Matteo Franceschetti
Angel Investor
New York, United States
Matteo Franceschetti is a seed investor in New York focused on Software and Health Care. Matteo is currently the Co-Founder and CEO of Eight (formerly known as Luna), a proprietary technology reinventing the way people sleep. Eight graduated from Y Combinator in the summer 2015 and from Stanford’s StartX program in May 2015.Prior to Eight, Matteo co-founded and led two clean-tech companies – Global Investment Renewable in the USand Global Investment in the Europe. The companies were acquired in 2014 and 2012, respectively.Matteo is a Co-Chair at FWD.us, a non-profit organization founded by Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates to advocate for immigration reform in the US. He has been a Mentor at Techstars, Microsoft Bizpark and the NYU Summer Launchpad Program. He continues to actively mentor and invest in early stage startups in the tech space.Matteo graduated magna cum laude with a Law degree from the University of Ferrara, and was a member of the Italian Bar Association while working as a lawyer in the finance practice of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Allen & Overy, both part of the Magic Circle of British’s elite law firms.
- Total investments:
- 21
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
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Industries Matteo Franceschetti invests in
Stages Matteo Franceschetti invests in
Countries Matteo Franceschetti invests in
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Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $2.7M–$12M
- Series A
- $15M–$20M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 6 (29%)
- Health Care 3 (14%)
- Artificial Intelligence 3 (14%)
- Consumer 2 (10%)
- Internet 2 (10%)
Stage
- Seed 13 (62%)
- Series A 3 (14%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (5%)
- Funding Round 1 (5%)
- Post-IPO Debt 1 (5%)
Country
- United States 13 (62%)
- United Kingdom 2 (10%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Channel3 provides a universal, API-driven product catalog that enables developers to search, deduplicate, and monetize product data. | $6M / Seed / Dec 10, 2025 | ||
| ProCap Financial is a bitcoin-native financial services firm. | $516.5M / Post-IPO Equity / Dec 05, 2025 | ||
| ProCap Financial is a bitcoin-native financial services firm. | $235M / Post-IPO Debt / Dec 05, 2025 | ||
| Ketone-IQ offers subscription-based cognitive supplements designed to enhance mental performance and overall brain health. | Series A / Aug 26, 2025 | ||
| Making cloud savings automated, effortless, and risk-free Start saving in 2 minutes; no code or engineering is required. | $20M / Series A / Jun 12, 2025 | ||
| Rork is an AI-powered platform that lets you build complete, cross-platform mobile apps in minutes by simply describing what you want. It uses AI and React Native to generate fully functional apps-examples include visual novel games, Airbnb-style apps, meditation timers, and more. You can export these apps, use them on your phone, and even sharethem via QR codes or links. | Pre-Seed / May 05, 2025 | ||
| Rork is an AI-powered platform that lets you build complete, cross-platform mobile apps in minutes by simply describing what you want. It uses AI and React Native to generate fully functional apps-examples include visual novel games, Airbnb-style apps, meditation timers, and more. You can export these apps, use them on your phone, and even sharethem via QR codes or links. | $2.8M / Seed / May 05, 2025 | ||
| Icon helps brands partner with creators, turn 1 video into 20 videos with AI, and A/B test messaging to find winning ads. We’re backed by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, as well as founders & executives of OpenAI, Ramp, Flexport, Pika, & Cognition (Devin). | Feb 04, 2025 | ||
| Icon helps brands partner with creators, turn 1 video into 20 videos with AI, and A/B test messaging to find winning ads. We’re backed by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, as well as founders & executives of OpenAI, Ramp, Flexport, Pika, & Cognition (Devin). | Seed / Sep 04, 2024 | ||
| Delphi is digital cloning that scales time, monetizes knowledge, and interacts audience at scale. | $2.7M / Seed / Sep 06, 2023 | ||
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FAQ
What does Matteo Franceschetti invest in?
Matteo Franceschetti invests primarily in Software, Health Care and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 21 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Matteo Franceschetti invest in?
Matteo Franceschetti typically joins rounds of $2.7M–$12M at Seed and $15M–$20M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Matteo Franceschetti's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Matteo Franceschetti took part in.
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When did Matteo Franceschetti last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Matteo Franceschetti closed in Dec 2025. Shizune tracks 21 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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