Top 50 Hardware 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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28 | Italy, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $494k–$17M |
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Primo Capital
VC Fund
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17 | Italy, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Software, Aerospace, Information Technology | $329k–$28M |
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Club degli Investitori
VC Fund
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14 | Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Health Care, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $197k–$19M |
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360 Capital
VC Fund
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13 | France, Italy, United States | Seed, Series A | Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $1.1M–$22M |
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Italian Angels for Growth
VC Fund
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11 | Italy, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Angel, Series A | Software, E-Commerce, Health Care | $219k–$14M |
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EUREKA! Venture SGR
VC Fund
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9 | Italy | Seed, Pre-Seed | Nanotechnology, Manufacturing, Medical Device | $384k–$4.1M |
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LIFTT
VC Fund
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9 | 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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9 | Italy, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | E-Commerce, Software, Mobile | $55k–$576k |
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Vertis
VC Fund
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9 | Italy, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Software, Computer, E-Commerce | $823k–$10M |
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Invitalia Ventures
VC Fund
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8 | Italy, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed | Software, Medical, Internet | $658k–$6.2M |
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TIM Ventures
VC Fund
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7 | Italy, United States, Malaysia | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Internet, Software, SaaS | $47k–$8M |
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UniCredit
VC Fund
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7 | Italy, Germany, Spain | Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt | Manufacturing, Renewable Energy, Energy | $521k–$1.4B |
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Cassa Depositi e Prestiti
VC Fund
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7 | Italy, Turkey, Spain | Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Pre-Seed | Energy, Manufacturing, CleanTech | $71k–$437M |
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P101
VC Fund
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7 | Italy, Spain, United States | Seed, Series A | Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $236k–$15M |
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Invitalia
VC Fund
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7 | Italy, Sweden | Grant, Debt Financing, Seed | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $22k–$2M |
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GELLIFY
VC Fund
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7 | Italy, United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $181k–$9M |
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Principia SGR
VC Fund
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7 | Italy, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed | Health Care, Biotechnology, Software | $329k–$7.7M |
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Azimut Digitech Fund
VC Fund
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6 | Italy, San Marino, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Computer | $2.2M–$35M |
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Growth Engine
VC Fund
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5 | Italy, Mexico, United Kingdom | Seed, Secondary Market, Pre-Seed | Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $300k–$4.2M |
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Tech4Planet
VC Fund
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4 | Italy | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Renewable Energy, Energy, Manufacturing | $313k–$10M |
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RoboIT
VC Fund
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4 | Italy | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Manufacturing, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence | $878k–$81M |
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Atlante Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | Italy, United States, Israel | Seed, Series A | Software, Biotechnology, Hardware | $150k–$3.5M |
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Intesa Sanpaolo
VC Fund
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4 | Italy, United Kingdom, United States | Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Convertible Note | Energy, Financial Services, Renewable Energy | $299k–$2.5B |
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SIMEST
VC Fund
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4 | Italy, San Marino, Saudi Arabia | Series A, Series B | Manufacturing, FinTech, Aerospace | $4.9M–$24M |
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Embed Capital
VC Fund
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4 | Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | Information Technology, Mobile, Health Care | $132k–$2.1M |
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Toscana Next Fund
VC Fund
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3 | Italy | Seed, Series A | Manufacturing, Robotics, Electronics | $1.6M–$5.8M |
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035 Investimenti
VC Fund
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3 | Italy | Seed, Series A, Convertible Note | Electronics, Manufacturing, Electric Vehicle | |
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Brembo Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Italy, United States | Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Software, Consulting | $6M–$6M |
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PranaVentures
VC Fund
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3 | Italy, India | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | SaaS, Tourism, Internet | $329k–$16M |
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Farming Future
VC Fund
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3 | Italy | Seed, Pre-Seed | Agriculture, AgTech, Hardware | $657k–$2.3M |
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CRV
VC Fund
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3 | United States, Israel, Canada | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $1.2M–$65M |
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The Techshop
VC Fund
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3 | Italy, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech | $658k–$120M |
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Levante Capital
VC Fund
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3 | Italy | Series A, Seed | Internet of Things, AgTech, Hardware | $3.1M–$6M |
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Neva SGR
VC Fund
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3 | Italy, United States, Israel | Series B, Series A, Series C | Software, FinTech, Finance | $5.5M–$141M |
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40Jemz Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Italy | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Artificial Intelligence, Computer, Software | $338k–$6.2M |
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RedSeed Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Italy, Israel, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Retail, Medical, Privacy | $669k–$16M |
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Redstone.VC
VC Fund
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3 | Germany, Finland, Switzerland | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $505k–$17M |
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Lightspeed Venture Partners
VC Fund
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3 | United States, India, Israel | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $2.2M–$125M |
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Pi Campus
VC Fund
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3 | Italy, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Mobile, Biotechnology | $100k–$6.4M |
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Cysero
VC Fund
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2 | Italy | Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Robotics, Mobile | $2.1M–$5.5M |
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dsm-firmenich
VC Fund
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2 | Italy | AgTech, Hardware, Livestock | ||
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dPixel
VC Fund
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2 | Italy, United States, Brazil | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Blockchain, E-Commerce | $100k–$1.1M |
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Pariter Partners
VC Fund
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2 | Italy | Seed | Electronics, Semiconductor, Nanotechnology | $878k–$1.6M |
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United Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Italy, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed | Software, Information Technology, FinTech | $274k–$18M |
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Moffu Labs
VC Fund
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2 | Italy, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | Human Resources, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $206k–$2.3M |
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3LB Seed Capital Srl
VC Fund
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2 | Italy, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology | $71k–$2.5M |
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Atlante Seeds
VC Fund
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2 | Italy, United States | Seed, Series A | Sports, Hardware, Incubators | $434k–$745k |
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Green Arrow Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Italy, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Biotechnology, Manufacturing | $1.5M–$2.2M |
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Rancilio Cube
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Italy, Germany | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services | |
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2100 Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Italy, United Kingdom, Switzerland | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, Manufacturing | |
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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: 245
- Round size: Seed $494k–$8.2M; Series A $3.3M–$17M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $197M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Mopso — Discover Mopso's anti money laundering detection system. Visit our website and try a 30 minutes free demo with one of our experts.
