# Stefano Rosso

> Stefano Rosso is a Series A investor in Lisbon backing E-Commerce and Retail. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Lisbon, Portugal
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Dec 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefano-rosso-0119b4157

Stefano Rosso is a Series A investor in Lisbon focused on E-Commerce and Retail. Stefano was born on June 1st, 1979 in Marostica (Vicenza) in North East Italy. After high school in Bassano del Grappa, he left Italy to pursue his studies at Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, where he completed a BA in International Trade and Marketing. He began his work experience outside the family company, collaborating with brandslike ZooYork, part of the Ecko Unlimited group. Stefano returned to Italy in 2005 with a new challenge: he began his professional experience at Diesel, working in different areas of the company (from production to marketing), to become eventually Strategic Brand Alliances Director, planning and managing the brand’s collaborations in diverse fields. His latest projects were a limited edition sneakers series with adidas Originals, and the partnership with Ducati.In July 2011, Stefano Rosso has left Diesel for a new position challenge: he is currently Director of Corporate Development for OTB (Only the Brave) Group, the holding which incorporates Diesel, Maison Martin Margiela, Viktor & Rolf, and Staff International (an Italian company manufacturing and distributing licensed prêt-à-porter brands DSquared2, Just Cavalli, Vivienne Westwood and Marc Jacobs Menswear, as well as the group’s own brands Maison Martin Margiela and Viktor&Rolf). Stefano Rosso loves and plays soccer, and he is president of the Bassano soccer team. He loves snowboarding and motorcycling, and he is into contemporary and street art and the whole digital world.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 4 | 67% |
| Retail | 2 | 33% |
| Fashion | 2 | 33% |
| SaaS | 1 | 17% |
| Beauty | 1 | 17% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 33% |
| Seed | 1 | 17% |
| Angel | 1 | 17% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 17% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 50% |
| United States | 2 | 33% |
| The Netherlands | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hulcan | Hulcan is a company that creates and manages cutting-edge media, e-commerce, retail, and fashion brands for a younger consumer base. | $150M |  | Dec 18, 2025 |  |
| CYBR Magazine | CYBR Magazine is a augmented reality enabled magazine and collective focused on future and tech-culture |  | Pre-Seed | Oct 10, 2022 |  |
| The Fabricant | The Fabricant is an AI-powered design platform founded in 2018 that helps fashion brands replace physical sampling with virtual prototyping. Used by leading brands including Hugo Boss, Fynch-Hatton, Bestseller Group, Prenatal, and Napapijri. The platform enables design teams to visualize drape, texture, and fit instantly — moving from concept toe-commerce in minutes, not months. The platform reduces content creation costs by 90%, increases new design explorations by 80%, and cuts concept-to-prototype time by 50-70%. It includes tools for sketch-to-image rendering, AI photo studio, image-to-video animation, virtual sampling, and generative image editing. The Fabricant serves enterprise fashion brands and design teams globally, with particular strength in the European market. Plans are available from free to enterprise level, making AI-powered virtual prototyping accessible to teams of all sizes. | $14M | Series A | Apr 07, 2022 |  |
| Heat | Heat offers surplus luxury fashion items in a curated collection delivered and introduces an unprecedented immersive luxury shopping experience, incorporating elements of surprise and suspense alongside the reassurance of a value-added product, enabling customers to find exclusive during the new season. | $5M | Angel | Jan 17, 2022 |  |
| Quip | Quip is an oral care company designing and delivering products, advice and professional services to make oral health more simple, accessible, and enjoyable — starting with a better electric toothbrush. As the first to market direct-to-consumer oral care subscription service — with fresh supplies delivered every three months, oral care advice sentstraight to hundreds of thousands of consumers, and a bidirectional tech platform in development to connect users with a large dental professional network — quip is working to elevate every part of the oral care experience for everyone. | $40M | Series A | Nov 27, 2018 |  |
| Hooch | HOOCH is the free app that rewards you up to 10% back plus exclusive perks when you travel, shop or dine with global partners. | $5M | Seed | May 22, 2018 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Stefano Rosso invest in?

Stefano Rosso invests primarily in E-Commerce, Retail and Fashion startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Stefano Rosso last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Stefano Rosso closed in Dec 2025. Shizune tracks 6 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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