# Top 50 Marketplace Angel Investors in Italy in June 2026

## Giovanni Gardelli
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: E-Commerce, Fashion, Software

Giovanni Gardelli is the Senior Director at Verizon Media.

## Fabio Mondini de Focatiis
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
- Focus: E-Commerce, Retail, Information Technology

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.

## Andrea Dusi
- Type: Angel
- Location: Verona, Veneto, Italy
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, CleanTech

Entrepreneur and investor.
After working in management consulting, in 2006 he created Wish Days, known above all for the Emozione3 gift boxes. In April 2016, he sold the company to the Smartbox group with a millionaire exit. In 2017, together with Cristina Pozzi, already a partner in Wish Days he founded Impactscool.He is advisor of dozens oftechnological initiatives and business angels in 150+ startups focusing on clean tech.He is the author of the book “Come far fallire una startup ed essere fellici” – How to make a startup fail and be happy, published by Bompiani, Bestseller in 2018.

## Maurizio Donadelli
- Type: Angel
- Location: Altino, Veneto, Italy
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Analytics, Retail, Travel

Maurizio Donadelli

## Alberto Birolini
- Type: Angel
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Shoes, Retail, Fashion

Alberto Birolini

## Raffaele Terrone
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance

Raffaele Terrone currently works as Chief Financial Officer at Scalapay. He previously worked at ICAMAP as an Investment Director.

## Jacopo Paoletti
- Type: Angel
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Equity Crowdfunding, Seed
- Focus: Apps, SaaS, Mobile

Digital Marketer, Serial Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, Startup Advisor.

## Enrico Pandian
- Type: Angel
- Location: Milano, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: E-Commerce, SaaS, FinTech

Enrico Pandian is the Co-Founder and CEO of StartupGym and the Founder of FrescoFrigo. He previously worked at Checkout Technologies as a Co-Founder and President of the Board. Enrico Pandian attended the University of Verona.

## Euan Lonmon
- Type: Angel
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Angel, Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, B2C, Retail

Long years at the helm of transport and tourism companies, (Corsica Ferries, Nouvelles Frontiéres Reseau, Stradeblu) Deep insight in european cultures and languages, have found interest and pleasure in founding, mentoring and sponsoring start-up businesses in very diverse fields.Chairman of Restopolis , sold to La Fourchette, Tripadvisor inoctober 2014, Investor in Wineverse and Checkbonus, founder of THE GIRA, travel and communication, Founder of Proteam, CEO of Pneusmart BV.

## Riccardo Schiavotto
- Type: Angel
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Mobile, E-Commerce, Advertising

Riccardo holds a master degree - cum laude - in Management Engineering from University of Padova and an MBA from Colleges des Ingenieurs. He joined Rocket Internet after his MBA, working on the launch of some of the biggest e-commerces in South East Asia, like Lazada (recently sold to Alibaba). He’s passionate about developing new ideas andcreating new companies, with a strong hands-on approach to problem solving, processes and strategy. He created the algorithms that allows Lanieri to achieve a perfect fit for its customer more than 90% of the times.

## Giulio Xiloyannis
- Type: Angel
- Location: Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Gaming, Online Games, Apps

Giulio Xiloyannis is the Chief Commercial Officer of ZALORA, the largest online fashion retailer in SEA. Prior to ZALORA, he worked across a number of Rocket Internet Founded Venture in Italy, J.P Morgan and Rabobank. Giulio is an investor and Founding Investor for Omnilytics and an adviser for Musa, Taskomat and Edgar (Italy based ventures).Giulio as a pro-bono advisor for Florence based incubator Nana Bianca and Singapore based Antler as well as having collaborated with the Malaysian state sponsored incubator Magic.

## Marco Porcaro
- Type: Angel
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Mobile, E-Commerce, Advertising

Marco Porcaro - CEO & Founder @ Cortilia

## Fabio Zecchini
- Type: Angel
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Pet, Retail

Fabio Zecchini is based out of Milano, and is the Founder of Weebora. Fabio previously worked at Musement as a Founder, CTO, and CPO. Fabio Zecchini attended the University of Padua.

## Ciro Immobile
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Art, Fashion, Internet

Ciro Immobile

## Luca Ferrante Carrante
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Shoes, Retail, Travel

Luca Ferrante Carrante - Associate Director, Investments @ The Olayan Group

## Family, Friends & Angels
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: SaaS, Software, E-Commerce

Family, Friends & Angels

## Pascal Houillon
- Type: Angel
- Location: Orange, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: B2B, SaaS, E-Commerce

Pascal HOUILLON is the CEO at Cegid Group. Pascal attended Paris-Sud University.

## Marco Di Pietro
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Advertising, Marketing Automation, SaaS

Marco Di Pietro former director of Yoox.

