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Top 50 Internet Startup Investors in Italy in September 2025

Last updated: Sep 2025 A list of 50 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Internet startups based in Italy. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Internet companies from Italy. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Internet Startup Investors in Italy in September 2025

Investor	Internet Italy investments
Club Italia Investimenti 2	22
Italian Angels for Growth	18
Vertis	17
CDP Venture Capital	16
United Ventures	12
P101	12
Club degli Investitori	10
Primo Capital	10
Innogest Capital	8
Invitalia	8
Boost Heroes	8
Growth Engine	7
LIFTT	7
Pi Campus	6
UniCredit	6
3LB Seed Capital Srl	5
Moffu Labs	5
GELLIFY	5
Invitalia Ventures	5
Intesa Sanpaolo	4
Cassa Depositi e Prestiti	4
Fabio Mondini de Focatiis	4
Rancilio Cube	4
TIM Ventures	4
Club Digitale	3
R-301 Capital	3
dPixel	3
Alberto Giusti	3
Green Arrow Capital	3
Paolo Barberis	3
Principia SGR	3
Impulse VC	3
Creative Thinking Ventures	3
Banca Sella Group	2
TA Ventures	2
Massimo Cioffi	2
Emiliano Maria Cappuccitti	2
Levante Capital	2
Sport Horizon Holding S.p.a.	2
RedSeed Ventures	2
Andrea Febbraio	2
Brahma AG	2
SVG Ventures	2
Tamburi Investment Partners	2
Nico Rosberg	2
Francesco Starace	2
dsm-firmenich	2
Cysero	2
Giovanni Gardelli	2
Luigi Bajetti	2

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Club Italia Investimenti is a Milan-based venture capital firm that assists startups in raising seed capital.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Mobile
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
Italy, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

UNGUESS (formerly AppQuality) — UNGUESS is the crowdsourcing platform for effective testing and real insights. Take the guesswork out of your work.
Paragraph — Powerful stories and powerful storytellers. Each week find seven of the world's best shorts in text, audio, and video: http://bit.ly/1usXQd5
La Passione — High quality Italian Road and Urban cycling wear at fair prices. We use only the finest materials and sell direct to you with no middleman. Shop now!

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.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Health Care
Seed, Angel, Series A
Italy, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

ALKemist Bio — ALKemist Bio is a biotech startup developing next-generation T cell therapies that target ALK-positive cancers. By reprogramming the immune system, the company aims to overcome resistance and deliver more effective, lasting treatments for solid tumors.
Rubedo Life Sciences — Rubedo Life Sciences is the Premier Longevity Company. Rubedo discovers and develops medicines to keep you biologically young.
Restorative Neurotechnologies — Siamo un'azienda di dispositivi medicali certificati per la riabilitazione cognitiva ed il trattamento di disturbi cognitivi post ictus.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Computer
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Italy, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

XBOOKS — Investors Relations is Xbooks website whereby the company shares communications between the mangares and the Shareholders community. It provides an accurate account to investors, which keeps them updated of company life and key results.
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.
Live Story Inc. — Design Boundless Experiences with Live Story. Forget about code and templates: with our freehand designable editor, you can quickly create layouts and publish them online in no time. Finally, a no-code design solution that delivers multi-platform integrations with speed and dependability for professional teams.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Italy, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Soplaya — Soplaya is a B2B food company connecting chefs and farmers to build a diverse, sustainable, and efficient food system.By providing data and transparency to an opaque supply chain, we help chefs to simplify purchases, get a wider selection of products and save money and farmers to increase their margins and get easy access to the market.We lovequality food as much as technology and automation. We are rebels: we love transparency and how the internet is capable of bringing the long tail to the market. We're excited about the fact that the restaurant supply chain hasn't basically changed since 40 years, and was technology reluctant for a long time, but restaurants necessities changed dramatically in the last 3 years.We’re becoming the standard layer for restaurant purchasing across Europe, by bringing transparency and simplicity in the procurement phase, increasing order frequency, promoting lean inventory and food waste reduction.
lit — Con lit puoi monitorare, quando e dove vuoi, i tuoi consumi energetici, riducendoli fino al 22%, avendo informazioni in real time sui tuoi elettrodomestici.
Tulum Energy — Discover how Tulum Energy harnesses methane pyrolysis technology to transform machinery and produce substantial volumes of clean hydrogen, driving innovation and sustainability in the energy sector.

