Top 50 Hardware VC Funds & Investors in Italy (August 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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39 | Italy, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $483k–$23M |
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Primo Capital
VC Fund
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29 | Italy, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Aerospace | $362k–$28M |
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Club degli Investitori
VC Fund
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17 | Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Health Care, E-Commerce | $197k–$30M |
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360 Capital
VC Fund
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15 | France, Italy, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $1.1M–$44M |
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Italian Angels for Growth
VC Fund
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12 | Italy, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Angel, Series A | Software, E-Commerce, Health Care | $219k–$14M |
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LIFTT
VC Fund
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11 | Italy, United Kingdom, France | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Biotechnology, Software, Manufacturing | $255k–$118M |
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EUREKA! Venture SGR
VC Fund
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10 | Italy | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Nanotechnology, Manufacturing, Electronics | $419k–$6.2M |
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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, Health Care, Biotechnology | $823k–$11M |
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Cassa Depositi e Prestiti
VC Fund
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8 | Italy, Turkey, Spain | Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Pre-Seed | Energy, Manufacturing, CleanTech | $71k–$437M |
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Invitalia Ventures
VC Fund
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8 | Italy, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed | Software, Medical, B2B | $658k–$6.2M |
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Invitalia
VC Fund
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8 | Italy, Sweden, Luxembourg | Grant, Debt Financing, Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $20k–$2.1M |
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UniCredit
VC Fund
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7 | Italy, Germany, Spain | Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Pre-Seed | Renewable Energy, Energy, Manufacturing | $197k–$2.1B |
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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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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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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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GELLIFY
VC Fund
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7 | Italy, United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $181k–$9.7M |
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RedSeed Ventures
VC Fund
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6 | Italy, Israel, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Retail | $669k–$16M |
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Growth Engine
VC Fund
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6 | Italy, Mexico, Portugal | Seed, Secondary Market, Pre-Seed | E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology | $300k–$4.2M |
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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 | $2M–$35M |
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Galaxia
VC Fund
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5 | Italy, Germany, United Kingdom | Seed | Aerospace, Energy, Software | $1.1M–$3.8M |
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Sequoia Capital
VC Fund
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5 | United States, China, India | Series A, Series B, Series C | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $6.4M–$230M |
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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, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy | $263k–$2.5B |
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40Jemz Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | Italy | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Artificial Intelligence, Computer, Software | $338k–$4.2M |
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RoboIT
VC Fund
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4 | Italy | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Manufacturing, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence | $867k–$81M |
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Atlante Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | Italy, United States, Israel | Seed, Series A | Software, Hardware, Biotechnology | $150k–$3.5M |
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Tech4Planet
VC Fund
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4 | Italy | Seed, Pre-Seed | Renewable Energy, Energy, Manufacturing | $313k–$8.3M |
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The Techshop
VC Fund
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4 | Italy, Portugal, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Artificial Intelligence, Software, FinTech | $322k–$120M |
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SIMEST
VC Fund
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4 | Italy, San Marino, Saudi Arabia | Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown | Manufacturing, FinTech, Aerospace | $4.1M–$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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Fondazione Social Venture Giordano dell'Amore
VC Fund
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3 | Italy | Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Pre-Seed | Health Care, Art, Software | $28k–$2.2M |
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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 | $1.8k–$16M |
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dPixel
VC Fund
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3 | Italy, United States, Brazil | Seed, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, FinTech, Software | $100k–$1.1M |
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Redstone.VC
VC Fund
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3 | Germany, Finland, Switzerland | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $460k–$17M |
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Pariter Partners
VC Fund
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3 | Italy, Switzerland | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Electronics, Manufacturing, Industrial Automation | $796k–$1.6M |
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Creative Thinking Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Italy | Seed, Pre-Seed | E-Commerce, SaaS, Tourism | $27k–$166k |
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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 | $2.5M–$125M |
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EXOR N.V.
