# Francesco Giartosio

> Francesco Giartosio is a seed investor in Modena backing Mobile and Sports. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Modena, Italy
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: May 2016
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/giartosio
- Website: https://x.com/franko
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/francesco.giartosio

Francesco Giartosio is a seed investor in Modena focused on Mobile and Sports. Francesco graduated in Business Administration at Roma University and then worked 22 years in FCA Group, Ducati and System in the area of internal auditing, management control and processes restructuring. In 2008 left the management work to launch Contipronti.it, the first online accounting service in Italy. In the following years he becamespassionate of start up. He launched Giarty, a sort of Italian Yelp. In September 2011 he started to work on a project of advanced reality eyeglasses, and one day lather he estabished the GlassUp company. Its passion is innovate and semplify the way things are done.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 1 | 25% |
| Sports | 1 | 25% |
| Hardware | 1 | 25% |
| Software | 1 | 25% |
| Augmented Reality | 1 | 25% |

6 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| GlassUp | Big data and growing use of on-board sensors are pushing work on shop floors to new heighs of speed and productivity. But the human interaction with all these technologies is still made through desktops or tablets, which are not designed for daily usage in industrial environments. Thus, the company has developed and manufactured augmented realitygoggles for industries. GlassUp is on the market with GlassUp F4 since February 2017. F4 are AR eyewears designed to act as a support in terms of time saving and functionality for operators in professional and industrial fields. The eyewear has all the features of a protective mask and allows making use of contents such as videos, images, instruction manuals and any type of content able to back up a work process without using hands. In this way, the user can be focused on action. F4 can be used stand alone or in pairs with a dashboard which allows remote assistance and remote machineries maintenance routines. On the job training is another fundamental function. As software house, moreover, we are able to create custom applications. | $567.7K | Seed | May 31, 2016 | http://www.glassup.net |
| GlassUp | Big data and growing use of on-board sensors are pushing work on shop floors to new heighs of speed and productivity. But the human interaction with all these technologies is still made through desktops or tablets, which are not designed for daily usage in industrial environments. Thus, the company has developed and manufactured augmented realitygoggles for industries. GlassUp is on the market with GlassUp F4 since February 2017. F4 are AR eyewears designed to act as a support in terms of time saving and functionality for operators in professional and industrial fields. The eyewear has all the features of a protective mask and allows making use of contents such as videos, images, instruction manuals and any type of content able to back up a work process without using hands. In this way, the user can be focused on action. F4 can be used stand alone or in pairs with a dashboard which allows remote assistance and remote machineries maintenance routines. On the job training is another fundamental function. As software house, moreover, we are able to create custom applications. |  | Seed |  | http://www.glassup.net |

2 of 4 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Francesco Giartosio invest in?

Francesco Giartosio invests primarily in Mobile, Sports and Hardware startups, most often at 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.

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### When did Francesco Giartosio last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Francesco Giartosio closed in May 2016. 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.

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