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Top 50 Media (Entertainment) Startup Investors in Italy (June 2026)

The most active venture capital funds and angel investors investing in Italy Media (entertainment) startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Italy Media (entertainment) startup companies. Find investors to raise a Pre-Seed, Seed or Series A round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Club Italia Investimenti 2
VC Fund
12 Italy, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed E-Commerce, Software, Mobile
CDP Venture Capital
VC Fund
10 Italy, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, Health Care $494k–$17M
P101
VC Fund
10 Italy, Spain, United States Seed, Series A Software, E-Commerce, Mobile
Innogest Capital
VC Fund
7 Italy, United States, Spain Series A, Series B Health Care, Medical, Medical Device $1.1M–$29M
United Ventures
VC Fund
7 Italy, United States, United Kingdom Series A, Seed Software, FinTech, Information Technology
Vertis
VC Fund
6 Italy, United States Seed, Series A Software, E-Commerce, Computer
Intesa Sanpaolo
VC Fund
6 Italy, United Kingdom, United States Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Convertible Note Energy, Financial Services, Renewable Energy $299k–$2.5B
Principia SGR
VC Fund
5 Italy, United States, United Kingdom Series A, Seed Health Care, Biotechnology, Software $329k–$7.7M
Pi Campus
VC Fund
5 Italy, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed Software, Mobile, Biotechnology $100k–$6.4M
Italian Angels for Growth
VC Fund
4 Italy, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Angel, Series A Software, E-Commerce, Health Care
VAM Investments
VC Fund
4 Italy Private Equity, Seed Fashion, Music, Dental
Rancilio Cube
VC Fund
4 United States, Italy, Germany Seed, Series A, Series B E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services
PranaVentures
VC Fund
3 Italy, India Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A SaaS, Tourism, Internet $329k–$16M
Paolo Barberis
Angel
3 Italy Seed, Series A Machine Learning, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence
Creative Thinking Ventures
VC Fund
3 Italy Seed, Pre-Seed E-Commerce, SaaS, Tourism $27k–$166k
Fondazione Social Venture Giordano dell'Amore
VC Fund
3 Italy Seed, Pre-Seed Food and Beverage, Artificial Intelligence, Media and Entertainment $189k–$549k
Club degli Investitori
VC Fund
3 Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom Seed, Series A Health Care, E-Commerce, Information Technology $197k–$19M
Impulse VC
VC Fund
3 Russian Federation, United States, Germany Seed, Series A Advertising, Software, E-Commerce
360 Capital
VC Fund
3 France, Italy, United States Seed, Series A Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology $1.1M–$22M
Atlante Ventures
VC Fund
3 Italy, United States, Israel Seed, Series A Software, Biotechnology, Hardware $150k–$3.5M
Tamburi Investment Partners
VC Fund
3 Italy, France Series A, Series B Pharmaceutical, Fashion, E-Commerce
3LB Seed Capital Srl
VC Fund
2 Italy, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology $71k–$2.5M
40Jemz Ventures
VC Fund
2 Italy Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Artificial Intelligence, Computer, Software $338k–$6.2M
Massimiliano Magrini
Angel
2 Italy, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Series B Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence $274k–$16M
Rosario Bifulco
Angel
2 Italy Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Art, Medical, Blockchain
R-301 Capital
VC Fund
2 Italy, France, Spain Seed, Series A, Convertible Note E-Commerce, Delivery Service, Travel $60k–$6.9M
UniCredit
VC Fund
2 Italy, Germany, Spain Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt Manufacturing, Renewable Energy, Energy $521k–$1.4B
Fernando Diana
Angel
2 Italy Seed, Series A News, Local, Fitness $219k–$265k
Equiter
VC Fund
2 Italy Seed, Series B Medical, Health Care, Information Technology $2.2M–$3.8M
Brahma AG
VC Fund
2 Italy Series A, Series B, Convertible Note Jewelry, Handmade, E-Commerce
GELLIFY
VC Fund
2 Italy, United Kingdom, United States Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Sport Horizon Holding S.p.a.
VC Fund
2 Italy, Germany Seed, Convertible Note Apps, Sports, Fitness $920k–$2.3M
Simone Cimminelli
Angel
2 Italy, United Kingdom Seed, Angel, Equity Crowdfunding Social Media, Apps, EdTech $39k–$2.1M
Vesper Holding
VC Fund
2 Italy Pre-Seed, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce $1.3M–$8.2M
Invitalia
VC Fund
2 Italy, Sweden Grant, Debt Financing, Seed Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $22k–$2M
Vento
VC Fund
2 Italy, Germany, United Kingdom Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS $571k–$8.2M
Wayra
VC Fund
2 Spain, United Kingdom, United States Seed, Pre-Seed Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Silicon Valley Fellowship
VC Fund
2 Italy Seed Apps, Software, Mobile Apps
Redstone.VC
VC Fund
2 Germany, Finland, Switzerland Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Information Technology, Health Care $505k–$17M
Freestyle Capital
VC Fund
1 United States, Canada, Italy Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Embed Capital
VC Fund
1 Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed Information Technology, Health Care, Mobile
Lazio Innova
VC Fund
1 Italy, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed, Grant Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
Banca Patrimoni Sella & C.
VC Fund
1 Italy Seed, Pre-Seed Software, Apps, Education
Alessandro Rimassa
Angel
1 Italy Seed SaaS, Software, Industrial
LIFTT
VC Fund
1 Italy, United Kingdom, France Seed, Series A Biotechnology, Software, Information Technology
MetaVenture Holding
VC Fund
1 Italy Seed Art, Blockchain
AFP Capital
VC Fund
1 Italy Pre-Seed Audio, Artificial Intelligence
Matthias Hilpert
Angel
1 Germany, United Kingdom, United States Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, SaaS, Information Technology $800k–$14M
CRiF
VC Fund
1 Italy, Ireland, Hong Kong Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A FinTech, Financial Services, Blockchain $122k–$9M
Francesco Beraldi
Angel
1 Italy Seed, Pre-Seed Machine Learning, SaaS, EdTech
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Club Italia Investimenti 2
VC Fund · Milan, Lombardia, Italy · 12 investments in Italy Media (entertainment) startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Mobile
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 80
  • Lead/follow: no public data