## Gianluca Cocco
- Type: Angel
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce, Mobile

Gianluca achieved two successful exits before founding his new fintech. The first exit occurred in 2018 in Italy when he served as the MD of the Italian branch of Delivery Hero. The second exit happened in 2022 in Spain when he sold Factory14, of which he was a co-founder. From 2011, he spent four years as one of the early managers at Amazon Italy,following the start of his career in strategic consulting at Roland Berger. He is angel investing in Fintech, SaaS and AI at pre-seed stage.

## Luca Foresti
- Type: Angel
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Retail, Nutrition

Luca Foresti is the CEO at Santagostino. Luca Foresti attended The University of Pisa.

## Francesco Zaccariello
- Type: Angel
- Location: Napoli, Campania, Italy
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: CRM, SaaS, Mobile

Francesco Zaccariello founder of eFarma.

## Stiven Muccioli
- Type: Angel
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Banking

Tech Entrepreneur and investor. The Financial Technology Report awarded him as one of the Top 25 CTOs of the world in the FinTech industry and he was selected as one of the Top 150 FinTech Leaders and Influencers in Italy. Founder and CEO of the Banking-as-a-Service startup BKN301 and founder of the VC firm SM Capital.Founder of Ventis, Fintechcompany sold to Iccrea Banca Group and co-founder of the multi-awarded SportTech startup Golee and the sustainable fashion startup KNIIT Milano. He founded Libertas, the first widely used news App in the Republic of San Marino and founded and later sold the e-commerce company Tippest. Early investor in SpaceX and Palantir (NYSE: PLTR) and Angel Investor of the Founder Institute of San Francisco, the world's largest pre-seed startup accelerator, based in Silicon Valley, through which he invested in startups like Realty Mogul, Andalin and MallIQ.

## Matteo de Brabant
- Type: Angel
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: News, Beauty, EdTech

Matteo de Brabant is Founder and Chairman at Jakala Group. He is the CEO of the company since 2000.

## Stefano Lisi
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Communities, Social Impact, Sustainability

Stefano Lisi

## Eberhard Schmidt
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Retail, Sales Automation, Internet of Things

Eberhard Schmidt

## Maurizio di Robilant
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Wine And Spirits

Maurizio di Robilant is the president and founder of RobilantAssociati.n He led the company since 1984.

## Nabil Marco
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Retail, Nutrition, E-Commerce

Nabil Marco

## Angelo Moratti
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: iOS, Beauty, Mobile

Angelo Moratti studied at Columbia University in New York City. He is currently Vice-Chairman of Saras SpA, the largest refinery company in the Mediterranean.
He is Vice-Chairman and member of the Executive Committee of Special Olympics International.
Founder and former Chairman of Sarlux - a company that built and managed an electrical powerstation with capacity of 550 MW (1996/2002).
He was member of the Board of Inter Milan Football Club from 1995 to 2013 and Board Member of Olimpia Milano basketball club sponsored by Armani Jeans (2003/2008).
He was Chairman of Associazione Dino Ferrari, which focuses on research for neurological diseases (2000/2005).
He has been involved in Venture Capital investing since 1996, when he founded telecom company ePlanet which went public in 2000.

## Gianni Tagliapietra
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Retail, Sales Automation, Internet of Things

Gianni Tagliapietra

## Silvestro Russo
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Retail, Sales Automation, Internet of Things

Silvestro Russo

## Marco Pescarmona
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Travel, Finance, Internet

Mr. Pescarmona graduated cum laude with a degree in electrical engineering from the Turin Polytechnic Institute in 1993, and holds a second degree in information sciences from the University of Turin, from which he graduated cum laude in 1996. He also earned in 1998 an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Heworked as a consultant in the Milan office of McKinsey & Company, focusing on the insurance and banking industries. Formerly he worked in the Fixed Income Derivatives desk of Morgan Stanley in London. In 2000, Mr. Pescarmona founded Gruppo MutuiOnline together with Alessandro Fracassi, and is currently Chairman of the Board, as well as CEO of the Broking Division. Gruppo MutuiOnline was listed on the Italian Stock Exchange on 6 June 2007.

