Top 50 Education VC Funds & Investors in Italy (June 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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CDP Venture Capital
VC Fund
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10 | Italy, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $488k–$17M |
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Club degli Investitori
VC Fund
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6 | Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Health Care, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $197k–$19M |
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United Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | Italy, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed | Software, Information Technology, FinTech | $274k–$18M |
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LIFTT
VC Fund
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3 | Italy, United Kingdom, France | Seed, Series A | Software, Biotechnology, Manufacturing | $329k–$21M |
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Club Italia Investimenti 2
VC Fund
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3 | Italy, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | E-Commerce, Software, Mobile | $55k–$576k |
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P101
VC Fund
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3 | Italy, Spain, United States | Seed, Series A | Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $236k–$17M |
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Club Digitale
VC Fund
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2 | Italy | Seed | E-Commerce, Retail, Internet | $258k–$576k |
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Equiter
VC Fund
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2 | Italy | Seed, Series B, Convertible Note | Medical, Health Care, Information Technology | $2.2M–$3.8M |
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Wayra
VC Fund
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2 | Spain, United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | $145k–$15M |
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Lazio Innova
VC Fund
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2 | Italy, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Grant | Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence | $27k–$1.9M |
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Sport Horizon Holding S.p.a.
VC Fund
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2 | Italy, Germany | Seed, Convertible Note | Apps, Sports, Fitness | $920k–$2.3M |
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Primo Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Italy, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Software, Aerospace, Information Technology | $306k–$25M |
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Embed Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | Information Technology, Mobile, Health Care | $132k–$2.1M |
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Mamacrowd
VC Fund
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2 | Italy | Seed, Equity Crowdfunding | iOS, Apps, EdTech | $329k–$570k |
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TIM Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Italy, United States, Malaysia | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Internet, Software, SaaS | $47k–$8M |
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Italian Founders Fund
VC Fund
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2 | Italy, United Kingdom | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Artificial Intelligence, SaaS, Software | $1.4M–$19M |
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Opes Impact Fund
VC Fund
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2 | Italy, Kenya, India | Seed, Series A | Communities, Agriculture, Energy | $219k–$910k |
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40Jemz Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Italy | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Generative AI | $338k–$6.2M |
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Boost Heroes
VC Fund
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2 | Italy, United States, Hong Kong | Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Software, Apps | $219k–$7.7M |
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Exor Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Italy, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Health Care, FinTech | $325k–$50M |
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Zanichelli Venture
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Italy, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Education, E-Learning, EdTech | $713k–$10M |
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Index Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, France | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, E-Commerce, Internet | $1.3M–$100M |
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MPA Education
VC Fund
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1 | Italy, Finland, United Kingdom | Seed | EdTech, Education, B2B | $524k–$1.1M |
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Banca Patrimoni Sella
VC Fund
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1 | Italy | Convertible Note | Apps, Software, Education | |
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Net4Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Italy | Seed | EdTech, Fitness, Software | $658k–$1.4M |
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Microsoft
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, India | Grant, Seed | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $1k–$5M |
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Vodafone
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Italy, United Kingdom | Seed, Series B | Mobile, Information Technology, Big Data | |
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MPM Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Canada, United Kingdom | Series A, Series B, Series C | Biotechnology, Health Care, Pharmaceutical | $9M–$116M |
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Cairo Communication
VC Fund
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1 | Italy | Series A | Fitness, Software, Training | |
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Azimut Digitech Fund
VC Fund
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1 | Italy, San Marino, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed | Software, Information Technology, Computer | $2.2M–$35M |
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Mival Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Italy | Pre-Seed | E-Learning, Generative AI, Corporate Training | |
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RCS MediaGroup
VC Fund
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1 | Italy | Seed, Series A | Beauty, Retail, Fitness | |
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Azimut Holding
VC Fund
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1 | Italy, China, Mexico | Seed, Series A | FinTech, Information Technology, Blockchain | |
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Vertis
VC Fund
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1 | Italy, United States | Seed, Series A | Software, E-Commerce, Computer | |
