# Massimiliano Spalazzi

> Massimiliano Spalazzi is a seed investor at Jumia backing Machine Learning. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Jumia](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jumia)
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Nov 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/massimilianospalazzi

Massimiliano Spalazzi is a seed investor at Jumia focused on Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. Massimiliano Spalazzi is the CEO at Jumia Nigeria.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Machine Learning | 1 | 50% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Angel | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| JADA | JADA focuses on both technical expertise and soft skill development and is designed to upskill experienced professionals in data analytics, machine learning, and generative AI. | $1M | Angel | Nov 19, 2024 |  |
| JADA | JADA focuses on both technical expertise and soft skill development and is designed to upskill experienced professionals in data analytics, machine learning, and generative AI. | $1M | Seed | Nov 19, 2024 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## About Jumia

VC Fund · Lagos, Nigeria

Jumia is an e-commerce platform centered on a marketplace, as well as Jumia Logistics and JumiaPay. The marketplace connects and transacts millions of buyers and sellers. Through its network of local partners, Jumia Logistics can deliver millions of packages. JumiaPay facilitates online transaction payments for Jumia's ecosystem. Jumiabelieves that e-commerce is making people's lives easier by allowing them to shop and pay for millions of products at the best prices wherever they live, with over 1 billion people and 500 million internet users in Africa. E-commerce is also opening up new opportunities for SMEs to expand and for a new generation to thrive.

5 contacts available at Jumia.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Massimiliano Spalazzi | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/massimiliano-spalazzi |
| Antoine Maillet-Mezeray | Group CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antoine-maillet-mezeray |
| Frederic Rougemont | Group Chief Product Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frederic-rougemont-ba0f |
| Hugo Conceição | Group Chief Technology Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hugo-concei%C3%A7%C3%A3o |
| Juliet Anammah | Chairwoman and Group Chief Sustainability Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/juliet-anammah |

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## FAQ

### What does Massimiliano Spalazzi invest in?

Massimiliano Spalazzi invests primarily in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Arab Emirates. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Massimiliano Spalazzi last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Massimiliano Spalazzi closed in Nov 2024. Shizune tracks 2 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?

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