# Paolo Rubatto

> Paolo Rubatto is a seed investor at Start Capital (London) backing Software and SaaS. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Start Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/start-capital)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Mar 2023
- Lead investor: 8%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/paolo-rubatto/0/576/21a

Paolo Rubatto is a seed investor at Start Capital in London focused on Software and SaaS. Paolo Rubatto is Managing Director of Start Capital. His background is mainly entrepreneurial, advising startups from the consumer internet to the life sciences sector in their business development strategies as well as in their fundraising. He holds an MBA from London Business School.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $200k–$1.6M |
| Series A | $1.7M–$8M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 33% |
| SaaS | 2 | 17% |
| Mobile | 2 | 17% |
| Big Data | 2 | 17% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 17% |

36 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 17% |
| Series A | 2 | 17% |
| Angel | 1 | 8% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 8% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 25% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 25% |
| India | 1 | 8% |
| Spain | 1 | 8% |
| France | 1 | 8% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 |  |
| Kosmik | Kosmik is a visual collaboration platform. Kosmik is based around a zooming user interface where you can store and edit any type of data. Kosmik is the first "dSaaS" (decentralized Software as a Service), relying on a custom designed peer-to-peer database, maximizing user privacy, offering offline first comfort and end to end encryption. |  | Seed | May 15, 2022 |  |
| Kosmik | Kosmik is a visual collaboration platform. Kosmik is based around a zooming user interface where you can store and edit any type of data. Kosmik is the first "dSaaS" (decentralized Software as a Service), relying on a custom designed peer-to-peer database, maximizing user privacy, offering offline first comfort and end to end encryption. |  | Pre-Seed | May 15, 2022 |  |
| Coindirect | Coindirect accelerates African cryptocurrency adoption by building a bridge between the decentralised world of crypto and the centralised world of traditional finance. The Coindirect founding team are from South Africa. We've created an end-to-end crypto trading platform that allows users to buy and sell coins directly on our peer-to-peermarketplace - without having to first convert - at 0% transaction fees using multiple payment methods, from credit card and local bank transfer through to Paypal. Our wallet supports over 40 different coins and altcoins, including ERC-20 coins; while our Exchange platform supports 15 different trading pairs. The promise is that every African, from a first-time buyer to a pro-investor, can easily and securely buy, sell, trade and track their assets in one place. In addition to creating a service for consumers, Coindirect gives other fintech services access to its underlying tech platform via an API. Coindirect is powering the mainstream adoption of cryptocurrency in Africa and across the globe. By bridging the gap between the traditional finance world and the endless possibilities ahead of us, anyone can #OwnThe Future. Visit our website - Coindirect.com | $1.6M | Seed | Feb 21, 2019 |  |
| causaLens | causaLens delivers Digital Workers that enterprises can truly rely on.Soon, competing without Digital Workers will be impossible. Just as it became unthinkable to manufacture without machines.We’ve built the first factory and Operating System for creating, deploying, and governing Digital Workers.For too long, enterprises have been boggeddown by repetitive work, an overload of tools, and costly consultancies. It’s time to simplify. It’s time for Digital Workers to take on the repetitive workflows, freeing humans to focus on what matters most.Trusted by leading companies like J&J, Cisco, IPG Group, and Syneos Health. Backed by over $50M in funding from world-class investors including Molten Ventures (formerly Draper Esprit), Dorilton Capital, and IQ Capital plus visionary angel investors such as the CEO of Revolut. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Nov 01, 2018 |  |
| ChargeItSpot | ChargeItSpot specializes in providing free and secure cell phone charging stations. Its phone charging stations are empirically proven to lift sales, foot traffic, and customer affinity. Its s stations feature a touchscreen interface, secure locking capability, promotional opportunities, customizable on-screen messages, and data tracking andreporting. | $1.7M | Series A | Jun 01, 2016 |  |
| Perk (formerly TravelPerk) | TravelPerk is a next-generation business travel booking and management platform for companies of any size. It is an all-in-one platform for booking business travel. TravelPerk is backed by investors such as Spark Capital, investors in Slack, Trello, and Twitter. The company is co-founded and funded by a team of entrepreneurial executives with deepmarket expertise, including leadership-level experience, as one of the successful players in the online travel industry. One of the co-founders recently started and sold a travel technology company to one of the players in the market.TravelPerk was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Barcelona, Catalonia. | $1.5M | Seed | Mar 01, 2016 |  |
| Inspirna | Inspirna (formerly Rgenix) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing first-in-class/best-in-class drug candidates that target critical cancer drivers. Our discovery platform leverages RNA biology to discover novel RNA dysregulated cancer drivers that can be targeted by small molecules and biologics. Clinical programs arefirst-in-class oral small molecules in development for patients with RAS mutant CRC (RGX-202; Phase 1b) as well as SCLC and NSCLC (RGX-104; Phase 1b/2) | $8M | Series A | Aug 18, 2015 |  |