- CamGraPhIC — Our platform supports the ever-increasing data traffic demand with high-performing and low-power consumption electro-optical engines.
- Multiverse Computing — World leaders in quantum computing for the financial industry. The first quantum & quantum-inspired toolbox for finance.
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: 88
- Round size: Seed $329k–$5.4M; Series A $3.3M–$28M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- D-Orbit — End-to-end services for the New Space industry, including platform engineering, launch and deployment, and decommissioning.
- Leaf Space — Leaf Space offers a global network of ground stations, providing seamless, cost-effective satellite communication with scalable solutions for all mission sizes.
- AIKO - Infinite Ways to Autonomy — We build AI designed for the realities of space. From onboard intelligence to ground operations, our technology turns autonomy into something practical, reliable, and ready to fly.
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: 96
- 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
As an early-stage European VC, we invest from pre-seed to Series B in Deep Tech, Climate Tech, and Digital-First solutions. Embrace sustainable technological progress with us. Stay updated on the latest tech trends and portfolio news. We invest in the future now.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: France, Italy, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 202
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$8.3M; Series A $3.3M–$22M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- NOC Energy — NOC Energy facilitates the decarbonization of industrial heating without producing any carbon emissions.
- Sinergy Flow — We are developing a redox flow battery based on earth abundant and low-cost material which is fully compliant with the Circular Economy principles.
- Innoviz Technologies — A leading supplier of high-performance, automotive-grade LiDAR sensor platforms.
IAG is an angel investor network that offers access to its affiliates to early-stage venture opportunities. Its members to date have deployed over 22 million Euros to support 41 startups in the series seed/series A stage in many verticals, among which: Medtech, SAAS, e-commerce, Fintech, and high tech at large. Every investment opportunityat IAG is vetted by a professional team together with expert members of the group. Once invested, the company receives the support of up to two Investment champions, who bring their expertise to the table and help them succeed.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 103
- Round size: Seed $329k–$5.9M; Angel $219k–$1.2M; Series A $2.7M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Cato AI — Cato AI is a Milan-based B2B SaaS startup that uses AI to automate public tender management.
- Fitprime — Il Partner unico per il Wellbeing Aziendale
- Alomana —
Eureka! is the first independent Italian venture capital Asset Management company exclusively focused on deep tech investments
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- Industry: Nanotechnology, Manufacturing, Medical Device
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 32
- Round size: Seed $384k–$4.1M
- Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- FLEEPtech — FLEEP Technologies designs and develops printed electronics solutions for the biomedical and smart packaging sectors. The company, spin-off of Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, was founded in May 2019.FLEEPtech developed a proprietary process for the fabrication of polymer-based integrated circuits based on Organic Thin-Film Transistors, creatingthe intelligent core for electronics systems that are mechanically flexible, printed like magazines and recyclable. FLEEPtech is the missing link in the printed electronics industry between a great number of flexible and printed products (i.e. sensors, actuators and energy supplies) that find little space in being integrated with standard non-flexible electronics. For such reasons, the company's mission revolves around the realization of a general purpose platform for the manufacturing of fully-printed integrated systems, composed by printed sensors, printed actuators, printed energy supplies and harvesters and, of course, printed integrated circuits.
- Novac — Progettiamo supercondensatori da affiancare alle batterie, per incrementare performance ed efficienza dei veicoli elettrici.
- INTA Systems — Nanotech and artificial intelligence for biomolecular analysis
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: 71
- Round size: Seed $329k–$4.7M; Series A $2.7M–$21M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
Portfolio highlights
- vitrealab — Enlighten. Your perspective. Light Engines for AR glasses.
- Maieutical Labs — I Maieutical Labs sono un insieme di piattaforme ispirate al Mastery Learning, immersive e mobile-oriented, dedicate allo studio nella scuola secondaria
- RAAAM Memory Technologies Ltd. — RAAAM provides a unique on-chip memory technology that offers the highest-density embedded memory solution in any standard CMOS process.RAAAM develops a high-density memory technology that allows for up to 50% higher on-chip memory density with no cost, complexity, or performance-penalty.
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!
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, Computer, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 65
- Round size: Seed $823k–$3.6M; Series A $1.5M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 58% lead, 42% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $35M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Quido AI — Quido is the co-pilot for investment professionals. Quido allows private capital professionals to streamline data retrieval and data analysis and dramatically increase their efficiency.
- Focoos AI — Focoos reshapes computer vision with ultra-efficient models that drive down costs, automate hardware integration, and ensure peak performance on any device, while promoting sustainability.
- TimeFlow — TimeFlow is a software that acts as a B2B marketplace dedicated to the technical and managerial consulting sector.
