Telefónica and generate joint business opportunities. We are the interface between Telefónica and entrepreneurial ecosystems across the globe because innovation makes good business sense.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, SaaS
  • Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
  • Spain, United Kingdom, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Kunzapp — Kunzapp, ayuda a las empresas a maximizar su presupuesto, eficiencia y seguridad, eliminando gastos innecesarios, haciendo visibles los “Shadow IT”, y consiguiendo ahorro de miles de dólares al año.
  • Remuner — Say goodbye to spreadsheets. Remuner is the sales compensation software that automate your commissions and drive performance.
  • Openlayer — Test, monitor, and govern AI systems from ML to LLMs. Openlayer's enterprise platform brings unified AI evaluation, observability, and governance to every stage of the AI lifecycle.
Boost Heroes VC Fund · Milan, Lombardia, Italy
Boost Heroes is an Italy-based holding company focusing on seed and early stage investments.
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Investment focus
  • E-Commerce, Software, Apps
  • Seed, Funding Round, Series A
  • Italy, United States, Hong Kong
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 uses organic residues, such as rice straw, husk and chaff, from the rice industry and creates natural construction materials.
  • 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!
Doorway VC Fund · Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Doorway provides a platform for Venture capital firms to find the right investment opportunities and also provides consulting for same.
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Investment focus
  • Fashion, E-Commerce, Retail
  • Seed, Equity Crowdfunding, Funding Round
  • Italy, Switzerland, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • ACBC — The Sneakers produced by ACBC are ecological, created with the best eco-friendly materials. ACBC is a company particularly mindful of environmental health, and its products are a mix of green technology and ecological materials to promote circularity.
  • Joinrs — We developed an artificial intelligence model able to read job offers for you and show you the ones that best match your profile.
  • Vitesy — Smart and sustainable air purifiers for indoor pollution
dPixel VC Fund · Milan, Lombardia, Italy
dPixel is a venture capital advisor and management consulting firm that finances early stage internet companies.
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Investment focus
  • Financial Services, E-Commerce, Blockchain
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
  • Italy, United States, Brazil
Portfolio highlights
  • Intraverse — The evolution of acquisition, engagement and loyalty.
  • Lendit — Lendit is a credit-sharing platform where companies and professionals can lend and apply for liquidity in a simple, fast and tailor-made manner. Specifically, Lendit provides a web-based platform to match corporate loan requests with companies, professionals or institutional investors who want to lend liquidity. Lendit's objective is to makeaccess to credit inclusive and accessible to all 'fragile' micro enterprises and entrepreneurs to credit. In fact, Lendit's target is microcredit, with applications ranging from a minimum of EUR 1,000 to a maximum of EUR 50,000. To date, almost two million enterprises are unable to obtain the desired credit. Of these, the greatest difficulty encountered is with applications under 20,000€. Lendit is also structured and built to be not only a "simple' p2p lending platform, but also to be integrated with financial institutions (thanks to partnerships with banks and intermediaries) in order to so as to create an open, multi-platform system that allows users to use innovative p2p lending services directly from their home banking
  • Seed Venture — Seed Venture is a blockchain-based platform that decentralizes fundraising activities for startups and SMEs by providing liquidity matching between investors and startups.
Synergo Capital VC Fund · Milan, Lombardia, Italy
Diamo sostegno operativo e finanziario alle PMI italiane che vogliono crescere negli USA. Investiamo a fianco di imprenditori ambiziosi per aumentare significativamente il valore delle loro aziende. Non siamo un partner solo finanziario, ma anche operativo e strategico. Mettiamo a disposizione la nostra esperienza nel costruire aziende di successo.
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Investment focus
  • Manufacturing, Information Technology, Automotive
  • Private Equity, Series A, Funding Round
  • Italy, Spain, Germany
Portfolio highlights
  • 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.
  • Agricooltur — Agricooltur is an agriculture company that design and develop patented systems for aeroponic cultivation.