VC Fund
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3 | United States, Italy, France | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence | $320k–$60M |
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Unruly Capital
VC Fund
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3 | United Kingdom, United States, Germany | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence, CleanTech | $908k–$55M |
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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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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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035 Investimenti
VC Fund
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3 | Italy | Seed, Series A, Convertible Note | SaaS, Software, Electronics | $1.2M–$3.8M |
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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, Information Technology | $6M–$141M |
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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 | $1.3M–$74M |
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Obloo Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Italy, Germany | Seed | Robotics, Aerospace, Industrial | $1.8M–$4.1M |
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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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Pi Campus
VC Fund
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3 | Italy, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Software, Mobile, Biotechnology | $100k–$6.4M |
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Key Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Italy, United States, Philippines | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Internet, Apps, Android | $197k–$3.9M |
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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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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: 295
- Round size: Seed $483k–$7.7M; Series A $3.3M–$23M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $197M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Evja — Evja supports growers in optimizing the management and monitoring of irrigation, nutrition and protection of their crops through the use of OPI, the most advanced system for precision agriculture .
- Mopso — Discover Mopso's anti money laundering detection system. Visit our website and try a 30 minutes free demo with one of our experts.
- 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.
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, Artificial Intelligence, Aerospace
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 110
- Round size: Seed $362k–$5.4M; Pre-Seed $1.2M–$4.2M; Series A $3.3M–$28M
- Lead/follow: 55% lead, 45% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Archimede — Deep tech company based in Sicily #archmesh is our satellite kit
- Yolo Tech Insurance — YOLO Group, uno dei principali operatori nel mercato insurtech italiano dei servizi assicurativi digitali, quotato in borsa sul segmento EGM.
- Quantum Bridge — Quantum Bridge is a pioneer in Distributed Symmetric Key Exchange (DSKE) technology. It offers quantum-safe cybersecurity products and services. Quantum-safe product and services, Quantum-safe roadmap and quantum-safe solutions implementation.
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: Software, Health Care, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 114
- Round size: Seed $197k–$8.2M; Pre-Seed $204k–$1.9M; Series A $889k–$30M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Soource — Soource is a B2B Saas product that uses AI applications to help purchasing managers to discover the best market solutions through extensive global research and automated email negotiations with thousands of suppliers worldwide.
- CiaoDott — Automatizza le telefonate, prenotazioni e FAQ del tuo studio medico con CiaoDott, l'assistente vocale AI disponibile 24/7. Provalo gratis.
- Quantum Bridge — Quantum Bridge is a pioneer in Distributed Symmetric Key Exchange (DSKE) technology. It offers quantum-safe cybersecurity products and services. Quantum-safe product and services, Quantum-safe roadmap and quantum-safe solutions implementation.
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, Series B
- Geography: France, Italy, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 221
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$8.2M; Series A $3.3M–$19M; Series B $6.6M–$44M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Klaro — Klaro is an AI platform that assists small businesses with credit and improves cash flow management.
- Talentware — Talentware is the platform that lets you manage your company and people by putting skills first: boosting engagement, talent retention, and productivity.
- Circular Materials — Scopri Circular Materials: immagina una tecnologia che tratta le acque reflue e, allo stesso tempo, recupera metalli preziosi.
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: 105
- Round size: Seed $329k–$5.1M; Angel $219k–$987k; Series A $3M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Cato AI — Search, analyze and bid on Italian public tenders with AI, automating the manual work for bid offices and sales teams.
- AUDIOGEN — Generate your sounds with AI. Create an infinite world of sounds - sound effects, samples, and music, instantly. Get Started Free.
- Alomana — Autonomous systems for enterprise
A not-only-profit operating investment company, eager to create a bridge between innovative ideas, territory and capital.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Software, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Italy, United Kingdom, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 73
- Round size: Seed $255k–$7.6M; Series A $2.8M–$21M; Venture - Series Unknown $495k–$118M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
Portfolio highlights
- CareGlance — CareGlance is the provider of real-time monitoring systems based on SS-OCT technology. Fast, precise and developed for the industry!
- Rainbow Crops — Rainbow Crops is a next-generation Agtech company developing climate-resilient, high-performing crop varieties.
- Wearable Robotics — Wearable Robotics produces and develops wearable robotic systems and exoskeletons for rehabilitation, assistance and human-power augmentation.
Eureka! is the first independent Italian venture capital Asset Management company exclusively focused on deep tech investments
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- Industry: Nanotechnology, Manufacturing, Electronics
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 38
- Round size: Seed $419k–$4.1M; Venture - Series Unknown $2.2M–$6.2M
- Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- BeNewtral — Il futuro delle costruzioni rispetta l'ambiente
- CareGlance — CareGlance is the provider of real-time monitoring systems based on SS-OCT technology. Fast, precise and developed for the industry!
