# Luca Lani

> Luca Lani is a Series A investor at CityNews (Rome) backing News and Local. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [CityNews](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/citynews)
- Location: Rome, Italy
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Feb 2011
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://it.linkedin.com/in/lucalani

Luca Lani is a Founder & CEO at CityNews.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| News | 1 | 100% |
| Local | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CityNews | Citynews is an italian based network of local newspaper sites. Actually active in 9 cities Citynews planning to open in the 30 principal italian cities. Actually 1,4 million visits each months. | $3.6M | Series A | Feb 23, 2011 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [FMA](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fma) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Principia SGR](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/quantica-sgr) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About CityNews

VC Fund · Roma, Italy

Citynews is an italian based network of local newspaper sites. Actually active in 9 cities Citynews planning to open in the 30 principal italian cities. Actually 1,4 million visits each months.

2 contacts available at CityNews.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fernando Diana | Manager - Acquisitions & Sales Management | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fernando-diana |
| Luca Lani | Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/luca-lani |

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## FAQ

### What does Luca Lani invest in?

Luca Lani invests primarily in News and Local startups, most often at Series A 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.

### When did Luca Lani last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Luca Lani closed in Feb 2011. Shizune tracks 1 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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