  • Codemotion — Codemotion is the ecosystem devoted to innovation, focused on developers and coding, open to all programming languages and technologies. Pioneering spirits, it scout the future to deliver a first class experience to our people. Codemotion is one of the biggest tech-conferences in Europe, with an international network of 30.000 developers and 350speakers coming from all over the world and from the most important IT realities.Codemotion draw in its main conferences, thousands of attendees eager to discuss about hottest topics: it tailor for them disruptive proposals ranging from mobile to UX, develops, cloud, big data, gamedev, security, methods, languages, web, Internet of things. Codemotion is also a startup, providing a bunch of services and activities, for personal and business customers.
Guala Closures Group VC Fund
Founded in Italy in 1954 Guala Closures Group is today a multinational leader at international level in the production of non-refillable and aluminium closures for spirits, wine, oil and vinegar, water and beverages, food and pharmaceuticals. It operates in 5 continents through 27 production plants and a sales network covering over 100 countries.Thanks to a policy of continuous business development and technological innovation, the Group is an acknowledged benchmark at world level, in a scenery of highly differentiated and constantly growing markets. The world leader in the production of non-refillable closures for spirits and in the production of aluminium closures, Guala is also active in the design and manufacture of PET bottles. A large Italian multinational with a widespread network covering traditional commercial areas and in continuous expansion in emerging markets.4000 employees between managers, professionals and engineers united by the same passion: to safeguard the quality and enhance the image of the leading international brands in alcoholic beverages, soft drinks, wine, oil, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics.14 billion closures sold in 100 countries, 4 research centres, 1 technological innovation Center, 27 production plants.Always one step ahead of its customers’ requirements, providing technological knowhow and reliability.
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Investment focus
  • E-Learning
  • Seed
  • Italy
Portfolio highlights
  • UpSurgeOn — The UpSurgeOn Academy is a hi-tech sequence of virtual and physical technologies designed to support Mental and Manual training and empower cognitive and psychomotor skills of any surgeon.
Zanichelli Venture VC Fund · Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Zanichelli Venture is looking for nascent companies who are tilling daring ideas about education and technology and searching for pre-seed or seed funding to grow these ideas into products to empower anyone – from children and parents to adult, professional lifelong learners and their mentors and coaches – to learn and teach better.We willsupport and finance ideas with the potential to have a positive impact on our future through education at every stage of our life. We will respectfully, discreetly stand by the entrepreneurs believing in these ideas, from the beginnings and at least since that impact leaves its first dent.We care about each startup in our portfolio getting the full value a hundred years old education company like Zanichelli can offer, wherever our expertise can be a lodestar because of our history, our mission, our network, our resources; and we believe in getting out of the founders’ way otherwise, if we don’t add value.We care about financial returns and self-sustainability and about bringing collaboration opportunities, insights, innovative thinking and entrepreneurial energy back to our company digital products designers, editorial staff and IT, searching for mutual advantages. Only in the long term, as we and the founders build trust through intense collaboration and shared stakes, and after a startup fully spreads out its potential as a maturing company, we believe in searching together for possible paths to a deeper partnership. We co-invest globally, following trusted, local lead investors.
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Investment focus
  • Education, E-Learning, EdTech
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • United States, United Kingdom, Italy
Portfolio highlights
  • zick learn — zick learn makes learning simple, fast and efficient again. Create and deliver beautiful text message based courses reaching the learners on the main chat apps, where they already are.
  • Data Masters — I migliori corsi online di intelligenza artificiale, machine learning e data science. Formazione pratica, docenti esperti, lezioni on-demand e live. Entra ora!
  • Tomorrow University of Applied Sciences — Build the skills, competencies, and mindset needed in the 21st-century with our fully-remote and flexible bachelor's and master's degrees.