We are an independent Venture Capitalfirm supporting visionary entrepreneurs toreinvent industries through technology.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Information Technology
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
Italy, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Akamas — Akamas uses advanced application-aware AI to optimize performance, reduce cloud costs, and ensure reliability
Stema — It serves as a platform for hiring engineers
Volume — Payment Infrastructure for the Internet

P101 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

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
Italy, Spain, United States

Portfolio highlights

Toduba — Toduba is a digitalization company that provides shopping vouchers, food stamps, gift cards, and travel expense management.
Hotiday — Hotiday is the first hospitality startup that applies Instant Buying to the hotel industry to become a true "Online-Only" hotel chain, completely decentralized
Soplaya — Soplaya is a B2B food company connecting chefs and farmers to build a diverse, sustainable, and efficient food system.By providing data and transparency to an opaque supply chain, we help chefs to simplify purchases, get a wider selection of products and save money and farmers to increase their margins and get easy access to the market.We lovequality food as much as technology and automation. We are rebels: we love transparency and how the internet is capable of bringing the long tail to the market. We're excited about the fact that the restaurant supply chain hasn't basically changed since 40 years, and was technology reluctant for a long time, but restaurants necessities changed dramatically in the last 3 years.We’re becoming the standard layer for restaurant purchasing across Europe, by bringing transparency and simplicity in the procurement phase, increasing order frequency, promoting lean inventory and food waste reduction.

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.

Investment focus

Health Care, E-Commerce, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Series B
Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Stema — It serves as a platform for hiring engineers
Approxima — Approxima medical is developing a novel treatment for patients with tricuspid valve regurgitation
Annaida Technologies — Annaida Technologies has developed a groundbreaking device, EmbryoSpin, that performs microscopic Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (“µNMR”) at a scale 10-fold better than existing technologies.

Primo Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on seed and early stage startups. The firm manages two funds focused on the digital sector and one fund specializing in the new space economy.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Aerospace
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Italy, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

XBOOKS — Investors Relations is Xbooks website whereby the company shares communications between the mangares and the Shareholders community. It provides an accurate account to investors, which keeps them updated of company life and key results.
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.
Pangea Aerospace — SPONSORSHIP PROPOSAL SPONSORSHIP PROPOSAL MISSION In a very conservative sector, European space engineers and business experts have gathered to unlock the untapped potential of new technologies that will drastically reduce the cost of launch

We are investors in companies that make the difference. We partner with hard-working entrepreneurial visionaries

Investment focus

Health Care, Medical, Medical Device
Funding Round, Series A, Series B
Italy, United States, Spain

Portfolio highlights

GreenBone Ortho — GreenBone Ortho was founded in Faenzato offer advanced and innovative solutions in the field of orthopaedics and bone regeneration, using the Rattan wood.
Renovacor — Renovacor is a preclinical‑stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing transformative gene therapy‑based treatments for cardiovascular disease.Renovacor’s lead program is a recombinant adeno-associated virus (AAV)‑based gene therapy for patients suffering from dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) due to mutations in the Bcl2‑associatedathanogene 3 (BAG3) gene.Dilated cardiomyopathy is a condition affecting over 3 million patients in the US and growing steadily. Many patients develop DCM due to ischemic heart disease. Recently subpopulations have been identified that develop DCM due to mutations in specific genes that have been shown to result in the development of DCM. One of these specific genes is the BAG3 gene. The prevalence of disease‑causing BAG3 haploinsufficiency is estimated at approximately 35,000 individuals in the United States, representing an orphan disease by FDA guidelines. It is estimated a similar number of DCM patients with BAG3 mutations exist in Europe. These patients are typically younger and progress to end-stage heart failure sooner than patients with ischemic heart disease. Currently, DCM patients with a BAG3 mutation are treated with standard of care for heart failure. Despite improvements in pharmacotherapy and care, the five‑year survival of a patient with DCM is only 50%. The development of a BAG3 gene replacement therapy for patients with DCM that carry BAG3 mutations could potentially prevent the progression of disease in this otherwise healthy population of young adults.
BetaGlue Technologies — BetaGlue Therapeutics is a life sciences company that delivers radiotherapy from within. Introducing Yntradose, our proprietary product.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Smart Cities
Grant, Debt Financing, Seed
Italy, Sweden

Portfolio highlights

Tutornow — Ripetizioni online in matematica, fisica, inglese e oltre 150 materie. Ripetizioni per DSA e BES con tutor certificati. Lezioni online individuali da 60 minuti.
BILLD — Billd is a cleantech firm that offers the first digital receipt service to capture huge data from the offline market using AI.
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.

Boost Heroes is an Italy-based holding company focusing on seed and early stage investments.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Apps
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Italy, United States, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Cosaporto — Cosaporto is a home delivery service bringing users goods from upmarket and premium shops in Rome, Milan, Turin, Bologna, Florence, and London. The startup carefully selects the best independent shops, producers and artisans, delivered directly to the user’s doorstep within hours of ordering. The service can be used to send beautiful gifts, or forevents, as well as surprises. Currently, Cosaporto operates in several Italian cities, including Rome, Milan, Turin, Bologna, Florence and last year it launched a London branch of the business.
Ricehouse — Ricehouse uses organic residues, such as rice straw, husk and chaff, from the rice industry and creates natural construction materials.
Babaco Market — Babaco Market is a subscription with which you receive out-of-the-ordinary fruit and vegetables at home. Products that do not exceed the beauty contests organized by traditional channels and which risk being wasted. We deliver them to your home, in a box. Bring all the goodness of nature to the table and reduce food waste!