- BeDimensional — New Material Solution
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 — Paragraph turns your startup's launches, product updates, customer learnings, and founder thinking into an owned media engine your team approves.
- 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!
Capitali e competenze per accelerare l'innovazione. Attraverso fondi di investimento chiusi investiamo in startup, scaleup e PMI innovative
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 70
- Round size: Seed $823k–$4M; Series A $1.5M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 56% lead, 44% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $35M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Scuter — Scuter is the smart e-scooter sharing service that makes city mobility,simple, enjoyable and sustainable. Scuter is on well on its path toward making a dent in this space.
- Soource — Soource is a B2B Saas product that uses AI applications to help purchasing managers to discover the best market solutions through extensive global research and automated email negotiations with thousands of suppliers worldwide.
- Health Triage — Health Triage, crea nuove tecnologie per offrire modelli innovativi di diagnosi clinica, identificazione e cura delle malattie oncologiche.
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: 65
- Round size: Pre-Seed $71k–$489k; Post-IPO Debt $12M–$437M; Debt Financing $5.7M–$288M
- Lead/follow: 51% lead, 49% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Brazzale — Latte, burro e formaggi. La sua Filiera Ecosostenibile Gran Moravia. Formaggi a pasta pressata, a pasta filata. Produttori di formaggi
- Kortimed — Kortimed has been offering a wide range of logistics solutions for the transport of consumer liquids (oil, wine, milk and fruit juices),in the Mediterranean, Italy and Europe.
- Polo Strategico Nazionale — Scopri Polo Strategico Nazionale: il cloud sovrano per la gestione dei dati e servizi della Pubblica Amministrazione italiana.
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Browse database — It's Free!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, B2B
- 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 — BigProfiles is an Artificial Intelligence Platform designed for Utilities, Telcos, Banks, Insurance companies and Retails.Large companies such as Teleperformance, Eni, Unicef already have already successfully subscribed to our services.BigProfiles is the No-Code Artificial Intelligence Platform for sales and antichurn that predicts thelikelihood to purchase and churn of each customer in a CRM, before proceeding to contact him in a sales or retention campaign.
- 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.
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, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Grant, Debt Financing, Seed
- Geography: Italy, Sweden, Luxembourg
Investor stats
- Total investments: 60
- Round size: Seed $532k–$2M; Grant $20k–$1.1M; Debt Financing $187k–$2.1M
- Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow
Portfolio highlights
- NEOCAD — NEOCAD usa l'intelligenza artificiale per cercare, riutilizzare e valorizzare i file CAD del tuo ufficio tecnico. Riduci i tempi di progettazione fino al 60%. Richiedi una demo.
- ReneSys ENERGY — Next Generation Battery Technology and Manufacturing
- Moov — We innovate mobility from every angle!
UniCredit is a pan-European commercial bank offering unique banking services in Italy, Germany, Central and Eastern Europe.
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- Industry: Renewable Energy, Energy, Manufacturing
- Stage:Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy, Germany, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 144
- Round size: Pre-Seed $197k–$197k; Post-IPO Debt $44M–$2.1B; Debt Financing $552k–$913M
- Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% 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
- Retina — Retina si occupa di realizzare infrastrutture nel Mezzogiorno per la produzione di biometano dalla conversione dei reflui zootecnici.
- Polo Strategico Nazionale — Scopri Polo Strategico Nazionale: il cloud sovrano per la gestione dei dati e servizi della Pubblica Amministrazione italiana.
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: 114
- 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 API: la piattaforma globale per la Tax Compliance. Integra la fatturazione elettronica e gli obblighi fiscali in ogni ERP o e-commerce in Italia e nel mondo.
- Incapto Coffee — Incapto provides coffee solutions that combine specialty whole-bean coffee, super-automatic coffee machines, and subscription-based delivery services for consumers and businesses. The company supplies freshly roasted coffee beans sourced from multiple origins and delivers them directly to customers through recurring subscriptions, ensuringcontinuous availability and freshness. Its offering includes fully automatic coffee machines that grind and brew beans on demand, enabling users to prepare coffee without single-use capsules or manual preparation steps. The company also provides workplace coffee solutions, supplying machines, beans, and technical support for offices, hotels, and food service environments.Incapto integrates digital tools that track consumption, manage inventory, and automate replenishment, allowing customers to monitor usage and receive supplies based on demand. It also offers complementary products such as accessories, beverages, and maintenance services to support ongoing operation of its coffee systems.
