# Davide Serra

> Davide Serra is a seed investor at Algebris Investments backing Internet and Advertising. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Algebris Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/algebris-investments)
- Total investments: 1
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://x.com/davidealgebris

Davide Serra is a seed investor at Algebris Investments focused on Internet and Advertising. Davide Serra is the Founder and CEO of Algebris Investments, a global asset management boutique that manages Long Only and Hedged strategies in Credit, Equity and Non-Performing Loans, with a focus on Global Financials.Davide Serra was Managing Director at Morgan Stanley where he headed the European Banks Research Team and was the Global Banksteam coordinator. Davide Serra was rated individually among the top European banks analysts for the period 1999-2006. Prior to Morgan Stanley, Davide Serra worked in the top rated UBS Banks research team as a senior analyst (1995-2000).Davide Serra has been awarded the Young Global Leader designation by the World Economic Forum and is recognized as one of the World's leading experts on financial services. He is often consulted by the World's Central Bankers and Regulators on policy matters and he regularly contributes to the discourse on financial reform. Furthermore, Davide Serra has been awarded the Commander designation, a decoration of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.Davide Serra is Chairman and Trustee of the Hakuna Matata foundation, a registered UK charity which he founded with his wife in April 2010. The primary focus of the foundation' work is assisting orphaned children in Central Tanzania; wvwv.hakunamatata-charity.org.Davide Serra is a graduate cum laude of Bocconi University in Italy and holds a Master CEMS. He speaks Italian and is fluent in English and French. He played volleyball professionally in Italy from 1985 and 1990 and reached Series Al. He enjoys Alpinism in the Alps and Sailing around the World.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 1 | 100% |
| Advertising | 1 | 100% |
| Real Estate | 1 | 100% |
| Asset Management | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Homepal | Homepal, a digital real estate agency, allows owners and buyers to make direct contact and independently organize visits to the house. It is also a site to buy, sell, and rent a house with the full support of a real estate agency, at low costs. The team of the Homepal RE real estate agency will then help in managing the negotiations and thecontracts.It was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Italy. |  | Seed |  |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About Algebris Investments

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Algebris is an independent global asset management firm.Built on an expertise in the financial sector, Algebris has focused on investing across the capital structure in both credit and equity, as well as being pioneers in investing in hybrid capital issued by the most globally systemically important financial institutions. Algebris has graduallyexpanded into private debt in Italy, investing in non-performing loans secured real estate as well as into macro credit and quant spaces to capture a broader set of value opportunities.Founded by CEO Davide Serra in 2006, Algebris maintains offices in London, Milan, Luxembourg, Boston, Singapore and Tokyo and manages a number of funds and individual accounts totalling several billion Euros in assets under management via a highly experienced team of investment professionals.

2 contacts available at Algebris Investments.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Davide Serra | Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/davide-serra |
| Marco Turchini | managing partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marco-turchini |

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## FAQ

### What does Davide Serra invest in?

Davide Serra invests primarily in Internet, Advertising and Real Estate startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 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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