Francesco Beraldi Angel
Francesco Beraldi
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Investment focus
  • Machine Learning, SaaS, EdTech
  • Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Italy
Portfolio highlights
  • faire.ai — We enable banks and financial institutions to provide instant lending services leveraging open banking and Artificial Intelligence
  • EPICODE — Epicode School is a online coding startup that offers professional training and coaching services.
  • AzzurroDigitale — AzzurroDigitale accompagna le aziende manifatturiere in un percorso di digital transformation per migliorare e velocizzare i processi grazie alla tecnologia
Vertis VC Fund · Milan, Lombardia, Italy · 2 investments in the past 12 months
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.
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Investment focus
  • Software, E-Commerce, Computer
  • Seed, Funding Round, Series A
  • Italy, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Aindo — Unlock the full potential of your data. The power of synthetic data integrated in a comprehensive Data Platform.
  • Radical Storage — Find your closest luggage storage and enjoy your journey until the very end!
  • Starting Finance — Starting Finance is a financial education platform intended to provide financial literacy to its users. The company's platform provides education and information about finance and publishes informative articles on important events in the fields of economics, finance, and politics, enabling users to improve their knowledge regarding finance andthe management of their capital.
Emerge VC VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 4 investments in the past 12 months
Emerge is a $70m pre-seed fund backed by 100+ of the world’s best edtech and future of work founders and executives. Our vision is to democratise access to opportunity by being a catalytic partner for early-stage founders re-designing the future of learning and work.
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Investment focus
  • Education, E-Learning, EdTech
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • United Kingdom, United States, Germany
Portfolio highlights
  • Popp AI — Popp helps brands boost customer lifetime value + unlock community-led growth by transforming customer advocacy into a community sport.
  • Popp — Joinpopp provides AI-driven solutions to automate recruitment tasks, including application screening and candidate conversations. The platform integrates seamlessly with ATS/CRM systems, enhancing efficiency in the hiring process. Joinpopp also offers features for creating personalized messages, streamlining communication with potentialcandidates.
  • LearnWise AI — Transform your institution's student support with AI. Cut support costs by 50%, provide 24/7 assistance, and integrate with 400+ EdTech tools. Trusted by leading universities.
Marco Caradonna Angel
Marco Caradonna is a Co-Founder & Managing Partner at BlackSheep Ventures at BlackSheep Ventures. He attended Catholic University of Sacred Heart.
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Investment focus
  • Advertising, PaaS, SaaS
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Nexoya — Performance Marketing optimized with AI. Leverage the power of agile portfolio management. Allocate budgets by using AI technology and reach +70% ROAS
  • Acadèmia.tv — Acadèmia.tv is an e-learning provision that offers online classes on cooking conducted by various professional chefs.
  • Connected-Stories — Connected-Stories is the Multi agent Ai system that powers generative AI for marketing, creative automation, and personalized content at scale.
Ashoka VC Fund · Arlington, Virginia, United States
Ashoka builds and cultivates a community of change leaders who transform institutions and cultures so they support changemaking for the good of society. Find out more about us, and join the worldwide network of changemakers.
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Investment focus
  • Wellness, Education, Non Profit
  • Seed, Grant
  • Italy, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Fight The Stroke — Fightthestroke.org advocates for pediatric stroke survivors. (ENG) Fightthestroke.org sta dalla parte dei piccoli sopravvissuti all'Ictus. (ITA) Description Fightthestroke.org advocates for pediatric stroke survivors. First therapy step has been our storytelling @TED Global in June 2013. #fightt
  • Teens Do Good — Teens Do Good runs social impact initiatives with an aim of encouraging teens to drive change in their community.
Vodafone VC Fund · Newbury, West Berkshire, United Kingdom
Vodafone is a leading technology communications company in Europe and Africa, keeping society connected and building a digital future. Find out more!