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.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
Seed, Secondary Market, Convertible Note
Italy, Mexico, United Kingdom

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.
WithLess — Apps multiply, costs grow, admin spirals. We get it. The tools your team needs WithLess time, money, and admin.
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.

A not-only-profit operating investment company, eager to create a bridge between innovative ideas, territory and capital.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Software, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Italy, United Kingdom, France

Portfolio highlights

QSensAto — QSensAto is a quantum sensing company specializing in the development and research of integrated vapor cells and quantum atomic sensors.
Agate Sensors — Agate Sensors offers equipment manufacturers advanced sensors that detect, identify, and classify people, vital signs, objects, and more. Their sensors come in a range of sizes, from single pixel devices to full matrix devices, and are produced using standard CMOS production processes, making them both cost-effective and efficient.
Sparrow Quantum — Sparrow Quantum, a global leader in quantum photonic chip technology. Explore innovative solutions driving advancements in quantum computing, communication, and beyond. Stay ahead with cutting-edge technologies shaping the future.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Mobile, Biotechnology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Italy, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Loquis — La prima piattaforma per ascoltare e raccontare il mondo tramite podcast geolocalizzati
Fondo — Fondo is an all-in-one accounting platform for startups. We'll handle your bookkeeping, tax, and tax credits so you can focus on building your startup.
Intron Health — Intron provides clinical speech recognition for 200+ accents spoken in developing countries starting with Africa, reducing documentation time by 6x so doctors can spend more time with patients

UniCredit (formerly UniCredito) is an Italian global banking and financial services company. Its network spanning 50 markets in 20 countries, with more than 9,000 branches and over 148,000 employees. Its strategic position in Western and Eastern Europe gives the group one of the region's highest market shares.

Investment focus

Energy, Manufacturing, Financial Services
Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Funding Round
Italy, Germany, Sweden

Portfolio highlights

Unifiber — Unifiber is a broadband service company that focuses on the creation of passive access fiber optic networks.
Ital Gas Storage — Ital Gas Storage is a gas storage company that offers storage services.
MAXI MOBILITY — Maxi Mobility S.R.L., a Società Benefit, revolutionizes urban transport by developing a digital platform for shared electric taxi services. Utilizing an innovative app, the company facilitates a seamless connection between electric taxi drivers and users, including private individuals and businesses. Maxi Mobility is committed to sustainability,transparency, and responsible operations, aiming to create measurable social value while achieving economic success.

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.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Italy, United States, United Kingdom

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.

MoffuLabs is a seeding and acceleration investment fund focused on technology startups.

Investment focus

Human Resources, Information Technology, E-Commerce
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Italy, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Restworld — Restworld propone solo offerte di lavoro selezionate e permette ai datori di risparmiare il 90% del tempo nella selezione del personale. Scopri come funziona.
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.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Italy, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

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!
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.

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

Investment focus

Software, Medical, Health Care
Series A, Funding Round, Seed
Italy, United States, United Kingdom

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.

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.

Investment focus

Energy, Renewable Energy, Financial Services
Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Convertible Note
Italy, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Currenta — Industrial analytics for chemistry, life science, polymers. CURRENTA offers the full range of analytical services with competence and experience.
Ital Gas Storage — Ital Gas Storage is a gas storage company that offers storage services.
Recurrent Energy — As a leading provider of distributed solar power, Recurrent Energy is overcoming the barriers to widespread solar adoption, making renewable energy a practical choice for today's large scale energy users. They are a developer and owner of locally-sited solar power systems, selling clean electricity to their customers worldwide at competitiverates via a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) or Feed-in Tariffs (FiT). In return, their utility, commercial, and government customers achieve energy independence, predictable pricing, and enhanced sustainability.

The Cassa Depositi e Prestiti Group is the national promotional institution that has supported the Italian economy since 1850

Investment focus

Health Care, Manufacturing, CleanTech
Pre-Seed, Post-IPO Debt, Debt Financing
Italy, Spain

Portfolio highlights

BKN301 — Scopri tutti i servizi dedicati a privati, aziende ed esercenti. Accedi all'area riservata.
NextChem — NextChem is the green chemistry subsidiary of Maire Tecnimont, an Italian multinational company specializing in engineering, technology, and energy. NextChem focuses on the energy transition by developing and deploying innovative solutions for sustainable industrial processes. It aims to accelerate decarbonization and promote the circular economythrough advanced technologies.
TimeFlow — TimeFlow is a software that acts as a B2B marketplace dedicated to the technical and managerial consulting sector.