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!
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CDP Venture Capital
VC Fund · Rome, Lazio, Italy · 10 investments in Italy Media (entertainment) startups

CDP Venture Capital Sgr - National Innovation Fund aims to make venture capital a cornerstone of the country's economic development and innovation, creating the conditions for an overall and sustainable growth of the venture capital ecosystem.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 245
  • Round size: Seed $494k–$8.2M; Series A $3.3M–$17M
  • Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $197M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Mopso — Discover Mopso's anti money laundering detection system. Visit our website and try a 30 minutes free demo with one of our experts.
  • CamGraPhIC — Our platform supports the ever-increasing data traffic demand with high-performing and low-power consumption electro-optical engines.
  • Multiverse Computing — World leaders in quantum computing for the financial industry. The first quantum & quantum-inspired toolbox for finance.
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P101
VC Fund · Milan, Lombardia, Italy · 10 investments in Italy Media (entertainment) startups

P101 is an Italian venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in the digital sector. Agreement to handle personal data I agree I don't agree

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Mobile
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Italy, Spain, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 90
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Loquis — La prima piattaforma per ascoltare e raccontare il mondo tramite podcast geolocalizzati
  • Aptus.AI — Aptus.AI exploits AI to make regulations machine readable, toward a new digital format to change the way humans and machines interact with textual documents
  • DataKrypto — The Cloud Encryption Company DataKrypto -
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Innogest Capital
VC Fund · Milan, Lombardia, Italy · 7 investments in Italy Media (entertainment) startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Medical, Medical Device
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Italy, United States, Spain

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 68
  • Round size: Series A $1.1M–$11M; Series B $2.7M–$29M
  • Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $99M in 2015

Portfolio highlights

  • Newronika — Newronika restores brain and body functions with innovative technologies. We translate our deep knowledge on biosignal decoding into clinical practice, with the aim of improving treatments, health, and wellness. With our revolutionary brain devices, the patient receives the right stimulation at the right moment, thus becoming able to perform normaldaily activities and improve quality of life. Newronika is the spin-off company of two leading research institutions in Italy, the Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Hospital and the University of Milan. ​ Newronika comprises a multidisciplinary team formed from Neuroscience research groups and involves scientists with expertise in neurophysiology, neurology, biomedical engineering, neuropsychology, bioinformatics, and biotechnologies.
  • Prestiamoci — Prestiamoci is the first community of loans between individuals born in Italy, allowing you to make profitable investment and to obtain loans with installments transparent.With Prestiamoci the providers invest and get Claimants, returning to its original role of the bank safe. Loans shall be paid by people to trustworthy people who want toachieve their life projects, grow their professional activity, better manage expenses and major purchases
  • BetaGlue Technologies — BetaGlue Therapeutics develops innovative targeted cancer therapy solutions using its proprietary YntraDose technology for nuclear medicine.
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United Ventures
VC Fund · Milan, Lombardia, Italy · 7 investments in Italy Media (entertainment) startups, 6 in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, FinTech, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 66
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Exein — Exein provides the most advanced IoT security solution to protect your devices and containers. Protect your IoT devices in real time and at scale.
  • Avaneidi — Discover Avaneidi's enterprise storage solutions. Designed in Italy with a 'security by design' approach for unparalleled security and reliability.
  • IdentifAI — IdentifAI pioneers discerning human-AI creations, bolstering authenticity with advanced models. Determine if an image come from AI or from human!
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Vertis
VC Fund · Milan, Lombardia, Italy · 6 investments in Italy Media (entertainment) startups

Vertis is a dynamic and independent investment management company authorised by Bank of Italy. It manages five closed-end funds for qualified investors by participating in research projects, spin-offs, startups and PMI and deals with the investments of the innovative Made in Italy.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Computer
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Italy, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 53
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Aindo — Unlock the full potential of your data. The power of synthetic data integrated in a comprehensive Data Platform.
  • Coverzen — The digital office of insurers
  • Starting Finance — Starting Finance is a financial education platform intended to provide financial literacy to its users. The company's platform provides education and information about finance and publishes informative articles on important events in the fields of economics, finance, and politics, enabling users to improve their knowledge regarding finance andthe management of their capital.
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Intesa Sanpaolo
VC Fund · Torino, Piemonte, Italy · 6 investments in Italy Media (entertainment) startups, 22 in the past 12 months

Intesa Sanpaolo is a banking group that specializes in wealth management, protection, advisory, and digital orientation. Their products and services include accounts, cards, loans, mortgages, insurance, digital payments, retirement planning, investments, and consulting. It was founded by the merger of Banca Intesa and Sanpaolo IMI.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Energy, Financial Services, Renewable Energy
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Convertible Note
  • Geography: Italy, United Kingdom, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 137
  • Round size: Post-IPO Debt $130M–$2.5B; Debt Financing $1.1M–$1.3B; Convertible Note $299k–$2.2M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • NextGeo
  • Goglio Group — Goglio Group produces full trademark food packaging.
  • EuroGroup Laminations — We develop and produce stators and rotors solutions for the energy transition, guaranteeing maximum efficiency and sustainability on a global scale.
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Principia SGR
VC Fund · Milan, Lombardia, Italy · 5 investments in Italy Media (entertainment) startups

Principia is an Italian Venture Capital firm with over Eur 80M under management. Currently Principia has two funds investing in digital start ups and expansion capital opportunities and in particular cases, we invest also in seed opportunities.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Software
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 50
  • Round size: Seed $329k–$3.3M; Series A $1.5M–$7.7M
  • Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $187M in 2014

Portfolio highlights

  • KLISBio — KLISBio is a medtech company currently developing a variety of regenerative medicine implantable products leveraging the power of silk fibroin to promote an endogenous repair of human soft tissues.
  • ENTEROME — We are a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel drugs to transform human health based on our unique ability to de-code molecular interactions in the gut microbiome.
  • WISE — WISE (Wiringless Implantable Stretchable Electronics) is a start-up company created in 2011 with the mission of producing the new generation of leads for neuromodulation for treatment of chronic pain and Parkinson: unbreakable, less invasive and cheaper.
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Pi Campus
VC Fund · Rome, Lazio, Italy · 5 investments in Italy Media (entertainment) startups