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Investment focus
  • Mobile, Information Technology, Telecommunications
  • Funding Round, Seed, Series B
  • United States, Italy, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Cognia — Cognia develops cloud voice and data solutions, for use in financial institutions, government and the Fortune 1000. Cognia’s secure, global communication services platform, transforms the cost and ease by which organizations can control, capture and analyze voice and non-voice communications across distributed workforces.The platform provides asingle solution for both traditional fixed-line and mobile, and emerging IP communications, replacing the high capex and complex rollouts of on-premise systems with a flexible, pay-as-you-use cost model.
  • Fight The Stroke — Fightthestroke.org advocates for pediatric stroke survivors. (ENG) Fightthestroke.org sta dalla parte dei piccoli sopravvissuti all'Ictus. (ITA) Description Fightthestroke.org advocates for pediatric stroke survivors. First therapy step has been our storytelling @TED Global in June 2013. #fightt
  • AST SpaceMobile — AST SpaceMobile is building the first and only global broadband cellular network in space to operate directly with standard, unmodified mobile devices based on our extensive IP and patent portfolio. The company's team of engineers and space scientists are on a mission to eliminate the connectivity gaps faced by today's five billion mobilesubscribers and finally bring broadband to the billions who remain unconnected. The company was founded on May 31, 2017 and is headquartered in Midland, TX. The listed name for ASTS is AST SpaceMobile, Inc. Class A Common Stock.
Loris Gay Angel
Loris Gay
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Investment focus
  • EdTech, Software, Education
  • Pre-Seed
  • Italy
Portfolio highlights
  • Usophy Kids — Usophy School - Corsi Online di Inglese per Bambini 6-14 anni
Niccolò Colussi Angel · Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Niccolò Colussi is a Co-Founder of Flexitalian Srl.
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Investment focus
  • EdTech, Corporate Training, Personal Development
  • Series A
  • Italy
Portfolio highlights
  • EPICODE — Epicode School is a online coding startup that offers professional training and coaching services.
Enrico Drago Angel · San Francisco, California, United States
Enrico Drago is a Chief Executive Officer of PlayDigital at IGT.
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Investment focus
  • EdTech, Corporate Training, Personal Development
  • Series A
  • Italy
Portfolio highlights
  • EPICODE — Epicode School is a online coding startup that offers professional training and coaching services.
Tamburi Investment Partners VC Fund · Milano, Lombardia, Italy
TIP is an investment-merchant bank focused on medium-sized Italian companies.
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Investment focus
  • Pharmaceutical, Fashion, E-Commerce
  • Funding Round, Series A, Series B
  • Italy, France
Portfolio highlights
  • Limonta — Limonta | 1893 is a group focuses on passion, creativity and innovation, with skills in the clothing, leather goods, footwear, furnishings, sports and automotive sectors.
  • Apoteca Natura — Apoteca Natura is a pharmaceutical company that develops and innovates medicines that helps in treatment and prevention of diseases.
  • Bending Spoons — We own and operate leading digital products, including Evernote, komoot, Meetup, Remini, and WeTransfer. And we develop the technology to power them.
Eisenhower Fellowships VC Fund · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Eisenhower Fellowships identifies, empowers and links outstanding leaders from around the world helping them to achieve consequential outcomes across sectors and borders. EF provides a transformational experience leading to a lifetime engagement in a global network, where dialogue and collaboration make the world more prosperous, just and peaceful.
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Investment focus
  • Wellness, Education, Health Care
  • Seed
  • Italy
Portfolio highlights
  • Fight The Stroke — Fightthestroke.org advocates for pediatric stroke survivors. (ENG) Fightthestroke.org sta dalla parte dei piccoli sopravvissuti all'Ictus. (ITA) Description Fightthestroke.org advocates for pediatric stroke survivors. First therapy step has been our storytelling @TED Global in June 2013. #fightt
Federico Leproux Angel
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.
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Investment focus
  • EdTech, Corporate Training, Personal Development
  • Series A
  • Italy
Portfolio highlights
  • EPICODE — At EPICODE people learn to code and change their future forever. Study online and get hired by the most influential companies in the world!