Venture Partner, Eurazeo InvestmentInternational Venture Capitalist, Business Angel and SVP with >20 years experience in >20 countries, with a successful track as VC, BA and Entrepreneur in a truly global environment. Fabio is a Venture Partner in Eurazeo Investment, following their acquisition of IDINVEST Partners, a leading Europeanprivate equity firm with >9B€ AUM, focusing on Venture Capital investments in Italy across sectors and in the Smart City sector (Energy, Cleantech, Eco-mobility) worldwide. Fabio is the Founder and CEO of growth Capital, the leading Italian investment banking focusing on advising innovative, fast-growing companies on fund raising and M&A. Fabio is also an active Business Angel, with a personal portfolio of more than 30 startups. a Member of the Investment Committee of Lazio Innova. Previously Fabio has been a Senior Advisor in the European Investment Fund (EIF), leading the joint efforts of EIF and Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) to establish TT Investment Funds in Italy to develop its ecosystem for Innovation. Before entering the Private Equity sector, Fabio has lead Soitec Solar Division sale after it has increased its revenues from ~2M€ to >40M€ and achieved the world record of PV Module Efficiency and Solar Cell Efficiency. He had earlier founded and lead RenEn Renewable Energy to a leading renewable energy consulting firm. Earlier Fabio has been in McKinsey, ENEL and Russell Reynolds. In ENEL, Fabio has been Head of Integration, Head of International Management, Head of HR and Organisation and member of the Board of various international companies. Fabio received his M.S. degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from M.I.T. and his M.B.A. from INSEAD. He is fluent in English, Italian, French and Spanish.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Retail, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
Italy, France, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Homepal — Homepal, a digital real estate agency, allows owners and buyers to make direct contact and independently organize visits to the house. It is also a site to buy, sell, and rent a house with the full support of a real estate agency, at low costs. The team of the Homepal RE real estate agency will then help in managing the negotiations and thecontracts.It was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Italy.
HiNelson — HiNelson an Italian-based online store for nautical accessories. HiNelson is the first nautical online store about high-level boating components. They select the best and successful brands in the nautical worldwide market, such as Veleria San Giorgio to guarantee maritime safety with their life jackets, moving through Polyform’s boat fenders foryacht protection, or the best anchoring and docking system by Lofrans’, Max Power and Quick and finishing with the most famous Plastimo’s compasses or and Bartomarine sail’s accessories.
Yobs — Record your interviews, accelerate candidate review, coach recruiters and build a fair and rigorous hiring process.

Cube is the investment office founded by Rancilio family

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Italy, Germany

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.

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.

Investment focus

Internet, Software, Financial Services
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Italy, United States, Malaysia

Portfolio highlights

Webidoo — Forniamo soluzioni all inclusive di digital marketing per le PMI: siti web, gestione social media, export digital pensati per il tuo settore.
Satispay — Satispay: l'app per i pagamenti di tutti i giorni. Scopri i servizi per pagare e risparmiare, gli strumenti per il Business e i prodotti Welfare per aziende.
SonoBee Ultrasound — Looking for a reliable ultrasound scan center in Malaysia? Our center offers a range of ultrasound services, from pregnancy scans to abdominal and pelvic scans. Our experienced professionals provide accurate and timely results. Contact us today to schedule your appointment

Club Digitale is an Italian startup accelerator focused on companies in the digital and technology sectors. It is the first club of private investors born with the aim of contributing to the growth of digital in Italy, providing the best startups in the area with the capital necessary for the development of the business. Club Digitale acquiresholdings in the capital of a selection of Startup companies that are completing a process of business acceleration at the partner incubators of the project.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Retail, Internet
Funding Round, Seed
Italy

Portfolio highlights

WeSchool — Unlock the transformative power of Education with WeSchool: we craft innovative programmes that connect teachers, students and partners.
WeSchool — We empower teachers and educators to transform schools, universities and professional development and impact the future of learning.
La Passione — High quality Italian Road and Urban cycling wear at fair prices. We use only the finest materials and sell direct to you with no middleman. Shop now!

R-301 Capital They are an independent technology venture capital firm. They invest in early stage busineses leveraging disruptive web and mobile technologies in a variety of sectors. As experienced tech entrepreneurs They combine expertise with cash to best support Their portfolio companies. They move quickly and decisevily in funding innovatorsThey believe in.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Delivery Service, Automotive
Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
Italy, France, Spain

Portfolio highlights

Carnovo — Carnovo is a Barcelona based start-up that is transforming the automotive purchase process by making it fast, transparent and convenient for both, car dealers and buyers. Their mission is simple, to put the car buying process upside down by placing customers in the center making them save time and money while offering them the best buyingexperience. Car dealers that partner with Carnovo sell more cars than they could in the showroom alone while reducing cost inefficiencies and increasing stock turnover. This means they can make great offers to Carnovo buyers!
Buzzoole — Buzzoole is an influencer marketing platform. It allows brands to integrate key influencers into their digital and social communications in a fully automated, transparent, and ROI-driven approach. Our technology analyses the online conversations of all registered users across each of their social media channels. Through a semantic model, Buzzooleis able to categorize conversations and to identify the topics that users are most influential in, according to its own algorithm. This allows brands to reach out to specific influencers in their niche market in a completely automated way.Buzzoole's business model is a CPP mode. Brands pay on the basis of posts generated by the influencers. This Cost-Per-Post model allows us to offer all sizes of solutions. From startups to top brands. Working with Buzzoole can save companies up to 70% compared with cooperating with external agencies, which is usually a lengthier, more complicated, and more expensive process.Buzzoole's proprietary algorithm solves the analysis and matching problem, and the transparent approach to campaigns means brands will always see how much they are spending, who is working on their campaign, and what their campaign ROI is.
Bergamotte — Founded in 2015, Bergamotte offers a delivery service of flowers and plants throughout France.

dPixel is a venture capital advisor and management consulting firm that finances early stage internet companies.