| ZiveBox | Experience ZiveBox! An Enterprise Collaboration app to empower Digital Workforce by Task Management, Big Data Analytics and AI Bots that is easy to use, affordable, efficient and designed to increase productivity. Empower your organization with ZiveBox.• Create Groups - Create your own private ‘Zives’ to manage your privacy in conversations•Share - Share files, messages, videos across different Zives in a completely secure and convenient environment• Video Conferencing – Seamless video calls and conferencing with up to 8 members simultaneously • Manage Projects – Create and assign Tasks and Sub tasks for your team and ensure all files concerning the project are kept within the group• Approvals & Expense Management – Get approvals on expenses and categorize your expenses to streamline the process for administration• Performance Management – Set goals at scheduled intervals for your team, receive reports on their performance and manage the feedback process through Zivebox• Polls & Surveys – Create polls and share it with different groups of teammates• Stay Updated - The recent mention feature lets you know if someone has tagged you in a conversation without you having to go through an entire conversation• Advance Find & Archiving - Use advanced search within your Zives to instantly find important information that can be archived and bookmarked for later usage• Storage – Up to 10 GB of storage of files for free• On-Field Location Tracking - Track your teammates on the go with our GPS tracking system • All Access - Access all your chats on any device anywhere with Zivebox• Anytime Help - Hands on 24/7 priority support availableExperience the new way of communicating with your team – Experience ZiveBox |  | Seed | Apr 07, 2015 |  |
| Conference Hound | Conference Hound is a global conference discovery platform. We are building the world's largest and most current curated database of upcoming conferences, trade shows and conventions, (estimated at 100 million per year) by aggregating the world's conference data, estimated at 500,000 conferences annually. We improve the conferencediscovery experience primarily "before-the-conference" but also "during" and "after" conferences, trade shows and exhibitions.We provide enhanced data products that serve the $1 trillion conference and trade show industry. Our customers and users are conference organizers, sponsors, exhibitors, CVBs and the larger conference eco-system . Primarily a "before the conference" resource, our website allows users to filter basic conference information: by date, city, industry, speaker, tag, social graph, availability of recreational opportunities and more.By aggregating this data, we are attracting the massive eco-system of organizers, exhibitors, CVBs, vendors, hotels, venues and providers of local attractions. This in turn creates highly valuable user data.Our content distribution model also includes syndication across the Web.Conference Hound will disrupt a huge, highly fragmented, dis-aggregated global marketplace by leveling the playing field when it comes to the basic data that drives the industry. | $200K | Seed | Sep 12, 2013 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Blockchain.com Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blockchain-ventures-1104) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Concentric](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/concentric) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Launchbay Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digital-horizon) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fortress Investment Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fortress-investment-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [FusionX Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fusionx-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Innuvik Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/innuvik-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Start Capital

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Start Capital is a global seed and early stage investment company. They are looking for fast-growth companies with visionary entrepreneurs looking to create and serve tomorrow’s needs.Start Capital is an active investor and assists startups in their fundraising.Beyond capital, early-stage companies need guidance and support. They provide itwith their expertise and a strong network to assist their startups.From consumer internet and digital media to biotechnology, they are looking for opportunities that will improve and disrupt their industries.

1 contacts available at Start Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Paolo Rubatto | Managing Director, Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paolo-rubatto |

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## FAQ

### What does Paolo Rubatto invest in?

Paolo Rubatto invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Mobile startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 12 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 Paolo Rubatto's check size?

Paolo Rubatto typically joins rounds of $200k–$1.6M at Seed and $1.7M–$8M 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 Paolo Rubatto participates in.

### When did Paolo Rubatto last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Paolo Rubatto closed in Mar 2023. 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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