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 clinical-stage regenerative medicine company focused on developing innovative technology platforms based entirely on natural silk fibroin. The company, headquartered in Milan, Italy, currently has several assets under development, such as vascular graft, bone graft substitutes, rotator cuff repair, drug release, and a first-in-humanstudy on nerve repair that is ongoing at the University of Zurich, Switzerland
- 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.
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 — Scopri il Webidoo AI Operating System per il Business, il layer operativo che potenzia le imprese e guida l'innovazione tecnologica nel B2B.
- 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.
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–$9.7M; Series A $878k–$6M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BizAway — BizAway is the corporate travel management platform trusted by 2,000+ companies worldwide. Simplify business travel booking, policy compliance, and expense management with smart technology and 24/7 real human support.
- Deliveristo — B2B Foodtech marketplace and delivery platform which allows chefs and restaurant owners to digitally organize their orders directly from farmers and distributors
- 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.
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: Software, Information Technology, Retail
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Italy, Israel, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $669k–$12M; Series A $2.2M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Leaf Space — Leaf Space offers a global network of ground stations, providing seamless, cost-effective satellite communication with scalable solutions for all mission sizes.
- Yope — Salo is a discussion platform that erases the borders for people with diverse opinions to let anyone speak up and be heard.
- CyberRidge — CyberRidge is a deep-tech cybersecurity firm that develops photonic encryption to protect data privacy.
Growth Engine is a sector-agnostic VC holding, investing from Pre-Seed to Pre-Series A. Thesis-driven and built on one conviction: exceptional founders win.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Secondary Market, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy, Mexico, Portugal
Investor stats
- Total investments: 47
- Round size: Seed $329k–$4.2M; Pre-Seed $300k–$1.7M
- 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.
- CiaoDott — Automatizza le telefonate, prenotazioni e FAQ del tuo studio medico con CiaoDott, l'assistente vocale AI disponibile 24/7. Provalo gratis.
- 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.
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
Investor stats
- Total investments: 20
- Round size: Seed $2M–$16M; Series A $6M–$35M; Series B $18M–$24M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BKN301 — Scopri tutti i servizi dedicati a privati, aziende ed esercenti. Accedi all'area riservata.
- Subbyx — Subbyx provides long-term subscriptions for technology products and small home appliances.
- DRONUS — Dronus provides inspection, safety, and smart city capabilities from an innovative, minimally invasive base that guarantees the drone's flight stability and safety during take-off and landing, even in difficult climatic conditions.
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Browse database — It's Free!Galaxia is the national aerospace technology transfer Hub offers investment services. It is launched by CDP Venture Capital’s Technology Transfer Fund together with Obloo Ventures.
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- Industry: Aerospace, Energy, Software
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Italy, Germany, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$3.8M
- Lead/follow: 63% lead, 37% follow
Portfolio highlights
- OhmSpace — OhmSpace provides the satellite market with reliable resistojets.
- ORiS — ORiS (Orbital Recharge in Space) develops laser-based wireless power transmission to extend the autonomy of satellites, drones, and lunar habitats.
- AdapTronics — AdapTronics is a deep-tech startup that produces adaptive mechatronic devices to make logistics sustainable on Earth and in space. Its adaptive mechatronics technology offers an alternative based on a multifunctional electrostatic membrane that allows the gripping and manipulation of objects of any shape. In addition, it offers a thin-filmtechnology with sensor capabilities that becomes adhesive when electrically activated.
We help the daring build We help the daring build legendary companies from idea to IPO and beyond. companies.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: United States, China, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2068
- Round size: Series A $6.4M–$50M; Series B $11M–$100M; Series C $12M–$230M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $65M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Despegar — Despegar operates as an online business-to-consumer travel agency that focuses on the Portuguese and Spanish speaking markets. It enables people to research travel plans, check flight availability, book airline, and hotel and car rental reservations online, as well as offer travel-related services, including access to airlines, car rentalcompanies, and hotels and vacation packages. The company serves the leisure and corporate travelers. It operates in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay, Venezuela, Spain, and the United States. The company was founded in 1999 and is based in Miami, Florida.
- Faire — A wholesale technology platform empowering brands and retailers to strengthen the unique character of local communities.