RCS MediaGroup VC Fund · Milan, Lombardia, Italy
RCS MediaGroup S.p.A., based in Milan and listed on the Italian Stock Exchange is one of the world’s major multimedia publishing groups. RCS MediaGroup is active in all publishing sectors – from newspapers to magazines, books to TV and radio to new media – and among the leaders in terms of advertising sales and distribution. With 32% of RCSMediaGroup's turnover generated in foreign markets, they have a significant presence in particular in Spain, Portugal, USA, South America, UAE and China. In the future, RCS MediaGroup believes that culture, reliable information and communications will be increasingly important for all people and will play a crucial role in how society develops. The impact of this trend will be more dynamic, widespread and accessible than ever before thanks to continuous technological progress. RCS MediaGroup is at the forefront of publishing evolution, inspired by their principles and founding values and strengthened by the trust in their content, brands and writers. RCS MediaGroup's main objectives have always been to produce and propagate culture, information, services and entertainment, while respecting the principles of liberty, honesty and pluralism and driving innovation across all forms of communication.
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Investment focus
  • Beauty, Retail, Fitness
  • Seed, Series A
  • Italy
Portfolio highlights
  • Buddyfit — Buddyfit is a fitness app that offers live monthly fitness classes to help people feel strong and healthy. Buddyfit's programs include fat burning, tonification, and yoga. With Buddyfit, users can train wherever and whenever they want to, through live classes or through the replay section.
  • MyBeautyBox — Scopri con Beauty Box il tuo prossimo desiderio di bellezza: cofanetti, cosmetici, make up, trucchi, creme viso, creme corpo biologici a prezzi scontati.
Eurazeo VC Fund · Paris, Ile-de-France, France · 23 investments in the past 12 months
Eurazeo is a private equity and venture capital firm that invests in SMEs and manages a diversified portfolio of assets.With its expertise in private equity, real estate, and private debt, the group supports companies of all sizes in their development commitment through the commitment of its 235 professionals. It provides companies with thenecessary investments needed to realize their growth potential.The firm was founded in 1969 and is based in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Funding Round, Series B, Seed
  • France, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Kohort — How many users will your mobile game acquire, and how much more will they pour into your virtual economy? Try Ramp to find out.
  • Alt Mobility — ALT Mobility is a full-stack EV leasing platform offering mobility as a service (MaaS) for commercial vehicle users.
  • Nuclidium — NUCLIDIUM is a clinical-stage radiopharmaceutical company that develops novel radionuclide PET tracers for precision diagnostics. Using copper isotopes, Copper-61 for diagnostics and Copper-67 for therapeutics, the company is creating a differentiated platform with the potential to overcome existing limitations in radiotheranostics.
Luca Ascani Angel · Rome, Lazio, Italy · 2 investments in the past 12 months
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
  • Software, FinTech, Financial Services
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • France, United Kingdom, Italy
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).
  • Futura — Futura makes high quality education accessible to everyone. Our AI-based platform uses Deep Learning to optimize your study time and test scores by learning from your past mistakes and targeting weak points with extra attention. We completely personalize learning, using a data-driven approach and modular classes that adapt to students’ individualneeds.
  • Superlayer — Superlayer drives better performance for sales teams, leveraging and automating best practices to close more deals in less time.
Net4Capital VC Fund · Milan, Lombardia, Italy
Net4Capital is a investment management company in private equity and venture capital.
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Investment focus
  • EdTech, Fitness, Software
  • Seed
  • Italy
Portfolio highlights
  • NHAZCA — NHAZCA is an innovator in the analysis, control, and monitoring of natural and human-induced hazards.