Pi Campus is a startup district and a venture fund that invests in talent. We provide startups with money, mentorship and the best work environment for growth.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Mobile, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 52
  • Round size: Seed $125k–$6.4M; Pre-Seed $100k–$1.6M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Loquis — La prima piattaforma per ascoltare e raccontare il mondo tramite podcast geolocalizzati
  • Intron Health — Voice AI Built for How Africa Speaks Our next-generation intelligent voice model built from the ground up for AfricaUnlike Global systems retrofitted for the continent Sahara v-2 understands how Africa actually sounds Build with Sahara Try Sahara Built for African SpeechFrom Lagos Call Centers, to Hospitals in Nairobi, Boardrooms in Cape Town, and Courtrooms in
  • Cyberwave — Transform your industry with AI-defined robotics. Frictionless automation that makes advanced robotics accessible to manufacturers of all sizes.
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Italian Angels for Growth
VC Fund · Milan, Lombardia, Italy · 4 investments in Italy Media (entertainment) startups

IAG is an angel investor network that offers access to its affiliates to early-stage venture opportunities. Its members to date have deployed over 22 million Euros to support 41 startups in the series seed/series A stage in many verticals, among which: Medtech, SAAS, e-commerce, Fintech, and high tech at large. Every investment opportunityat IAG is vetted by a professional team together with expert members of the group. Once invested, the company receives the support of up to two Investment champions, who bring their expertise to the table and help them succeed.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 95
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • ALKemist Bio — ALKemist Bio provides cell treatment to cancer patients.
  • Rubedo Life Sciences — Rubedo Life Sciences is the Premier Longevity Company. Rubedo discovers and develops medicines to keep you biologically young.
  • Clearbox AI — Benefit from Synthetic Data to unlock your AI projects, overcome privacy issues and improve the utility of your data.
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VAM Investments
VC Fund · Esch-sur-alzette, Luxembourg, Luxembourg · 4 investments in Italy Media (entertainment) startups

Siamo una partnership di imprenditori, manager e professionisti di Private Equity che investono

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Fashion, Music, Dental
  • Stage:Private Equity, Seed
  • Geography: Italy

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Slam — Sail beyond the horizon with SLAM: high-quality technical sailing apparel, tested by athletes and experienced sailors.
  • Soundreef — Soundreef ltd is an Independent Management Entity (EU Directive 2014/26/EU) listed in the Intellectual Property Office in the United Kingdom and can operate throughout Europe including Spain. Soundreef was founded to offer a viable alternative to the traditional Collective Management Organisation by combining innovative technology withpersonal customer service. Soundreef manages the rights of over 25,000 authors and publishers worldwide rewarding them with the fair, transparent and quick payment they deserve for the use of their musical works. Business users such as radio and tv broadcasters, digital service providers, live event organisers, theatres and cinemas, business establishments and music labels can obtain a mandatory license for the use of musical works managed by Soundreef.Soundreef ltd is incorporated in U.K. and owned by Soundreef S.p.A. , a company incorporated in Italy. Soundreef S.p.A. is the company that develops the technology and the content management platform used by Soundreef ltd to audit, collect and maximize royalties for Soundreef authors and publishers. The company process billions of transactions with a focus to improve data security and efficiency in the music industry.Soundreef S.p.A. controls also 100% of Soundreef publishing srl and 100% of Soundreef Media Services srl.
  • Supermoney — Supermoney is an online broker which helps to compare costs of electricity and gas.
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Rancilio Cube
VC Fund · Milano, Lombardia, Italy · 4 investments in Italy Media (entertainment) startups

Cube is the investment office founded by Rancilio family

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Italy, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 66
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Convoy — Using technology and automation, the Convoy Platform seamlessly connects carriers with loads from shippers and 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.
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PranaVentures
VC Fund · Milano, Lombardia, Italy · 3 investments in Italy Media (entertainment) startups

PranaVentures is an operational venture capital fund launched in 2021 with the goal of filling the funding gap between newly established and startup companies supporting them to grow and quickly reach the next stage of development. The investment strategy is focused on seed and post-seed startups operating in the digital space, with an interest ininnovative sectors such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, software as a service (SaaS), e-commerce and marketplaces. Leveraging a wide network of stakeholders, PranaVentures supports emerging entrepreneurs with capital and strategic expertise.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, Tourism, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Italy, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 19
  • Round size: Seed $329k–$3.3M; Pre-Seed $549k–$5.2M; Series A $3.3M–$16M
  • Lead/follow: 58% lead, 42% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $43M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Cosmico — We are the platform connecting digital talents with the most ambitious companies, using remote work.We have over 8,000 members and our talents have accelerated dozens of projects alongside big names like Accenture Song, Tangity, Frog, Fjord, Sketchin, EY but also aggressive start-ups like Scalapay, Gimme5, Flowe, Unguess.If you are a digitalprofessional: we offer you a community in which to grow your talent through experiences, networks and cosmic projects.If you are a company: we offer you access to a community of designers, developers and marketers from which to select the talents to accelerate your digital transformation projects. Whether you are a manager or a digital professional, Cosmico is here to help you find your space
  • CloudSEK — CloudSEK leverages contextual AI to predict and prevent cyber threats. Keep your organisation safe and secure.
  • GetPica — GetPica is the cutting-edge platform for event organizers to engage event participants with their personal photos and videos in real time. Explore all solutions
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Paolo Barberis
Angel · Firenze, Toscana, Italy · 3 investments in Italy Media (entertainment) startups

Paolo Barberis is the Founder at Nana Bianca.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Machine Learning, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Italy

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Lead/follow: no public data

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.
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Creative Thinking Ventures
VC Fund · Albertville, Rhone-Alpes, France · 3 investments in Italy Media (entertainment) startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, SaaS, Tourism
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Italy