Investment focus

Financial Services, E-Commerce, Blockchain
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Italy, United States, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Intraverse — The evolution of acquisition, engagement and loyalty.
Lendit — Lendit is a credit-sharing platform where companies and professionals can lend and apply for liquidity in a simple, fast and tailor-made manner. Specifically, Lendit provides a web-based platform to match corporate loan requests with companies, professionals or institutional investors who want to lend liquidity. Lendit's objective is to makeaccess to credit inclusive and accessible to all 'fragile' micro enterprises and entrepreneurs to credit. In fact, Lendit's target is microcredit, with applications ranging from a minimum of EUR 1,000 to a maximum of EUR 50,000. To date, almost two million enterprises are unable to obtain the desired credit. Of these, the greatest difficulty encountered is with applications under 20,000€. Lendit is also structured and built to be not only a "simple' p2p lending platform, but also to be integrated with financial institutions (thanks to partnerships with banks and intermediaries) in order to so as to create an open, multi-platform system that allows users to use innovative p2p lending services directly from their home banking
Seed Venture — Seed Venture is a blockchain-based platform that decentralizes fundraising activities for startups and SMEs by providing liquidity matching between investors and startups.

Alberto Giusti - Partner @ Guanxi

Investment focus

Energy Efficiency, Internet of Things, Industrial Automation
Seed, Angel
Italy

Portfolio highlights

Alleantia — Alleantia, through converged industrial edge, transforms the way companies harness the power of data to improve industrial operations.

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.

Investment focus

Health Care, Biotechnology, Manufacturing
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
Italy, United Kingdom

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.

Paolo Barberis is the Founder at Nana Bianca.

Investment focus

Machine Learning, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Italy

Portfolio highlights

faire.ai — We enable banks and financial institutions to provide instant lending services leveraging open banking and Artificial Intelligence
Musixmatch — Musixmatch is the leading Music Data company aggregating rights for the world's largest catalog of lyrics. The company uses the power of lyrics to build unique dataset and machine learning algorithms based on NLP to empower music reccomandations, search, discovery . On top of this Musixmatch administrates more than 10,000 Music publishers andover 150 mln $ copyrights . Musixmatch has ensured worldwide agreement with top Music Publishers as Universal Publishing, Emi Publishing, Sony ATV, BMG, Warner Chappel, Kobalt Publishing, and +4000 trough Harry Fox Agency. Current clients list includes Apple Music, Google, Shazam, Amazon Music, Spotify, Facebook, VEVO, Saavn, MTV, etc
EPICODE — Epicode School is a online coding startup that offers professional training and coaching services.

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.

Investment focus

Health Care, Biotechnology, Software
Funding Round, Series A, Seed
Italy, United States, United Kingdom

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.

Fund for technological internet companies

Investment focus

Advertising, Software, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Russian Federation, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Abc Doc — Abc Doc is a web-based service that recognizes bureaucratic letters, provides a summary, and suggests next steps.
GuestReady — Premium Airbnb Management Service for your vacation rental. Maximise your revenues and become a Superhost with GuestReady's 5* property management service.
Vecna Robotics — Vecna Robotics is the leading autonomous mobile robot (AMR) company that provides logistics automation and workflow optimization solutions.

Creative Thinking Ventures is a micro-venture capital fund for very early-stage ventures, focusing on start-ups and innovative SMEs.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, SaaS, Tourism
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
Italy

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.

The Banca Sella Group boasts a history that is now more than a century old, followed by the common thread of the principles and values inspired directly by its founders. In this section we outline the Group profile and its main stages.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Italy, France, Germany

Portfolio highlights

MrCall — MrCall's AI-based telephone answering machines answer the phone like an operator and synchronize with your management systems
Tot — Meglio di un conto corrente aziendale: scopri Tot, il conto aziendale 100% online che semplifica la tua gestione amministrativa e contabile. Aprilo ora online.
Young Platform — Il crypto exchange italiano dove puoi acquistare e vendere Bitcoin e le migliori altcoin del mercato. Accumula criptovalute e costruisci il tuo futuro finanziario giorno dopo giorno.