Invitalia Ventures SGR manages the “Italia Venture Fund I”, a 87€/Ml sized co-investment fund that invests in early stage operations in Italy. They co-invest up to a maximum of 70% in round A (€ 0.5ML - € 1.5ML) in high growth sectors. Invitalia Ventures, with its network of co-investors not only provides risk capital, but also know-how and anetwork for business development. Main LPs includes the Ministery of Economic Development, the European Investment Bank, Cisco Group, the Sardinian Banking Foundation and Metec Group.They are looking for visionary entrepreneurs who share their passion for innovation. Growth is their mission!!For more information please contact us at info@invitaliaventures.it or visit our website: www.invitaliaventures.it
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- Industry: Software, Medical, Internet
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 30
- Round size: Seed $658k–$1.6M; Series A $900k–$6.2M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $89M in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- Ecomate — The ESG Rating platform for every company
- BigProfiles — A deep understanding of customers let a company tailor marketing campaigns and CRM strategies, but companies have only basic data about customers (e.g. gender or age). External data sources like Social Networks, Public Registries and Socio-Demographic data contain rich information about billions of people, like job titles, levels of education,interests and habits.BigProfiles is a Customer Intelligence SAAS that leverages external information about persons to enrich customer profiling: it can profile a company's customers with previously unknown information about them. Thanks to its Identity Resolution algorithm (the result of a PHD), it identifies a person’s information scattered among external sources.Through this technology, BigProfiles provides customer base analytics and behavior predictions: using Artificial Intelligence on enriched profiles allows to predict churn, fraud and willingness to buy.
- 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.
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Browse database — It's Free!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.
UniCredit is a pan-European commercial bank offering unique banking services in Italy, Germany, Central and Eastern Europe.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Renewable Energy, Energy
- Stage:Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt
- Geography: Italy, Germany, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 128
- Round size: Post-IPO Debt $40M–$1.4B; Debt Financing $521k–$899M
- Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Banxware — Banxware provides the technology and the funds for business financing of any kind: fully embedded in your platform or as an affiliate solution - all managed by Banxware
- FITT — FITT specializes in thermoplastic fluid transfer and management solutions.
- EuroGroup Laminations — We develop and produce stators and rotors solutions for the energy transition, guaranteeing maximum efficiency and sustainability on a global scale.
The CDP Group is a joint-stock company that supports economic development through financing and investment. It provides funding for public infrastructure, businesses, and strategic projects in key sectors such as energy, transportation, and digital innovation. CDP also invests in venture capital, private equity, and sustainable initiatives tofoster long-term growth. The institution works with governments, financial entities, and enterprises to promote economic stability and innovation.
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- Industry: Energy, Manufacturing, CleanTech
- Stage:Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy, Turkey, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 57
- Round size: Pre-Seed $71k–$439k; Post-IPO Debt $12M–$437M; Debt Financing $4.7M–$368M
- Lead/follow: 49% lead, 51% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Algorithmiq — Algorithmiq utilizes its expertise in quantum information, complex systems, and computational physics to develop algorithms to develop new and effective drugs, solve problems in life sciences, and discover new materials.
- EuroGroup Laminations — We develop and produce stators and rotors solutions for the energy transition, guaranteeing maximum efficiency and sustainability on a global scale.
- Aviapartner Handling SpA — Aviapartner Handling is the European provider of airport ground handling services. Aviapartner Handling is the subsidiary of Aviapartner.
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: 110
- Round size: Seed $236k–$4.1M; Series A $2.1M–$15M
- 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.
Invitalia, the National Agency for inward investment promotion and enterprise development, is mandated by the Italian government to increase the country's competitiveness, particularly in the South, and to support strategic sectors for development. Its main objectives are: Supporting innovation and growth of the productive system - support theinvestment programs of new business or already underway through a package of instruments between them complementary, capable of increasing the competitiveness of companies.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Grant, Debt Financing, Seed
- Geography: Italy, Sweden
Investor stats
- Total investments: 52
- Round size: Seed $532k–$2M; Grant $22k–$735k; Debt Financing $212k–$1.9M
- Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow
Portfolio highlights
- LexDo.it — LexDo.it provides Affordable Legal Services Online.
- Collecto App — Collecto App objective is to democratize access to luxury items by sharing value and removing economic barriers. Collecto promotes financial and environmental sustainability by allowing consumers to share luxury goods while reducing environmental impact through more effective resource use.
- Totally Innovation — Totally Innovation is a software company developing artificial intelligence based music management platform and creates license-free music.
GELLIFY is the first innovation platform that invests in B2B digital software startups and connects them to traditional companies with the purpose of innovating their processes, products and business models, through Open Innovation.We make B2B software digital startups grow from the early stage, that we call the liquid state, to the solid one,thanks to our innovative process called "Gellification".A company which is looking to innovate can partner with GELLIFY to leverage all critical capabilities for digital transformation and focus on these specialties: Entrepreneurship, Sales & Marketing, Phygital Factory & Operations, Smart Technology and Smart Human. GELLIFY has also built a B2B Innovation Community, called “EXPLORE”, whose aim is to connect entrepreneurs, innovators and professionals through B2B events and phygital experiences.We operate globally from the following locations: Italy, United Arab Emirates, Spain and Portugal.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 45
- Round size: Seed $181k–$9M; Series A $878k–$6M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Cubbit — Cubbit is secure encrypted cloud storage with a difference. A distributed cloud that is 100% private and green. Join the Swarm.
- BizAway — Discover a streamlined approach to business travel with BizAway. Our intuitive platform offers a one-click solution to book and manage your trips, saving your company time and money. Over 2000 companies trust us with their travel management needs. Request a demo today!
- CercaOfficina — Cercaofficina.it is the online portal that helps you compare quotes for some mechanical repairs and bodywork on your car. By cutting the revision, from small tweaks body to replace the brake pads, the tire change, change Installation system oil LPG / CNG.
Principia is an Italian Venture Capital firm with over Eur 80M under management. Currently Principia has two funds investing in digital start ups and expansion capital opportunities and in particular cases, we invest also in seed opportunities.
