# UniCredit Start Lab FinTech Accelerator

> UniCredit Start Lab FinTech Accelerator is a VC fund backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Milan, Italy
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Jan 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/UniCredit_PR
- Website: https://www.unicreditstartlab.eu/en/startup/showcase/fintech-accelerator.html
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/unicredititalia

UniCredit Start Lab FinTech Accelerator is a VC fund in Milan focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Launched in February 2014, the UniCredit Start Lab Fintech Accelerator is a Milan-based accelerator searching for entrepreneurs in Financial Technologies. The Accelerator program, lasting four months, provides startups with co-working space in the heart of Milan, an intensive acceleration program, qualified mentoring, networking, and 10k€ tocover primary expenses, workshops and events. The 4 month program will end with pitches in front of an elite audience of investors and subsequently, if business targets are reached, an additional 8 month light acceleration program will reinforce the startup fundamentals.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 67% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 67% |
| iOS | 1 | 33% |
| Apps | 1 | 33% |
| Mobile | 1 | 33% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Angel | 1 | 33% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DeepTrace Technologies | DeepTrace Technologies provides AI tools that analyze complex clinical and biological data to help healthcare providers identify diseases earlier and support personalized care planning. Its platform is licensed to hospitals to assist with diagnostic workflows and to inform clinical decision-making using data-driven insights. DeepTrace Technologiesalso works with medical device companies to enhance diagnostic device performance and with pharmaceutical companies to support clinical data analysis and trial design. | $2.1M | Seed | Jan 11, 2021 |  |
| Atooma | Resonance AI is a key enabler to new generations of smart devices designed to:Listen to people's behavior across apps and devicesAct accordingly with the desired action in the right moment for a magic experienceAnalyze the patterns and get the most out of themIt provides a framework for cross-device interactions to brands and devicemanufacturers that needs their products to make the best of the Internet of Things layer potential. Most of the existing solutions for the Internet of Things provide strictly verticalized use cases, building ecosystems basically blind to any horizontal cross-device interaction. On the other hand, Atooma team is developing different SDKs for each of the main fragmented sectors of the IoT market, such as: automotive, home automation, wearables, and mobile devices. Also, as last step of integration within the platform, Atooma has developed a “suggestion engine” that makes use of the big data coming from user’s behavior monitoring, pro-actively suggesting them coherent and contextual use cases fitting their lifestyle, based on how they used the context-aware device.“Context awareness is not just a buzz word, we are building the fast track for the full participation in the contextual era for the internet of things players.” - Fabrizio Cialdea, CEO of Atooma | $650K | Angel | Apr 24, 2015 |  |
| Qurami | Qurami gives users the opportunity to remotely reserve a spot in line through a mobile application that interacts with an electronic ticketing machine. Users are able to monitor the line in real time and enter the premises when they are ready to be served. The application is built as a universal platform that integrates with all existing types ofticketing machines. We also offer a web-based option that doesn't require any hardware integration. Customers are the venues plagued with long lines. | $647K |  | Nov 24, 2014 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [LVenture Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Embed Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/embed-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Italian Angels for Growth](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/italian-angels-for-growth) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [MITO Technology](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mito-technology) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Progress Tech Transfer Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/progress-tech-transfer-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Techpeaks](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techpeaks) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does UniCredit Start Lab FinTech Accelerator invest in?

UniCredit Start Lab FinTech Accelerator invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and iOS startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Italy. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did UniCredit Start Lab FinTech Accelerator last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for UniCredit Start Lab FinTech Accelerator closed in Jan 2021. Shizune tracks 3 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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