  • Maieutical Labs — I Maieutical Labs sono un insieme di piattaforme ispirate al Mastery Learning, immersive e mobile-oriented, dedicate allo studio nella scuola secondaria
  • MyLab Nutrition — MyLab Nutrition Group owns T-Rex Integratori, Nutracle, Suprapet and MyLab Nutrition brands. It creates and distributes high quality Made in Italy supplements through its brands using an high technological innovative approach. The corporate vision is to allow people to achieve the highest level of well-being through targeted precisionintegration via supplements. The corporate mission is to recommend perfect supplements to each person based on their needs through interactive consultancy that process datas via A.I. mylabnutrition.net is the first interactive portal that recommends the perfect dietary supplements for each person's specific needs through an interactive consultancy.
Giuseppe Donagemma Angel · Milan, Lombardia, Italy
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.
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Investment focus
  • Apps, EdTech, Banking
  • Seed, Series A
  • Italy, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Life Based Value — Lifeed (powered by Life Based Value) is a digital learning platform that unlocks life’s learning potential, transforming employees’ life transitions into professional growth. Companies that adopt Lifeed have access to a set of training and communications resources, a hub for sharing experiences and a dashboard with updated data on employees’experiences. By using a strength-based approach, the Life Based Learning method demonstrates how life events can be maximised to improve the corporate environment, empowering parents, caregivers and transitioners to fully engage and reveal their value within the company, reducing stress and helping them to excel in their careers.Since launching in 2015, Life Based Value has worked with over 80 firms and is being piloted in 23 countries and 218 cities across the USA, Europe, Southeast Asia and Australia. Over 20,000 people have participated and the results indicate that the program can improve soft skills by up to 35%.
  • Satispay — Satispay is a fintech company that provides a bank account enabled mobile payment platform. The consumer app is available for anybody with a bank account, while merchants both online and offline can accept payments using any kind of device and POS. Satispay is able to process all payments with a structural cost advantage by connecting directly tothe consumer and merchant bank accounts. As a result, consumers can pay friends and stores without any charges while merchants can finally accept payments with a cost-effective, convenient, and easy-to-use solution.The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Milan, Lombardy.
  • Linko Inc. — Linko Inc. is headquartered in San Francisco, California and has the main development studio in Berlin, Germany. Linko Inc. was founded by veteran entrepreneurs Mikko Alasaarela and Vesa Per
Mival Capital VC Fund · Manzano, Toscana, Italy · 2 investments in the past 12 months
Mival Capital is a private investment company that invests in SMEs' equity through a combination of finance and tech assets.
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Investment focus
  • E-Learning, Generative AI, Corporate Training
  • Pre-Seed
  • Italy
Portfolio highlights
  • Restworld — Restworld propone solo offerte di lavoro selezionate e permette ai datori di risparmiare il 90% del tempo nella selezione del personale. Scopri come funziona.
  • Syllog AI — Syllog AI provides solutions that use the most latest generative artificial intelligence technology to revolutionize way firms approach employee retention and growth.
MVM Life Science Partners VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom
MVM invests in innovative healthcare companies. Our active portfolio companies are transforming the delivery of healthcare by enabling higher quality, cost-effective care in large, global markets.
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Investment focus
  • Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
  • Funding Round, Series B, Series C
  • United States, United Kingdom, Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
  • Ossio — OSSIO is an orthopedic fixation company committed to transforming the orthopedic experience for patients, physicians, and payors. Their vision is to provide the first credible replacement to metal implants in the $10B+ orthopedic fixation market (screws, pins, plates) with an Intelligent Bone Regeneration Technology. OSSIOfiber represents abreakthrough material platform for orthopedic and podiatric surgeons who seek a more biologically friendly way to restore patient stability and mobility with nothing permanent left behind.Founded in 2014, OSSIO began as the culmination of years of biomechanical research and a vision for the possibility of better bone healing. The technological basis of OSSIOfiber™ was developed and would lay the groundwork for ushering in a new breakthrough category of non-permanent fixation, “Bio-Integratives” hardware that has both desired strength AND bio-friendliness. Hardware that has the mechanical strength for easy insertion and secure fixation, while enabling the body to regrow bone, incorporating and replacing the implant (without the adverse inflammation and weakness often seen in “bio-resorbables and other “bio-composites”), has remained elusive to the industry until now.