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- Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Software
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 50
- Round size: Seed $329k–$3.3M; Series A $1.5M–$7.7M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $187M in 2014
Portfolio highlights
- KLISBio — KLISBio is a medtech company currently developing a variety of regenerative medicine implantable products leveraging the power of silk fibroin to promote an endogenous repair of human soft tissues.
- ENTEROME — We are a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel drugs to transform human health based on our unique ability to de-code molecular interactions in the gut microbiome.
- WISE — WISE (Wiringless Implantable Stretchable Electronics) is a start-up company created in 2011 with the mission of producing the new generation of leads for neuromodulation for treatment of chronic pain and Parkinson: unbreakable, less invasive and cheaper.
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, Series B
- Geography: Italy, San Marino, United Kingdom
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- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $2.2M–$16M; Series A $6M–$35M; Series B $18M–$24M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
Growth Engine is a Venture Capital holding investing in Pre-Seed and Seed high-potential opportunities. With a current portfolio of more than 40 companies, most of them evolved in successful Scaleups, Growth Engine is a diversified asset class by sector and stage. Growth Engine Shareholders are entrepreneurs who have built companies from the groundup, collectively creating billions in value, and top executives managing companies with multi-billion-dollar valuations.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Secondary Market, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy, Mexico, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 46
- Round size: Seed $329k–$4.2M; Pre-Seed $300k–$1.8M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BonusX — Con l'app BonusX hai un supporto anti-burocrazia tutto l'anno. Accedi a centinaia di bonus e servizi pubblici, senza stress e code.
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- Vivaio Ventures — Vivaio Ventures partners with early-stage and creator-led consumer brands to scale food, beverage, and beauty products. We offer capital, consulting, and Made in Italy manufacturing excellence for the next CPG leaders.
Tech4Planet was created to facilitate market access and the growth of new companies conceived within research laboratories dedicated to environmental sustainability, particularly in the energytech, circular economy, sustainable manufacturing, smart mobility, and water management sectors.With a total investment of up to 55 million euros allocatedby the Technology Transfer Fund of CDP Venture Capital Sgr , the Tech4Planet Pole was created in collaboration with the Milan Polytechnic and involves the Polytechnics of Turin and Bari .
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- Industry: Renewable Energy, Energy, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Seed $932k–$8.3M; Pre-Seed $313k–$2M; Series A $5.5M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 54% lead, 46% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Finapp — Finapp is an innovative startup that produces a new generation of CRNS probes that allow measuring the water content. Water in the ground, then soil moisture, water out of the ground, then in the biomass, water in the snow, then snow water equivalent. The applications are really many, such as the research of water losses along aqueducts,hydrological and hydraulic modeling, estimates of hydroelectric energy but mainly agricultural ones.
- Resilco — Resilco develops and applies unique sustainable solutions for circular economy, carbon capture and for gas purification, both for clean production and for renewable energy applications. They offer knowledge combined with high skill in material science to solve existing and emerging problems in gas treatment.
- Sinergy Flow — We are developing a redox flow battery based on earth abundant and low-cost material which is fully compliant with the Circular Economy principles.
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Browse database — It's Free!RoboIT is the National Technology Transfer Hub for Robotics and Industrial Automation.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $878k–$81M; Series A $5.8M–$6M
- Lead/follow: 56% lead, 44% follow
Portfolio highlights
- SunCubes — SunCubes is an innovative startup developing wireless energy transmission technologies using lasers, enabling applications like drone recharging and remote sensor power, driving efficiency.
- Wearable Robotics — Wearable Robotics produces and develops wearable robotic systems and exoskeletons for rehabilitation, assistance and human-power augmentation.
- Generative Bionics — Generative Bionics develops humanoid robots that integrate robotics, advanced artificial intelligence, and design for safe, reliable operation in real-world industrial environments.
Atlante Ventures is a leading Italian VC fund, operated by IMI Fondi Chiusi SGR, part of Intesa Sanpaolo Group.
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- Industry: Software, Biotechnology, Hardware
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 46
- Round size: Seed $150k–$3.5M; Series A $1.5M–$3.3M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2007
Portfolio highlights
- ADmantX — A NEW ERA OF AUDIENCE TARGETINGADmantX is a contextual analysis and data provider that brings audience targeting to a new level. Awarded patent for semantic advertising technology, the company offers a cookie-less solution that allows publishers, ad networks and exchanges, brand managers and agencies to develop more effective online adcampaigns leveraging semantic understanding, natural language processing and sentiment analysis. Founded in Italy as a spin-off of the leading semantic company Expert System, ADmantX is active in Europe and US. Worldwide customers include NBCUniversal, Integral Ad Science, Networked Insights, Banzai, Cadreon, Amnet, Sojern, Media IQ and ADmantX solutions are integrated in key DSP players such as Turn, Adform and AppNexus.
- YOGITECH — Notizie e approfondimenti di Tecnologia
- Expert.ai — Expert.ai is the premier artificial intelligence platform for language understanding.
Intesa Sanpaolo is a banking group that specializes in wealth management, protection, advisory, and digital orientation. Their products and services include accounts, cards, loans, mortgages, insurance, digital payments, retirement planning, investments, and consulting. It was founded by the merger of Banca Intesa and Sanpaolo IMI.
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- Industry: Energy, Financial Services, Renewable Energy
- Stage:Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Convertible Note
- Geography: Italy, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 137
- Round size: Post-IPO Debt $130M–$2.5B; Debt Financing $1.1M–$1.3B; Convertible Note $299k–$2.2M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- NextGeo —
- Goglio Group — Goglio Group produces full trademark food packaging.
- EuroGroup Laminations — We develop and produce stators and rotors solutions for the energy transition, guaranteeing maximum efficiency and sustainability on a global scale.