- Mercury — Everything you do with money. All in one place. Apply in 10 minutes for business banking that transforms how you operate.
Apri il conto in pochi minuti e scegli il piano adatto a te.
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- Industry: Energy, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy
- Stage:Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Convertible Note
- Geography: Italy, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 145
- Round size: Post-IPO Debt $112M–$2.5B; Debt Financing $2.7M–$1000M; Convertible Note $263k–$2.2M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- GCF — GCF - Generale Costruzioni Ferroviarie is a landmark of excellence in the railway infrastructures, electrification and signalling sector.
- Sonnedix — Sonnedix is an Independent Solar Power Producer (IPP) with a proven track record in delivering high performance cost competitive solar photovoltaic plants to the market.
- Polo Strategico Nazionale — Scopri Polo Strategico Nazionale: il cloud sovrano per la gestione dei dati e servizi della Pubblica Amministrazione italiana.
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
Investor stats
- Total investments: 20
- Round size: Seed $434k–$3M; Pre-Seed $338k–$4.2M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Revismart — Revismart usa l'intelligenza artificiale per automatizzare la revisione legale, risparmiando tempo e riducendo gli errori.
- Archimede — Deep tech company based in Sicily #archmesh is our satellite kit
- Doctorsa — Doctorsa is a digital marketplace offering travelers instant access to urgent care online for common conditions, starting at just €20.
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: 10
- Round size: Seed $867k–$81M; Series A $5.8M–$6M
- Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% follow
Portfolio highlights
- K3RX — K3RX products for thermal protection systems of the next generation of hypersonic vehicles and rocket motor inserts of satellite launchers demonstrate their performance. K3RX manufactures tiles in uhtcmc material, rocket nozzles, screws, nuts, and support mechanical connectors.
- 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, Hardware, Biotechnology
- 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.
- Remocean — remocean was founded in 2010, after ten years of joint research activity between the IREA-CNR institute (Institute for Electromagnetic Sensing of the Environment) in Naples and the INSEAN institute in Rome.
- YOGITECH — Notizie e approfondimenti di Tecnologia
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
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $918k–$8.3M; Pre-Seed $313k–$1.9M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% 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.
- BeNewtral — Il futuro delle costruzioni rispetta l'ambiente
- 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.
The Techshop is a venture capital and private equity firm that invests in B2B digital startups.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy, Portugal, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 28
- Round size: Seed $2M–$8.1M; Pre-Seed $322k–$37M; Series A $7.7M–$120M
- Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
Portfolio highlights
- CiaoDott — Automatizza le telefonate, prenotazioni e FAQ del tuo studio medico con CiaoDott, l'assistente vocale AI disponibile 24/7. Provalo gratis.
- 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.
- Mirai Robotics — Autonomy and intelligence for the seas. We're building software-defined autonomous systems and AI platforms that unify vessels, sensing, and command at sea.
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, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Italy, San Marino, Saudi Arabia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 20
- Round size: Series A $4.1M–$17M; Series B $12M–$24M; Venture - Series Unknown $4.7M–$6.5M
- Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% 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 & Cable provides extraordinary customer service, short lead times, competitive pricing and the ability to meet your custom or private label requirement
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.
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Browse database — It's Free!FSVGDA aims at the promotion of the impact investing culture, in order to facilitate social innovation.
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- Industry: Health Care, Art, Software
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 20
- Round size: Seed $205k–$549k; Venture - Series Unknown $28k–$2.2M
- Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% follow
Portfolio highlights
- C.NEXT — C.NEXT develops innovation projects for businesses and organizations by supporting the economy and territorial regeneration.
- Vivavoce — Il centro medico Vivavoce, Specializzato nel trattamento riabilitativo della #balbuzie. Disturbi del Linguaggio, DSA, Psicologia e Neuropsichiatria infantile.
- Way Experience — Way Experience operates in all the entertainment B2C sectors, using augmented and virtual reality technology. They also work in the B2B area by applying their technologies for customized consultancy projects in the following sectors: design, fashion, medical, events, and training.
