# Matteo Lai

> Matteo Lai is a pre-seed investor backing Health Care and Mental Health. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Cambridge, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Nov 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matteolai
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/matteolai
- Website: https://x.com/matteolai
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/matteo.lai

Matteo Lai is a pre-seed investor in Cambridge focused on Health Care and Mental Health. Matteo Lai is co-founder and CEO of Empatica, a human data analytics company based in Milan and Boston. Empatica sells the world’s smallest and most accurate wearable sensor for research, and it recently launched Embrace, the first medical grade wearable designed to save lives for people with Epilepsy and Autism. He holds a Master in InnovationManagement from Alta Scuola Politecnica. He also studied engineering, trained as an architect, and holds a Double MSc degree in Architecture from Milan’s Polytechnic and Turin’s Polytechnic.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 1 | 100% |
| Mental Health | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Serenis Health | Serenis Health provides video-based psychotherapy, coaching, and psychological support courses. It believes that the internet is critical to increasing access to mental health care. It makes use of data and digital tools to improve the efficacy of therapies. But, unlike other platforms, it is also a medical center, which means it is responsible forcourse quality and must meet the same standards as any polyclinic. | $1.3M | Pre-Seed | Nov 18, 2021 | https://www.serenis.it |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bending Spoons](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bending-spoons) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Exor Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/exor-seeds) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [EXOR N.V.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/exor-s-p-a) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Exor Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/exor-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Matteo Lai invest in?

Matteo Lai invests primarily in Health Care and Mental Health startups, most often at Pre-Seed 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.

### How do I contact Matteo Lai?

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### When did Matteo Lai last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Matteo Lai closed in Nov 2021. 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.

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