Fabio Mondini de Focatiis
Founder @ Growth Capital
Paris, France
Fabio Mondini de Focatiis is a seed investor at Growth Capital in Paris focused on E-Commerce and Retail. Venture Partner, Eurazeo InvestmentInternational Venture Capitalist, Business Angel and SVP with >20 years experience in >20 countries, with a successful track as VC, BA and Entrepreneur in a truly global environment. Fabio is a Venture Partner in Eurazeo Investment, following their acquisition of IDINVEST Partners, a leading Europeanprivate equity firm with >9B€ AUM, focusing on Venture Capital investments in Italy across sectors and in the Smart City sector (Energy, Cleantech, Eco-mobility) worldwide. Fabio is the Founder and CEO of growth Capital, the leading Italian investment banking focusing on advising innovative, fast-growing companies on fund raising and M&A. Fabio is also an active Business Angel, with a personal portfolio of more than 30 startups. a Member of the Investment Committee of Lazio Innova. Previously Fabio has been a Senior Advisor in the European Investment Fund (EIF), leading the joint efforts of EIF and Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) to establish TT Investment Funds in Italy to develop its ecosystem for Innovation. Before entering the Private Equity sector, Fabio has lead Soitec Solar Division sale after it has increased its revenues from ~2M€ to >40M€ and achieved the world record of PV Module Efficiency and Solar Cell Efficiency. He had earlier founded and lead RenEn Renewable Energy to a leading renewable energy consulting firm. Earlier Fabio has been in McKinsey, ENEL and Russell Reynolds. In ENEL, Fabio has been Head of Integration, Head of International Management, Head of HR and Organisation and member of the Board of various international companies. Fabio received his M.S. degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from M.I.T. and his M.B.A. from INSEAD. He is fluent in English, Italian, French and Spanish.
- Total investments:
- 21
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 33%
Last updated:
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Industries Fabio Mondini de Focatiis invests in
Stages Fabio Mondini de Focatiis invests in
Countries Fabio Mondini de Focatiis invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $329k–$2.2M
- Equity Crowdfunding
- $1.4M–$3.3M
Investment Focus
Industry
- E-Commerce 5 (24%)
- Retail 4 (19%)
- Internet 3 (14%)
- Internet of Things 3 (14%)
- Information Technology 3 (14%)
Stage
- Seed 14 (67%)
- Pre-Seed 4 (19%)
- Equity Crowdfunding 2 (10%)
Country
- Italy 7 (33%)
- France 6 (29%)
- United Kingdom 2 (10%)
- Mexico 1 (5%)
- United States 1 (5%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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HiNelson
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HiNelson an Italian-based online store for nautical accessories. HiNelson is the first nautical online store about high-level boating components. They select the best and successful brands in the nautical worldwide market, such as Veleria San Giorgio to guarantee maritime safety with their life jackets, moving through Polyform’s boat fenders foryacht protection, or the best anchoring and docking system by Lofrans’, Max Power and Quick and finishing with the most famous Plastimo’s compasses or and Bartomarine sail’s accessories. | $1.2M / Seed / Mar 24, 2021 | |
Yobs
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Instantly record, transcribe and analyze Zoom interviews to hire better, faster. | $2.3M / Seed / Mar 01, 2021 | |
Homepal
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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. | $3.3M / Equity Crowdfunding / Feb 11, 2021 | |
Barberino's - Benessere Italiano
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We are an Italian independent men's grooming company. We operates a classic though stylish barber shop chain with an Italian soul in Milan, Rome, Padova and Brescia. Our award-winning Barber Shops recreates places where the gestures, the rituals and the habits behind men's grooming are honored while updated with modern attitude. Ourbarbers are top skilled and carefully trained. We focus on high quality haircuts, beard trims and hot towel wet shave with the mission to offer a relaxing grooming experience. We use and sell exclusively our own products, entirely designed, developed and packaged in Italy by an expert group of artisans, chemists and designers that represent the ultimate Italian excellence. Our product line is the result of our years of on-the-ground experience and hundred of thousands of haircuts and bear trims. We know not only what our customers need but also what our customers wants. The cosmetics are characterized by high performance formulas enriched with the most advanced active ingredients (such as plant stem cells) that are extracted from natural sources. The accessories are entirely handmade using the most precious natural materials, such as horn or wengé wood, according to the most elegant Italian design principles. We offer a 360° customer experience which starts in our store with our barbers and which continue at home with our products! | $1.4M / Equity Crowdfunding / Jun 04, 2020 | |
MamaClean
