# Roberto Ferrari

> Roberto Ferrari is a seed investor at Design Italy backing FinTech and Finance. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: Design Italy
- Location: Milano, Italy
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Nov 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertoferrari/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/ferrarirobtweet?lang=en

Roberto Ferrari is a seed investor at Design Italy in Milano focused on FinTech and Finance. Author of the book: Fintech Era (2017), L’Era del FinTech (2016, F.Angeli). FinTech and digital banking thought leader: Listed in WSJ’s Financial News 2016 and 2015 Top40 Fintech powerpeople in Europe, and in 2017, 2016 and 2015 Power 50 digital banker in European digital financial services from Digital Banking Club London.Scaled up and turnedaround to profit CheBanca!, best digital bank in Italy and one of the most successful challenger banks worldwide. First bank in Europe to launch a BTC Robo-Advisor. From Procter & Gamble school (former P&G EMEA Mktg director).Wide International senior executive experience across markets, with focus on growth, business innovation digital transformation and marketing.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 1 | 100% |
| Finance | 1 | 100% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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. | $3.5M | Seed | Nov 03, 2021 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Digital Magics](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digital-magics) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fabrick](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fabrick) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fasanara Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fasanara-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Design Italy

VC Fund · Milan, Italy

Design Italy is an operator of an e-commerce platform intended to offer Italian multi-category products. The company offers modern, contemporary, and personalized furniture, home decor, lighting, outdoor accessories, leather goods, jewelry, and accessories. This enables customers to purchase home furnishings and other works of art at reasonableprices.

2 contacts available at Design Italy.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Paola Serena | Co-Founder & Team Director | — |
| Roberto Ferrari | Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/roberto-ferrari |

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## FAQ

### What does Roberto Ferrari invest in?

Roberto Ferrari invests primarily in FinTech, Finance and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Italy. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Roberto Ferrari?

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### When did Roberto Ferrari last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Roberto Ferrari closed in Nov 2021. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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