# Paolo Galvani

> Paolo Galvani is a seed investor at Novaterra (Milan) backing FinTech and Financial Services. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Novaterra](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/startupgym-studio)
- Location: Milan, Italy
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/paolo-galvani/0/b23/b09
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/galvi

Paolo Galvani is a seed investor at Novaterra in Milan focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Paolo Galvani is based out of Milan, Lombardy and is the Co-Founder of Moneyfarm. Paolo previously worked at Sardex SpA as the Chairman. Paolo Galvani attended the University of Padua.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.2M–$8.2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 2 | 50% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 50% |
| Finance | 1 | 25% |
| Software | 1 | 25% |
| Agentic AI | 1 | 25% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tot | Tot is a business banking platform for SMEs. | $8.2M | Seed | Sep 11, 2025 |  |
| Private Labs | The first product of Private Labs is called DataLabs. DataLabs uses GenAI to read GP documents like fund reports and LP letters and generate a fully structured database of private markets investments for the LP investors with 99% automation accuracy. The AI action is accompanied by traditional software workflows of data cleaning, solving thefrequent issues of data aggregation in the private markets space. The company is adding multiple analytics facilities, powered by AI reporting and prompt-based generation of dashboards and reports. | $846.4K | Pre-Seed | Sep 30, 2023 |  |
| Viceversa | Viceversa provides capital to European digital businesses to support companies in sustainable and ethical growth. The company was founded in 2021 and has locations in Milan and Dublin. | $11M | Series A | May 08, 2023 |  |
| Private Labs | The first product of Private Labs is called DataLabs. DataLabs uses GenAI to read GP documents like fund reports and LP letters and generate a fully structured database of private markets investments for the LP investors with 99% automation accuracy. The AI action is accompanied by traditional software workflows of data cleaning, solving thefrequent issues of data aggregation in the private markets space. The company is adding multiple analytics facilities, powered by AI reporting and prompt-based generation of dashboards and reports. | $1.2M | Seed |  |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Azimut Libera Impresa](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/azimut-libera-impresa) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CDP Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cdp-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Weltix](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clubdeal-digital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fabrick](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fabrick) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [FNDX VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fndx-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Italian Angels for Growth](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/italian-angels-for-growth) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Novaterra

VC Fund · Milan, Italy

StartupGym is a Venture Studio based in Milan, Europe. It is composed of StartupGym Studio and StartupGym Capital. The former develops, launches, and scales next-generation digital enterprises by offering a centralized mix of services including product creation, marketing, finance, capital raising, and talent development. Instead, StartupGymCapital invests in StartupGym Studio and other disruptive European Startups. The combination of StartupGym Studio and StartupGym Capital represents a new entrepreneurship paradigm that aims to transform the art of business design into a repeatable science. We combine human and financial resources to turn ideas into Startups and Products.

4 contacts available at Novaterra.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Enrico Pandian | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/enrico-pandian |
| Giuseppe Joe Balzano | Co-Founder and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/giuseppe-balzano |
| Tarek Fahmy | Co-Founder, Partner, & Chief Technology Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tarek-fahmy |
| Paolo Galvani | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paolo-galvani |

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## FAQ

### What does Paolo Galvani invest in?

Paolo Galvani invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Finance startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Italy. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Paolo Galvani's check size?

Paolo Galvani typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$8.2M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Paolo Galvani participates in.

### When did Paolo Galvani last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Paolo Galvani closed in Sep 2025. Shizune tracks 4 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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