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Techaround VC
VC Fund
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1 | Italy | Pre-Seed | SaaS, FinTech, E-Learning | |
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Ithaca Investments
VC Fund
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1 | Italy, Germany, United States | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, FinTech, Internet | $713k–$155M |
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CVC S2 Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Italy | Pre-Seed | EdTech, Education | $165k–$219k |
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Impact Ventures Hungary
VC Fund
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1 | Hungary, Spain, Italy | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Agriculture, Health Care | $878k–$4.6M |
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Endeavor Catalyst
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Brazil, Mexico | Series B, Series A, Series C | Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce | $5.3M–$200M |
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Eurazeo
VC Fund
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1 | France, United States, Germany | Series B, Seed | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | |
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MVM Life Science Partners
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Switzerland | Series C, Series B | Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical | $7M–$40M |
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Synergo Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Italy, Spain, Germany | Private Equity, Series A | Manufacturing, Information Technology, Software | $5.5M–$27M |
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Creative Thinking Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Italy | Seed, Pre-Seed | E-Commerce, SaaS, Tourism | $27k–$166k |
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Tamburi Investment Partners
VC Fund
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1 | Italy, France | Series A, Series B | Fashion, Software, Textiles | $5M–$48M |
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Ashoka
VC Fund
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1 | Italy, United States | Seed, Grant | Wellness, Education, Non Profit | |
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Praxi
VC Fund
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1 | Italy | Pre-Seed | Software, Education, Human Resources | |
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Guala Closures Group
VC Fund
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1 | Italy | Seed | E-Learning | |
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Emerge VC
VC Fund
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1 | United Kingdom, Germany, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Education, EdTech, E-Learning | $1k–$33M |
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Doorway
VC Fund
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1 | Italy, Switzerland, United States | Seed, Equity Crowdfunding | Fashion, E-Commerce, Retail | $1.9M–$5.2M |
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Oltre Impact
VC Fund
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1 | Italy, United Kingdom | Series A | Toys, EBooks, Retail | $4.1M–$5.3M |
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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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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 228
- Round size: Seed $488k–$8.3M; Series A $3.3M–$17M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $197M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Radical Storage — Find your closest luggage storage and enjoy your journey until the very end!
- Mela Works — Manage your work site with Mela, and generate logbooks and reports with one click. Download Mela now!
- Multiverse Computing — World leaders in quantum computing for the financial industry. The first quantum & quantum-inspired toolbox for finance.
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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- Industry: Health Care, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 94
- Round size: Seed $197k–$7.6M; Series A $889k–$19M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Largix — Largix is the first company to develop and commercially produce 3D Robotic Printers for real production processes. We have invented the "Cold 3D Printing®" technology that makes 3DP possible for real industrial production. Largix uses the most common thermoplastic polymers: Polypropylene and Polyethylene, polymers that nobody else iscapable of printing.
- Spacest.com By Roomless — Rent directly online with Roomless, the safe and simple platform for those looking for a house for rent.
- Approxima — Approxima medical is developing a novel treatment for patients with tricuspid valve regurgitation
We are an independent Venture Capitalfirm supporting visionary entrepreneurs toreinvent industries through technology.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, FinTech
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 79
- Round size: Seed $274k–$10M; Series A $3.3M–$18M
- Lead/follow: 56% lead, 44% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $176M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Entando — The open source, cloud-native Application Composition Platform, Entando Platform simplifies app lifecycle, following composable architecture.
- Wallife — Wallife is an InsurTech company that helps in eliminating improper use of biometric data. The company protects against new risks originating from technological and scientific progress in the areas of genetics, biometrics, and biohacking. Wallife was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Roma, Lazio, Italy.
- Everli — Scegli il supermercato, fai la spesa online e ricevila a casa all'ora che preferisci. Risparmia tempo ed evita code e borse pesanti con Everli.
A not-only-profit operating investment company, eager to create a bridge between innovative ideas, territory and capital.
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- Industry: Software, Biotechnology, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy, United Kingdom, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 69
- Round size: Seed $329k–$4.7M; Series A $2.7M–$21M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
Portfolio highlights
- CareGlance — CareGlance is the provider of real-time monitoring systems based on SS-OCT technology. Fast, precise and developed for the industry!
- Maieutical Labs — I Maieutical Labs sono un insieme di piattaforme ispirate al Mastery Learning, immersive e mobile-oriented, dedicate allo studio nella scuola secondaria
- Wearable Robotics — Wearable Robotics produces and develops wearable robotic systems and exoskeletons for rehabilitation, assistance and human-power augmentation.
Club Italia Investimenti is a Milan-based venture capital firm that assists startups in raising seed capital.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 81
- Round size: Seed $55k–$576k; Pre-Seed $110k–$219k
- Lead/follow: 1% lead, 99% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $5.9M in 2013
Portfolio highlights
- UNGUESS (formerly AppQuality) — UNGUESS is the crowdsourcing platform for effective testing and real insights. Take the guesswork out of your work.
