# A.M.E. Ventures

> A.M.E. Ventures is a VC fund in Milan backing Internet and Software. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Milan, Italy
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Dec 2020
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.ameventures.it

A.M.E. Ventures is an investment holding focusing on growth companies.The principals of A.M.E. Ventures have a strong track record in early stage investiments, with over 40 companies in many sectors and many countries, with several IPOs and trade sales.All sectors are considered for investment, main driver of selection is growth potential.Current areas of focus are very diverse: service sector companies, technology applied to design companies and renewable energy, in particular solar.Investment can be minority or majority holdings. Currently there is a preference for majority holdings where A.M.E. Ventures principals can be actively involved.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 3 | 43% |
| Software | 3 | 43% |
| Marketing | 2 | 29% |
| Automotive | 2 | 29% |
| Advertising | 2 | 29% |

22 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 29% |
| Series B | 2 | 29% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 29% |
| Series C | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 5 | 71% |
| Italy | 1 | 14% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 14% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Michele Appendino | Chairman | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michele-appendino-8f7d |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Arthur | Arthur is a platform that monitors the productivity of machine learning models. Arthur partners with the leading companies in industries such as financial services, insurance, and healthcare to develop and deploy enterprise-grade AI systems. The company was founded in 2018 and based in New York City. | $15M | Series A | Dec 09, 2020 |  |
| Branded Online | Branded Online, Inc. (BOL) is a dynamic technology company that delivers enterprise-class ecommerce, marketing, and logistics solutions to brands. BOL helps brands reach their potential by delivering scalable growth, effective marketing, and operational efficiencies. By offering world-class technology and solutions, our clients gain the control,scalability, growth, and cost savings they need to compete with the largest retailers on earth. Since 1999 Branded Online has become a trusted partner to some of the world’s leading fashion brands. The company specializes in providing the technology, infrastructure, and operational services needed to continuously drive commerce, improve customer engagement, and better address the complexities inherent in high-performing omni-channel commerce operations. | $4.3M |  | Jun 14, 2017 |  |
| Pod Point | At POD Point, we believe that travel shouldn’t damage the earth. We think that if everyone were driving zero emissions vehicles, the impact that travel has on our planet globally and locally would be significantly reduced. That’s why we’re building a network of electric vehicle chargepoints across the UK and Europe at places drivers park liketheir homes, workplaces and destinations they visit like gyms or supermarkets. On average an electric vehicle starts charging on our network every 42 seconds. | $11.8M | Series C | Feb 20, 2017 |  |
| AtScale | AtScale is an intelligent data virtualization company that provides a single, secured, and governed workspace for distributed data. It enables Big Data analytics at scale through intelligent data virtualization and autonomous data engineering. Global enterprises including JPMorgan Chase, Toyota, Wells Fargo, The Home Depot, Wayfair, and TDBank useAtScale to leverage their investment in data architecture and engineering modernization for advanced analytics. Led by industry veterans from Yahoo!, Google, Netezza, IBM, Microsoft, Salesforce, Vertica, Cisco, and Oracle, AtScale is headquartered in Silicon Valley and Boston and has a presence across the globe. | $11M | Series B | May 16, 2016 |  |
| Next 14 | Next 14 is neither a fund, nor an incubator. It’s an industrial holding that develops from scratch or invests into ventures exclusively focused on data-driven advertising and data-driven content-marketing.Each business controlled by Next 14 is a fully independent legal entity, with separate investors, teams, business models and assets, but itbenefits from the network’s services and its commercial and operational synergies. We involve as co-investors of the network’s companies some of the best italian professionals in the media landscape, completing the teams with emerging talents in the ad-tech local ecosystem. | $4.9M | Series A | Apr 08, 2016 |  |
| Kapost | Kapost is the leading provider of Content Marketing software that enables companies to manage their content marketing as a structured business process. Through its platform that manages the ideation, production, distribution, audience development and analytics of content marketing, Kapost empowers marketers to generate more content, more trafficand more leads. Kapost customers include brands like Eloqua, Marketo, AT&T, Intel and more. Kapost also produces The Content Marketeer, a blog providing content and education for marketers. | $10.3M |  | May 12, 2015 |  |
| HZO | HZO delivers customized protective nano and conformal coatings that safeguard electronics from the most demanding environments. It provides water protection solutions for electronics manufacturers by introducing a durable film to components during assembly. The company specializes in the fields of nanotechnology, waterproofing, electronics,nano-coating, full-submersion.It was founded in 2011 and headquartered in Morrisville, North Carolina. | $20M | Series B | Jul 01, 2014 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Iron Gate Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/iron-gate-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [180 Degree Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/180-degree-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Access Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/access-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Acrew Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acrew-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Barclays Investment Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/barclays-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Comcast Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/comcast-interactive-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does A.M.E. Ventures invest in?

A.M.E. Ventures invests primarily in Internet, Software and Marketing startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### Who are the partners at A.M.E. Ventures?

The team at A.M.E. Ventures includes Michele Appendino (Chairman). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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