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Seed $27k–$165k; Pre-Seed $51k–$166k
  • Lead/follow: 83% lead, 17% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Worldz — Thanks to its algorithm, Worldz calculates the economic value of a user’s social popularity (qualitatively and quantitatively). In proportion to this value, it provides a personalized discount, which can be applied in exchange for a social sharing by the user on their Instagram or Facebook profile. This share refers to the brand or productpurchased and the content of the post can be pre-configured by the brand. A user’s social post increases the Brand Awareness and can generate new traffic to the store. This kind of sharing is perceived by the social community as a friend’s advice and not as a promotional activity.
  • Gardenstuff — GardenStuff manifactures technological and design articles for plants anf flower integration: Gardening, plant pots, tools, bulbs, flowerpots, planters, plants, fertilizers
  • The Social Lender — The Social Lender is a peer-to-peer lending business platform that allows applicants to obtain funding from private and institutional investors, in order to support growth and development of their business and their projects, and where lenders can invest in security actively intervening in the Royal Economy.
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Fondazione Social Venture Giordano dell'Amore
VC Fund · Milan, Lombardia, Italy · 3 investments in Italy Media (entertainment) startups

FSVGDA aims at the promotion of the impact investing culture, in order to facilitate social innovation.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Food and Beverage, Artificial Intelligence, Media and Entertainment
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Italy

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Seed $189k–$549k
  • Lead/follow: 75% lead, 25% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • C.NEXT — C.NEXT develops innovation projects for businesses and organizations by supporting the economy and territorial regeneration.
  • Way Experience — Way Experience operates in all the entertainment B2C sectors, using augmented and virtual reality technology. They also work in the B2B area by applying their technologies for customized consultancy projects in the following sectors: design, fashion, medical, events, and training.
  • Istituto De Filippi — L'Istituto Alberghiero De Filippi a Varese propone due diverse offerte formative: la Scuola Superiore e i percorsi di Alta Specializzazione.
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Club degli Investitori
VC Fund · Torino, Piemonte, Italy · 3 investments in Italy Media (entertainment) startups

Club degli Investitori (Investors Club) is a network of investors and business angels that invest on early-stage SMEs and startups. The community of 300+ Members (entrepreneurs, CEOs, executive managers) actively scouts for investing opportunities on SMEs & startups and invests with a minimum ticket of €200k. The Club supports business byinvesting capital and by leveraging the Members' network and experience.Club degli Investitori is supported by Unicredit and KPMG Italy.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, E-Commerce, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 96
  • Round size: Seed $197k–$7.6M; Series A $889k–$19M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Largix — Largix is the first company to develop and commercially produce 3D Robotic Printers for real production processes. We have invented the "Cold 3D Printing®" technology that makes 3DP possible for real industrial production. Largix uses the most common thermoplastic polymers: Polypropylene and Polyethylene, polymers that nobody else iscapable of printing.
  • Spacest.com By Roomless — Rent directly online with Roomless, the safe and simple platform for those looking for a house for rent.
  • Approxima — Approxima medical is developing a novel treatment for patients with tricuspid valve regurgitation
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Impulse VC
VC Fund · Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation · 3 investments in Italy Media (entertainment) startups

Fund for technological internet companies

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Advertising, Software, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Russian Federation, United States, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 60
  • Lead/follow: no public data

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.
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360 Capital
VC Fund · Paris, Ile-de-France, France · 3 investments in Italy Media (entertainment) startups

As an early-stage European VC, we invest from pre-seed to Series B in Deep Tech, Climate Tech, and Digital-First solutions. Embrace sustainable technological progress with us. Stay updated on the latest tech trends and portfolio news. We invest in the future now.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: France, Italy, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 202
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$8.3M; Series A $3.3M–$22M
  • Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • NOC Energy — NOC Energy facilitates the decarbonization of industrial heating without producing any carbon emissions.
  • Sinergy Flow — We are developing a redox flow battery based on earth abundant and low-cost material which is fully compliant with the Circular Economy principles.
  • Innoviz Technologies — A leading supplier of high-performance, automotive-grade LiDAR sensor platforms.
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Atlante Ventures
VC Fund · Milano, Lombardia, Italy · 3 investments in Italy Media (entertainment) startups

Atlante Ventures is a leading Italian VC fund, operated by IMI Fondi Chiusi SGR, part of Intesa Sanpaolo Group.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Biotechnology, Hardware
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Italy, United States, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 46
  • Round size: Seed $150k–$3.5M; Series A $1.5M–$3.3M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2007

Portfolio highlights

  • ADmantX — A NEW ERA OF AUDIENCE TARGETINGADmantX is a contextual analysis and data provider that brings audience targeting to a new level. Awarded patent for semantic advertising technology, the company offers a cookie-less solution that allows publishers, ad networks and exchanges, brand managers and agencies to develop more effective online adcampaigns leveraging semantic understanding, natural language processing and sentiment analysis. Founded in Italy as a spin-off of the leading semantic company Expert System, ADmantX is active in Europe and US. Worldwide customers include NBCUniversal, Integral Ad Science, Networked Insights, Banzai, Cadreon, Amnet, Sojern, Media IQ and ADmantX solutions are integrated in key DSP players such as Turn, Adform and AppNexus.
  • YOGITECH — Notizie e approfondimenti di Tecnologia
  • Expert.ai — Expert.ai is the premier artificial intelligence platform for language understanding.
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Tamburi Investment Partners
VC Fund · Milano, Lombardia, Italy · 3 investments in Italy Media (entertainment) startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Pharmaceutical, Fashion, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Italy, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 17
  • Lead/follow: no public data

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 create cutting-edge technologies and products, 500 million app downloads, 100 million monthly active users.
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3LB Seed Capital Srl
VC Fund · Torino, Piemonte, Italy · 2 investments in Italy Media (entertainment) startups

