# Simone Cimminelli > Simone Cimminelli is a seed investor at Global Innovation Scouting backing Social Media and Apps. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [Global Innovation Scouting](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-innovation-scouting) - Location: London, United Kingdom - Total investments: 5 - Last investment: Sep 2025 - Lead investor: 0% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/cimminelli - X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/Cimminelli - AngelList: https://angel.co/CIMMINELLI Simone Cimminelli is a Founding Partner at Cimminelli Holding. He attended ESCP Business School. ## Round sizes | Stage | Round size | | --- | --- | | Seed | $580k–$2.1M | | Angel | $39k–$250k | ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Social Media | 2 | 40% | | Apps | 1 | 20% | | EdTech | 1 | 20% | | Gaming | 1 | 20% | | Software | 1 | 20% | 17 industries tracked in total. ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Seed | 2 | 40% | | Angel | 2 | 40% | | Equity Crowdfunding | 1 | 20% | ### Country | Country | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Italy | 2 | 40% | | United Kingdom | 1 | 20% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Waveful | Waveful is the gamified social platform for finding your communities and sharing your passions. Imagine a platform with an easy scrolling, built on a community structure and, with a strong remuneration of Creators. All of these features in a gamified package (badges, objectives, statistics) that makes Waveful extremely addicting. | $2.1M | Seed | Sep 02, 2025 | | | Wibo | Wibo helps corporates retaining talents using a community based, mobile first learning platform. Differently from traditional e-learning, we combines micro-learning contents with live workshops and learning games and guarantee a completion rate of 98% that translates in lower turn-over and a higher employee productivity.We work with topexecutives from fortune 100 companies to create amazing content. | $579.9K | Seed | Jun 23, 2025 | | | READBUG | Discover independent magazines. A curated reading experience bringing you independent, classic, cult and award-winning magazines from around the world for a monthly membership. Available and optimised for your iOS device, a membership to READBUG is an adventure into the world of independent publishing. | $115K | Equity Crowdfunding | Nov 21, 2015 | | | Spyn Technologies | London's finest dry cleaners. Spyn is a mobile app which gets quality dry cleaning delivered to your doorstep. | $250K | Angel | Feb 01, 2015 | | | FindTheRipple | FindTheRipple is the first AI-driven bot that supports marketers with automatic content generation about trending topics relevant for their target. The tool makes real-time marketing for social media easy for everyone. | $39K | Angel | Apr 01, 2014 | | 5 of 5 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [A16Z GAMES Speedrun](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a16z-games) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [a16z speedrun](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a16z-speedrun-bc13) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Techstars](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/barclays-accelerator) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Silicon Valley Fellowship](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/silicon-valley-fellowship) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Talent Garden](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/talent-garden) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Techstars](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techstars) — VC Fund, 1 deal together ## About Global Innovation Scouting VC Fund 1 contacts available at Global Innovation Scouting. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Simone Cimminelli | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/simone-cimminelli | ## Similar investors ### Similar industry - [Robert DeMaio](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/robert-charles-demaio) — Angel Investor - [SV Angel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sv-angel) — VC Fund - [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightspeed-venture-partners) — VC Fund ### Similar stage - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund ### Similar country - [CDP Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cdp-venture-capital) — VC Fund - [Club degli Investitori](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/club-degli-investitori) — VC Fund - [Primo Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/barcamper-ventures) — VC Fund ## Featured in investor lists - [Media (entertainment) Angel Investors in Italy](https://shizune.co/investors/media-entertainment-angel-investors-italy) - [Media (entertainment) Investors in Italy](https://shizune.co/investors/media-entertainment-investors-italy) - [Social Media Angel Investors in Europe](https://shizune.co/investors/social-media-angel-investors-europe) - [Software Angel Investors in Italy](https://shizune.co/investors/software-angel-investors-italy) - [Social Media Angel Investors in United Kingdom](https://shizune.co/investors/social-media-angel-investors-united-kingdom) - [Education Angel Investors in Italy](https://shizune.co/investors/education-angel-investors-italy) ## FAQ ### What does Simone Cimminelli invest in? Simone Cimminelli invests primarily in Social Media, Apps and EdTech startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Italy. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio. ### What is Simone Cimminelli's check size? Simone Cimminelli typically joins rounds of $580k–$2.1M at Seed and $39k–$250k at Angel. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Simone Cimminelli participates in. ### When did Simone Cimminelli last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Simone Cimminelli closed in Sep 2025. Shizune tracks 5 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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