# Francesco Canzonieri

> Francesco Canzonieri is a Series A investor at Nextalia Ventures backing Apps and SaaS. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Nextalia Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nextalia-ventures)
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/francesco-canzonieri/

Francesco Canzonieri is a Series A investor at Nextalia Ventures focused on Apps and SaaS. Francesco Canzonieri is the Chief Executive Officer at Nextalia SGR S.p.A. Francesco has attended Università Bocconi.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 1 | 50% |
| SaaS | 1 | 50% |
| Training | 1 | 50% |
| Education | 1 | 50% |
| Agentic AI | 1 | 50% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |
| Series B | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Italy | 1 | 50% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Datapizza | Datapizza allows tech profiles to find training materials, projects, and job opportunities. | $11.4M | Series A | Jul 22, 2026 |  |
| Circeus | Circeus is an AI-first technology holding company that acquires and scales mission-critical software, modernising it for the AI era. Through a centralised AI platform deployed across its portfolio, the company expands software from systems of record into systems of action. Circeus focuses on software powering the physical world, serving 200,000+companies worldwide and enabling them to work smarter, scale faster, and stay ahead. Circeus is backed by leading global institutional investors.Shop Circle is backed by leading global institutional investors. | $100M | Series B | Feb 25, 2025 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [3VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/3vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [645 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/645-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Primo Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/barcamper-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CDP Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cdp-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Endeavor Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/endeavor-catalyst) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [FG2 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fg2-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Nextalia Ventures

VC Fund

Nextalia Ventures is a later-stage venture capital fund managed by Nextalia SGR, focused on growth-stage technology startups and scaleups in B2B software and services across Italy, Europe, the US, and Israel.

1 contacts available at Nextalia Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Francesco Canzonieri | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/francesco-canzonieri |

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## FAQ

### What does Francesco Canzonieri invest in?

Francesco Canzonieri invests primarily in Apps, SaaS and Training startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Italy. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Francesco Canzonieri last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Francesco Canzonieri closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 2 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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