Discover the latest innovations in braking systems and mobility. Brembo ensures safety, performance, and sustainability. Explore our products on the official website
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Consulting
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Series A $6M–$6M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% 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 — 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: 21
- Round size: Seed $1.8k–$3.2M; Pre-Seed $572k–$5.1M; Series A $3.2M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 62% lead, 38% 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
- 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
- Doctorsa — Doctorsa is a digital marketplace offering travelers instant access to urgent care online for common conditions, starting at just €20.
dPixel is a venture capital advisor and management consulting firm that finances early stage internet companies.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy, United States, Brazil
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Round size: Seed $305k–$1.1M; Pre-Seed $100k–$407k
- Lead/follow: 47% lead, 53% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $11M in 2010
Portfolio highlights
- Vestinda — Vestinda is the platform that provides investments in digital assets. Their features are portfolio tracking, crypto portfolio tracking, strategy libraries,crypto investment strategies,strategy builders, trading strategies built with no code, backtesting backtested crypto trading strategies,demo trading,crypto paper trading, and risk-free livetrading.
- LIA — Lia gestisce fatture, solleciti e piani di rientro in autonomia: tu mantieni la visione sul cashflow, sui clienti e sulle decisioni che contano.
- Lendit — Lia gestisce fatture, solleciti e piani di rientro in autonomia: tu mantieni la visione sul cashflow, sui clienti e sulle decisioni che contano.
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, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Germany, Finland, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 177
- Round size: Seed $460k–$8M; Pre-Seed $1M–$4.4M; Series A $1.6M–$17M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $57M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Nomerra — The AI Coworker in Private Market Operations
- LimX Dynamics — Zhuji Dynamics is a general-purpose footed robot company that focuses on the R&D and manufacturing of sports intelligence and footed robots
- Zhuji Dynamics — Zhuji Dynamics is a general-purpose footed robot company that focuses on the R&D and manufacturing of sports intelligence and footed robots
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, Manufacturing, Industrial Automation
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Italy, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $796k–$1.6M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
Portfolio highlights
- K3RX — K3RX products for thermal protection systems of the next generation of hypersonic vehicles and rocket motor inserts of satellite launchers demonstrate their performance. K3RX manufactures tiles in uhtcmc material, rocket nozzles, screws, nuts, and support mechanical connectors.
- Eye2Drive — Eye2Drive designs bio-inspired, AI-ready CMOS image sensors for autonomous navigation, eliminating flickering and ghosting while significantly enhancing safety.
- Fluid Wire Robotics — A fully electric robotic platform for extreme environments: nuclear, space, cryogenic, ATEX and subsea. Manipulation where conventional robots cannot go.
Creative Thinking Ventures is a micro-venture capital fund for very early-stage ventures, focusing on start-ups and innovative SMEs.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, SaaS, Tourism
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Seed $27k–$165k; Pre-Seed $51k–$166k
- Lead/follow: 77% lead, 23% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Worldz — Thanks to its algorithm, Worldz calculates the economic value of a user’s social popularity (qualitatively and quantitatively). In proportion to this value, it provides a personalized discount, which can be applied in exchange for a social sharing by the user on their Instagram or Facebook profile. This share refers to the brand or productpurchased and the content of the post can be pre-configured by the brand. A user’s social post increases the Brand Awareness and can generate new traffic to the store. This kind of sharing is perceived by the social community as a friend’s advice and not as a promotional activity.
- Gardenstuff — GardenStuff manifactures technological and design articles for plants anf flower integration: Gardening, plant pots, tools, bulbs, flowerpots, planters, plants, fertilizers
- The Social Lender — The Social Lender is a peer-to-peer lending business platform that allows applicants to obtain funding from private and institutional investors, in order to support growth and development of their business and their projects, and where lenders can invest in security actively intervening in the Royal Economy.
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: 2032
- Round size: Seed $2.5M–$30M; Series A $7.5M–$90M; Series B $15M–$125M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $2.4B in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Tennr — Tennr is a custom AI assistant that accelerates research, answers complex questions, and generates custom reports.
- Aquantia — At Aquantia, all three elements are present in abundance. Aquantia benefits from team members with a depth of diverse technology development expertise, signal processing innovation and an adherence to lean and agile management practices. Their engineers were at the forefront ofthe Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet product deployments, and areamong the best in production silicon design.Meet their leadership team, or the board and investors to see their guidance, financial backing and the company they've built.
- Eightfold AI — Eightfold AI provides the most comprehensive AI recruiting and talent management solutions in the market. We make it easy for businesses to find, screen, and hire the best talent.
