Enrico Poli
Director @ Zanichelli Venture
Bologna, Italy
Enrico Poli is a pre-seed investor at Zanichelli Venture in Bologna focused on Education and EdTech. As a director of Zanichelli Venture, I’m looking for nascent companies who are tilling daring ideas about education and technology and searching for pre-seed or seed funding to grow these ideas into products empowering anyone – from children and parents to adult, professional lifelong learners and their mentors and coaches – to learn and teachbetter.Previously, along with a most awesome team of three, I sustained senior management at Zanichelli Editore in working out our digital strategy and I led the creation of a modern software house in the middle of our 150 years old textbook publishing business, as a sort of in-house startup.I care about how people teach and learn, how they tackle complex or difficult information, how they get to solve problems together. I study the ways new technologies can help and not hinder them. Education offers a critical testing ground.
- Total investments:
- 3
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 33%
Last updated:
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Industries Enrico Poli invests in
Stages Enrico Poli invests in
Countries Enrico Poli invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Education 2 (67%)
- EdTech 1 (33%)
- Internet 1 (33%)
- Software 1 (33%)
- Training 1 (33%)
Stage
- Pre-Seed 2 (67%)
- Seed 1 (33%)
Country
- Italy 1 (33%)
- Ireland 1 (33%)
- United States 1 (33%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Anthropos.work helps individuals and companies with their career management. Anthropos.work aims to help users grow faster and develop the roles and capabilities they will need in their future. It was founded in 2023 and was headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. | $2.7M / Pre-Seed / May 14, 2024 | ||
| Datamasters designs and develops Machine Learning solutions. They provide artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data science skills. They acquire skills in machine learning, deep learning, and reinforcement learning | $695.2K / Seed / May 31, 2023 | ||
| zick learn is an innovative startup in the corporate education industry, committed to solving standard e-learning failure through our unique product: we can move completion rate from 5%-15% (which, depending on the market research you decide to trust, is the current market standard for corporate trainings) to over 85%. Our capability ofdelivering bite-sized training right in the pocket of our Clients' employees enables us to provide incredible engagement and completion rates to our target market. Founded by Matteo Penzo (serial entrepreneur, 2 exits, former frog design executive leader), Andrea Goggi (serial entrepreneur, 1 exit, former EY Digital leader) and Pietro Stracquadanio (+15 years leading software development projects for the HR industry), and backed by a dynamic team, we are set to redefine corporate education industry and drive significant value. | $703.9K / Pre-Seed / Jan 16, 2023 |
Co-Investors
About Zanichelli Venture
Zanichelli Venture is looking for nascent companies who are tilling daring ideas about education and technology and searching for pre-seed or seed funding to grow these ideas into products to empower anyone – from children and parents to adult, professional lifelong learners and their mentors and coaches – to learn and teach better.We willsupport and finance ideas with the potential to have a positive impact on our future through education at every stage of our life. We will respectfully, discreetly stand by the entrepreneurs believing in these ideas, from the beginnings and at least since that impact leaves its first dent.We care about each startup in our portfolio getting the full value a hundred years old education company like Zanichelli can offer, wherever our expertise can be a lodestar because of our history, our mission, our network, our resources; and we believe in getting out of the founders’ way otherwise, if we don’t add value.We care about financial returns and self-sustainability and about bringing collaboration opportunities, insights, innovative thinking and entrepreneurial energy back to our company digital products designers, editorial staff and IT, searching for mutual advantages. Only in the long term, as we and the founders build trust through intense collaboration and shared stakes, and after a startup fully spreads out its potential as a maturing company, we believe in searching together for possible paths to a deeper partnership. We co-invest globally, following trusted, local lead investors.
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What does Enrico Poli invest in?
Enrico Poli invests primarily in Education, EdTech and Internet startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 3 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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The most recent investment recorded for Enrico Poli closed in May 2024. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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