# Italian Founders Fund

> Italian Founders Fund is a VC fund in Milano backing Artificial Intelligence and SaaS. See 20 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Milano, Italy
- Total investments: 20
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last fund: Jun 2024
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/italianfoundersfund/
- Website: https://italianfoundersfund.com/

Italian Founders Fund is a VC fund in Milano focused on Artificial Intelligence and SaaS. Unlocking Italy's Next Founders

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.2M–$14M |
| Pre-Seed | $1.4M–$5.1M |
| Series A | $14M–$19M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 6 | 30% |
| SaaS | 3 | 15% |
| Software | 2 | 10% |
| B2C | 1 | 5% |
| CRM | 1 | 5% |

27 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 6 | 30% |
| Seed | 5 | 25% |
| Series A | 1 | 5% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Italy | 9 | 45% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 5% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Seltz | Web Search Engine | $12.5M | Seed | Jun 24, 2026 |  |
| compri | compri uses artificial intelligence (AI) to make your procurement experience easier, faster, and smarter. | $3.6M | Seed | Jun 24, 2026 |  |
| Pillar | Pillar is shaping a world where every construction company—regardless of size—is resilient, financially sound, and empowered with the tools and insights needed to navigate uncertainty, manage risk, and achieve long-term growth in a volatile industry. | $14.1M | Seed | May 12, 2026 |  |
| Invertix | InveInvertix develops autonomous AI agents to operate renewable energy assets. | $2M | Pre-Seed | May 04, 2026 |  |
| Cato AI | Cato AI is a Milan-based B2B SaaS startup that uses AI to automate public tender management. | $1.9M | Pre-Seed | Apr 15, 2026 |  |
| Sona | Sona is the next-generation workforce management solution for large frontline operators, where consumer grade design is matched by AI-driven decision making. Combining end-to-end WFM functionality - including Scheduling, Time & Attendance, HR and Payroll - with truly intelligent AI capabilities, Sona enables real-time actionable insights gearedtowards driving revenue and increasing employee satisfaction | $45M | Series B | Apr 01, 2026 |  |
| Brum | Brum provides vehicle driving training courses and digitization solutions for getting a driving license. | $5.8M | Seed | Jan 19, 2026 |  |
| Klearly | Klearly simplifies payment acceptance for small and medium-sized businesses by transforming smartphones and tablets into secure payment processing devices, allowing businesses to easily take payments. Businesses can focus on what they do best with our all-in-one digital payment solution, while Klearly handles the rest. | $14M | Series A | Jan 13, 2026 |  |
| Klearly | Klearly helps B2B revenue teams—Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success—by giving them to power to know what has happened, is currently happening, and what to do next to grow revenue. No more vanity metrics or lagging indicators. Klearly leverages machine learning to give B2B marketing the predictive power to know which accounts to prioritize, whatactivities to focus on next, and the expected business impact. It's all about Winfluence. Get ready to see Klearly. | $14M | Series A | Jan 13, 2026 |  |
| CommerceClarity | CommerceClarity offers AI-powered catalogue optimization solutions that turn catalogue operations into a competitive advantage. | $3.1M | Pre-Seed | Nov 12, 2025 |  |

10 of 20 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [2100 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/2100-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Vento](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vento-db57) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [B Heroes](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/b-heroes) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Club degli Investitori](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/club-degli-investitori) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Ithaca Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ithaca-investments) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Shapers](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shapers-b00f) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Italian Founders Fund invest in?

Italian Founders Fund invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, SaaS and Software startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 20 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Italy. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Italian Founders Fund's check size?

Italian Founders Fund typically joins rounds of $2.2M–$14M at Seed, $1.4M–$5.1M at Pre-Seed and $14M–$19M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Italian Founders Fund participates in.

### When did Italian Founders Fund last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Italian Founders Fund closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 20 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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