- Paragraph — 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!
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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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy, Spain, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 108
- Round size: Seed $236k–$4.1M; Series A $2.1M–$17M
- Lead/follow: 64% lead, 36% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Cosmico — We are the platform connecting digital talents with the most ambitious companies, using remote work.We have over 8,000 members and our talents have accelerated dozens of projects alongside big names like Accenture Song, Tangity, Frog, Fjord, Sketchin, EY but also aggressive start-ups like Scalapay, Gimme5, Flowe, Unguess.If you are a digitalprofessional: we offer you a community in which to grow your talent through experiences, networks and cosmic projects.If you are a company: we offer you access to a community of designers, developers and marketers from which to select the talents to accelerate your digital transformation projects. Whether you are a manager or a digital professional, Cosmico is here to help you find your space
- A-Cube — A-Cube is a software company that provides digital solutions to exchange documents with government agencies.
- Incapto Coffee — Incapto Coffee offers the sale of the automatic coffee machine and a subscription system for coffee beans.
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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- Industry: E-Commerce, Retail, Internet
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $258k–$576k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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!
Equiter seleziona, realizza e gestisce investimenti infrastrutturali in capitale di rischio finalizzati allo sviluppo socio-economico del territorio.
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- Industry: Medical, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series B, Convertible Note
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $2.2M–$3.8M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
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.
- Faccin Group — Faccin Group leads in manufacturing top tier metal forming & bending machines. Operating as Faccin, Roundo & Boldrini, we offer unparalleled expertise.
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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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Spain, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 240
- Round size: Seed $145k–$2.6M; Series A $2.5M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Gamium — Gamium is a Web3 and Metaverse technology company building the truly Decentralized Social Metaverse.
- MetaSoccer — MetaSoccer is a decentralized football metaverse where you can create your own club and generate income while you run it.
- Smart Protection — Protect your revenue by eliminating threats and infringements. Gain full visibility of what is happening with your brand online.
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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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Grant
- Geography: Italy, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 20
- Round size: Seed $186k–$1.9M; Grant $27k–$33k; Pre-Seed $53k–$549k
- Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $27M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Joinrs — Cut the noise. Joinrs uses AI to find the jobs that actually match your skills, experience and preferences. Over 2 million job seekers trust Joinrs.
- Medicud — Medicud develops a device for treating wounds with negative pressure dressing.
- Ticketoo — Compra e vendi biglietti in modo etico su Ticketoo. La piattaforma sicura per transazioni fan-to-fan. Trova i migliori eventi e assicurati il biglietto per i tuoi spettacoli preferiti.
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- Industry: Apps, Sports, Fitness
- Stage:Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: Italy, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $920k–$2.3M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
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.
Primo Capital is a venture capital firm focused on seed and early stage startups. The firm is a multi-fund investment company, with four different investment practices with dedicated funds on specialized strategies. Primo Capital invests in digital/software, new space, climate technology and healthcare.
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- Industry: Software, Aerospace, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 82
- Round size: Seed $306k–$5.5M; Series A $3.3M–$25M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Lithium Lasers — Lithium Lasers are manufacturer of compact and robust ultrafast lasers.
- Yolo Tech Insurance — YOLO Group, uno dei principali operatori nel mercato insurtech italiano dei servizi assicurativi digitali, quotato in borsa sul segmento EGM.
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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- Industry: Information Technology, Mobile, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Round size: Seed $132k–$2.1M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
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.
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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- Industry: iOS, Apps, EdTech
- Stage:Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $329k–$570k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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 esperienze di educazione digitale per bambini, famiglie e scuole attraverso giochi educativi e contenuti interattivi.
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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- Industry: Internet, Software, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy, United States, Malaysia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 20
- Round size: Seed $115k–$768k; Pre-Seed $47k–$114k; Series A $1.5M–$8M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Webidoo — We provide the digital tools and advanced that big businesses use, but built and designed so they can be easily utilized by local independent business owners. webidoo is dedicated to partnering with local businesses. We’re here to give the solutions you need to connect with customers, wherever they may be. Our clients include businesses of everytype: restaurants, attorneys, builders, doctors, delicatessens, electricians and many others. We can provide solutions that allow companies to connect with their customers, real and potential, like never before. We’re all about supporting local businesses. And we feel good about that.