SIMEST is a financial firm focused on the development and promotion of Italian enterprises abroad. Simest acquires up to 49% of the equity capital of foreign firms in countries outside the European Union, whether wholly-owned by Italian companies or set up as joint ventures with local partners. It also provides start-up and growth capital financingas well as participating in buyouts.Geographically it invests in non-EU countries, focusing on BRIC, Americas and Middle-East. Simest also provides Italian companies seeking to internationalize their businesses with technical assistance and advisory services.Simest is a member of the European Development Finance Institutions (EDFI) and the Italian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (AIFI).
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- Industry: Manufacturing, FinTech, Aerospace
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Italy, San Marino, Saudi Arabia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Round size: Series A $4.9M–$17M; Series B $12M–$24M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Wearable Robotics — Wearable Robotics produces and develops wearable robotic systems and exoskeletons for rehabilitation, assistance and human-power augmentation.
- EIS Wire and Cable — EIS Wire and Cable is an electrical manufacturing company that provides single and multi-conductor hook-up wire.
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.
Toscana Next Fund is a co-investment fund managed by CDP Venture Capital.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Robotics, Electronics
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $1.6M–$1.9M; Series A $4.9M–$5.8M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Small Pixels — SmallPixels provides video and image from compressed video streams applicable to movies, TV series, surveillance videos, and video chats to users, delivering an experience with reduced streaming expenses.
- Wearable Robotics — Wearable Robotics produces and develops wearable robotic systems and exoskeletons for rehabilitation, assistance and human-power augmentation.
- Next Generation Robotics — Next Generation Robotics is a company that manufactures robotic systems for inspection and monitoring for the railway industry.
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- Industry: Electronics, Manufacturing, Electric Vehicle
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Daze — Discover Daze's innovative electric car charging systems. The only charging systems with integrated load balancing.
Brembo Ventures will strategically invest at a global level in the best technology startups that are capable of delivering value, both in terms of the product and the production process. It will focus on startups that are active in artificial intelligence, big data, sensors, mechatronics, energy efficiency and sustainability, with the goal offinding solutions that can be applied in the automotive sector.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Consulting
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Series A $6M–$6M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- AGADE — Esoscheletri Agade | Il primo esoscheletro intelligente per lavoratori progettato per ridurre il rischio di disturbi muscolari delle spalle nella movimentazione manuale dei carichi.
- PhotonPath — Enabling seamless integration between Photonics and Electronics for a faster, more connected and sustainable future
- Spoke Safety — Spoke Safety is an open platform approach enabling the collaboration required with others to amplify the innovation needed to save lives.
PranaVentures is an operational venture capital fund launched in 2021 with the goal of filling the funding gap between newly established and startup companies supporting them to grow and quickly reach the next stage of development. The investment strategy is focused on seed and post-seed startups operating in the digital space, with an interest ininnovative sectors such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, software as a service (SaaS), e-commerce and marketplaces. Leveraging a wide network of stakeholders, PranaVentures supports emerging entrepreneurs with capital and strategic expertise.
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- Industry: SaaS, Tourism, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $329k–$3.3M; Pre-Seed $549k–$5.2M; Series A $3.3M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 58% lead, 42% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $43M in 2021
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
- CloudSEK — CloudSEK leverages contextual AI to predict and prevent cyber threats. Keep your organisation safe and secure.
- GetPica — GetPica is the cutting-edge platform for event organizers to engage event participants with their personal photos and videos in real time. Explore all solutions
Farming Future is the national technology transfer hub founded on the initiative of CDP venture capital in partnership with toseed and partners.
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- Industry: Agriculture, AgTech, Hardware
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $657k–$2.3M
- Lead/follow: 80% lead, 20% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Aflabox — Aflabox develops food contaminant detection devices utilizing NIR spectroscopy and advanced image processing that uses AI analysis.
- Yeastime — Yeastime's value proposition is its innovative retrofitting ultrasound technology, which accelerates fermentation by up to 30%. This groundbreaking approach not only boosts efficiency but also represents a significant leap forward in food technology, setting Yeastime apart as a true pioneer in the field.
- VisioNing — VisioNing is a cleantech company that offers proprietary technology solutions for treatment and valorization of agro-industrial wastewater.
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Browse database — It's Free!CRV is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage enterprise and consumer startups. Since 1970, the firm has invested in more than 400 startups at their most crucial stages, including DoorDash, Airtable, Patreon, Drift and Iterable. Founders need more than capital to build a great company. It takes a partner who understands the entrepreneurial journey and knows what it takes to win. From founding to IPO and beyond, CRV is there every step of the way. Founders rely on CRV to be trusted, long-term, committed partners, which has helped make CRV into one of the longest-running venture capital firms in the world. Learn more about CRV and the companies shaping the future at https://www.crv.com.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: United States, Israel, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 582
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$13M; Series A $5M–$30M; Series B $10M–$65M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $1B in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Nantero — Nantero is a next-generation memory technology that, packs massive amounts of storage and is nonvolatile. Its main focus is the commercial introduction of NRAM – a high-density high-speed nonvolatile random access storage device. The applications for the nonvolatile RAM Nantero is developing include smartphones, tablets, enterprise systems,notebook and desktop computers, as well as applications in the automotive and industrial arena. NRAM can be manufactured for both standalone and embedded memory applications. Nantero is also working with licensees on the development of additional applications of Nantero’s core nanotube-based technology.
- Patreon — Patreon is a membership platform that makes it easy for artists and creators to get paid. Join over 250,000+ creators earning salaries from over 8 million monthly patrons.