TA Ventures is globally-minded and network-driven VC firm investing in early-stage tech startups in Europe and North America shaping the industries of tomorrow. Our ticket size starts from $100k up to $1M. We offer speed of execution, proactive support, and access to a broad international network. Drawing upon our network, we support our portfoliocompanies by proactively soliciting large, growth-minded co-investors in subsequent rounds. We utilize our industry knowledge and network to give portfolio companies and partner VCs access to the highly skilled and cost-effective R&D outsourcing teams in Central and Eastern Europe.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Internet
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Germany, India

Portfolio highlights

Giza — Giza changes this by using zero-knowledge cryptography to bring model inferencing on-chain, unlocking a new depth for smart contract design.
Utorg — Utorg is a fintech company that offers а modern on/off-ramp and web3 consumer infrastructure to deliver а top-notch user experience. The company is EU-based and holds a license for providing a virtual currency service, in particular exchanging a virtual currency against fiat currency, virtual currency wallet service, and exchanging virtualcurrency against a virtual currency.Utorg was founded in 2020 and is based in Tallinn, Estonia.
Cube3.ai — CUBE3.AI is a web3 security platform that provides real-time transaction protection for smart contracts, safeguarding against cyber exploits, fraud, and compliance risks.

Massimo Cioffi is an individual investor.

Investment focus

Recruiting, Online Portals, Human Resources
Seed, Pre-Seed
Italy

Portfolio highlights

Stepsconnect — Trova candidati delle Nuove Generazioni. Offriamo tools di AI per trovare rapidamente i migliori candidati sui Social Network e nei nuovi canali.

Emiliano Maria Cappuccitti is an individual investor.

Investment focus

Recruiting, Online Portals, Human Resources
Seed, Pre-Seed
Italy

Portfolio highlights

Stepsconnect — Trova candidati delle Nuove Generazioni. Offriamo tools di AI per trovare rapidamente i migliori candidati sui Social Network e nei nuovi canali.

European Technologies, Asian Horizons

Investment focus

AgTech, Hardware, Livestock
Funding Round
Italy

Portfolio highlights

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.

The innovative hub to invest in the most promisingand visionary startups in the sport industry.

Investment focus

Apps, Sports, Fitness
Seed, Convertible Note
Italy, Germany

Portfolio highlights

AWorld — AWorld is The Sustainability Platform and Mobile App chosen by the United Nations to support the ActNow Campaign.
Hoopers — Global basketball community platform connecting players, fans and enthusiasts through products, contents, experiences and NFTs.
PunchLab — Download PunchLab Choose among martial arts & combat sports workouts designed for boxing, MMA, karate and kickboxing training. Track any punching and kicking combination you throw at the punching bag USING ONLY YOUR PHONE! Follow audio workouts while you hit the punching bag or shadowbox.

RedSeed Ventures is a Venture Capital firm investing in Early Stage Companies and Scaleups, in Europe and more particularly in Italy.

Investment focus

Retail, Crowdsourcing, Information Technology
Seed, Series A
Italy, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Dianax — Milan-based Dianax was founded in 2013 starting from a group scientists led by Eugenio Iannone and Maurizio Moroni and by a few angel investors orchestrated by Gabriele Bavagnoli. Dianax mission is to develop and manufacture labs-on-chip aiming to trasform protein-based diagnostics and make it prompt, easy to use, inexpensive and reliableTheDianax novel technology is designed to make precise diagnostic results convenient, easily accessible, and affordable to patients and healthcare professionals, to empower them to effective prevention, ongoing accurate management and timely emergency treatment.The Dianax technology is the first ever application to diagnostics of a combination of microfluidic innovations and electrochemistry detection systems.Dianax was founded by Eugenio Iannone and his partners to pursue technical and market opportunities based on proprietary, independent research.
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.

Venture Capitalist, Investor, Internet entrepreneur, International Speaker and Book Author.+15 years of experience in AdTech & Digital Advertising : I love to start-up international digital business, scale it and make them grow till the exit.Co-founder of Ebuzzing (now Teads) from 0 to 100M$ Revenues in 4 YearsFounder of PromoDigital// Sold It After 2 Years for 4x RevenuesCo-Author of the book "Viral Video: Content is King Distribution is Queen" & Co-Author of the Book "Buzz Marketing nei Social Media" Partner at Ariadne CapitalPro Speaker at London Speaker Bureauhttp://mariafranzoni.com/business-management/4471-andrea-febbraio// I LOVE TO MENTOR AWESOME TEAMS //Speaker at Major Digital Advertising events: Royal Institution of Great Britain, IAB Forum Milan, iStrategy London, iStrategy Amsterdam, Cannes Lions Advertising Festival, Dmexco Cologne, Inspirational Festival Madrid.Advisor http://www.luissenlabs.com/ Angel Portfolio: AdEspresso, Chupamobile, Beintoo, FiloVenture Portfolio: Money Dashboard, Oxygen, Bit X , Quill, Taggstar, SoundOut, Made Television, Orson & Co , Bloomy Days, Norwood SystemSenior Lecturer at :SDA Bocconi, LUISS Business School, Business School Il Sole 24 Ore, IED, NaBA, Master IAB Università Cattolica, Gambero Rosso

Investment focus

Internet, Farming, Fitness
Seed
Italy

Portfolio highlights

Fitprime — Fitprime is an online platform that enables individuals to get unlimited access to a wide range of sport centers through a daily entrance or a monthly subscription. It was launched by Damiano Rossi, Matteo Musa, Musa Matteo, Laura Carpintieri, and Gianluca Mozzillo in February 2016 and is based in Rome, Italy.
FRUITSAPP — First bidirectional marketplace in the world, adapted to Fresh Produce Industry. Thanks to IA, we connect companies of Fruit&Veg sector.