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We turn Laundry into a Boutique Experience with top quality, light-speed deliveries and "Cloud Storage" solutions for your wardrobe items.If you care about your clothes and want a boutique experience for Laundry and beyond: - Book a pick up in the AM and have your clean outfits delivered in just 8 hours - "Cloud" store yourclothes and have them clean wherever you are in 24-48 hours | $998K / Seed / Sep 01, 2019 | |
Kippy
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Pet owners deal with 2 main issues: every year millions of pets are lost; pets are thought to have become increasingly overweight, with higher risk of arthritis, diabetes and heart diseases development. We create the most advanced GPS and Activity Monitor for pets to keep them safe, healthy and to strengthen our relationship with them. | Seed / Jul 11, 2019 | |
Aura Vision
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Aura Vision enables brick-and-mortar retailers to positively influence shopper journeys with cutting-edge computer vision. The company help brands and retailers improve their in-store experiences by tracking visitor demographics, movement and engagement from existing security cameras. | $2.2M / Seed / Jun 01, 2019 | |
Yocabè
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YOCABÈ is an innovative Italian startup with the mission of connecting apparel brands and their products with the global customers of online marketplaces such as Amazon, eBay, Privalia, Spartoo, etc.We started operating in Italy, the best place to start given the global relevance of the Italian Style in the apparel industry. We have an Italiansoul but a global spirit as shown by our sales already covering the most important European countries (Italy, UK, Germany, Spain, France).We position ourselves as the B2B2C partner for apparel brands and distribute their products on all the global and local marketplaces in every country we operate. Our business model is innovative for the field given that we work on performance by earning a commission on transactions. We act as a real partner and respect our brands' policy about prices and internationalization. We offer all that is needed to succeed in global e-commerce, including multi-language catalog creation and customer care, smart logistics, visibility optimization. | $638K / Seed / Apr 12, 2019 | |
Keyless
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Keyless is a deeptech, cybersecurity company building the world's first privacy-preserving biometric authentication and personal identity management platform.The Keyless Platform empowers businesses to embrace passwordless, protect their remote workforce and enable strong customer authentication with just a look.Keyless Zero-KnowledgeBiometric (ZKB™) solutions provide passwordless multi-factor authentication that eliminates fraud, phishing and credential reuse – all while enhancing customer and employee experiences and protecting their privacy.With Keyless, businesses are finally able to adopt zero-trust security, eliminate passwords, ensure privacy compliance and deliver unified authentication experiences across every touchpoint with just a look.#gokeyless at www.keyless.io | $300K / Pre-Seed / Jan 15, 2019 | |
Icohup
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The aim of Icohup is the development of pollution sensors with high performance yet low costs. | $371K / Seed / Jun 21, 2018 | |
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Co-Investors
About Growth Capital
Cross Border Growth Capital (CBGC) advises outstanding entrepreneurs leading high-potential startups in obtaining funding without ceasing to focus on adding value to their company and helps Corporates and investors to design and implement investment strategies according to the main disruptive trends in their sectors. CBGC operates on a widespectrum of transactions, from early stage capital increases to M&A and private equity operations involving startups and scaleups. With a 90% success rate, CBGC structures and executes transactions ensuring interests between investors and startups are aligned and featuring a strategic and financial fit, resulting in a smoother investment process and optimal structures and conditions. CBGC was founded by Cross Border, M&A boutique with 350+ completed transactions in the last 30 years and Fabio Mondini de Focatiis, serial Business Angel and Venture Partner at Idinvest Partners.
Growth Capital Contacts
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Fabio Mondini de Focatiis
Founder
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FAQ
What does Fabio Mondini de Focatiis invest in?
Fabio Mondini de Focatiis invests primarily in E-Commerce, Retail and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 21 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Italy. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Fabio Mondini de Focatiis's check size?
Fabio Mondini de Focatiis typically joins rounds of $329k–$2.2M at Seed and $1.4M–$3.3M at Equity Crowdfunding. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Fabio Mondini de Focatiis participates in.
When did Fabio Mondini de Focatiis last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Fabio Mondini de Focatiis closed in Mar 2021. Shizune tracks 21 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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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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