# Giovanni Gardelli

> Giovanni Gardelli is a seed investor at Verizon Media backing E-Commerce and Fashion. See 23 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Verizon Media](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/verizon-media)
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
- Total investments: 23
- Last investment: Apr 2022
- Lead investor: 4%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/giovannigardelli
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/ggardelli
- Website: https://www.adastra.fund

Giovanni Gardelli is a seed investor at Verizon Media in San Francisco Bay Area focused on E-Commerce and Fashion. Giovanni Gardelli is the Senior Director at Verizon Media.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $638k–$2.4M |
| Angel | $66k–$878k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 9 | 39% |
| Fashion | 5 | 22% |
| Software | 3 | 13% |
| B2B | 2 | 9% |
| SaaS | 2 | 9% |

52 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 14 | 61% |
| Angel | 3 | 13% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 13% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 4% |
| Series A | 1 | 4% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 9 | 39% |
| Italy | 5 | 22% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 9% |
| Germany | 1 | 4% |
| Uruguay | 1 | 4% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Growth Kitchen | Growth Kitchen provides a network of delivery-optimized kitchens coupled with food delivery solutions and support. | $3.9M | Seed | Apr 01, 2022 |  |
| Promoted.ai | Promoted unifies organic search, promotions, and ads in one optimized system for marketplaces. They sort your marketplace search and promote the best listings at the top to increase revenue. | $2M |  | Nov 12, 2021 |  |
| Promoted.ai | Promoted unifies organic search, promotions, and ads in one optimized system for marketplaces. They sort your marketplace search and promote the best listings at the top to increase revenue. | $2M | Seed | Nov 12, 2021 |  |
| HiNelson | HiNelson an Italian-based online store for nautical accessories. HiNelson is the first nautical online store about high-level boating components. They select the best and successful brands in the nautical worldwide market, such as Veleria San Giorgio to guarantee maritime safety with their life jackets, moving through Polyform’s boat fenders foryacht protection, or the best anchoring and docking system by Lofrans’, Max Power and Quick and finishing with the most famous Plastimo’s compasses or and Bartomarine sail’s accessories. | $1.2M | Seed | Mar 24, 2021 |  |
| Polytomic | Polytomic is a software company whose mission is to make internal data accessible. Internal data within companies is fragmented across many different systems; accessing relevant slices of outside of a team's home system is cumbersome. Polytomic allows business teams to easily access all the data located outside of their home system.Polytomic is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA. | $2.4M | Seed | Feb 03, 2021 |  |
| Quo | OpenPhone develops a reliable smart business phone app that lets users seamlessly get a business phone number without a second phone or a second SIM card. OpenPhone separates a user's business and personal contacts so they can stay in touch with their customers easier.OpenPhone is a VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) number provider. Thismeans that all calls and texts happen over the internet through WiFi or mobile data. This functionality is common among second phone number apps, including Google Voice, Burner, and of courseOpenPhone was founded in 2018 and based in San Francisco, California. | $2M | Seed | Jan 29, 2020 |  |
| Velasca | Velasca is a direct-to-consumer brand, focused on offering Made in Italy shoes at friendly prices. Launched in 2013, Velasca now has several shops in Italy and is expanding internationally. | $4.8M | Series A | Nov 03, 2019 |  |
| Localyze | Localyze offers a software solution for relocation management. Localyze supports international employees throughout the whole relocation process with an all-in-one software solution covering everything from visa to social integration. Localyze provides an overview of the current relocation process status of all international employees within therelevant categories (visa, insurance, banking) for the recruiting department. Localyze guides internationals through the whole relocation process with a personalized dashboard showcasing next to do's, deadlines and other relevant information. Localyze covers a wide range of topics - ranging from visa and mobile phone contracts to cultural integration. In each category, only relevant information tailored to the individual personality profile is displayed. | $1.3M | Seed | Aug 19, 2019 |  |
| Aura Vision | Aura Vision enables brick-and-mortar retailers to positively influence shopper journeys with cutting-edge computer vision. The company help brands and retailers improve their in-store experiences by tracking visitor demographics, movement and engagement from existing security cameras. | $2.2M | Seed | Jun 01, 2019 |  |
| Meitre | Meitre is a guest manager for restaurants to book tables based on demand trends, rotate tables efficiently, introduce dynamic pricing techinques, host events, and book tables with credit cards Half of the Latin America Top 50 list–including 2 of the top 10 restaurants in the World–use Meitre to increase profit as much as 30% by optimizing tableallocation, limiting low margin bookings at peak hours, and eliminating no-shows using tickets, deposits and credit card guarantees. | $1.6M | Seed | May 16, 2019 |  |

10 of 23 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [P101](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/programma-101) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Interlace Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/interlace-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Milano Investment Partners SGR](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/milano-investment-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Rebel Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rebel-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Vela Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vela-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Verizon Media

VC Fund · Sunnyvale, United States

Verizon Media offers services in content, advertising, and technology with its brands such as Yahoo, TechCrunch, and more. Verizon Media helps people stay informed and entertained, communicate, and transact. The company creates new ways for partners around the world to connect.

5 contacts available at Verizon Media.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alia Lamborghini | VP, Head of US Client Sales and Strategy | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alia-lamborghini |
| Giovanni Gardelli | Senior Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/giovanni-gardelli |
| Mason Ng | Technology and Product Leader | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mason-ng |
| Anna Watkins | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anna-watkins |
| Anthony Winters | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anthony-winters |

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## FAQ

### What does Giovanni Gardelli invest in?

Giovanni Gardelli invests primarily in E-Commerce, Fashion and Software startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 23 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Giovanni Gardelli's check size?

Giovanni Gardelli typically joins rounds of $638k–$2.4M at Seed and $66k–$878k at Angel. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Giovanni Gardelli participates in.

### When did Giovanni Gardelli last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Giovanni Gardelli closed in Apr 2022. Shizune tracks 23 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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