# Elena Casolari

> Elena Casolari is a Series A investor at Opes Impact Fund (Milano) backing Leisure and EdTech. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Opes Impact Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/opes-impact-fund)
- Location: Milano, Italy
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Oct 2024
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.opesfund.eu/

Elena Casolari is a Series A investor at Opes Impact Fund in Milano focused on Leisure and EdTech. Elena Casolari is the Co - Founder and President at Opes Impact Fund.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Leisure | 2 | 50% |
| EdTech | 1 | 25% |
| Sports | 1 | 25% |
| Travel | 1 | 25% |
| Tourism | 1 | 25% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 3 | 75% |
| Seed | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Radical Storage | Radical Storage is a luggage storage network that provides luggage storage services. The company works with various local businesses like coffee shops, bike rental shops, bars, and even hotels. It verifies local businesses to guarantee the safety of luggages. Through BAGBNB, people will be redirected to the closest local business in an area ofchoice. Once the booking is completed, people will receive a summary of the booking including the details of your chosen local business.BAGBNB was founded on 2016 and is headquartered in Rome, Italy. | $7.5M | Series A | Oct 23, 2024 |  |
| Develhope | Develhope is training school which helps to train the developer. | $6.5M | Series A | Jun 14, 2023 |  |
| Freedome | Freedome is the leading marketplace for outdoor activities in Italy | $2.7M | Series A | Jun 06, 2023 |  |
| Lifeed | Lifeed (powered by Life Based Value) is a digital learning platform that unlocks life’s learning potential, transforming employees’ life transitions into professional growth. Companies that adopt Lifeed have access to a set of training and communications resources, a hub for sharing experiences and a dashboard with updated data on employees’experiences. By using a strength-based approach, the Life Based Learning method demonstrates how life events can be maximised to improve the corporate environment, empowering parents, caregivers and transitioners to fully engage and reveal their value within the company, reducing stress and helping them to excel in their careers.Since launching in 2015, Life Based Value has worked with over 80 firms and is being piloted in 23 countries and 218 cities across the USA, Europe, Southeast Asia and Australia. Over 20,000 people have participated and the results indicate that the program can improve soft skills by up to 35%. | $902K | Seed | Jul 19, 2019 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [CDP Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cdp-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Vertis](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vertis-sgr-s-p-a) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Ad Astra Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ad-astra-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Azimut Holding](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/azimut-enterprises-holding) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bios Line Holding](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bios-line-holding) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Egg](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/egg-c118) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Opes Impact Fund

VC Fund · Milano, Italy

Opes-Lcef is an impact investor that provides catalytic capital to early-stage social enterprises in emerging markets.

5 contacts available at Opes Impact Fund.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Elena Casolari | co-founder and President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elena-casolari |
| Emma Caddy | Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emma-caddy |
| Giovanni Gerola | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/giovanni-gerola |
| Gitau Shiku | Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gitau-shiku |
| Kulsoom Ally | portfolio and knowledge management. | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kulsoom-ally |

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## FAQ

### What does Elena Casolari invest in?

Elena Casolari invests primarily in Leisure, EdTech and Sports startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Italy. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Elena Casolari last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Elena Casolari closed in Oct 2024. Shizune tracks 4 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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