# Franco Fogliato

> Franco Fogliato is a seed investor at Fossil Group backing 3D Printing and 3D Technology. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Fossil Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fossil-group)
- Location: Richardson, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://fr.linkedin.com/in/franco-fogliato-23a9531
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/franco.fogliato.5

Franco Fogliato is a seed investor at Fossil Group in Richardson focused on 3D Printing and 3D Technology. Franco Fogliato is based out of Richardson, Texas, and is the CEO and Board Member of Fossil Group. Franco previously worked at Salomon Group as a President and CEO. Franco Fogliato attended Open University Business School. Franco Fogliato has received the Certificate in Corporate Governance.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 3D Printing | 1 | 100% |
| 3D Technology | 1 | 100% |
| Digital Media | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ALLSIDES | Covision Media specializes in creating high-quality, relightable 3D models using their industrial 3D scanners. These scanners capture detailed surface information and PBR textures, and are designed for easy integration into virtual environments. | $5.4M | Seed | Mar 31, 2025 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [CDP Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cdp-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Redstone.VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/redstone-digital-gmbh) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Alpine Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alpine-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Euregio+](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/euregio-plus) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [TBA Network](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tba-network) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [The Techshop](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-techshop) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Fossil Group

VC Fund · Richardson, United States

Fossil Group, Inc. is a global design, marketing, distribution and innovation company specializing in lifestyle accessories.

3 contacts available at Fossil Group.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Franco Fogliato | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/franco-fogliato |
| Tom Kartsotis | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tom-kartsotis |
| Brook Eaton | VP of Product | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brook-eaton |

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## FAQ

### What does Franco Fogliato invest in?

Franco Fogliato invests primarily in 3D Printing, 3D Technology and Digital Media startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 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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