# Top 50 Machine Learning Startup Investors in Italy in June 2026 ## CDP Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Rome, Lazio, Italy - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care 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. ## United Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, FinTech We are an independent Venture Capitalfirm supporting visionary entrepreneurs toreinvent industries through technology. ## Paolo Barberis - Type: Angel - Location: Firenze, Toscana, Italy - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Machine Learning, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence Paolo Barberis is the Founder at Nana Bianca. ## Primo Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Aerospace, Information Technology 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. ## P101 - Type: VC Fund - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology 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 ## UniCredit - Type: VC Fund - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Seed - Focus: Manufacturing, Energy, Renewable Energy UniCredit is a pan-European commercial bank offering unique banking services in Italy, Germany, Central and Eastern Europe. ## CRiF - Type: VC Fund - Location: Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Blockchain CRIF offers credit bureau services, business information, analytics and decisioning, consultancy to support finance, insurance, utility and service companies of the customer relationship cycle. ## LIFTT - Type: VC Fund - Location: Turin, Piemonte, Italy - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Manufacturing A not-only-profit operating investment company, eager to create a bridge between innovative ideas, territory and capital. ## Club Italia Investimenti 2 - Type: VC Fund - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Mobile Club Italia Investimenti is a Milan-based venture capital firm that assists startups in raising seed capital. ## Geminea - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 2 - Focus: Banking, FinTech, Finance Geminea assists entrepreneurs and businesses that want to grow and change the world by developing Artificial Intelligence. ## Vertis - Type: VC Fund - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Computer, E-Commerce 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. ## NovaCapital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Milano, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology NovaCapital invests in the union between entrepreneurs and innovation. It offers international and managerial experience, to transform innovative start-ups and already established companies into structured companies, with managerial skills and an international network. ## Wolsey Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Genoa, Liguria, Italy - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Health Care, Legal, Fashion We lead, co-lead and at times just partecipate and invest anywhere in all pre-venture and series A rounds, helping organizations become enduring businesses.Yet entrepreneurs and investors aspire to learn from each other and remain inspired.Our mission at Wolsey Ventures consists in technology startups.We believe adoption of smart, digital andhigh technologies will continue to rise in 2016 and beyond,to meet demands from consumers and pressure from the competition to perform and adapt.This demand creates many opportunities for fast-growing companies to start up and reach a global scale. ## Fresco Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Education, SaaS Investing at the intersection of people and technology. ## Francesco Beraldi - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Machine Learning, SaaS, EdTech Francesco Beraldi ## ING Group - Type: VC Fund - Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt - Focus: Energy, Renewable Energy, Solar Corporate site of ING, a global financial institution of Dutch origin, providing news, investor relations and general information ## Metes - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 2 - Focus: Banking, FinTech, Finance Metes operate as an investment firm. ## Invitalia - Type: VC Fund - Location: Roma, Lazio, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Grant, Debt Financing, Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Travel 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. ## Nina Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, Software We deploy early stage capital to fuel the growth of need-driven health technology companies. ## Padda Health - Type: VC Fund - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Medical, Health Care, Biotechnology Siamo partner di private equity con una struttura family office. Selezioniamo start-up tech-driven con idee innovative e voglia di emergere. ## Vento - Type: VC Fund - Location: Torino, Piemonte, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS We want to empower the next generation of exceptional Italian founders by investing in and building new companies. ## QBerg - Type: VC Fund - Location: Garbagnate Milanese, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 QBerg is a market research company that provides innovative price intelligence and strategic consulting services for companies. ## Deep Ocean Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Rome, Lazio, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Manufacturing, Semiconductor, Nanotechnology Deep Ocean Capital is an independent management company that specializes in early-stage investments in deep technologies. Through its fund, Deep Blue Ventures, the firm focuses on sectors such as aerospace, healthcare, and sustainability and aims to support innovative companies from product-market fit to scaling across international markets. ## Mana Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence Mana Ventures is a San Francisco based VC firm that invests in early stage technology companies and consumer brands. ## The Techshop - Type: VC Fund - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services The Techshop is a venture capital and private equity firm that invests in B2B digital startups. ## Pitchdrive - Type: VC Fund - Location: Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence Pitchdrive is a pre-seed investor run by experienced tech entrepreneurs backing founders during their crazy startup ride. Buckle up. ## Marco Di Pietro - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Advertising, Marketing Automation, SaaS Marco Di Pietro former director of Yoox. ## Lorenzo Lato - Type: Angel - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, Software, Analytics Lorenzo Lato ## Climate-KIC - Type: VC Fund - Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed - Focus: Sustainability, CleanTech, Energy EIT Climate-KIC is a European knowledge and innovation community, working to accelerate the transition to a zero-carbon economy.Supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, we identify and support innovation that