# Fabio Ficano

> Fabio Ficano is a pre-seed investor at Ares Management backing Software and Information Technology. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Ares Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ares-management)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Jul 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fabioficano/

Fabio Ficano is a pre-seed investor at Ares Management in San Francisco focused on Software and Information Technology. Fabio is a Managing Director in the Ares AI and Innovation Group. Prior to joining Ares in 2024, Mr. Ficano was a Managing Director at BootstrapLabs Venture Studio, where he led the strategy, vision and operations of all studios, including climate, energy, and future of work. Previously, Mr. Ficano was an Investor at Baruch Future Ventures. Inaddition, Mr. Ficano was a Founder and President of Elettranova and LufraRise, focused on developing, orchestrating, and financing complex multi-country endeavors that often included the scouting and adoption of emerging technologies. He was also Co-Founder and Partner of Moncada Energy Group (formerly Moncada Energy USA and Moncada Energy Malaysia & Philippines). He was Co-Founder and Chair of the International Relations and Renewable Energy Initiatives for the Silicon Valley Italian Executive Council (SVIEC). Additionally, he was Managing Director of Policy Sonar, a legislation monitoring firm. Mr. Ficano has also been a Senior Fellow at Palantir, where he led business development activities with government agencies, law enforcement, the Intelligence Community, and financial institutions in both the U.S. and Europe. Mr. Ficano was Director of Government Affairs at AECOM (formerly URS Europe) and Leonardo (formerly AnsaldoBreda/Finmeccanica USA). Mr. Ficano also serves on the Board of the Indaba Foundation and Harbor of Cultures. He previously served on the U.S.-Italy Bilateral Climate Change Partnership, an agency created by the U.S. Department of State and the Italian Government to pursue joint research programs on climate change and low-emission technology. He serves as a Commissioner for the U.S.-Italy Fulbright Best Commission and holds the title of Knight Commander of the Italian Republic, awarded to him in 2009, on the proposal of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, bestowed by the President of the Italian Republic.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 50% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 33% |
| Energy | 1 | 17% |
| Battery | 1 | 17% |
| FinTech | 1 | 17% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 33% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 33% |
| Seed | 1 | 17% |
| Series A | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Claritype | Claritype specializes in offering an AI-enabled semantic layer for data lakes, enhancing the underlying data infrastructure. | $2M | Pre-Seed | Jul 01, 2021 |  |
| 1PastaNow | Innovative QSR Born in Silicon Valley | $180K | Pre-Seed | Aug 01, 2020 |  |
| Wrkr Solutions | Wrkr offers labor management software that allows companies to increase sales, reduce labor costs, and scale their team on demand | $1.4M |  | Nov 11, 2016 |  |
| Batteroo | World's First Reusable Micro-Thin Sleeve that Extends Battery Life! It saves consumer money, energy by increasing the battery life up-to 600% as well as reducing less battery waste and saving environment. | $5M |  | Jul 25, 2014 |  |
| Mercatus | Mercatus is an investment data management platform for private market fund managers and asset owners that need to solve the complexity of their private investment data.We offer a single platform for business users to manage the entire investment lifecycle: from deal to divestment, asset to fund, debt to equity.Mercatus is a platform that solvesinvestment data challenges in portfolio monitoring, deal management, valuation management, and ESG. It is the only platform that enables scenario analysis and valuations at scale at the asset and fund level.With Mercatus, you will trust your data, scale your team, and make better investment decisions. | $2.1M | Series A | Jun 10, 2013 |  |
| Moncada Energy Group | Renewable Energy | $3.5M | Seed | Feb 01, 2010 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [8VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/8vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Augment Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/augment-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Forté Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/forte-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [One Way Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/one-way-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Shah Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shah-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [SK Telecom Americas Innopartners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sk-telecom-americas-innopartners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Ares Management

VC Fund · Chicago, United States

Ares Management is a publicly-traded global alternative asset manager with approximately $144 billion of assets under management. It believes each of its distinct but complementary investment groups in credit, private equity, and real estate is a market leader based on assets under management and investment performance.

5 contacts available at Ares Management.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Andres Pinter | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andres-pinter |
| Barry M Miller | Chief Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/barry-m-miller |
| Bennett Rosenthal | Co-Founder, Co-Head, Senior Partner and Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bennett-rosenthal |
| David Kaplan | Co-Founder, Director, and Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-kaplan-c8ed |
| Douglas Dieter | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/douglas-dieter-3593 |

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## FAQ

### What does Fabio Ficano invest in?

Fabio Ficano invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Energy startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Fabio Ficano last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Fabio Ficano closed in Jul 2021. Shizune tracks 6 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?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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