- 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 — As Malaysia's most trusted ultrasound and health screening centre, we combine expert radiologists with advanced imaging for precise results. Experience care you can rely on. Book your appointment.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, SaaS, Software
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Round size: Seed $2.2M–$14M; Pre-Seed $1.4M–$5.2M; Series A $14M–$19M
- Lead/follow: 59% lead, 41% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- compri — Automate all your Procurement activities with AI
- Klearly — Klearly simplifies payment acceptance for small and medium-sized businesses by transforming smartphones and tablets into secure payment processing devices, allowing businesses to easily take payments. Businesses can focus on what they do best with our all-in-one digital payment solution, while Klearly handles the rest.
- Skillvue — Analizza tutte le competenze dei tuoi candidati in pochi click. Skillvue ti aiuta ad analizzare in modo rapido ed efficace le competenze dei tuoi candidati, semplificando la fase di pre-screening.
Opes-Lcef is an impact investor that provides catalytic capital to early-stage social enterprises in emerging markets.
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- Industry: Communities, Agriculture, Energy
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy, Kenya, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 43
- Round size: Seed $219k–$910k
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
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.
40Jemz Ventures is an investment firm. Its mission is to identify and finance the most promising early-stage businesses.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Generative AI
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $439k–$6.2M; Pre-Seed $338k–$4.2M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Keplero AI — Configura un Assistente AI che risponde ai tuoi clienti 24/7 sul tuo sito web, su WhatsApp, sui social media e alla tue email.
- NEOCAD — NEOCAD is a software company that provides generative artificial intelligence solutions for CAD design processes.
- Stepsconnect — Trova candidati delle Nuove Generazioni. Offriamo tools di AI per trovare rapidamente i migliori candidati sui Social Network e nei nuovi canali.
Boost Heroes is an Italy-based holding company focusing on seed and early stage investments.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy, United States, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 54
- Round size: Seed $219k–$1.9M; Series A $6M–$7.7M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2015
Portfolio highlights
- Cosaporto — Cosaporto is a home delivery service bringing users goods from upmarket and premium shops in Rome, Milan, Turin, Bologna, Florence, and London. The startup carefully selects the best independent shops, producers and artisans, delivered directly to the user’s doorstep within hours of ordering. The service can be used to send beautiful gifts, or forevents, as well as surprises. Currently, Cosaporto operates in several Italian cities, including Rome, Milan, Turin, Bologna, Florence and last year it launched a London branch of the business.
- Ricehouse — Ricehouse 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!
Exor Ventures is the venture capital arm of Exor, one of Europe's largest diversified holding companies. Exor Ventures focuses on early and growth-stage investments in technology-driven companies across various sectors, including digital services, fintech, cybersecurity, and mobility. Exor Ventures leverages its strategic insights and globalnetwork to identify promising startups with disruptive potential and supports them through funding, mentorship, and access to its extensive resources. EXOR Seeds offers a truly different type of partnership to the select group of entrepreneurs that it backs:- As a fifth-generation family-led business, we proved that we are builders not traders;- Our permanent capital allows us to take a long-term view and put the interest of the companies We invest in first;- Our global network, across industries and geographies, is a unique advantage to entrepreneurs
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Italy, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 127
- Round size: Seed $2M–$18M; Pre-Seed $325k–$3M; Series A $7M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018
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- N5 Now — N5 has developed the way out of your complex legacy systems and into the fintech digital world, without having to change your core technology. Contact Us!
- PhaseV — PhaseV empowers biopharma sponsors and CROs with AI/ML-driven solutions for fast, efficient, and accurate clinical development decisions.
- Byzantine Finance — Stake assets, secure other services, and earn more. Restake now with Byzantine Finance to become part of DeFi's next generation. Building the most secure and profitable future for staking.
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Browse database — It's Free!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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- Industry: Education, E-Learning, EdTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Italy, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Round size: Seed $713k–$2.2M; Pre-Seed $713k–$1.6M; Series A $3.3M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
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- Gyver — Recruiting platform for skilled blue collars
- 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.
Index Ventures is an international venture capital firm with dual headquarters in San Francisco and London, investing in technology-enabled companies with a focus on e-commerce, fintech, mobility, gaming, infrastructure/AI, and security.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Internet
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1059
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$12M; Series A $5M–$35M; Series B $10M–$100M
- Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $117M in 2015
Portfolio highlights
- Anrok — Anrok automates sales tax compliance across your financial stack, so you can grow your SaaS business in any market.
