# Silvano Lancini

> Silvano Lancini is a pre-seed investor at Sme.UP Group backing SaaS and EdTech. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Sme.UP Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sme-up-group)
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jul 2023
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/silvano-lancini/

Silvano Lancini is a pre-seed investor at Sme.UP Group focused on SaaS and EdTech. Silvano Lancini is the Executive President & General Manager SME UP S.p.A.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 1 | 50% |
| EdTech | 1 | 50% |
| Education | 1 | 50% |
| Search Engine | 1 | 50% |
| Semantic Search | 1 | 50% |

6 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Taylora | Taylora is the platform that has finally enabled the collection of all instructional materials in one place, the easy creation of quizzes and surveys, and the certification of students' completion of the path pursued. | $163.7K | Pre-Seed | Jul 03, 2023 |  |
| E-Plato | Socrate is a “Google-like” search engine, but with a fundamental difference: while Google finds information on the public web, Socrate operates within a company’s private data, directly where it is installed.Our main differentiating factor in the market is the guarantee of complete data sovereignty: our clients' data never leaves theircorporate infrastructure. We do not use any external services that would require sharing data; everything happens locally, in total security. The platform can be installed on-premise, even in fully offline environments, thus ensuring maximum compliance with corporate policies and the most stringent security requirements.In addition, Socrate is equipped with specialized modules for analyzing technical documentation, such as manuals, diagrams, and procedures, which requires a very different approach compared to standard documents. This allows us to offer highly accurate search performance in complex environments, such as those typical in the manufacturing and technical sectors.Another advantage is the ability to automatically classify documents before indexing them, improving content organization and making it easier to navigate and access the most relevant information.Finally, the new Business Intelligence features make Socrate a strategic tool for the continuous improvement of corporate documentation: - Relational topic graph: allows visualization of the connections between various topics covered in company documents. - Continuous learning from the corporate environment: if the system is unable to answer a question, the user can send a request via email. The response received is automatically acquired as new knowledge within the platform, in the “Contributions” section. - When a significant number of contributions have been gathered, the system automatically generates a report highlighting gaps in the documentation and suggesting areas for improvement. - Additionally, the company can use the BI dashboard to view the thematic areas that receive the most frequent questions, thus gaining valuable insights for internal support, training, and knowledge management. | $200.3K | Pre-Seed | Nov 07, 2022 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [FuturED](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/futured-0c2f) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Sme.UP Group

VC Fund · Brescia, Italy

Sme.UP Group provides IT solutions to companies for their business.

1 contacts available at Sme.UP Group.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Silvano Lancini | President & General Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/silvano-lancini |

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## FAQ

### What does Silvano Lancini invest in?

Silvano Lancini invests primarily in SaaS, EdTech and Education startups, most often at Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Italy. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Silvano Lancini last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Silvano Lancini closed in Jul 2023. Shizune tracks 2 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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