3LB Seed Capital is not an alternative to start-ups incubators and accelerators, rather acts as a complementary reality that helps to enhance your project in terms of attractiveness for the investor and venture capital market.As investors they are the first willing to know if your project has what it takes to grow successfully. If they areconvinced of your potential, they are ready to bet on you, by joining you and helping you to develop your project.3LB Seed Capital does not provide a percentage of equity in exchange for accompanying activities, but relies exclusively on a premium at the time of its first direct investment in your company.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 21
  • Round size: Seed $71k–$2.5M
  • Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • YoAgents — Yo Agents nasce dalla unione delle competenze di ogni singolo founder messe a fattor comune per creare un sales hub innovativo.
  • Botsociety — Your conversational design suite. Design and prototype your next chatbot or voice assistant. Create a mockup of your project on Messenger, Slack, Google Assistant, Alexa and more. The next generation design solution for chatbots and voice.
  • Metis Precision Medicine — Metis Precision Medicine is a B-Corp founded with the vision of bringing powerful cancer therapies to patients in need. Metis owns the intellectual property of a suite of anti-Met monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), with different and unique mechanisms of action, and is currently seeking investors, biotech or pharmaceutical companies interested inacquiring the relevant platform technology on a global basis.
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40Jemz Ventures
VC Fund · Verona, Veneto, Italy · 2 investments in Italy Media (entertainment) startups

40Jemz Ventures is an investment firm. Its mission is to identify and finance the most promising early-stage businesses.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Computer, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Italy

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 13
  • Round size: Seed $439k–$6.2M; Pre-Seed $338k–$4.2M
  • Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Keplero AI — Configura un Assistente AI che risponde ai tuoi clienti 24/7 sul tuo sito web, su WhatsApp, sui social media e alla tue email.
  • NEOCAD — NEOCAD is a software company that provides generative artificial intelligence solutions for CAD design processes.
  • Stepsconnect — Trova candidati delle Nuove Generazioni. Offriamo tools di AI per trovare rapidamente i migliori candidati sui Social Network e nei nuovi canali.
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Massimiliano Magrini
Angel · Milan, Lombardia, Italy · 2 investments in Italy Media (entertainment) startups

Massimiliano is co-founder and Managing Partner United Ventures . Previously at Altavista and founding Country manager of Google Italy. Founder of Annapurna Ventures, a new generation Technology Angel Fund. and As Consultant appointed by the Ministry of Economic Development, He has actively contributed to the drawing up of the report onventure capitalism in Italy, which then led to the DL Growth .He is currently Vice President of the Touring Club Italiano, Board Member of the American Chamber of Commerce and sits on the board of directors of AppsBuilder, Paperlit, 20 Lines and Cloud4WI.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 23
  • Round size: Seed $274k–$10M; Series A $4M–$15M; Series B $12M–$16M
  • Lead/follow: 61% lead, 39% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 20lines — 20lines is a website and a mobile app where users write, read and share short stories.Their goal is to connect writers and readers around the concept of free short stories. They aim at becoming the “Instagram” for short stories. On 20lines everyone can easily share their stories, from the teenagers writing their daily journal for theirfriends to the important authors who want to share the preview of their next book with their audience.
  • Wallife — Wallife is an InsurTech company that helps in eliminating improper use of biometric data. The company protects against new risks originating from technological and scientific progress in the areas of genetics, biometrics, and biohacking. Wallife was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Roma, Lazio, Italy.
  • AppsBuilder — App Maker by Appy Pie : Start your Free Trial Now. No code App Builder that lets you build native apps in minutes without writing a single line of code.
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Rosario Bifulco
Angel · 2 investments in Italy Media (entertainment) startups

Rosario Bifulco, president of the auction house Finarte S.p.A.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Art, Medical, Blockchain
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Italy

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • I-VASC — I-VASC has developed the VELEX device using new technology to treat CVI and varicose veins.
  • Reasoned Art — Reasoned Art is the Italian gallery dedicated to CryptoArt. it selects the best digital artists worldwide, curates physical and virtual exhibitions, and certifies the authenticity of works allowing their sale through NFT.
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R-301 Capital
VC Fund · Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland · 2 investments in Italy Media (entertainment) startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Delivery Service, Travel
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
  • Geography: Italy, France, Spain

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 13
  • Round size: Seed $60k–$6.9M; Series A $3M–$5.5M; Convertible Note $1.1M–$2.3M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

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.
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UniCredit
VC Fund · Milan, Lombardia, Italy · 2 investments in Italy Media (entertainment) startups

UniCredit is a pan-European commercial bank offering unique banking services in Italy, Germany, Central and Eastern Europe.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Renewable Energy, Energy
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt
  • Geography: Italy, Germany, Spain

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 128
  • Round size: Post-IPO Debt $40M–$1.4B; Debt Financing $521k–$899M
  • Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Banxware — Banxware provides the technology and the funds for business financing of any kind: fully embedded in your platform or as an affiliate solution - all managed by Banxware
  • FITT — FITT specializes in thermoplastic fluid transfer and management solutions.
  • EuroGroup Laminations — We develop and produce stators and rotors solutions for the energy transition, guaranteeing maximum efficiency and sustainability on a global scale.
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Fernando Diana
Angel · Roma, Lazio, Italy · 2 investments in Italy Media (entertainment) startups

Fernando Diana - Manager - Acquisitions & Sales Management @ CityNews

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Investment focus

  • Industry: News, Local, Fitness
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Italy

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Seed $219k–$265k
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • CityNews — Citynews is an italian based network of local newspaper sites. Actually active in 9 cities Citynews planning to open in the 30 principal italian cities. Actually 1,4 million visits each months.
  • Fitprime — Il Partner unico per il Wellbeing Aziendale
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Equiter
VC Fund · Turin, Piemonte, Italy · 2 investments in Italy Media (entertainment) startups

Equiter seleziona, realizza e gestisce investimenti infrastrutturali in capitale di rischio finalizzati allo sviluppo socio-economico del territorio.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Medical, Health Care, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Italy