- Personio — Personio is the Intelligent HR platform for companies from 10-5,000 employees, powering over 1 million people worldwide. Book your free demo today.
- Milestone Systems — See and know more with video technology. Milestone offers award-winning XProtect video management software, Arcules VSaaS, and BriefCam analytics.
MPA Capital is looking for mission-driven entrepreneurs developing inclusive EdTech solutions to tackle the challenge of human talent shortage (labour & skills shortages, mental health crisis).
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- Industry: EdTech, Education, B2B
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Italy, Finland, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $524k–$1.1M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- 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%.
- Blackbullion — Blackbullion is the all in one student money space where you can build your money management skills, gain financial confidence and apply for student funding.
- Kide Science — Kide Science supports young children's scientific thinking through play-based learning, which predicts better learning outcomes in school.
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- Industry: Apps, Software, Education
- Stage:Convertible Note
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- AWorld — AWorld is The Sustainability Platform and Mobile App chosen by the United Nations to support the ActNow Campaign.
Net4Capital is a investment management company in private equity and venture capital.
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- Industry: EdTech, Fitness, Software
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $658k–$1.4M
- Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow
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- 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.
Microsoft is an American multinational corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services.Microsoft’s devices and consumer (D&C) licensing segment licenses the Windows operating system and related software, Microsoft Office for consumers, and the Windows Phone operating system. Thecompany’s computing and gaming hardware segment provides Xbox gaming and entertainment consoles and accessories, second-party and third-party video games, and Xbox Live subscriptions; surface devices and accessories; and Microsoft PC accessories. Its phone hardware segment offers Lumia smartphones and other non-Lumia phones. Its D&C segment provides Windows Store, Xbox Live transactions, and Windows phone store; search advertising; display advertising; Office 365 Home and Office 365 Personal; first-party video games; and other consumer products and services as well as operating retail stores.Microsoft’s commercial licensing segments license server products, including Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Visual Studio, System Center, and related Client Access Licenses (CALs); Windows Embedded; Windows operating system; Microsoft Office for business, including Office, Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, and related CALs; Microsoft Dynamics business solutions; and Skype. Its commercial segment offers enterprise services, including premier support services and Microsoft consulting services; commercial cloud comprising Office 365 Commercial, other Microsoft Office online offerings, Dynamics CRM Online, and Microsoft Azure; and other commercial products and online services.The company markets and distributes its products through original equipment manufacturers, distributors, and resellers, as well as online.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Grant, Seed
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 199
- Round size: Seed $1k–$4M; Grant $11k–$5M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $1M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Cruise — General Motors is leading the advancement and safe deployment of autonomous vehicles so more people can experience a safer, more relaxing hands-free drive.
- GuidenAI — We specialize in developing innovative AI-powered products that enhance and simplify everyday experiences through intelligent automation and advanced technology.
- SoftBank — SoftBank Group Corp. (Chairman & CEO: Masayoshi Son) Corporate and IR site provides company information such as our company profile, an overview of the company and Group companies, as well as IR and CSR.
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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- Industry: Mobile, Information Technology, Big Data
- Stage:Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, Italy, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
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- 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
- Ziggo Group — Ziggo Group is an entity formed by Liberty Global.
- 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.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Pharmaceutical
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 224
- Round size: Series A $9M–$84M; Series B $20M–$116M; Series C $12M–$100M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $850M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Epigenomics — Epigenomics is a molecular diagnostics company focusing on the development and commercialization of in vitro diagnostic tests for cancer. Its cancer diagnostic tests aim at finding cancer at early stages before symptoms occur and are carried out conveniently on body fluids such as blood plasma. These tests potentially address millions ofindividuals in each of the major markets such as the United States, Europe, and Japan and provide product opportunities each with peak sales potentials of several hundred millions of euros for diagnostics companies worldwide. Its lead test development program is in colorectal cancer. Further test are in development for lung and prostate cancer. Each of its products in development addresses either mass markets or high-value niches. While some of them lend themselves to partnering with established diagnostics industry players, others can be commercialized effectively by Epigenomics itself. The concept of its diagnostic tests in development relies on detecting differences in DNA methylation patterns between healthy and sick individuals or between subgroups of patients for disease classification.
