Top 10 Fashion Angel Investors in Italy (June 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Giovanni Gardelli
Angel
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5 | United States, Italy, United Kingdom | Seed, Angel | E-Commerce, Fashion, Software | $66k–$2.4M |
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Alberto Birolini
Angel
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3 | Italy | Seed, Angel | Shoes, Retail, Fashion | |
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Fabio Mondini de Focatiis
Angel
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2 | Italy, France, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding | E-Commerce, Retail, Information Technology | $329k–$2.9M |
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Luca Ferrante Carrante
Angel
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2 | Italy, United States | Seed, Angel, Series A | Shoes, Retail, Travel | $2.7M–$4.8M |
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Avishai Abrahami
Angel
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1 | Israel, United States, Italy | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, Apps | $250k–$35M |
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Jacopo Sebastio
Angel
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1 | Italy | Shoes, Retail, Fashion | ||
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Gianluca Boni
Angel
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1 | Italy | Seed | Sales, Fashion, Internet | |
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Luca Blini
Angel
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1 | Italy | Pre-Seed | Fashion, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence | |
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Alberto Grignolo
Angel
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1 | Italy | Fashion, Women's, Shopping | ||
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Ciro Immobile
Angel
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1 | Italy | Seed | Art, Fashion, Internet | |
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Giovanni Gardelli is the Senior Director at Verizon Media.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Fashion, Software
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, Italy, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Round size: Seed $638k–$2.4M; Angel $66k–$878k
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Promoted.ai — Sort search and promote the best listing at the top to increase revenue. Designed for top engineering teams at scaled online marketplace e-commerce companies.
- Growth Kitchen — Growth Kitchen provides a network of delivery-optimized kitchens coupled with food delivery solutions and support.
Alberto Birolini
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- Industry: Shoes, Retail, Fashion
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Velasca — Our shoes are made by hand in Italy with the greatest care. Choose your favourite Velasca, now also for Women.
Venture Partner, Eurazeo InvestmentInternational Venture Capitalist, Business Angel and SVP with >20 years experience in >20 countries, with a successful track as VC, BA and Entrepreneur in a truly global environment. Fabio is a Venture Partner in Eurazeo Investment, following their acquisition of IDINVEST Partners, a leading Europeanprivate equity firm with >9B€ AUM, focusing on Venture Capital investments in Italy across sectors and in the Smart City sector (Energy, Cleantech, Eco-mobility) worldwide. Fabio is the Founder and CEO of growth Capital, the leading Italian investment banking focusing on advising innovative, fast-growing companies on fund raising and M&A. Fabio is also an active Business Angel, with a personal portfolio of more than 30 startups. a Member of the Investment Committee of Lazio Innova. Previously Fabio has been a Senior Advisor in the European Investment Fund (EIF), leading the joint efforts of EIF and Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) to establish TT Investment Funds in Italy to develop its ecosystem for Innovation. Before entering the Private Equity sector, Fabio has lead Soitec Solar Division sale after it has increased its revenues from ~2M€ to >40M€ and achieved the world record of PV Module Efficiency and Solar Cell Efficiency. He had earlier founded and lead RenEn Renewable Energy to a leading renewable energy consulting firm. Earlier Fabio has been in McKinsey, ENEL and Russell Reynolds. In ENEL, Fabio has been Head of Integration, Head of International Management, Head of HR and Organisation and member of the Board of various international companies. Fabio received his M.S. degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from M.I.T. and his M.B.A. from INSEAD. He is fluent in English, Italian, French and Spanish.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Retail, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
- Geography: Italy, France, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Round size: Seed $329k–$2.2M; Equity Crowdfunding $1.4M–$2.9M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Icohup — The aim of Icohup is the development of pollution sensors with high performance yet low costs.
- Yobs — Record your interviews, accelerate candidate review, coach recruiters and build a fair and rigorous hiring process.
- Keyless — Reverify and authenticate your users in a glance, without storing biometric data. PingOne Recognize delivers private, fraud-resistant biometric authentication.
Luca Ferrante Carrante - Associate Director, Investments @ The Olayan Group
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- Industry: Shoes, Retail, Travel
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Italy, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Series A $2.7M–$4.8M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- WeRoad — We organise group tours on the road to more than 150 destinations around the world. We leave all year round, in similar groups of age and travel mood.
- Velasca — Our shoes are made by hand in Italy with the greatest care. Choose your favourite Velasca, now also for Women.
- CharityStars — The groundbreaking fundraising platform offering one destination for all. Together we stand strong, dream big and create greater change for causes worldwide.
Avishai Abrahami is our Co-Founder, has served as our Chief Executive Officer since September 2010 and was our Co-Chief Executive Officer and a director since October 2006. From 2004 to 2006, Avishai was the Vice President of Strategic Alliances at Arel Communications & Software Ltd., a private Israeli company specializing in communicationtechnology. In 1998 he co-founded Sphera Corporation, a private company which develops software for managing data centers, and he served as its Chief Technology Officer from 1998 until 2000 and its Vice President of Product Marketing from 2000 until 2003. In 1993, he co-founded AIT Ltd., a private Israeli software company, and served as its Chief Technology Officer until the company's sale in 1997. Avishai served in the Israeli Defense Forces' elite computer intelligence unit from 1990 until 1992.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Israel, United States, Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Seed $250k–$9.5M; Series A $13M–$35M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Era — An AI-based fertility copilot that optimizes time, cost, and the overall experience for both fertility providers and parents on their path to parenthood
- nexos.ai — Introducing nexos.ai — a powerful model gateway that delivers game-changing AI solutions. With advanced automation and intelligent decision making, nexos.ai helps simplify operations, boost productivity, and accelerate business growth.
- CustoMED — CustoMed transforms surgical planning and execution. It does this by converting medical imaging into 3D visualizations, planning procedures, and producing customized 3D-printed surgical solutions at scale in a matter of minutes, all while streamlining the process and providing surgical excellence.
Jacopo Sebastio is Founder & CEO at Velasca.
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- Industry: Shoes, Retail, Fashion
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Velasca — Our shoes are made by hand in Italy with the greatest care. Choose your favourite Velasca, now also for Women.
Gianluca Boni
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- Industry: Sales, Fashion, Internet
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Mirta — Discover the finest Luxury Artisans, 100% Made in Italy, straight from the workshops. We ship worldwide for free. All custom duty and taxes are included.
Luca Blini
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- Industry: Fashion, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Estyl — Estyl is a startup that has developed an e-commerce app dedicated to fashion.
Alberto Grignolo - COO @ Yoox Net-a-Porter Group
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- Industry: Fashion, Women's, Shopping
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Dog Heroes — Dog Heroes delivers home recipes of fresh food, perfectly portioned to every dog's need. Only high-quality local ingredients are used in tailor-made portions that are ready to serve. Customers will find 55% meat of exclusively Italian origin in the company's recipes, balanced with vegetables, vitamins, and mineral salts. Dog Heroes doesnot use any chemical additives or preservatives.
- 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!
Ciro Immobile
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- Industry: Art, Fashion, Internet
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Inkdome — Inkdome business is a platform designed to help Tattoo parlours and permanent beauticians manage their day-to-day sales and operations. The platform’s feautures span managing appointment bookings, point-of-sale, customer records, inventory, supply and financial reporting.
- Moovenda — Moovenda provides crowdsourced urban shipment services. It enables its customers to order food from any restaurant of their choice. Moovenda was founded on February 20, 2015, and is based in Roma, Lazio, Italy.
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