# Matteo Franceschetti

> Matteo Franceschetti is a seed investor at Forbes Technology Council backing Software. See 21 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details…

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: Forbes Technology Council
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 21
- Last investment: Dec 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/matteofranceschetti
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/m_franceschetti
- Website: http://www.matteo.me
- Facebook: http://facebook.com/matteo.franceschetti.54

Matteo Franceschetti is a seed investor at Forbes Technology Council 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.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.7M–$10M |
| Series A | $15M–$20M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 6 | 29% |
| Health Care | 3 | 14% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 14% |
| Consumer | 2 | 10% |
| Internet | 2 | 10% |

37 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 13 | 62% |
| Series A | 3 | 14% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 5% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 5% |
| Post-IPO Debt | 1 | 5% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 13 | 62% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 10% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Channel3 | 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 | ProCap Financial is a bitcoin-native financial services firm. | $516.5M | Post-IPO Equity | Dec 05, 2025 |  |
| ProCap Financial | ProCap Financial is a bitcoin-native financial services firm. | $235M | Post-IPO Debt | Dec 05, 2025 |  |
| Ketone-IQ | Ketone-IQ offers subscription-based cognitive supplements designed to enhance mental performance and overall brain health. |  | Series A | Aug 26, 2025 |  |
| Antimetal | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Delphi is digital cloning that scales time, monetizes knowledge, and interacts audience at scale. | $2.7M | Seed | Sep 06, 2023 |  |

10 of 21 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Founders Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founders-fund) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Shrug Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shrug-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Pareto Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pareto-holdings) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [A16Z GAMES Speedrun](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a16z-games) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [A*](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a-capital-4ec5) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Anson Funds](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anson-funds) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Forbes Technology Council

VC Fund · Boston, United States

Forbes Technology Council is an invitation-only community for senior-level tech executives. Members are selected based on their depth and diversity of experience, then invited to enjoy an array of benefits including a private forum for discussion and collaboration, the opportunity to share insights via CommunityVoice on Forbes.com, exclusiveproduct and service partnerships and concierge-level support. Learn more and apply for Forbes Technology Council at forbestechcouncil.com. Read our members’ insights at forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil.

5 contacts available at Forbes Technology Council.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ABG GEH | Official Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/evan-luthra |
| Abhay Tandon | Official Global Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/abhay-tandon |
| Akshay Bhargava | Official Member | — |
| Alan Levy | Member | — |
| Aleksandar Velkoski | Official Member & Contributor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aleksandar-velkoski |

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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 is Matteo Franceschetti's check size?

Matteo Franceschetti typically joins rounds of $2.7M–$10M at Seed and $15M–$20M 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 Matteo Franceschetti participates in.

### How do I contact Matteo Franceschetti?

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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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