# Raffaele Mauro

> Raffaele Mauro is a seed investor at Primo Capital (Milan) backing Aerospace and Software. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Primo Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/barcamper-ventures)
- Location: Milan, Italy
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 71%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/raffaelemauro
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/rafr
- Website: https://x.com/rafr
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/raffaele.mauro

Raffaele Mauro is a seed investor at Primo Capital in Milan focused on Aerospace and Software. General Partner at Primo Space, a venture capital fund focused on the space economy. Previously he was Managing Director at Endeavor Italy and supported high tech companies at Intesa San Paolo, United Ventures and P101. Raffaele holds an MPA from Harvard University, a Ph.D. from Bocconi and attended the Singularity University at NASA Ames. Raffaeleis member of the Kauffman Fellows, the “Young European Leaders – 40 under 40” network and the Aspen Junior Fellows group. He also invested in companies such as Multiply Labs (YC-2016) and Strive School (YC-2020). Raffaele authored the books “Hacking Finance” and “Quantum Computing”.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Aerospace | 3 | 43% |
| Software | 2 | 29% |
| SaaS | 1 | 14% |
| FinTech | 1 | 14% |
| Hardware | 1 | 14% |

19 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 43% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 43% |
| Series B | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Italy | 4 | 57% |
| United States | 1 | 14% |
| The Netherlands | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Caracol | Caracol is a 3D printing company that offers design-to-production solutions for different sectors. | $40M | Series B | Oct 14, 2025 |  |
| Revolv Space | Revolv Space enables continuous data generation for small satellites by rethinking their critical components. The company solves problems by designing, manufacturing, and testing the next generation of critical components enabling continuous payload operations and full monetization of space assets. | $2.8M | Seed | May 28, 2024 |  |
| Ecosmic | Ecosmic is addressing the issue of space debris by inventing plug-and-play cutting-edge technology that will improve collision avoidance, allowing space operators to save both money and time. | $1.2M | Pre-Seed | Apr 23, 2024 |  |
| Sidereus Space Dynamics | Sidereus Space Dynamics is a start up formed based on aerospace innovation technology to revolutionize access to space. | $5.4M | Seed | Sep 25, 2023 |  |
| Eoliann | Eoliann harnesses satellite data and proprietary machine learning algorithms to predict the probability, intensity, and potential impact of extreme climate events. The solutions empower critical infrastructure operators to design robust resilience strategies and simplify ESG risk disclosure. | $1.6M | Pre-Seed | Nov 23, 2022 |  |
| Sibill | Sibill is a platform that simplifies financial and administrative management for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), streamlining invoices, payments, and deadlines in a single place. The platform is designed to centralize, analyze, and manage cash flows, collecting data from various banks to keep track of finances effectively. Sibillutilizes AI to automate a majority of manual processes by merging banking cash flows with the Angenzia delle Entrate’s exchange system, offering real-time insights into cash flow. This aids businesses in saving time, maintaining organized accounts, and making swift, precise decisions. | $579.7K | Pre-Seed | Oct 01, 2021 |  |
| Caracol | Caracol is a 3D printing company that offers design-to-production solutions for different sectors. | $4.1M | Seed | Sep 15, 2021 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [CDP Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cdp-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [EUREKA! Venture SGR](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eureka-venture) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [EXOR N.V.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/exor-s-p-a) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Exor Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/exor-seeds) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Exor Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/exor-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Founders](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founders-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Primo Capital

VC Fund · Milan, Italy

Primo Capital is a venture capital firm focused on seed and early stage startups. The firm is a multi-fund investment company, with four different investment practices with dedicated funds on specialized strategies. Primo Capital invests in digital/software, new space, climate technology and healthcare.

5 contacts available at Primo Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Franco Gonella | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/franco-gonella |
| Raffaele Mauro | General Partner - Primo Space | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/raffaele-mauro |
| Alessandro Mizzi | Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alessandro-mizzi |
| Antonio Concolino | Partner & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antonio-concolino |
| Antonio Mercuri | CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antonio-mercuri |

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## FAQ

### What does Raffaele Mauro invest in?

Raffaele Mauro invests primarily in Aerospace, Software and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Italy. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Raffaele Mauro last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Raffaele Mauro closed in Oct 2025. Shizune tracks 7 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?

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