EXOR is a holding company based in the Netherlands that the Agnelli family controls. The company has a diverse portfolio of investments in various industries, including automotive, real estate, and finance. The company is known for taking a long-term approach to its assets and has a reputation for being a patient and value-oriented investor. Thecompany's primary focus is on creating long-term value for its shareholders by actively managing and growing its portfolio of investments.EXOR's core mission is to cultivate exceptional enterprises, simultaneously nurturing opportunities for its talented workforce to flourish, make meaningful societal contributions, and yield outstanding returns for its valued investors.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Italy, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 143
- Round size: Seed $1.8M–$18M; Pre-Seed $320k–$5.1M; Series A $9.5M–$60M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
Portfolio highlights
- RobCo — Easily automate the repetitive tasks in your production facility with modular industrial robots from RobCo.
- Q.ai — Q.ai provides systems designed to support high data throughput, multilingual interaction, privacy controls, and accessibility features within communication workflows. Its technology is used to enhance real-time and asynchronous interactions between users who operate across different languages and regions. Q.ai’s platform is designed to integrateinto existing applications and services, supporting organizations that require consistent communication standards across distributed teams and audiences.
- Philips — Koninklijke Philips is a technology company that provides healthcare, consumer lifestyle, and lighting products, solutions, and services. The company offers professionals with healthcare, lighting, and oral healthcare products, professional dictation, and display solutions, and innovation services. It offers consumers electronic products related tosound and vision, personal care, mother and child care, housewares, lighting, PCs and phones, and more.
Investing in the crazy before it becomes normal
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence, CleanTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 62
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$9.3M; Pre-Seed $908k–$3.6M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.6M–$55M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Matta — Creating AGI to manufacture the impossible.
- Willo — Willo is advancing and scaling true wireless power for humanity, technology, and industry. Discover the company powering the next era of energy delivery.
- Tangible — Tangible empowers hardware companies with sustainable asset-based lending solutions. Our platform streamlines debt funding, compliance automation, and financial product design, enabling efficient capital mobilization and comprehensive reporting for a greener future. Scale your business with Twist.
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Browse database — It's Free!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: 11
- Round size: Seed $657k–$2.3M
- Lead/follow: 73% lead, 27% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Aflabox — Aflabox develops food contaminant detection devices utilizing NIR spectroscopy and advanced image processing that uses AI analysis.
- Yeastime — Discover how ultrasound can improve the fermentation process by up to 30% with our innovative solutions.
- VisioNing — VisioNing is a cleantech company that offers proprietary technology solutions for treatment and valorization of agro-industrial wastewater.
European Technologies, Asian Horizons
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- Industry: Internet of Things, AgTech, Hardware
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Series A $3.1M–$6M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Drivesec — drivesec is a company whose main scope is to develop software solutions and consulting for Automotive and IoT cybersecurity markets.
- PhotonPath — Enabling seamless integration between Photonics and Electronics for a faster, more connected and sustainable future
- Hiro Robotics — Embrace a paradigm shift by revolutionizing the way the immense value contained in electronic waste is extacted through recycling.
035 Investimenti
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- Industry: SaaS, Software, Electronics
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$3.8M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Talentware — Talentware is the platform that lets you manage your company and people by putting skills first: boosting engagement, talent retention, and productivity.
- Daze — Discover Daze's innovative electric car charging systems. The only charging systems with integrated load balancing.
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, Information Technology
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: Italy, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 52
- Round size: Series A $6M–$64M; Series B $17M–$141M; Series C $28M–$110M
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
Portfolio highlights
- iwoca — Iwoca provides financing to businesses for various purposes, including bridging short-term cashflow gaps and investing in stock opportunities. It services retailers, restaurants, hotels, and other businesses. It offers flexible repayment options from 1 day to 24 months, with no penalties for early repayment. Iwoca helps businesses manage cash flowgaps and invest in growth opportunities, enhancing their financial capabilities.
- Straiker — Security for agentic AI applications built from the ground up with fine-tuned models to protect and secure every layer of your agentic AI stack.
- Nuclidium — NUCLIDIUM is a clinical-stage radiopharmaceutical company that develops novel radionuclide PET tracers for precision diagnostics. Using copper isotopes, Copper-61 for diagnostics and Copper-67 for therapeutics, the company is creating a differentiated platform with the potential to overcome existing limitations in radiotheranostics.
