# Francesco Perticarari

> Francesco Perticarari is a seed investor at Silicon Roundabout Ventures backing Artificial Intelligence. See 30 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated…

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Silicon Roundabout Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/silicon-roundabout-ventures)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 30
- Last investment: Nov 2025
- Lead investor: 10%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fperticarari
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/francesco_srv
- Website: https://francescoperticarari.com

Francesco Perticarari is a seed investor at Silicon Roundabout Ventures in London focused on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Francesco is a computer sicentist and tech startup investor, who built Silicon Roundabout into the largest Tech meetup community in Europe, with the mission of developing tech entrepreneurship and innovation through business connections, specialist recruitment, and venture capital support. Former roles include Software Engineer, Tech Lead and CTO.Currently Founder & GP @ Silicon Roundabout Ventures (Next-Generation Technology Pre-Seed/Seed UK VC)Prior to Silicon Roundabout, Francesco worked as a C++ software engineer, web developer, and founded the boutique property investment company AGAPE Properties: 1st UK property manager to accept crypto as a payment. He held guest lectures, panels and keynotes at London Fintech Week, London Tech Week, The London Institute of Banking & Finance, ASP (Politecnico di Milano), Birmingham Tech Week and the European GNSS Agency amongst others.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $977k–$8.5M |
| Convertible Note | $790k–$10M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 8 | 27% |
| Machine Learning | 5 | 17% |
| FinTech | 3 | 10% |
| Software | 3 | 10% |
| Aerospace | 3 | 10% |

58 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 14 | 47% |
| Pre-Seed | 6 | 20% |
| Convertible Note | 2 | 7% |
| Equity Crowdfunding | 2 | 7% |
| Series A | 1 | 3% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 20 | 67% |
| Germany | 1 | 3% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 3% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Swisspod | Swisspod develops energy-efficient Hyperloop systems using high-quality Swiss engineering. Swisspod's mission is to ensure high-speed transportation is sustainable and efficient using fully-electric Hyperloop pods, a breakthrough technology that allows for the scalable and fast travel between distant cities. The company is currently safelybuilding the most affordable and energy-efficient pods, and bringing together a strong team of multidisciplinary experts passionate about disrupting high-speed travel. | $13M | Seed | Nov 25, 2025 |  |
| Swisspod | Swisspod develops energy-efficient Hyperloop systems using high-quality Swiss engineering. Swisspod's mission is to ensure high-speed transportation is sustainable and efficient using fully-electric Hyperloop pods, a breakthrough technology that allows for the scalable and fast travel between distant cities. The company is currently safelybuilding the most affordable and energy-efficient pods, and bringing together a strong team of multidisciplinary experts passionate about disrupting high-speed travel. | $8.5M | Seed | Jun 01, 2025 |  |
| Astral Systems | Astral Systems is a pioneering transformative fusion technology to address real global health and energy challenges.Our mission is to provide innovative, cutting edge fusion technology that enhance access to critical medical isotopes, accelerate fusion research, and lay the groundwork for sustainable energy systems. | $5.6M | Seed | Feb 06, 2025 |  |
| Finchetto | Finchetto is developing light-speed photonic processors that enable faster, more sustainable computing. |  | Pre-Seed | Jul 01, 2024 |  |
| Nu Quantum | Nu Quantum is a telecommunications company that develops end-to-end quantum cryptography systems.It secures communications within and between cities through urban and satellite free-space optical links. The system helps with the realization of commercial deliverable photonic technologies by combining novel materials and semiconductor technology.This enables clients to secure the exchange of cryptographic keys for the ultra-sensitive detection of light.Yuri Andersson, Mete Atatüre, and Carmen Berraquero founded Nu Quantum in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire in 2018. | $8.5M | Seed | Nov 02, 2023 |  |
| Panakeia Technologies | Panakeia makes cancer diagnosis simpler, faster and cheaper by eliminating the need for multiple tests. |  | Seed | Jun 01, 2023 |  |
| Archangel Lightworks | Archangel Lightworks is a laser communications company that builds secure, wireless technology to create the space-enabled networks of the future. They solve the space-ground connectivity problem. They offer an opportunity for resilient connectivity, and the ground is reliant on radio, which is bandwidth-constrained, finite, and not secure. | $4.3M | Seed | Feb 15, 2023 |  |
| Greenjets | Greenjets was founded in 2019 and was incubated within Blue Bear Systems Research. It spun-out of Blue Bear in December 2022. |  | Pre-Seed | Feb 01, 2023 |  |
| Anaphite | Anaphite is a manufacturer of electrodes by replacing energy-intensive wet processes with scalable, low-carbon dry-coating technology. | $4.9M | Seed | Jul 17, 2022 |  |
| Kaizan | Kaizan is an AI for Client Relationship Managers! Providing client-facing teams the automations & insights they need to optimise the client journey & increase the Satisfaction, Profitability & Revenue of every client | $1.2M | Pre-Seed | May 18, 2022 |  |

10 of 30 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [7percent Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/7-percent) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Alchemist Accelerator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alchemist-accelerator) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Deeptech Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/deeptech-labs) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Elbow Beach Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elbow-beach-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [IQ Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/iq-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Oxford Investment Opportunity Network](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oxford-investment-opportunity-network-2) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Silicon Roundabout Ventures

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Silicon Roundabout Ventures is Europe’s 1st Community Driven Pre-seed / Seed Fund investing in Advanced Technology StartupsWe invest in and help scale high-tech startups, mostly based in the UK, at Seed and follow on rounds when we see unicorn potential —if that’s you, tell us more: http://siliconroundabout.venturesPowered bythe largest Tech Community in Europe: -- Over 14k Members -- Over 5k Tech Founders -- Over 4k EngineersWe are run by tech professionals and investors who actually built tech!ABOUT US: Founded in 2011, our monthly Silicon Roundabout Meetup is now the largest tech community in Europe with 14,000+ tech startup entrepreneurs, engineers and founders.We believe in the power of community connections and work with our investees to help them scale exponentially throughout the Seed phase!For more info: hello@siliconroundabout.tech

1 contacts available at Silicon Roundabout Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Francesco Perticarari | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/francesco-perticarari |

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## FAQ

### What does Francesco Perticarari invest in?

Francesco Perticarari invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 30 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Francesco Perticarari's check size?

Francesco Perticarari typically joins rounds of $977k–$8.5M at Seed and $790k–$10M at Convertible Note. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Francesco Perticarari participates in.

### When did Francesco Perticarari last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Francesco Perticarari closed in Nov 2025. Shizune tracks 30 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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