helps society mitigate and adapt to climate change. They believe that a decarbonised, sustainable economy is notonly necessary to prevent catastrophic climate change, but presents a wealth of opportunities for business and society. ## Italian Founders Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Milano, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, SaaS, Software Unlocking Italy's Next Founders ## Gianmario Tondato Da Ruos - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, Software, Industrial Gianmario Tondato Da Ruos ## Webranking - Type: VC Fund - Location: Correggio, Emilia-Romagna, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, Software, Analytics Webranking is one of the largest independent digital marketing agencies in Europe, headquartered in Italy. By joining marketing, technology and creativity it has been able to reach peak performances and results for many International clients like Armani, J&J, Prada, Allianz, Ikea and many more. Webranking is certified by Google both as GMPSales Partner (full-stack on the several technologies and services) and Cloud Partner. 4 offices in Italy, 200+ consultants, among the 50 best workplaces in Europe according to Great Place To Work and featured by Financial Times in the FT1000 as one of the fastest growing companies in Europe in the last four years. ## Edoardo Alessandri - Type: Angel - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence Edoardo Alessandri ## Matteo Fago - Type: Angel - Location: Rome, Lazio, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: Travel, Farming, Big Data Matteo Fago ## Exor Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology Exor Ventures is the venture capital arm of Exor, one of Europe's largest diversified holding companies. Exor Ventures focuses on early and growth-stage investments in technology-driven companies across various sectors, including digital services, fintech, cybersecurity, and mobility. Exor Ventures leverages its strategic insights and globalnetwork to identify promising startups with disruptive potential and supports them through funding, mentorship, and access to its extensive resources. EXOR Seeds offers a truly different type of partnership to the select group of entrepreneurs that it backs:- As a fifth-generation family-led business, we proved that we are builders not traders;- Our permanent capital allows us to take a long-term view and put the interest of the companies We invest in first;- Our global network, across industries and geographies, is a unique advantage to entrepreneurs ## Wylab - Type: VC Fund - Location: Chiavari, Liguria, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Sports, Fantasy Sports, Machine Learning Wylab is the first Sports Tech Incubator in Italy offering early stage startups a support program that will help them develop great products and services, as well as a thriving work space for young professionals and small businesses. They created a space where Startups can interact among them and with clubs, federations, agents, sports associationsof various kinds. Wylab is a place where it is possible to communicate with Universities, Industries and the Financial world. As a 100% private incubator, Wylab is able to manage a light and performing environment that allows Startups to grow up and expand their businesses quickly. ## Italian Angels for Growth - Type: VC Fund - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Health Care 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. ## Intesa Sanpaolo - Type: VC Fund - Location: Torino, Piemonte, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Convertible Note - Focus: Energy, Financial Services, Renewable Energy 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. ## Paolo Basilico - Type: Angel - Location: Milan, Michigan, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Apps, Music, Music Streaming Paolo Basilico is the Product Manager at SIA-SSB. ## Jan Sprengnetter - Type: Angel - Location: Bad Neuenahr-ahrweiler, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: FinTech, Leasing, Software Jan Sprengnetter is the CEO of Sprengnetter. Jan Sprengnetter attended the University of Trier. ## Lorenzo Lamberti Sagliano - Type: Angel - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: EdTech, FinTech, Machine Learning Lorenzo Lamberti Sagliano ## Open Venture - Type: VC Fund - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: AgTech, Software, Geospatial Open Venture’s objective is to accompany early stage B2B start-ups with a high innovation content on their growth path. Its goal is to generate a positive impact on society, the economy and the environment. ## Fondazione Golinelli - Type: VC Fund - Location: Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, AgTech Fondazione Golinelli was born in Bologna in 1988 by the will of the entrepreneur and philanthropist Marino Golinelli with the aim to promote education and training, to promote the culture, to foster intellectual growth and ethics of young people, the citizens of tomorrow. ## EIT Health - Type: VC Fund - Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Grant, Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Health Care, Medical Device, Medical EIT Health is a network of best-in-class health innovators backed by the EU. We deliver solutions to enable European citizens to live longer, healthier lives. ## Alessandro Rimassa - Type: Angel - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, Software, Industrial Author of "It's easy to change Italy, if you know how to do it" and "Thousand Euro Generation", director of the school of management and communication of IED. ## Umberto Paolucci - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence Umberto Paolucci ## Vertis Venture 3 Tech Transfer - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Social, Hardware, Software Vertis is a dynamic and independent investment management company authorised by Bank of Italy. ## Torret Road Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Mahón, Islas Baleares, Spain - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: SaaS, Mobile, Tourism We back serial entrepreneurs with seed investment ## Doorway Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Marketplace, Food and Beverage Doorway Capital is an independent provider of risk capital to law firms. It offers facilities of between £50,000 and £20 million to firms authorized by the SRA to practice law in England and Wales. These facilities can be used to fund disbursements, acquisitions, lock-up, tax liabilities, or anything else. It also purchases paid disbursements fromlaw firms for up to 80% of their face value. These means capital earning little or no return can be redeployed into more profitable activities of the firm or returned to its partners.Doorway Capital was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in London, England. ## Treuenburg Group - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: FinTech, Personal Finance, Financial Services Treuenburg Group is a Company