# Noventi

> Noventi is a VC fund backing Software, Energy and Manufacturing. See 16 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 16
- Last investment: Apr 2012
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/noventi-vc/about/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/NoventiVC
- Website: http://www.noventi.net
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Noventi-912085898878411/

Noventi is a technology investment and business development advisory firm.Noventi invests in emerging technology companies. It has invested in advanced wireless applications, consumer electronics, video over IP, enterprise software and security, clean tech. It was founded in 2002 by It was initially called CIR Ventures from the name of the original anchor investor, CIR Group. Noventi's team has a core component originating from

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 5 | 31% |
| Energy | 2 | 13% |
| Manufacturing | 2 | 13% |
| Solar | 1 | 6% |
| Video | 1 | 6% |

23 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 5 | 31% |
| Series A | 3 | 19% |
| Series C | 3 | 19% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 19% |
| Series D | 2 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 9 | 56% |
| Italy | 1 | 6% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Giacomo Marini | Founder / Chairman | 10 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/giacomo-marini |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Neato Robotics | Neato Robotics is a venture-funded start-up based in Newark, California, developing robotic-based household appliances. The first product, a robotic vacuum cleaner with intelligent navigation was released in 2010. The company sells its products through brick-and-mortar and online retailers worldwide. Neato was acquired by Vorwerk in September2017. | $12.2M | Series D | Apr 19, 2012 |  |
| Velomat | Velomat is a builder of the automated assembly line machinery for manufacturing customers. The main application fields are: - micropumps and dispenser - closures - electrical components - connectors - medical and farmaceutical components - automotive parts see less |  |  | Mar 15, 2012 |  |
| Lumenergi | A leading provider of network-controlled lighting energy management solutions, Lumenergi enables commercial customers to transform their lighting into a responsive network that delivers up to 70% lighting energy savings and custom control over visual environments. Lumenergi's system offers the flexibility to integrate with existing or newlighting infrastructure, and provides for seamless scalability that easily expands from room to area to building. With intuitive management that simplifies maintenance and streamlines customization of workspaces, customers can conform to new building codes and maximize savings through a combination of energy efficiency strategies and public utility incentives. A privately held, venture funded company with millions of installed square footage and years of proven lighting technology, Lumenergi is one of Silicon Valley's brightest emerging companies. | $6.2M | Series B | Mar 13, 2012 |  |
| Aurora Biofuels | Aurora Biofuels is now Aurora Algae. Please update your settings to follow Aurora Algae. Aurora Algae is a producer of high-performance, premium algae-based products for the pharmaceutical, nutrition, aquaculture and fuels markets. The company has developed the industry’s first commercial-scale photosynthetic platform for sustainable,algae-based product development. Aurora Algae’s proprietary algae strains and production process uses arid land, seawater and captured carbon pollution from industrial emitters resulting in more capitally efficient and more environmentally sustainable algae farming. Aurora Algae enables its customers and partners to improve the diversity and sustainability of their product portfolios, while addressing consumer demand for natural products. |  | Series C | Mar 17, 2010 |  |
| Windspire Energy (fka Mariah Power) | Founded in 2005 in Reno, Nevada, Windspire Energy (formerly Mariah Power) was established to develop innovative and proprietary new technology that introduces a new standard for style and function to the small wind industry. Founded on the passion and commitment of two inventors, Chris Gabrys and Tim Rodgers, and Mike Hess, a successfulentrepreneur and former CEO, Windspire Energy set to work on a new kind of wind turbine. Today, the company is continuing to evolve its product line, focusing on low-cost energy alternative solutions that are smart, noise-free and renewable. The company's first wind power appliance, Windspire® wind turbine, was launched on June 2, 2008. Mariah Power currently has 17 employees and is growing rapidly. |  | Series B | Dec 08, 2008 |  |
| Aurora Biofuels | Aurora Biofuels is now Aurora Algae. Please update your settings to follow Aurora Algae. Aurora Algae is a producer of high-performance, premium algae-based products for the pharmaceutical, nutrition, aquaculture and fuels markets. The company has developed the industry’s first commercial-scale photosynthetic platform for sustainable,algae-based product development. Aurora Algae’s proprietary algae strains and production process uses arid land, seawater and captured carbon pollution from industrial emitters resulting in more capitally efficient and more environmentally sustainable algae farming. Aurora Algae enables its customers and partners to improve the diversity and sustainability of their product portfolios, while addressing consumer demand for natural products. |  | Series B | Jun 10, 2008 |  |
| Windspire Energy (fka Mariah Power) | Founded in 2005 in Reno, Nevada, Windspire Energy (formerly Mariah Power) was established to develop innovative and proprietary new technology that introduces a new standard for style and function to the small wind industry. Founded on the passion and commitment of two inventors, Chris Gabrys and Tim Rodgers, and Mike Hess, a successfulentrepreneur and former CEO, Windspire Energy set to work on a new kind of wind turbine. Today, the company is continuing to evolve its product line, focusing on low-cost energy alternative solutions that are smart, noise-free and renewable. The company's first wind power appliance, Windspire® wind turbine, was launched on June 2, 2008. Mariah Power currently has 17 employees and is growing rapidly. | $500K | Series A | Apr 09, 2008 |  |
| Ecrio | Ecrio provides optimized, standards compliant software clients and development resources to mobile phone service providers and device manufacturers for mobile commerce and real time communications. The Ecrio Mobile Communications Client Suite (MCCS) transforms everyday applications into communication-rich applications. The MCCS frameworkreduces the complexity and effort required to add rich communication functions to applications ranging from Voice and SMS to video telephony, content sharing, social communications and enterprise solutions. Applications running in common application environments, developed using standard SDK tools on a wide range of device types and platforms can be easily upgraded to communication-rich applications using the framework’s rich set of functions and its simple access methods.The Ecrio MCCS solves the challenges of enabling and sharing high-value and complex communication capabilities among multiple applications and devices, reducing the incremental effort, cost, and risk of deploying and using new LTE and IMS service capabilities. It accelerates application development resulting in more uses and optimized experiences expanding the individual value and market reach and achieving a higher value for the service capability investment. | $24M | Series C | Sep 19, 2007 |  |
| HelioVolt | HelioVolt's FASST process eliminates the expense of slicing photovoltaic circuits and assembling individual solar cells into modules. Its line of integrated platform circuits can be adapted to a range of sizes and shapes and applied to almost any construction material including glass, steel, metal, composites and some polymers. Resultant solarcells are thinner, easier and cheaper to manufacture than silicon panels. | $101M | Series B | Aug 16, 2007 |  |
| Neato Robotics | Neato Robotics is a venture-funded start-up based in Newark, California, developing robotic-based household appliances. The first product, a robotic vacuum cleaner with intelligent navigation was released in 2010. The company sells its products through brick-and-mortar and online retailers worldwide. Neato was acquired by Vorwerk in September2017. | $4.7M | Series A | Jan 24, 2007 |  |

10 of 16 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Oak Investment Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oak-investment-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Big Sky Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/big-sky-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Greenhouse Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greenhouse-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [KTB Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ktb-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Sierra Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sierra-angels) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [3i Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/3i-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Noventi invest in?

Noventi invests primarily in Software, Energy and Manufacturing startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 16 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### Who are the partners at Noventi?

The team at Noventi includes Giacomo Marini (Founder / Chairman). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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