## Andrea Tonti
- Type: Angel
- Location: Ancona, Marche, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Fashion, Women's, Shopping

Passato professionista nel 1999, ho negli anni vestito le divise di Cantina Tollo, Saeco, Lampre, Acqua & Sapone, Quick Step, Fuji e Carmiooro. In carriera ho ottenuto tre vittorie, il Gran Premio Fred Mengoni, una tappa dell'Euskal Bizikleta in Spagna e il Trittico Lombardo, tutte nel 2006; come gregario ho invece contribuito ai successial Giro d'Italia di Gilberto Simoni nel 2003 e di Damiano Cunego nel 2004.
Sono stato per quattro anni convocato dalla nazionale italiana ai Campionati del Mondo (in un'occasione riserva), contribuendo ai successi in linea di Paolo Bettini nel 2007 a Stoccarda e di Alessandro Ballan nel 2008 a Varese. Annuncio il ritiro dall'attività agonistica nel gennaio 2011, rimango comunque nel mondo del ciclismo come Sport Manager del team UCI Continental D'Angelo & Antenucci-Nippo. Nel 2012 e 2013 ricopro la figura di Team Manager nel Team Nippo-De Rosa vincendo due Giri del Giappone, il giro di Malesia e conquistando oltre 40 gare in due anni, portando così il Team ad essere una delle formazioni di maggiore interesse nel mondo Asiatico.
Parallelamente dal 2011 inizio una nuova esperienza personale come co-founder & events manager di "Bike Division Tour Operator" specializzato esclusivamente in viaggi alle più importanti Granfondo nazionali ed internazionali e in viaggi per Cicloturisti con oltre 40 destinazioni a livello mondiale.
Grazie il mio Know How ed alla trentennale presenza/esperienza nel mondo del ciclismo e sportivo in genere sono stato avvicinato da diverse ed importanti aziende Leader nei loro mercati che mi hanno coinvolto in progetti di consulenza commerciale e marketing, legati sia al mondo ciclistico e cicloturistico in genere, ottenendo sin da subito ottimo riscontro professionale.

## Claudio Bellinzona
- Type: Angel
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Pet, Wellness, E-Commerce

Digital media expert. Claudio is the co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Musement. He has previously worked in the digital TV business and co-founded a publishing and a well-known restaurants guide. Adjunct Professor in Digital Innovation at www.unipv.it - Faculty of Communication Innovation and Multimedia.

## Andrea Francioni
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Winery, E-Commerce, Manufacturing

Andrea Francioni

## Loris Lanzellotti
- Type: Angel
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: SaaS, Retail, FinTech

Loris Lanzellotti is the cofounder of Boost Heroes attended London Business School.

## Claudio Di Zanni
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Food Delivery, Online Portals

Claudio Di Zanni

## Alberto Grignolo
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Fashion, Women's, Shopping

Alberto Grignolo - COO @ Yoox Net-a-Porter Group

## Andrea Pederzolli
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Retail, Shopping, E-Commerce

Andrea Pederzolli - Director @ Mangustarisk

## Luca Artoni
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Communities, Social Impact, Sustainability

Luca Artoni

## Rosario Didonna
- Type: Angel
- Location: Foggia, Puglia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Food Delivery, Online Portals

Rosario Didonna - Consultant @ Foodscovery

## Giorgio Chiellini
- Type: Angel
- Location: Turin, Piemonte, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B
- Focus: Internet, Gamification, Social Impact

Giorgio Chiellini

## Mario Mariani
- Type: Angel
- Location: Cagliari, Sardegna, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Apps, SaaS, Mobile

Mario Mariani - Partner @ United Ventures

## Marco Marianelli
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Wholesale, Food Delivery, Food and Beverage

Marco Marianelli

## Filippo Mottolese
- Type: Angel
- Location: Monza, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Wholesale, Food Delivery, Food and Beverage

Filippo Mottolese

## Andrea Galassi
- Type: Angel
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Equity Crowdfunding
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Software, CleanTech

Andrea Galassi is the CFO at Miscusi.

## Lucia Predolin
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Events, Wedding, Logistics

Lucia Predolin - Global Business Development Executive @ Lightstreamer Srl

## Andrea Febbraio
- Type: Angel
- Location: Rome, Lazio, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Internet, Farming, Fitness

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

## Avishai Abrahami
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Apps

Avishai Abrahami is our Co-Founder, has served as our Chief Executive Officer since September 2010 and was our Co-Chief Executive Officer and a director since October 2006. From 2004 to 2006, Avishai was the Vice President of Strategic Alliances at Arel Communications & Software Ltd., a private Israeli company specializing in communicationtechnology. In 1998 he co-founded Sphera Corporation, a private company which develops software for managing data centers, and he served as its Chief Technology Officer from 1998 until 2000 and its Vice President of Product Marketing from 2000 until 2003. In 1993, he co-founded AIT Ltd., a private Israeli software company, and served as its Chief Technology Officer until the company's sale in 1997. Avishai served in the Israeli Defense Forces' elite computer intelligence unit from 1990 until 1992.

## Stefano Saccardi
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Wine And Spirits

Stefano Saccardi is managing director at Gruppo Campari. He is also a board member of the company.

## Anna Siccardi
- Type: Angel
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Retail

Anna Siccardi - Advisor & Investor @ GrowishPay

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