- Umoja Biopharma — Pioneering immunotherapy by reprogramming T cells in vivo to target cancer cells.
- Syndax Pharmaceuticals — Syndax Pharmaceuticals is a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company that focuses on an HDAC inhibitor for solid tumors and hematological tumors. It offers therapies to treat solid tumors and lung, breast, and hematological cancer. The company is developing axatilimab, a monoclonal antibody that blocks the colony-stimulating factor 1 (CSF-1) receptor,in development for chronic Graft versus Host Disease, and entinostat, a class I HDAC inhibitor.Syndax Pharmaceuticals pipeline includes and SNDX-5613, a highly selective inhibitor of the Menin–MLL binding interaction, in development for the treatment of patients with MLLr and NPM1 acute leukemias.
Cairo Communication is a company that carries activities in the communication sector as a publisher - television & books & a concessionaire.
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- Industry: Fitness, Software, Training
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- 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.
Azimut Digitech Fund Was created as part of a partnership with the Gellify Group.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Computer
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Italy, San Marino, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Seed $2.2M–$16M; Series A $6M–$35M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
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- Cubbit — Cubbit is secure encrypted cloud storage with a difference. A distributed cloud that is 100% private and green. Join the Swarm.
- Subbyx — Subbyx provides long-term subscriptions for technology products and small home appliances.
- DRONUS — Dronus provides inspection, safety, and smart city capabilities from an innovative, minimally invasive base that guarantees the drone's flight stability and safety during take-off and landing, even in difficult climatic conditions.
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Browse database — It's Free!Mival Capital is a private investment company that invests in SMEs' equity through a combination of finance and tech assets.
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- Industry: E-Learning, Generative AI, Corporate Training
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy
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- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- 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.
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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- Industry: Beauty, Retail, Fitness
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- 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.
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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- Industry: FinTech, Information Technology, Blockchain
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy, China, Mexico
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- Total investments: 27
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Sneaks Up — Sneaks Up is an e-commerce platform for buying branded footwear, apparel for men and women.
- Jakala — JAKALA is a MarTech company driving digital transformation by combining a human-centric touch with data analytics and technology.
- Colossus — Colossus Digital - Spearheading the evolution of Web3 with robust validation services and tailored decentralised solutions.
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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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Computer
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy, United States
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- Total investments: 54
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- 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.
Techaround VC is an investment firm.
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- Industry: SaaS, FinTech, E-Learning
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Plino — Plino is the SMEs FP&A co-pilot, integrating your company data and making it faster and easier to analyse them, empowering entrepreneurs in taking successful informed decisions. On one side it collects, organizes and analyses data from different company’s data sources such as invoices, bank accounts, MES, ERP, WMS, industry 4.0 data, andcompany documents (contracts, technical data sheets). On the other, it provides a user-friendly chat where the user (either the entrepreneur, the CFO, or the accountant) can type questions and receive fast, precise and insightful answers on the company’s revenues, costs, clients, products, and production process. Its mission is to empower SME’s managers to take better informed strategic decisions to lead the company to scale toward success by overcoming market uncertainty.
- Syllog AI — Syllog AI provides solutions that use the most latest generative artificial intelligence technology to revolutionize way firms approach employee retention and growth.
Ithaca Investments is a Family Investment Office firm mainly focused on early-stage opportunities.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy, Germany, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 31
- Round size: Seed $713k–$9M; Pre-Seed $1.2M–$38M; Series A $3.3M–$155M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Glaut — Glaut is the AI-native platform for market research. Use AI-moderated interviews (AIMI) to collect qualitative insights at scale, with multilingual support, fraud prevention, and real-time analysis.
- qomodo — Qomodo: La piattaforma BNPL innovativa. Rate a tasso zero, approvazioni veloci, transazioni sicure. Rivoluzionaria nell'acquisto per aziende e consumatori.
- CommerceClarity — CommerceClarity offers AI-powered catalogue optimization solutions that turn catalogue operations into a competitive advantage.
CVC S2 Capital is an investment firm.
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- Industry: EdTech, Education
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Pre-Seed $165k–$219k
- Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow
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- Taylora — Il modo veloce e sicuro per condividere video lezioni, ebook e corsi con i tuoi clienti.
- TrueScreen — Certify photo, video, screenshot, document and audio recording with legal value. Prevent fraud and disputes obtaining indisputable evidences
Impact Ventures is a specialist fund manager focusing on Impact Investments. Our mission is to catalyze social impact by supporting and investing in high-growth social SMEs in Europe, addressing areas of social inclusion, education, employment, health and environmental sustainability.