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Seed $2.2M–$3.8M
  • Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • AWorld — AWorld is The Sustainability Platform and Mobile App chosen by the United Nations to support the ActNow Campaign.
  • Busforfun — Shared and Green traveling to experience the world of fun#WeTheFun | Busforfun is a young mobility company traveling in a sustainable, safe and low-cost way across Europe. Busforfun vision is a green and shared mobility to experience the world of fun.#WeTheTech | Busforfun is a combination of high tech-startup, e-commerce-platform andtransportation company, Busforfun is going to establish European largest bus network for events in the short time. Thanks to a powerful search engine, business intelligence, an user-friendly booking system and an extensive route network, Busforfun offers travellers the opportunity to experience the world of fun with lower fares.#WeTheGreen | Our low-emission buses comply with the highest safety and environmental standards, so Busforfun offers a sustainable and convenient alternative to cars. With main partner Treedom, Busforfun plants new trees at any travel worldwide.Live Fun Experience in partnership – our concept for successBusforfun provides customers with great offers at lowest budget, through smart network planning, dynamic price management and an adaptive web engine.Busforfun platform is where the innovation and start-up spirit meet the experience and know-how of traditional bus companies and travel agencies.Incredible success can be attributed to the digitalization of old-fashioned bus travel industry: Busforfun has not suppliers or clients: but partners only!
  • Faccin Group — Faccin Group leads in manufacturing top tier metal forming & bending machines. Operating as Faccin, Roundo & Boldrini, we offer unparalleled expertise.
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Brahma AG
VC Fund · 2 investments in Italy Media (entertainment) startups

Brahma AG is an investment Firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Jewelry, Handmade, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Convertible Note
  • Geography: Italy

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

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.
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GELLIFY
VC Fund · Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy · 2 investments in Italy Media (entertainment) startups

GELLIFY is the first innovation platform that invests in B2B digital software startups and connects them to traditional companies with the purpose of innovating their processes, products and business models, through Open Innovation.We make B2B software digital startups grow from the early stage, that we call the liquid state, to the solid one,thanks to our innovative process called "Gellification".A company which is looking to innovate can partner with GELLIFY to leverage all critical capabilities for digital transformation and focus on these specialties: Entrepreneurship, Sales & Marketing, Phygital Factory & Operations, Smart Technology and Smart Human. GELLIFY has also built a B2B Innovation Community, called “EXPLORE”, whose aim is to connect entrepreneurs, innovators and professionals through B2B events and phygital experiences.We operate globally from the following locations: Italy, United Arab Emirates, Spain and Portugal.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Italy, United Kingdom, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 43
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Deliveristo — B2B Foodtech marketplace and delivery platform which allows chefs and restaurant owners to digitally organize their orders directly from farmers and distributors
  • Smartpricing — Smartpricing is a provider of computer software application and revenue management system solutions to Hotel.
  • 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.
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Sport Horizon Holding S.p.a.
VC Fund · Turin, Piemonte, Italy · 2 investments in Italy Media (entertainment) startups

Sport Tech Investment Company

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Sports, Fitness
  • Stage:Seed, Convertible Note
  • Geography: Italy, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Seed $920k–$2.3M
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow

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.
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Simone Cimminelli
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 2 investments in Italy Media (entertainment) startups

Simone Cimminelli is a Founding Partner at Cimminelli Holding. He attended ESCP Business School.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Social Media, Apps, EdTech
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Equity Crowdfunding
  • Geography: Italy, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Seed $580k–$2.1M; Angel $39k–$250k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • READBUG
  • Waveful — Become a content creator on Waveful. Build an audience with your simple, everyday content and start to monetize on social media. Download the free app now!
  • Wibo — Scopri le migliori soluzioni per la formazione manageriale. Trasforma il tuo team con i nostri corsi innovativi e efficaci. Contattaci ora!
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Vesper Holding
VC Fund · Genova, Liguria, Italy · 2 investments in Italy Media (entertainment) startups, 6 in the past 12 months

Backing ambitious founders since the earliest stage

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Italy

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$8.2M; Pre-Seed $1.5M–$3.1M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Bricks.sh — The fastest way to build and manage your Supabase database. One-click admin panel with powerful features for teams.
  • TaDa — TaDa is an energy efficiency company that provides disaggregate energy consumption analytics for users to manage energy usage.
  • CommerceClarity — CommerceClarity offers AI-powered catalogue optimization solutions that turn catalogue operations into a competitive advantage.
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Invitalia
VC Fund · Roma, Lazio, Italy · 2 investments in Italy Media (entertainment) startups

Invitalia, the National Agency for inward investment promotion and enterprise development, is mandated by the Italian government to increase the country's competitiveness, particularly in the South, and to support strategic sectors for development. Its main objectives are: Supporting innovation and growth of the productive system - support theinvestment programs of new business or already underway through a package of instruments between them complementary, capable of increasing the competitiveness of companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Grant, Debt Financing, Seed
  • Geography: Italy, Sweden

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 52
  • Round size: Seed $532k–$2M; Grant $22k–$735k; Debt Financing $212k–$1.9M
  • Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • LexDo.it — LexDo.it provides Affordable Legal Services Online.
  • Collecto App — Collecto App objective is to democratize access to luxury items by sharing value and removing economic barriers. Collecto promotes financial and environmental sustainability by allowing consumers to share luxury goods while reducing environmental impact through more effective resource use.
  • Totally Innovation — Totally Innovation is a software company developing artificial intelligence based music management platform and creates license-free music.
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Vento
VC Fund · Torino, Piemonte, Italy · 2 investments in Italy Media (entertainment) startups

We want to empower the next generation of exceptional Italian founders by investing in and building new companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Italy, Germany, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 36
  • Round size: Seed $571k–$8.2M; Pre-Seed $1.2M–$3M
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • Gyver — Recruiting platform for skilled blue collars
  • The Bland Company — The Bland Company is a biotechnology and food startup headquartered in London, focused on developing simple, transformative ingredients. The company operates within the biotechnology research industry and has a small team, with a company size estimated between 2–10 employees. Its official website, theblandcompany.co, indicates it is preparing tolaunch products or services, as the site currently features a "Coming Soon" message along with a newsletter subscription option.
  • Always Friday — AI Native Agency for the MICE market
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Wayra
VC Fund · Madrid, Madrid, Spain · 2 investments in Italy Media (entertainment) startups