- Encord — Encord is the multimodal data layer for physical AI. Manage, curate, annotate, and align petabytes of data - from sensor streams to video to text. Trusted by 300+ AI teams including Woven by Toyota, AXA, UiPath, Zipline, and more.
The Techshop is a venture capital and private equity firm that invests in B2B digital startups.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Round size: Seed $658k–$8.2M; Pre-Seed $658k–$38M; Series A $8.2M–$120M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
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- hlpy — hlpy operates as a roadside assistance company. Hlpy provides a digital roadside assistance service via a network of 580+ centers, 1,900+ drivers/mechanics, 2,800+ tow trucks.
- Smartness — Smartpricing is a provider of computer software application and revenue management system solutions to Hotel.
- Sustainable Brand Platform — Sustainable Brand Platform is the sustainability intelligence solution for fashion brands and manufacturers to accurately measure and manage their sustainability performance.
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- Industry: Internet of Things, AgTech, Hardware
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Italy
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- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Series A $3.1M–$6M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
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- PhotonPath — Enabling seamless integration between Photonics and Electronics for a faster, more connected and sustainable future
- Cynomys — Cynomys is the first company to have patented an IoT solution for monitoring environmental parameters and consumption rates in animal farms. We developed a self-contained device that allows to control over 30 parameters that affect animal welfare, environmental impact, farm consumptions and hence the overall productivity of the farm, all from oursecure cloud platform. We deliver our solutions to any kind of livestock farm. We have been on the market since 2018 and as per September 2020 we have customers in Italy, Spain, France, The Netherlands and Mexico. Our main customers are animal feed producers and distributors, as well as medium and large livestock companies. Our management team is composed of three highly qualified people with experience in technology building, software and hardware development and testing and communication. They are fully committed to help the livestock sector become more conscious and sustainable.
- Hiro Robotics — Embrace a paradigm shift by revolutionizing the way the immense value contained in electronic waste is extacted through recycling.
Neva SGR, part of the Intesa Sanpaolo Group and wholly owned by the Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center, plans and manages investment funds for professional investors interested in seizing diversification and high-yield opportunities offered by Venture Capital investments. Neva SGR can count on Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center’s and Intesa SanpaoloGroup’s strength, financial resources, know-how and network of relationships, a unique source of value on the market. Neva SGR is the perfect blend of strength, reputation and stability of the Intesa Sanpaolo Group and the best practices of international venture capital firms. Neva SGR aims to boost the Italian economy through new technologies and to be market maker of the VC asset class of venture capital in Italy.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Finance
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: Italy, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 47
- Round size: Series A $5.5M–$75M; Series B $13M–$141M; Series C $40M–$110M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
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- Classiq Technologies — A software platform that helps users create scalable complex quantum computer algorithms, software, and circuits for any gate-based quantum computer
- Cyberint — Cyberint is a global threat intelligence provider focusing on helping its clients to proactively protect their businesses against cyber threats. As a partner to direct-to-consumer businesses worldwide, Cyberint provides organizations with a unique combination of a market-proven digital risk protection platform and expert cyber analysts. Thiscombination enables establishing an effective Cyber Threat Intelligence program while reducing organizations’ TCO. We serve more than 100 brands worldwide across industries as diverse as financial services, retail, gaming, entertainment, and media.
- BetaGlue Technologies — BetaGlue Therapeutics develops innovative targeted cancer therapy solutions using its proprietary YntraDose technology for nuclear medicine.
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, Computer, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy
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- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Seed $439k–$6.2M; Pre-Seed $338k–$4.2M
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
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- 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.
RedSeed Ventures is a Venture Capital firm investing in Early Stage Companies and Scaleups, in Europe and more particularly in Italy.
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- Industry: Retail, Medical, Privacy
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy, Israel, United Kingdom
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- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $669k–$1.1M; Series A $2.2M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow
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- Leaf Space — Leaf Space offers a global network of ground stations, providing seamless, cost-effective satellite communication with scalable solutions for all mission sizes.
- WIB Machines — Smart vending machines and smart lockers manufacturer pioneering smart, web-based retail automation globally. Patented solutions enabling next-gen retail.
- CyberRidge — CyberRidge is a deep-tech cybersecurity firm that develops photonic encryption to protect data privacy.
The Redstone team is an international and diverse group of serial entrepreneurs, investors, investment professionals, tech analysts and data scientists.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Germany, Finland, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 167
- Round size: Seed $505k–$6.6M; Pre-Seed $1.3M–$3.1M; Series A $1.6M–$17M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $57M in 2023
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- UpHill — Clinical algorithms, medical events, scientific evidence and a simulation software in one place
- ALLSIDES — Covision Media specializes in creating high-quality, relightable 3D models using their industrial 3D scanners. These scanners capture detailed surface information and PBR textures, and are designed for easy integration into virtual environments.
- Multiverse Computing — World leaders in quantum computing for the financial industry. The first quantum & quantum-inspired toolbox for finance.
Lightspeed Venture Partners is a multi-stage venture capital firm focused on accelerating disruptive innovations and trends.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: United States, India, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1497
- Round size: Seed $2.2M–$30M; Series A $6.5M–$90M; Series B $13M–$125M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $2.4B in 2022
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- k-ID — At k-ID, we specialize in integrating safety and privacy by design compliance solutions for digital platforms, focusing on creating a safer, more responsible online environment for children and teenagers.
- CuspAI — CuspAI is a revolutionary AI startup that is developing a platform for next-generation materials to address global sustainability and renewable energy concerns. CuspAI uses cutting-edge generative AI, deep learning, and molecular simulation to accelerate the material design process. Their platform works similarly to a search engine for materials,allowing users to request certain properties for new materials on demand.