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- Industry: Software, Agriculture, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Hungary, Spain, Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Seed $878k–$4.6M
- Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
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- Hedepy — Online therapy works. Research has proven that what matters is the conversation, not where the conversation happens.
- Naco — Our mission is development of top quality solutions based on new materials and exceptionally innovative coating technologies for climate neutrality and sustainable products.
- Envision — Envision is a smartphone and smartglasses app that empowers blind and low vision users to be independent by speaking out the visual world around them.
Endeavor Catalyst is the co-investment fund set up to invest exclusively in led companies
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: United States, Brazil, Mexico
Investor stats
- Total investments: 338
- Round size: Series A $5.3M–$40M; Series B $8M–$90M; Series C $15M–$200M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $292M in 2022
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- Flow48 — Flow48 is a platform that allows companies to access capital by providing revenue-based finance services.
- Chime Solutions — VXI Global Solutions delivers scalable customer experience and BPO services that enable enterprise organizations to support customers and grow globally.
- Kumu Holdings — kumu is a pinoy community platform where you can just hang out, explore the many livestreams the Kumunity has to offer, meet and chat with fellow Filipinos all around the world
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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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Series B, Seed
- Geography: France, United States, Germany
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- Total investments: 248
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- askui — Use natural language to automate your UI tests. Our UI test solution is based on visual features and offers a real no-code black-box test.
- Doctolib — Doctolib is an online booking platform and management software provider for doctors in Europe working with 65 000 health practitioners, present in 1 300 health facilities. 25 million patients visit Doctolib website and mobile app every month.For doctors, Doctolib is a full-range service to improve bookings management, reduce no-show and bring newpatients to your office. For patients, Doctolib is a free online service to find a nearby health practitioner and book doctor or dentist appointments 24/24 and 7/7 within a few clicks.Founded in 2013, Doctolib is based out of Paris, France.
- Back Market — Back Market is an online marketplace for refurbished electronics. The company brings refurbished electronic devices and appliances to customers in 13 countries (including the United States, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Austria, the Netherlands, and more recently, Portugal, Japan, Finland, and Ireland). It employs ateam of 480 employees and counting across its 4 offices located in New York, Berlin, Paris, and Bordeaux.Launched in 2014 by Thibaud Hug de Larauze, Quentin Le Brouster, and Vianney Vaute, Back Market is headquartered in Paris, France.
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Browse database — It's Free!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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- Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
- Stage:Series C, Series B
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 74
- Round size: Series B $7M–$40M; Series C $12M–$39M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $500M in 2022
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- GT Medical Technologies — GT Medical Technologies, Inc. (GT), an Arizona-based medical device company, is focused on improving the lives of patients with brain tumors. GT has developed an innovative approach to treatment by combining a conformable collagen matrix with brachytherapy (radiation) seeds. The company's first product, GammaTile™ is protected by 10 US and 2Canadian issued patents, and 1 EPO patent. The product has the promise to revolutionize treatment for 176,000 patients/year in the US alone. To date, we have treated 120 patients with recurrent brain tumors in a clinical trial at Barrow Neurological Institute (BNI) and observed significant clinical improvement.
- Spherics — Astrodyne TDI is a leading EMI/RFI/EMC and power supplies manufacturer with over 60 years of experience. Request a quote to find a custom solution today.
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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- Industry: Manufacturing, Information Technology, Software
- Stage:Private Equity, Series A
- Geography: Italy, Spain, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 37
- Round size: Series A $5.5M–$8.2M; Private Equity $22M–$27M
- Lead/follow: 95% lead, 5% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2021
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- 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.
Creative Thinking Ventures is a micro-venture capital fund for very early-stage ventures, focusing on start-ups and innovative SMEs.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, SaaS, Tourism
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $27k–$165k; Pre-Seed $51k–$166k
- Lead/follow: 83% lead, 17% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Worldz — Thanks to its algorithm, Worldz calculates the economic value of a user’s social popularity (qualitatively and quantitatively). In proportion to this value, it provides a personalized discount, which can be applied in exchange for a social sharing by the user on their Instagram or Facebook profile. This share refers to the brand or productpurchased and the content of the post can be pre-configured by the brand. A user’s social post increases the Brand Awareness and can generate new traffic to the store. This kind of sharing is perceived by the social community as a friend’s advice and not as a promotional activity.
