# Giovanni Gerola

> Giovanni Gerola is a startup investor at Opes Impact Fund. See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Opes Impact Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/opes-impact-fund)
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/giovanni-gerola-38a3b94
- Website: http://www.opesfund.eu

Giovanni Gerola is a startup investor at Opes Impact Fund. Giovanni has 20+ years of experience as manager in various functions of FMCG corporates, not-for-profit organizations and social enterprises. He is currently Director of EFTA (European Fair Trade Association) and, on behalf of Opes, Managing Director of Stichting OPINT as well as Supervisory Board member in Afripads BV. From 2013 till 2017 hemanaged the startup of Fondazione Opes as Investment Director. Previously he was Investment Manager in MicroVentures (today Credit Access Asia BV), COO in Consorzio Altromercato, marketing in Coca-Cola and Procter&Gamble. Giovanni graduated in Economics at Università degli studi di Brescia.

## About Opes Impact Fund

VC Fund · Milano, Italy

Opes-Lcef is an impact investor that provides catalytic capital to early-stage social enterprises in emerging markets.

5 contacts available at Opes Impact Fund.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Elena Casolari | co-founder and President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elena-casolari |
| Emma Caddy | Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emma-caddy |
| Giovanni Gerola | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/giovanni-gerola |
| Gitau Shiku | Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gitau-shiku |
| Kulsoom Ally | portfolio and knowledge management. | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kulsoom-ally |

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