- Fiddler Labs — Monitor, observe, analyze, and explain your machine learning models in production with Fiddler AI. Maximize ML model performance with our Model Performance Management Platform that simply plugs in.
Pi Campus is a startup district and a venture fund that invests in talent. We provide startups with money, mentorship and the best work environment for growth.
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- Industry: Software, Mobile, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom
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- Total investments: 52
- Round size: Seed $125k–$6.4M; Pre-Seed $100k–$1.6M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
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- Loquis — La prima piattaforma per ascoltare e raccontare il mondo tramite podcast geolocalizzati
- Intron Health — Voice AI Built for How Africa Speaks Our next-generation intelligent voice model built from the ground up for AfricaUnlike Global systems retrofitted for the continent Sahara v-2 understands how Africa actually sounds Build with Sahara Try Sahara Built for African SpeechFrom Lagos Call Centers, to Hospitals in Nairobi, Boardrooms in Cape Town, and Courtrooms in
- Cyberwave — Transform your industry with AI-defined robotics. Frictionless automation that makes advanced robotics accessible to manufacturers of all sizes.
Cysero is a venture capital fund focused on the robotics and cybersecurity sectors. The fund was established in October 2020 and managed by AVM Gestioni SGR S.p.A. Manager EuVECA Società Benefit and jointly promoted with Kilometro Rosso, Bergamo's science and technology park.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Robotics, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy
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- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $2.1M–$5.5M
- Lead/follow: 86% lead, 14% follow
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- Octostar — Octostar is the AI-powered investigative intelligence platform for law enforcement, national security, and financial institutions. Connect the dots and discover the facts across petabytes of data.
- TrueScreen — Certify photo, video, screenshot, document and audio recording with legal value. Prevent fraud and disputes obtaining indisputable evidences
- Next Generation Robotics — Next Generation Robotics is a company that manufactures robotic systems for inspection and monitoring for the railway industry.
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- Industry: AgTech, Hardware, Livestock
- Geography: Italy
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- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Cynomys — Cynomys is the first company to have patented an IoT solution for monitoring environmental parameters and consumption rates in animal farms. We developed a self-contained device that allows to control over 30 parameters that affect animal welfare, environmental impact, farm consumptions and hence the overall productivity of the farm, all from oursecure cloud platform. We deliver our solutions to any kind of livestock farm. We have been on the market since 2018 and as per September 2020 we have customers in Italy, Spain, France, The Netherlands and Mexico. Our main customers are animal feed producers and distributors, as well as medium and large livestock companies. Our management team is composed of three highly qualified people with experience in technology building, software and hardware development and testing and communication. They are fully committed to help the livestock sector become more conscious and sustainable.
dPixel is a venture capital advisor and management consulting firm that finances early stage internet companies.
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- Industry: Software, Blockchain, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy, United States, Brazil
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- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $305k–$1.1M; Pre-Seed $100k–$165k
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $11M in 2010
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- Intraverse — The evolution of acquisition, engagement and loyalty.
- Lendit — Lendit is a credit-sharing platform where companies and professionals can lend and apply for liquidity in a simple, fast and tailor-made manner. Specifically, Lendit provides a web-based platform to match corporate loan requests with companies, professionals or institutional investors who want to lend liquidity. Lendit's objective is to makeaccess to credit inclusive and accessible to all 'fragile' micro enterprises and entrepreneurs to credit. In fact, Lendit's target is microcredit, with applications ranging from a minimum of EUR 1,000 to a maximum of EUR 50,000. To date, almost two million enterprises are unable to obtain the desired credit. Of these, the greatest difficulty encountered is with applications under 20,000€. Lendit is also structured and built to be not only a "simple' p2p lending platform, but also to be integrated with financial institutions (thanks to partnerships with banks and intermediaries) in order to so as to create an open, multi-platform system that allows users to use innovative p2p lending services directly from their home banking
- Seed Venture — Seed Venture is a blockchain-based platform that decentralizes fundraising activities for startups and SMEs by providing liquidity matching between investors and startups.
Pariter Partners is a largest Syndicate in Italy, investing in early stage deep-tech teams and advanced service solution startups.
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- Industry: Electronics, Semiconductor, Nanotechnology
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $878k–$1.6M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- J4Energy — J4ENERGY is a digital energy platform that uses "Energy Co-Pilot" technology to assist industrial decision-makers in decarbonisation processes. The platform reduces costs and emissions by over 50% at various plants, aims to accelerate the energy transition in the industrial sector.
- Eye2Drive — Eye2Drive designs bio-inspired, AI-ready CMOS image sensors for autonomous navigation, eliminating flickering and ghosting while significantly enhancing safety.
- Fluid Wire Robotics — Fluid Wire Robotics sets the new standard for robots in harsh environments. We design innovative robotic arms that excel in radioactive, explosive, space, and subsea applications, avoiding the complexity and cost of traditional solutions. Our technology ensures unparalleled safety, reliability, and efficiency, redefining robot design for any challenging environment without performance loss. Discover our groundbreaking approach and robust, versatile solutions.
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: 80
- Round size: Seed $274k–$10M; Series A $3.3M–$18M
- Lead/follow: 55% lead, 45% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $176M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Akamas — Akamas uses advanced application-aware AI to optimize performance, reduce cloud costs, and ensure reliability
- 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.
MoffuLabs is a seeding and acceleration investment fund focused on technology startups.
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- Industry: Human Resources, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Round size: Seed $206k–$2.3M; Pre-Seed $556k–$1.2M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Wayla — Wayla offre viaggi serali sicuri e sostenibili a Milano con il primo servizio di van pooling. Prenota tramite app e viaggia a bordo dei nostri van con autisti certificati a tariffe vantaggiose
- Stepsconnect — Trova candidati delle Nuove Generazioni. Offriamo tools di AI per trovare rapidamente i migliori candidati sui Social Network e nei nuovi canali.