Wayra is a globally connected and technological open innovation hub in the world. We currently operate in 10 countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Germany, Mexico, Peru, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Venezuela.Through Telefónica our global presence allows us to be at the helm of innovation, shoulder to shoulder with drivenentrepreneurs and in a position to engage the right partners and leaders of industries for business. Our mission is clear, to connect innovators with Telefónica and generate joint business opportunities. We are the interface between Telefónica and entrepreneurial ecosystems across the globe because innovation makes good business sense.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 208
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • GrabrFi — GrabrFi provides access to US banking and all of its resources and possibilities and finances, life to the next level.
  • Remuner — The sales compensation platform that helps you align your company and employee goals by automating all aspects of incentive plans.
  • Depasify — The all in one platform for dealing with digital assets. Reduce costs and time to market in a secure way.
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Silicon Valley Fellowship
VC Fund · 2 investments in Italy Media (entertainment) startups

A week-long immersion in the Bay Area for founders, students and operators. Talks, company visits, mentors, and a lifetime community.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Software, Mobile Apps
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Italy

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Waveful — Become a content creator on Waveful. Build an audience with your simple, everyday content and start to monetize on social media. Download the free app now!
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Redstone.VC
VC Fund · Berlin, Berlin, Germany · 2 investments in Italy Media (entertainment) startups

The Redstone team is an international and diverse group of serial entrepreneurs, investors, investment professionals, tech analysts and data scientists.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Germany, Finland, Switzerland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 167
  • Round size: Seed $505k–$6.6M; Pre-Seed $1.3M–$3.1M; Series A $1.6M–$17M
  • Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $57M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • UpHill — Clinical algorithms, medical events, scientific evidence and a simulation software in one place
  • ALLSIDES — Covision Media specializes in creating high-quality, relightable 3D models using their industrial 3D scanners. These scanners capture detailed surface information and PBR textures, and are designed for easy integration into virtual environments.
  • Multiverse Computing — World leaders in quantum computing for the financial industry. The first quantum & quantum-inspired toolbox for finance.
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Freestyle Capital
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Italy Media (entertainment) startups

Freestyle is an early-stage venture capital firm with investments in over 130 technology companies including Airtable, Intercom, Patreon, and BetterUp.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Canada, Italy

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 207
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Dash Bio — A modern, automated platform engineered from the ground up to deliver high-quality and dramatically accelerated bioanalysis.
  • GoInstant — GoInstant Co-browsing allows two or more people to browse the web together in a real-time interactive session. All participants that join a co-browse session can click, scroll, type and browse at the same time. Co-browsing does not require any downloads or plugins to work; all users need is a web browser.A co-browse session can be used toco-browse any website for customer support, sales, e-commerce, training and more. Sign up at http://goinstant.com to be notified as new accounts become available.
  • Searchable.com — Searchable offers tools that track brand visibility on AI search platforms and search engines. The platform shows how often a brand is mentioned and where it appears in search results. Searchable provides content tools that help users create written material based on brand data and writing style. The service includes audits that point out siteissues that may affect how AI systems read a website. Searchable also gives competitive reports that compare a brand’s presence with other brands. The platform connects with traffic and search data so users can view performance in one place.
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Embed Capital
VC Fund · Milan, Lombardia, Italy · 1 investments in Italy Media (entertainment) startups

Embed Capital directly invests in startups, established or in the process of creation.Embed is mainly focused on innovative companies that:- Are active in the so-called “real economy” sectors: industrials, technology, environment, services, retail or social;- Are characterized by simple and intuitive business models and valuepropositions, and operate in markets or market segments featuring high growth potential;- Present a clear competitive advantage and high barriers-to-entry;- Are cash-generative in the medium term.Given that Embed Capital is not a closed-end fund, it doesn’t have specific time-constrains and it can assess on a project-by-project basis to determine the best time to sell a participation, and sign customized agreements with the entrepreneurs.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Health Care, Mobile
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 17
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Piantando — Piantando sells plants connected to initiatives for the preservation of the planet engaged in the following areas: land, water, climate, biodiversity and local communities. Each plant is equivalent to a transparent and unique contribution, destined to an initiative certified by our Value Chain. Everyone become ambassadors of a new way of livinggreen and understanding their commitment to the planet.
  • FrescoFrigo - Healthy food close to you — FrescoFRIGO is a smart fridge with fresh and quality products designed for the needs of worker. Improve everyday lifestyle, through automated proximity selling of good, fresh and healthy product, innovating technology and user experience.
  • The Nemesis — The Nemesis is the playground for play-to-earn games and adventures in virtual worlds. Accessible on both mobile and desktop.
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Lazio Innova
VC Fund · Rome, Lazio, Italy · 1 investments in Italy Media (entertainment) startups

Lazio Innova is a venture capital firm with its headquarters in Rome in Italy. The firm provides services in areas such as credit support and guarantees, interventions in risk capital, internationalization services, promotion of business networks and services for the creation and enterprise development.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Grant
  • Geography: Italy, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 20
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Joinrs — We developed an artificial intelligence model able to read job offers for you and show you the ones that best match your profile.
  • Medicud — Medicud develops a device for treating wounds with negative pressure dressing.
  • Ticketoo — Ticketoo: compra e vendi biglietti fan-to-fan in modo sicuro
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Banca Patrimoni Sella & C.
VC Fund · Torino, Piemonte, Italy · 1 investments in Italy Media (entertainment) startups

Banca Patrimoni Sella & C. is the bank of the Sella group in the management and administration of private and institutional client assets.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Apps, Education
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Italy

