# Danilo S. Carlucci

> Danilo S. Carlucci is a seed investor at Morningstar Ventures backing Blockchain. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Morningstar Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/morningstar-ventures)
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Apr 2024
- Lead investor: 40%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniloscarlucci/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/daniloscarlucci
- Website: https://x.com/daniloscarlucci

Danilo S. Carlucci is a seed investor at Morningstar Ventures focused on Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence. Danilo S. Carlucci is the co-Founder and & CEO at Morningstar Ventures. Danilo S. Carlucci attended University of Aberdeen.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 3 | 60% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 40% |
| Art | 1 | 20% |
| Web3 | 1 | 20% |
| Music | 1 | 20% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 80% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 40% |
| France | 1 | 20% |
| Australia | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Aark | Aark is an Arbitrum-based decentralized derivatives exchange. It provides capital efficiency, collateral alternatives, and liquidity pool size while offering users a comparable to centralized exchanges. | $6M | Seed | Apr 17, 2024 |  |
| Ta-da | Ta-da is an AI data marketplace that innovates the traditional method of collecting and verifying data through crowdsourcing using blockchain technology. | $3.5M | Seed | Jan 09, 2024 |  |
| Itheum | Itheum is a first-of-its-kind data infrastructure platform that brokers the sale of your data (which is highly valuable) to the AI industry (which needs much more data sourced with consent). We are building blockchain-powered technology for data tokenization, data licensing, data provenance and creator protection, data marketplaces, and datagovernance - pretty much, the entire "AI data infrastructure rails" you will need to power a new data economy for this AI first-era we are live in. | $1.5M | Seed | Jan 11, 2022 |  |
| HOFA Gallery (House of Fine Art) | House of Fine Art - HOFA Gallery represents an exclusive portfolio of leading international contemporary artists across its locations in London - Los Angeles and Mykonos. | $4.8M | Seed | Dec 16, 2021 |  |
| Euler | Euler is a capital-efficient permissionless lending protocol that helps users to earn interest on their crypto assets or hedge against volatile markets without the need for a trusted third party. | $8M | Series A | Aug 25, 2021 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [SkyVision Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/skyvision-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Spark Digital Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/spark-digital-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Alpha Protocol Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alpha-protocol-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Animoca Brands](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/animoca-brands-corporation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Apollo Crypto](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/apollo-capital-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Arrington Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arrington-capital-9858) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Morningstar Ventures

VC Fund · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Morningstar Ventures is an investment firm backing ambitious ideas by early-stage founders. Based in Dubai, Morningstar Ventures focuses primarily on the blockchain and digital assets space and is led by Chief Investment Officer Danilo S. Carlucci. The firm is active in both token investments and equity investments and has a particularly strongfocus on the Elrond ecosystem. In October 2021 Morningstar Ventures launched the Elrond Dubai Incubator to support projects building with Elrond technology.

1 contacts available at Morningstar Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Danilo S. Carlucci | Co-Founder & Chief Investment Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/danilo-carlucci |

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## FAQ

### What does Danilo S. Carlucci invest in?

Danilo S. Carlucci invests primarily in Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence and Art startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Danilo S. Carlucci last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Danilo S. Carlucci closed in Apr 2024. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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