Micheli Associati
VC Fund
Milan, Italy
Micheli Associati is a VC fund in Milan focused on Art and Apps. FMA is a family private fund managed by Francesco Micheli and Carlo Micheli, previous founders of Fastweb (FWB.MI) leading italian broadband provider (public company) now part of the Swisscom Group.Top investment by FMA includes Genextra (biotech), Bravofly (volagratis), Giocodigitale (then sold BWIN), CityNews and musiXmatchFrancescoMicheli has served as chairman of the board since Genextra's inception in 2003. Previously, a key player in the financial sector (Gruppo Montedison, IMI, Morgan Greenfeld, IWG-Sviluppo), he participated to the setting-up and launch of successful businesses such as e.Biscom-Fastweb in 2000.Francesco is a member of the Board of Directors of a number of companies including Allianz and Futurimpresa SGR as well as philanthropic institutes such as Fondazione Teatro alla Scala, Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala, MilanoMusica, Fondazione Amici della Scala, Fondazione Teatro Parenti, Vidas, Fondazione per le Neuroscienze, Fondazione Basso, Fondazione Mazzotta. Through the Musical Foundation of Umberto Micheli, together with Maurizio Pollini, Francesco launched Milan's world renowned International Piano Competition Umberto Micheli. He is also President of the Association for the International Milan Music Festival “MITO†and member of the organizing committee for Expo2015.
- Total investments:
- 5
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 20%
Last updated:
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Industries Micheli Associati invests in
Stages Micheli Associati invests in
Countries Micheli Associati invests in
Investment Focus
Stage
- Series A 1 (20%)
- Series B 1 (20%)
- Funding Round 1 (20%)
- Convertible Note 1 (20%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (20%)
Country
- Italy 3 (60%)
- United Kingdom 1 (20%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akrod drives financial inclusion through the use of mobile technology and alternative data to innovate, scale, and transform microfinance. Akrod provides financially vulnerable and excluded people with greater access to life-changing credit products. Akrod converts traditional microfinance businesses into fully automated digital lenders,significantly lowering origination and servicing costs for microfinance institutions while improving borrowers' access and value. | $9.2M / Convertible Note / Jul 30, 2020 | ||
| Musement helps travelers enjoy in-destination experiences to the fullest, sourcing local knowledge and recommendations to make the best use of time. Whether it’s activities, tours, tickets or just ideas for a great night out, we make all bookings easy and secure with Musement.com and our app (iOS and Android).This is the new travel: bookings onthe go, the best selections, immediate skip-the-line access to venues and events, bespoke experiences and local knowledge – the right tools delivering useful information in the simplest way.We launched in Milan in 2013 and have since taken root in 70 different countries. Right now, our offer extends to 450 cities, thousands of potential things to do and see, and availability in eight languages – making us a leading guide for international travel activities.Our traveler-friendly technology has been featured in such international publications as Wired, TechCrunch, Daily Telegraph, Bloomberg, Corriere della Sera and Times of India. We’ve been selected by Apple as ‘Best of 2014’ in European App Stores and again in 2016 as one of its ‘Best Apps to Start 2016.’In October 2017 we acquired the travel content platform Triposo, bringing together more than 12 million travelers across both platforms and offering them hyper-personalized travel content and booking options.In December 2017 we were awarded with the Great Place To Work Italia Certification. We were successfully ranked in the Top 20 Best Workplaces in Italy (Medium size companies category). | $10M / Series B / Nov 15, 2016 | ||
| Musixmatch is the leading Music Data company aggregating rights for the world's largest catalog of lyrics. The company uses the power of lyrics to build unique dataset and machine learning algorithms based on NLP to empower music reccomandations, search, discovery . On top of this Musixmatch administrates more than 10,000 Music publishers andover 150 mln $ copyrights . Musixmatch has ensured worldwide agreement with top Music Publishers as Universal Publishing, Emi Publishing, Sony ATV, BMG, Warner Chappel, Kobalt Publishing, and +4000 trough Harry Fox Agency. Current clients list includes Apple Music, Google, Shazam, Amazon Music, Spotify, Facebook, VEVO, Saavn, MTV, etc | $5M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jul 31, 2016 | ||
| Musement helps travelers enjoy in-destination experiences to the fullest, sourcing local knowledge and recommendations to make the best use of time. Whether it’s activities, tours, tickets or just ideas for a great night out, we make all bookings easy and secure with Musement.com and our app (iOS and Android).This is the new travel: bookings onthe go, the best selections, immediate skip-the-line access to venues and events, bespoke experiences and local knowledge – the right tools delivering useful information in the simplest way.We launched in Milan in 2013 and have since taken root in 70 different countries. Right now, our offer extends to 450 cities, thousands of potential things to do and see, and availability in eight languages – making us a leading guide for international travel activities.Our traveler-friendly technology has been featured in such international publications as Wired, TechCrunch, Daily Telegraph, Bloomberg, Corriere della Sera and Times of India. We’ve been selected by Apple as ‘Best of 2014’ in European App Stores and again in 2016 as one of its ‘Best Apps to Start 2016.’In October 2017 we acquired the travel content platform Triposo, bringing together more than 12 million travelers across both platforms and offering them hyper-personalized travel content and booking options.In December 2017 we were awarded with the Great Place To Work Italia Certification. We were successfully ranked in the Top 20 Best Workplaces in Italy (Medium size companies category). | $5.5M / Series A / Mar 05, 2015 | ||
| Newlisi Zero Sludge has developed an EU patented technology (the patent is also registered in 16 other states outside of the EU) able to treat and reduce civil and industrial sewage sludge. The six stage process involves chemical-physical reactions including wet oxidation with chemicals, working at standard pressure and maximum temperatures of90°C.The treated sludge, defined Eluato, characterized by a lower molecular weight and higher biodegradable content is returned to the head of the sewage water plant being easily up taken by bacteria and working as a source of carbon for either a nitrification/denitrication stage, harmless to the process. | Dec 06, 2013 |
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FAQ
What does Micheli Associati invest in?
Micheli Associati invests primarily in Art, Apps and SaaS startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Italy. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did Micheli Associati last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Micheli Associati closed in Jul 2020. Shizune tracks 5 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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