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: 620
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$16M; Series A $5M–$35M; Series B $10M–$74M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $1B in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Glyde — Glyde is an innovative peer-to-peer e-commerce marketplace that makes it simple to buy and sell new and used goods. Glyde’s products include Apple and Android phones, tablets, laptops, iPods, and video games.Glyde’s e-commerce engine absorbs complexity, making the user experience faster and easier than other marketplaces. Buyers enjoy thegreat deals of a peer-to-peer marketplace combined with the service, convenience, and safety of a retail store. Sellers enjoy a streamlined experience that connects them with eager and qualified buyers. It takes seconds to list an item for sale, and shipping is effortless with Glyde’s pre-addressed, pre-stamped mailers.Created by the founder of eBay Motors, Glyde is brought to you by veterans from industry-defining companies such as eBay, Google, and Wal-Mart. Glyde is venture backed with an office in Menlo Park, CA.
- PullString — PullString, Inc. is leading the field of computer conversation in both text and voice through a combination of design and technology. PullString (formerly ToyTalk) is an entertainment and technology company combining art and science to enable computer conversation with characters.The company's primary product, the PullString Platform, offersa professional authoring environment, hosted AI and machine learning runtime, and integrated conversation analytics to enterprises, agencies, and startups across verticals as diverse as entertainment, customer service, gaming and VR, travel, automotive, health and fitness, finance, human resources, and IoT.With direct support for all major conversational platforms like Facebook Messenger, Amazon Alexa, Skype, Slack, Kik, mobile, and web, the PullString Platform has been used to create award winning experiences like Call of Duty’s Lt Reyes on Messenger, Hello Barbie, and The Winston Show.PullString, founded as ToyTalk in 2011, has raised more than $44 million in funding from Greylock Partners; Charles River Ventures; Khosla Ventures; True Ventures; and First Round Capital.
- Maximum — Maximum is a boutique agency that likes to remain small and agile. There are sixty of us, all specialists, and our advanced digital solutions are 100% generated in-house. We have a knowledgeable and sophisticated research presence, especially in the digital arena and with regard to social recruitment. This means we can make things happen for youthat other agencies can't. Giving your organization the edge takes serious research, heavyweight strategy, considered creativity and intelligent use of the digital space. This is why we've developed the Social Recruitment Monitor™ for you, the definitive index on the use of social media for recruitment purposes.
Obloo is the only global comprehensive ecosystem for Deep Tech, enabling the effective creation of startup from science and research to the market.
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- Industry: Robotics, Aerospace, Industrial
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Italy, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $1.8M–$4.1M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- AdapTronics — AdapTronics is a deep-tech startup that produces adaptive mechatronic devices to make logistics sustainable on Earth and in space. Its adaptive mechatronics technology offers an alternative based on a multifunctional electrostatic membrane that allows the gripping and manipulation of objects of any shape. In addition, it offers a thin-filmtechnology with sensor capabilities that becomes adhesive when electrically activated.
- Kurs Orbital — Kurs Orbital expands human activities beyond Earth
- Astradyne — Astradyne develops lightweight, high-performance solar power systems for space and terrestrial applications.
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.
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, Angel
- Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 52
- Round size: Seed $125k–$6.4M; Angel $400k–$1M; Pre-Seed $100k–$1.6M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
We are a venture incubator that wants to exploit the extraordinary human capital of the new digital entrepreneurship. From design to ready-to-market, up looking for new partners and capital, we create value along the entire continuum of mentoring: direct investment , skills qualified and specialized network support the growth of new businesses oftomorrow. With our deal flow , we are able to select innovative ideas with high potential with a business model that minimizes the investment risk and guarantee the success on the market.
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- Industry: Internet, Apps, Android
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy, United States, Philippines
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $477k–$1.2M; Pre-Seed $197k–$3.9M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Pixies — Pixies is a Startup that design solutions for Autonomous Cities and a more sustainable future of our planet. Merging Urban Design, Robotics and AI, we believe that urban spaces can now become able to take care of themselves.
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- Wopta Assicurazioni — Wopta Assicurazioni is the first Italian phygital insurtech which, thanks to a digital platform and a network of tied specialist throughout the country, was created to protect artisans, SMEs and freelances from everyday risks.
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
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $2.1M–$5.5M
- Lead/follow: 86% lead, 14% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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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