- Gardenstuff — GardenStuff manifactures technological and design articles for plants anf flower integration: Gardening, plant pots, tools, bulbs, flowerpots, planters, plants, fertilizers
- The Social Lender — The Social Lender is a peer-to-peer lending business platform that allows applicants to obtain funding from private and institutional investors, in order to support growth and development of their business and their projects, and where lenders can invest in security actively intervening in the Royal Economy.
TIP is an investment-merchant bank focused on medium-sized Italian companies.
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- Industry: Fashion, Software, Textiles
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Italy, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Round size: Series A $5M–$13M; Series B $5.5M–$48M
- Lead/follow: 71% lead, 29% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
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 — Bending Spoons is a fast-growing tech company focused on building and marketing mobile applications. Despite being such a young company, we've already achieved notable results, with tens of millions of downloads of our apps, and millions of users active every month. Our goal? Becoming the #1 app developer and publisher in the world. And ourambitions don't end there!We invest immensely in our team, and we couldn't be more proud of each other. We are a group of extremely young, talented, and ambitious software engineers, data scientists, and graphic designers, with among our ranks entrepreneurs that raised money from prestigious VCs, ex-CERN, ex-Google, and ex-McKinsey. We work from our amazing headquarters in Milan, but also support remote work.We're always on the lookout for people that want to be part of our über-challenging journey to build one of the greatest tech companies in the world. If that sounds exciting to you, don't hesitate to apply at http://bendingspoons.com/careers.html.
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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- Industry: Wellness, Education, Non Profit
- Stage:Seed, Grant
- Geography: Italy, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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.
CVC of Italian Corp
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- Industry: Software, Education, Human Resources
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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.
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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- Industry: E-Learning
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
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.
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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- Industry: Education, EdTech, E-Learning
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, Germany, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 73
- Round size: Seed $53k–$8M; Pre-Seed $1k–$1.4M; Series A $5M–$33M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024
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.
- Kinfolk — Resolve 70% of employee requests, run lifecycle programs on autopilot, gain visibility into service delivery and unlock capacity to scale Workforce Ops.
Doorway provides a platform for Venture capital firms to find the right investment opportunities and also provides consulting for same.
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- Industry: Fashion, E-Commerce, Retail
- Stage:Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
- Geography: Italy, Switzerland, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $1.9M–$5.2M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
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 — Cut the noise. Joinrs uses AI to find the jobs that actually match your skills, experience and preferences. Over 2 million job seekers trust Joinrs.
- AutoConnexa — Connexa InsTech is a digital and telematics insurance company solution offering unprecedented customer-centricity and flexibility. It was founded in 2021 and its headquarters is located in Bari, Apulia, Italy.
We shape impact investing for people and planet
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- Industry: Toys, EBooks, Retail
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: Italy, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Series A $4.1M–$5.3M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $62M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Cera — In five years, Cera has expanded to 10,000+ staff across the UK and Germany, delivering 40,000+ healthcare visits a day, and has grown from zero to nearly $300M revenues. Every day, Cera delivers healthcare services equivalent to several dozen hospitals or 1,000 care homes, and has grown 100-fold over the past two years making it one of the fastestgrowing businesses in Europe.Cera currently holds more than 300+ partnerships with the NHS and local authorities, and the company’s technology is used by 2,000+ businesses nationwide. It’s technology predicts health deteriorations in patients 30-fold faster than traditional care companies, with its Professional Carers and Nurses responding to over 5,000 ‘high risk’ alerts each day.Since the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Cera has delivered 10 million healthcare visits in people’s homes, created 10,000 jobs, and licensed it’s recruitment technology to the UK Government Department of Health to recruit 50,000+ people into healthcare careers. Cera was co-founded by entrepreneur, physician and policy expert Dr Ben Maruthappu, and its advisory board is chaired by Sir David Behan, the former CEO of the Care Quality Commission. Cera’s technology and care network have been recognised by over 30 industry awards including Deloitte Fast 50 (#8 in 2021, down from #26 in 2020), Sunday Times Fast Track and Most Outstanding Home Care Provider.
- FABA — Le fiabe sonore sono un ottimo metodo per far divertire i bambini imparando. Tanti Personaggi Sonori tra cui scegliere. Scopri FABA, il tuo Raccontastorie.
- Jobtech — Digital recruiting and temporary staff agency
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