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • AWorld — AWorld is The Sustainability Platform and Mobile App chosen by the United Nations to support the ActNow Campaign.
  • Newcleo — newcleo is the clean and safe nuclear technology company. Privately funded and headquartered in London, UK, newcleo was launched in 2021 to be a disruptor in the field of nuclear energy. Its mission is to generate safe, clean and inexhaustible energy for the world, through a radically innovative combination of existing, accessible technologies.newcleo is building the next generation system with the goals to: (1) eliminate the need for geological repositories by using a fast neutron flux avoiding production of long life radioactive elements; (2) develop an Accelerator Driven System (ADS), based on the intrinsically safe coupling of a particle accelerator and a sub-critical reactor; (3) accelerate the development of new fuel cycles, including thorium, that provide economic, clean, safe and inexhaustible energy from nuclei and the opportunity to burn the long-lived nuclear waste produced by the old generation of nuclear reactors.With visionary co-founders, newcleo brings together a team of engineers with deep knowledge of nuclear energy with younger recruits with a fresh mindset, working to design an innovative micro Lead Fast Reactor with significant commercial applications, for example in shipping. newcleo wants to be the first step toward the evolution of its industry to become fully respectful of people and the environment. To develop a new, sustainable, and completely safe way of generating nuclear energy that will lead humanity to zero emissions, and to the mitigation of global warming.
  • Perpethua — Perpetua is an Italian fintech company specializing in supporting small and medium-sized enterprises (PMIs) through the critical phase of generational transition, especially when there is no clear successor within the business operates primarily as a digital platform that automates the M&A (Mergers & Acquisitions) process for SMEs,connecting entrepreneurs without successors with qualified investors interested in ensuring business continuity and growth.
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Alessandro Rimassa
Angel · Milan, Lombardia, Italy · 1 investments in Italy Media (entertainment) startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, Software, Industrial
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Italy

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • AzzurroDigitale — AzzurroDigitale accompagna le aziende manifatturiere in un percorso di digital transformation per migliorare e velocizzare i processi grazie alla tecnologia
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LIFTT
VC Fund · Turin, Piemonte, Italy · 1 investments in Italy Media (entertainment) startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Italy, United Kingdom, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 67
  • Lead/follow: no public data

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.
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MetaVenture Holding
VC Fund · 1 investments in Italy Media (entertainment) startups

MetaVenture Holding is an investment company.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Art, Blockchain
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Italy

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Reasoned Art — Reasoned Art is the Italian gallery dedicated to CryptoArt. it selects the best digital artists worldwide, curates physical and virtual exhibitions, and certifies the authenticity of works allowing their sale through NFT.
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AFP Capital
VC Fund · 1 investments in Italy Media (entertainment) startups

AFP Capital is an investment firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Audio, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Italy

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Forte! — Forte! is an AI-powered assistant that automates import, audio editing, and export.
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Matthias Hilpert
Angel · Berlin, Berlin, Germany · 1 investments in Italy Media (entertainment) startups

Matthias Hilpert - CEO @ MH2 Capital

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Germany, United Kingdom, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 36
  • Round size: Seed $800k–$6.7M; Series A $3M–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Cosuno — Cosunos vision is to connect all players of the construction industry, transforming their collaboration to drive efficiency through software and best customer experience.Cosuno is evaluating how general contractors, property developers and architects can master the challenges posed by high process costs and a lack of transparency in theprocurement of subcontractors. And this is just the beginning. Cosuno is constantly driving change in the construction industry with innovative methods and digital processes by developing and continuously improving simple and transparent solutions.
  • Archlet — Make better strategic sourcing decisions faster with Archlet's user-friendly sourcing software. Book your demo and master the complexity in strategic sourcing.
  • Hive Robotics — Hive Robotics GmbH is developing scalable, cutting-edge technology designed to safely and securely command, control, and connect any type of robot or unmanned system, enabling advanced swarming and teaming capabilities across a wide range of operational environments, from industrial automation to defense and disaster response.
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CRiF
VC Fund · Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy · 1 investments in Italy Media (entertainment) startups

CRIF offers credit bureau services, business information, analytics and decisioning, consultancy to support finance, insurance, utility and service companies of the customer relationship cycle.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Blockchain
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Italy, Ireland, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • Round size: Seed $122k–$9M; Pre-Seed $132k–$549k
  • Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • BKN301 — Scopri tutti i servizi dedicati a privati, aziende ed esercenti. Accedi all'area riservata.
  • Agrobit — Agrobit develops digital farming solutions based on imaging (smartphone, drones) to help farmers getting better decision in agro-inputs management. The flagship product is the mobile app iAgro, the first quantitative Decision Support System to optimize pesticide treatments and digitize crops (digital twin) quickly and easily just using asmartphone. The competitive advantages are to provide information unobtainable from other technologies (field sensors, satellites), the use of proprietary AR, AI and computer vision algorithms and the possibility to reach a huge number of users that cannot make high investments but are the majority in Europe (small/medium farms). The app uses AR to 3D-scan plants (tree crops) and in-cloud AI and computer vision algorithms to re-create the 3D model (digital twin) of the scanned plant, in order to calculate its biometrics (canopy thickness, height, volume), vigor parameter (LAI) and field parameters (LWA, TRV). Finally, a mathematical model estimates the correct pesticide doses to be distributed.
  • Latitudo40 — Empower sustainable growth with AI-driven satellite insights from Latitudo 40. Unlock precise, real-time data for smarter urban planning, climate risk management, and industry innovation. Enhance resilience and lead with confidence.
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Francesco Beraldi
Angel · 1 investments in Italy Media (entertainment) startups

Francesco Beraldi

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Machine Learning, SaaS, EdTech
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Italy

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • faire.ai — We enable banks and financial institutions to provide instant lending services leveraging open banking and Artificial Intelligence
  • EPICODE — Epicode School is a online coding startup that offers professional training and coaching services.
  • AzzurroDigitale — AzzurroDigitale accompagna le aziende manifatturiere in un percorso di digital transformation per migliorare e velocizzare i processi grazie alla tecnologia
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Media (Entertainment) Investor funding in Italy at a glance

Stats across 226 deals from 229 investors.

229
investors
in Italy Media (entertainment) startups
226
deals
in Italy Media (entertainment) startups
$786k
median round
in Italy Media (entertainment) startups
34%
lead investors
lead at least one round
35%
Seed
most common funding stage
72/28
VC / Angel
share of investor count

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