- Elemento Cloud — At Elemento we develop the Cloud of tomorrow. Thanks to our operating system, AtomOS, we are able to provide unprecedented on-premise cloud solutions either on your own servers or on our hardware appliances. In addition, our OS is capable of automatically reselling the surplus power your local infrastructure provides, to transform your local wastein someone else's precious resource. This approach will offer to our customers an unrivalled on-premise cloud experience with the ability to scale into remote cloud resources with a few clicks or taps, making multi-cloud a completely transparent feature.
3LB Seed Capital is not an alternative to start-ups incubators and accelerators, rather acts as a complementary reality that helps to enhance your project in terms of attractiveness for the investor and venture capital market.As investors they are the first willing to know if your project has what it takes to grow successfully. If they areconvinced of your potential, they are ready to bet on you, by joining you and helping you to develop your project.3LB Seed Capital does not provide a percentage of equity in exchange for accompanying activities, but relies exclusively on a premium at the time of its first direct investment in your company.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Round size: Seed $71k–$2.5M
- Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% follow
Portfolio highlights
- YoAgents — Yo Agents nasce dalla unione delle competenze di ogni singolo founder messe a fattor comune per creare un sales hub innovativo.
- Botsociety — Your conversational design suite. Design and prototype your next chatbot or voice assistant. Create a mockup of your project on Messenger, Slack, Google Assistant, Alexa and more. The next generation design solution for chatbots and voice.
- Metis Precision Medicine — Metis Precision Medicine is a B-Corp founded with the vision of bringing powerful cancer therapies to patients in need. Metis owns the intellectual property of a suite of anti-Met monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), with different and unique mechanisms of action, and is currently seeking investors, biotech or pharmaceutical companies interested inacquiring the relevant platform technology on a global basis.
Atlante Seed is an Intesa Sanpaolo Group's Fund dedicated to seed and early stage capital, it invests in innovative companies still small but with high growth potential, with a particular attention to those belonging to the high technology industry. Besides this activity (direct investments), the Fund invests in selected business incubators oraccelerators specialized in specific sectors (indirect investments).
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- Industry: Sports, Hardware, Incubators
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Seed $434k–$745k
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Sellf — Sellfapp, the CRM Mobile for an easier sales tracking and clients managing. Ask for more information and download our 14 days free trials.
- GoPillar — Get dozens of high quality projects from professional designers: easy, fast and on a budget. Redesign your space on GoPillar.
- WISE — WISE (Wiringless Implantable Stretchable Electronics) is a start-up company created in 2011 with the mission of producing the new generation of leads for neuromodulation for treatment of chronic pain and Parkinson: unbreakable, less invasive and cheaper.
Green Arrow Capital is an independent financial group specializing in alternative investments across Europe. They represent a one-of-a-kind platform, capable of connecting the financial system with the real economy through the management of private equity, private debt, infrastructure, and special credit situation funds as well as thematic fundssuch as microfinance and funds of funds that are currently under management. Their team has a successful track record in asset management, investment banking, industry sectors, technology startups, management consulting, renewable energy, and has government and regulatory experience. Their group is mainly composed of investment, asset management, and financial advisory companies. Their aim is to create a solid financial platform to launch and manage investment funds dedicated to alternatives and to the real economy.
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- Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Series A $1.5M–$2.2M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Directa Plus — Directa Plus is a nanotechnology company, manufactures nanoparticles.
- Maticmind S.p.A — Maticmind S.p.A is a company that provides ICT and system integration solutions to telecommunications operators.
- Glomeria Therapeutics — Glomeria Therapeutics researches, develops, and markets new medical devices for the treatment of serious diseases in the nephrological area. It offers DesmoPD, peritoneal dialysis connection system; SmartPD, an automated management device for peritoneal dialysis solutions to be instilled in peritoneum; and solutions for peritoneal dialysis.Andrea Zanella founded Glomeria Therapeutics in 2010. Its headquarters is in Chieti in Italy.
Cube is the investment office founded by Rancilio family
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Italy, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 66
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Convoy — Using technology and automation, the Convoy Platform seamlessly connects carriers with shipments from brokers across the nation.
- FinCompare - Smarter Business Finance — FinCompare was founded by Stephan Heller and is a fintech startup that helps businesses to find, compare, and close the financing solutions. Via the online platform, companies can access a wide range of financing options. They can independently compare offers from well-known banks, fintechs, and alternative financial services providers in Germanyand close the financing. The company also offers a convenient one-stop destination for all financing questions relating to the company.FinCompare financing solutions including corporate loan, factoring, company leasing/hire purchase, warehouse financing, fine trading/purchase financing, and mezzanine capital. It simplifies the financing process with its digital application process and can thus provide your company financing. The company allows SMEs to receive and compare various offers for loans.FinCompare was founded in October 2016 by Stephan Heller and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.
- Finom — Finom is an online payment solution for entrepreneurs that makes it easy to open a business account and securely manage their finances.
We are an early-stage fund built to help the next generation of European heroes defy the odds and build century-defining businesses.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy, United Kingdom, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Ewake — Ewake.ai is your AI Production Teammate that seamlessly integrates with your production environment to bring reliability proactively and reactively. Never miss the heartbeat of your systems with our ambient agent for production reliability.
- EraDrive — AI-powered vision to navigate, operate, and collaborate in space for commercial and military applications - safely, precisely and intelligently.
- Good Heat — Good Heat delivers zero-carbon heat as a service to industrial heat users.
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