Brahma AG is an investment Firm.

Investment focus

Jewelry, Handmade, E-Commerce
Series A, Series B, Convertible Note
Italy

Portfolio highlights

Artemest — Artimest serves as an online destination for timeless craft. You can meet Italy's finest craftsmen, explore their unique workshops, and find one-of-a-kind pieces. Artimest brings connoisseurs everywhere wonderful handmade products crafted by exceptional artisans in Italy.Artemest offers a unique shopping experience through curatededitorial content and exceptional videos. Its team includes international experienced professionals coming from luxury retail, e-commerce and editorial. Explore the varied worlds of home décor, jewelry and fine art as they change in character from region to region, and observe each artisan in his workshop as he describes his process and worldview.
Buzzoole — Buzzoole is an influencer marketing platform. It allows brands to integrate key influencers into their digital and social communications in a fully automated, transparent, and ROI-driven approach. Our technology analyses the online conversations of all registered users across each of their social media channels. Through a semantic model, Buzzooleis able to categorize conversations and to identify the topics that users are most influential in, according to its own algorithm. This allows brands to reach out to specific influencers in their niche market in a completely automated way.Buzzoole's business model is a CPP mode. Brands pay on the basis of posts generated by the influencers. This Cost-Per-Post model allows us to offer all sizes of solutions. From startups to top brands. Working with Buzzoole can save companies up to 70% compared with cooperating with external agencies, which is usually a lengthier, more complicated, and more expensive process.Buzzoole's proprietary algorithm solves the analysis and matching problem, and the transparent approach to campaigns means brands will always see how much they are spending, who is working on their campaign, and what their campaign ROI is.

We are a Venture & Innovation Platform Advancing the Food & Agriculture Industries We work with leading corporations, startups, universities, and growers to solve the biggest challenges facing the food and agriculture industries.

Investment focus

AgTech, Agriculture, Farming
Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
United States, Canada, Ireland

Portfolio highlights

scoutlabs — We're building the world's densest digital trap network to accurately gauge insect pest pressure. This helps millions of farmers in precisely combating crop-eating insects, accelerating a transition to more sustainable methods. Good for the farmer, the environment and for our food security
Verdi Expeditions — Verdi is building the world's first truly scalable platform for farm automation. We work with the world's largest food brands to grow better and more sustainable crops.
Heritable Agriculture — Making plants programmable

TIP is an investment-merchant bank focused on medium-sized Italian companies.

Investment focus

Pharmaceutical, Fashion, E-Commerce
Funding Round, Series A, Series B
Italy, France

Portfolio highlights

Limonta — Limonta | 1893 is a group focuses on passion, creativity and innovation, with skills in the clothing, leather goods, footwear, furnishings, sports and automotive sectors.
Apoteca Natura — Apoteca Natura is a pharmaceutical company that develops and innovates medicines that helps in treatment and prevention of diseases.
Bending Spoons — We own and operate leading digital products, including Evernote, komoot, Meetup, Remini, and WeTransfer. And we develop the technology to power them.

Nico Rosberg is a sustainability entrepreneur, investor and 2016 Formula One World Champion.

Investment focus

Logistics, Information Technology, Manufacturing
Seed, Funding Round, Angel
Germany, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Fyxer — Save 1 hour every day with an AI assistant. Fyxer AI organizes your inbox, drafts extraordinary emails and writes better-than-human meeting notes.
SECJUR — Secjur provides a platform for automated compliance using AI. The startup's technology streamlines procedures in the Digital Compliance Office for areas including data security, anti-money laundering, and whistleblowing.
Infinite Machine — Infinite Machine is to create the world's most captivating non-auto vehicles. Infinite Machine initial product, the P1, is a revolutionary new personal electric vehicle that combines innovative performance and usefulness with an industrial-style look. In Infinite Machine's ideal post-car future, environment and people coexist together.

