Davide Dattoli
Founder @ Talent Garden
Milan, Italy
Davide Dattoli is a seed investor at Talent Garden in Milan focused on Apps and FinTech. "The best way to predict the future is to invent it." - Davide Dattoli, Founder & Executive Chairman of Talent Garden, who is reshaping the way we learn and connect in the digital ecosystem.Davide Dattoli is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Talent Garden, the largest EduTech company based in Europe, dedicated to helpingindividuals and organizations become "future-proof" by enhancing their digital skills. Established in Italy in 2011, Talent Garden has since expanded to 12 markets across Europe, Brazil, and Singapore. The company operates under three brands: Talent Garden, Hyper Island, and Italian Tech Academy. Our uniqueness lies in a robust digital and tech community that inhabits our physical campuses across Europe, creating learning opportunities for both students and companies. Currently, Talent Garden trains 25,000 professionals and students annually, hosts 4,500 top tech startups and professionals, and welcomes over 500,000 visitors to our campuses each year in a lifelong learning environment.He is also a Venture Founder and board member of Italian Founders Fund, Italy's first venture capital fund established by founders, for founders. We have united over 100 experienced entrepreneurs to build the premier founder-backed VC community, actively supporting Italy’s next generation of exceptional talent and digital innovation. IFF leads or follows in pre-seed and seed rounds.Davide is a sought-after speaker and serves on the boards of numerous companies at the European level. He has been recognized in Forbes' 30 Under 30 technology list in Europe and received a WIRED nomination as one of the top 5 innovators in Italy. Additionally, he is a board member of many private and public organizations. He is actively involved as a board member of the Telethon Foundation, the most significant Italian non-profit organization supporting rare diseases. Davide also personally invests in several startups in the Lifestyle and Education sectors across Europe, including Will Media, WeRoad, and Bending Spoons.Before founding Talent Garden and serving as its CEO for the first ten years, he worked on digital strategies at Condé Nast and consulted for a dozen international companies on digitalization. Alongside running businesses, he has completed executive courses at Stanford University and Harvard Business School. For contact: info@davidedattoli.it
- Total investments:
- 2
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 50%
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Apps 1 (50%)
- FinTech 1 (50%)
- InsurTech 1 (50%)
- Communities 1 (50%)
- Employee Benefits 1 (50%)
Stage
- Seed 1 (50%)
- Series A 1 (50%)
Country
- Italy 1 (50%)
- Portugal 1 (50%)
Investments
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Coverflex is a compensation management platform for teams to manage and enjoy multiple benefits. Coverflex is on a mission to improve the way companies compensate their people, making it more transparent, flexible, and easier for everyone to make the most of what they get. Through a fully digital solution, Coverflex helps companies manage everypart of compensation beyond salary — benefits, insurance, meal allowance, and exclusive discounts — while empowering people to spend on what suits them best. | $16.5M / Series A / Feb 01, 2023 | |
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Will Media is an online community aims to raise awareness of everyday facts and inspire change for a more sustainable world. | $1.3M / Seed / Apr 14, 2020 |
Co-Investors
About Talent Garden
Talent Garden is the place where digital and technology professionals work, learn and connect.Founded in Brescia, Italy, in 2011, Talent Garden is Europe's leading innovation platform and coworking network for digital innovation. Today Talent Garden has 23 campuses in 8 countries (Albania, Austria, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania,Romania, Spain) hosting thousands of talented people, including startups, freelancers, companies and large corporations.Talent Garden's mission is to create local, vibrant, globally connected campuses that empower digital & tech communities. Talent Garden was founded with the aim of creating an ecosystem that would connect, support and grow the best startups and communities in technological and digital arenas and contribute to the professional development of future global innovators. The company was founded in 2011 in Brescia, Italy. Today, TAG is hosting more than 600 talents, 40K+ online community members and counting over 23 campuses in 8 countries: Albania, Austria, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Romania, and Spain.
Talent Garden Contacts
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Fabio Sferruzzi
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Francesco Lato
Co-Founder Talent Garden Genova
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Marco Franciosa
Co-Founder & Co- Chairman
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Marco Santonocito
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What does Davide Dattoli invest in?
Davide Dattoli invests primarily in Apps, FinTech and InsurTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Italy. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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