  • Icotec — Icotec develops and produces carbon fiber reinforced plastic implants for spine surgeries and accident treatments.
  • Nalu Medical — Nalu Medical is an early-stage company that develops a range of medical devices. Their vision to modernize and improve the technology in medical devices, thus improving the lives of people.The Nalu neurostimulation system is a battery-free, micro-implantable pulse generator (iPG) currently cleared by the FDA for both Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS)and Peripheral Nerve Stimulation (PNS) for mitigating chronic pain. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Carlsbad, California.
Attilio Mazzilli Angel · Milan, Lombardia, Italy
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).
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Investment focus
  • News, FinTech, Finance
  • Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Italy, France
Portfolio highlights
  • qomodo — Qomodo: La piattaforma BNPL innovativa. Rate a tasso zero, approvazioni veloci, transazioni sicure. Rivoluzionaria nell'acquisto per aziende e consumatori.
  • Futura — Futura makes high quality education accessible to everyone. Our AI-based platform uses Deep Learning to optimize your study time and test scores by learning from your past mistakes and targeting weak points with extra attention. We completely personalize learning, using a data-driven approach and modular classes that adapt to students’ individualneeds.
  • Futura — Futura provides personalized learning using data driven approach and modular classes that adapt to student's Individual needs.
Praxi VC Fund
CVC of Italian Corp
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Investment focus
  • Software, Education, Human Resources
  • Pre-Seed
  • Italy
Portfolio highlights
  • Pack — Pack is the people development platform that empowers HR with data-driven insights, digital assessments, and world-class mentoring & coaching. Unlock employee growth with tailored development plans, AI-driven tracking, and an international network of experts.
Azimut Holding VC Fund · Milan, Lombardia, Italy · 2 investments in the past 12 months
Azimut Holding is an independent financial company that offers investment solutions to develop excellent levels of experience. The company's business model is based on the vertical integration between asset management and distribution. It has portfolio managers and analysts based in major hubs around the world and a network of client-facingfinancial advisors operating to deliver quality advice to clients.Azimut Holding was founded on 1989 and is headquartered in Milan, Italy.
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Investment focus
  • FinTech, Information Technology, Blockchain
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • Italy, China, Mexico
Portfolio highlights
  • Radical Storage — Find your closest luggage storage and enjoy your journey until the very end!
  • Chainstack — Chainstack is a leading blockchain infrastructure providing company. Build, run and scale blockchain applications using Chainstack nodes.
  • Alps Blockchain — Alps Blockchain is a company specialized in research and development in the sectors of blockchain and data mining.
Azimut Digitech Fund VC Fund · 2 investments in the past 12 months
Azimut Digitech Fund Was created as part of a partnership with the Gellify Group.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Computer, Mobile
  • Series A, Seed, Funding Round
  • Italy, San Marino
Portfolio highlights
  • Kampaay — The digital platform for organizing corporate events, in person, virtual or hybrid, in just a few clicks!
  • Codemotion — Codemotion is the ecosystem devoted to innovation, focused on developers and coding, open to all programming languages and technologies. Pioneering spirits, it scout the future to deliver a first class experience to our people. Codemotion is one of the biggest tech-conferences in Europe, with an international network of 30.000 developers and 350speakers coming from all over the world and from the most important IT realities.Codemotion draw in its main conferences, thousands of attendees eager to discuss about hottest topics: it tailor for them disruptive proposals ranging from mobile to UX, develops, cloud, big data, gamedev, security, methods, languages, web, Internet of things. Codemotion is also a startup, providing a bunch of services and activities, for personal and business customers.
  • Smartpricing — Il Software di Revenue Management per Hotel che trova il Prezzo Giusto al Momento Giusto. Richiedi la tua dimostrazione. Scelto da oltre 2000 Strutture Ricettive.
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