Graduated in Nuclear Engineering at Politecnico di Milano University in 1980, he hold several managerial positions during the Eighties: he was Safety Analyst at the nuclear power plants of NIRA Ansaldo (1981-1982), he worked as a manager at SAE SADELMI (company belonging to the General Electric network), in Italy and in foreign countries suchasUS, Egypt and Saudi Arabia (1982-1987).In 1987 he moved to ABB and in 1993 he was Operations Manager at SOIMI. He later was appointed CEO at ABB Combustion Engineering Italy in 1997, while between 1998 and 2000 he worked as senior vice president of global sales and turnkey plants in the gas turbine division.In 2000 Francesco Starace joined Enel, appointed Energy Management of Enel Produzione, becoming Head of Business Power Division for the three-year period between 2002 and 2005. In that same year, he became Enel Italian Market Division Director.He later was in charge of the Renewable Energy Division of Enel and CEO of Enel Green Power (2008-2014).From 2014 to 2023, Francesco Starace worked as General Manger as well as CEO of Enel and the year after became part of the United Nations Global Compact.Honoured with several prizes, he received in 2010 Agici and Accenture’s the "Manager Utilities Prize 2010", in 2011 the "Chess and business strategies" prize, in 2013 Fondazione Energia’s "Sustainable Energy Prize 2013" and finally in 2016 he received Staffetta Quotidiana’s “Man of The Year” award.

Investment focus

Automotive, Smart Home, Cloud Computing
Seed, Angel
Italy

Portfolio highlights

Atooma — Resonance AI is a key enabler to new generations of smart devices designed to:Listen to people's behavior across apps and devicesAct accordingly with the desired action in the right moment for a magic experienceAnalyze the patterns and get the most out of themIt provides a framework for cross-device interactions to brands and devicemanufacturers that needs their products to make the best of the Internet of Things layer potential. Most of the existing solutions for the Internet of Things provide strictly verticalized use cases, building ecosystems basically blind to any horizontal cross-device interaction. On the other hand, Atooma team is developing different SDKs for each of the main fragmented sectors of the IoT market, such as: automotive, home automation, wearables, and mobile devices. Also, as last step of integration within the platform, Atooma has developed a “suggestion engine” that makes use of the big data coming from user’s behavior monitoring, pro-actively suggesting them coherent and contextual use cases fitting their lifestyle, based on how they used the context-aware device.“Context awareness is not just a buzz word, we are building the fast track for the full participation in the contextual era for the internet of things players.” - Fabrizio Cialdea, CEO of Atooma

Innovators in nutrition, health, and beauty. Together, we bring progress to life by combining the essential, the desirable, and the sustainable.

Investment focus

AgTech, Hardware, Livestock
Funding Round
Italy

Portfolio highlights

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.

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.

Investment focus

Mobile, Internet, Robotics
Seed, Funding Round
Italy

Portfolio highlights

Octostar — Octostar objective is to empower investigators by offering the advanced and adaptable intelligence platform.
DataKrypto — The Cloud Encryption Company DataKrypto -
TrueScreen — Certify photo, video, screenshot, document and audio recording with legal value. Prevent fraud and disputes obtaining indisputable evidences

Giovanni Gardelli is the Senior Director at Verizon Media.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Fashion, Software
Seed, Angel, Funding Round
United States, Italy, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

HiNelson — HiNelson an Italian-based online store for nautical accessories. HiNelson is the first nautical online store about high-level boating components. They select the best and successful brands in the nautical worldwide market, such as Veleria San Giorgio to guarantee maritime safety with their life jackets, moving through Polyform’s boat fenders foryacht protection, or the best anchoring and docking system by Lofrans’, Max Power and Quick and finishing with the most famous Plastimo’s compasses or and Bartomarine sail’s accessories.
Promoted.ai — Sort search and promote the best listing at the top to increase revenue. Designed for top engineering teams at scaled online marketplace e-commerce companies.
Growth Kitchen — Growth Kitchen provides a network of delivery-optimized kitchens coupled with food delivery solutions and support.

Luigi Bajetti is the managing partner and founder of Lombardstreet Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm in Menlo Park, California.Luigi is a serial entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience in the tech and internet industries, with a wealth of knowledge and expertise in building and scaling startups.As a full-time investor since2013, he has been leveraging his experience and insights to identify and support the next generation of Silicon Valley founders. With a passion for backing game-changing technologies and a talent for spotting emerging trends, Luigi has a proven track record of success in identifying groundbreaking startups. He has invested almost always at the earliest possible stage of seed in 20+ US startups valued at over $30 billion combined, including 8 that have since become unicorns.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Apps
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, Italy, Luxembourg

Portfolio highlights

Cardenxe Sotol — Artisanal Small Batch 100% Sotol Spirit Cardenxe Sotol is a terroir-inspired premium craft spirit, distilled from the heart of the Dasylirion plant, in North of Mexico - where it holds a Denomination of Origin. Every label (Desierto and Sierra) honors a different environment in which the plants used to distill grew.
Terraformation — Terraformation creates partnerships to scale reforestation with hardware, software, and knowledge based solutions.
Rebellyous Foods — Rebellyous Foods makes crispy, juicy, 100% plant-based nuggets. Your guests will love the taste. Your team will love the simplicity. Get Rebellyous with us!

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