# Niccolo Maisto

> Niccolo Maisto is a seed investor at FaceIT (London) backing SaaS, Gaming and FinTech. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [FaceIT](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/faceit)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Jan 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/nmaisto
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/nmaisto
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/niccolo.maisto

Niccolo Maisto is a seed investor at FaceIT in London focused on SaaS and Gaming. Niccolo Maisto is the chief executive officer of ESL FACEIT Group.Niccolo Maisto attended Bocconi University.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $458k–$4.7M |
| Series A | $6.6M–$14M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 2 | 17% |
| Gaming | 2 | 17% |
| FinTech | 2 | 17% |
| eSports | 2 | 17% |
| Software | 2 | 17% |

28 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 42% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 17% |
| Series A | 2 | 17% |
| Angel | 1 | 8% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 8% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 33% |
| Italy | 2 | 17% |
| Ireland | 1 | 8% |
| United States | 1 | 8% |
| The Netherlands | 1 | 8% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| qomodo | Qomodo is an "all-in-one" payment methods aggregator, allowing physical commercial operators to safeguard and expand their cash flow and offer Buy Now Pay Later payments to customers, in addition to one-time payments. Qomodo focuses on merchants providing services for essential yet often unforeseen expenses, which typically involve ahigher transaction value. | $14M | Series A | Jan 21, 2025 |  |
| Stelia | We are a research-led applied AI team advancing the future operating systems of AI. Traditional, fragmented AI stacks are struggling to scale under the demands of production, governance, and security, creating barriers to reliable, enterprise-grade AI deployment.With deep expertise spanning carrier and data centre architecture to applied AI andagent orchestration, we close that gap to deliver production-scale, compliant systems for enterprises operating with high-value, high-risk data across space, retail, media, and entertainment – embedding ethics, governance, and responsible AI practices at every stage. | $4.7M | Seed | Dec 31, 2024 |  |
| Desia | Desia provides advanced AI applications for productivity, automation, and analytics for financial services. | $3.2M | Seed | Sep 24, 2024 |  |
| Desia | Desia provides advanced AI applications for productivity, automation, and analytics for financial services. | $3.2M | Pre-Seed | Sep 24, 2024 |  |
| sintra.ai | Sintra builds easy-to-use AI digital assistants for small business owners to automate tasks in social media, sales, recruiting and more. |  | Pre-Seed | Aug 01, 2024 |  |
| Ceartas DMCA | The world's most advanced copyright protection service for content creators! With Ceartas DMCA, you can easily monitor your content and manage your rights-lines. Our proprietary technology keeps you safe from copyright infringement, protecting you and the value of your creations with lightning-quick takedowns at a price to suit every need. | $4.5M | Seed | Apr 30, 2024 |  |
| SAPI | Our embedded credit solution provides platforms with a flexible end-to-end lending program that enables them to offer fast and attractive financing for their merchants, to grow their ecosystems and businesses. | $9.6M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 12, 2024 |  |
| SAPI | Our embedded credit solution provides platforms with a flexible end-to-end lending program that enables them to offer fast and attractive financing for their merchants, to grow their ecosystems and businesses. |  |  | Mar 28, 2023 |  |
| Babaco Market | Babaco Market is a subscription with which you receive out-of-the-ordinary fruit and vegetables at home. Products that do not exceed the beauty contests organized by traditional channels and which risk being wasted. We deliver them to your home, in a box. Bring all the goodness of nature to the table and reduce food waste! | $6.6M | Series A | Nov 23, 2022 |  |
| Gameye | Instantly deploy Game server matches, anytime, anywhere, with the Gameye Match API. | $1.6M | Seed | Jan 23, 2019 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Insiders Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/insiders-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Launchbay Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digital-horizon) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [2100 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/2100-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [DIG Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dig-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Earlybird Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/earlybird-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Exor Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/exor-seeds) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About FaceIT

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

FaceIT is the gaming platform for online multiplayer PvP gamers with more than ten million users, and a total of twelve million online gaming sessions each month. It also allows players to easily play in tournaments and leagues for virtual and real-world prizes through automated tournament management and matchmaking technology. FaceIT platformoffers all the tools required for publishers and developers to reinforce the esports ecosystem around their game thanks to the advanced software development kit (SDK) which provides game creators with the necessary tools to integrate user-friendly matchmaking, tournaments, and leagues into their titles. They aim to further the esports ecosystem by offering players of all levels the chance to compete in a competitive environment with the games they love while providing publishers and third-party organizers with the tools needed to build their competitive community.FaceIT was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in London, England, United Kingdom.

5 contacts available at FaceIT.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alessandro Avallone | Co-Founder and Chief Gaming Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alessandro-avallone |
| Caspar Lee | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caspar-lee |
| Fabio Floris | Chief Marketing Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fabio-floris |
| Kurt Pakendorf | Chief Strategy Officer & General Counsel | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kurt-pakendorf |
| Maurizio Attisani | CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maurizio-attisani |

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## FAQ

### What does Niccolo Maisto invest in?

Niccolo Maisto invests primarily in SaaS, Gaming and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Niccolo Maisto's check size?

Niccolo Maisto typically joins rounds of $458k–$4.7M at Seed and $6.6M–$14M 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 Niccolo Maisto participates in.

### When did Niccolo Maisto last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Niccolo Maisto closed in Jan 2025. Shizune tracks 12 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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