# United Ventures

> United Ventures is a VC fund backing Software and Information Technology. See 86 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Milan, Italy
- Total investments: 86
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 55%
- Fund size: $176M
- Last fund: Jul 2023
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/2985061
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/unitdventures
- Website: https://unitedventures.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/UnitedVenturesOne

United Ventures is a VC fund in Milan focused on Software and Information Technology. We invest in people and technology. Our mission is to support extraordinary founders in their journey to build great companies, from early to growth stage.United Ventures is an independent Italian venture capital firm investing in digital technologies. Since 2013, it has partnered with over twenty-five technology startups, supporting their growthand international expansion process. United Ventures has €190M in assets under management on two early-stage funds, and it is currently raising the first Italy-based VC fund focused on growth equity investments to broaden the firm’s strategy of investing in the best technology entrepreneurs.The firm’s portfolio includes to date sixteen companies across Italy, UK, Switzerland, Israel, and USA: UV1 - Cloud4Wi, Datrix, Faceit, Loop AI Labs, Mainstreaming, Moneyfarm, Musixmatch UV2 - BOOM, brumbrum, Credimi, Equalum, Exein, Fiscozen, InSilicoTrials, MishiPay, xFarm

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $406k–$10M |
| Series A | $3.3M–$15M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 11 | 13% |
| Information Technology | 7 | 8% |
| FinTech | 6 | 7% |
| SaaS | 5 | 6% |
| E-Commerce | 5 | 6% |

120 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 24 | 28% |
| Seed | 15 | 17% |
| Funding Round | 9 | 10% |
| Series B | 7 | 8% |
| Series C | 5 | 6% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Italy | 32 | 37% |
| United States | 5 | 6% |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 6% |
| China | 1 | 1% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |

8 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Carlo Alberto Carnevale-Maffe | Independent Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carlo-alberto-carnevale-maff%C3%A8 |
| Damiano Coletti | Investor | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/damiano-coletti |
| Mario Mariani | Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mario-mariani |
| Massimiliano Magrini | Co-Founder and Managing Partner | 24 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/massimiliano-magrini |
| Viviana Zama | Office Manager, Administrative & Executive Assistant | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/viviana-zama |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Beelzebub | Beelzebub is a cybersecurity company that develops AI-native security software for threat detection, deception, and incident response. Its platform includes honeypot technology, AI-driven red teaming, malware analysis, runtime monitoring, and security operations capabilities designed to detect, analyze, and contain cyber threats. The company alsoprovides tools and APIs for deploying and managing deception environments across multiple protocols to support enterprise security and cybersecurity research. | $3.4M | Seed | Jul 27, 2026 |  |
| Seltz | Web Search Engine | $12.5M | Seed | Jun 24, 2026 |  |
| Algorithmiq | Algorithmiq utilizes its expertise in quantum information, complex systems, and computational physics to develop algorithms to develop new and effective drugs, solve problems in life sciences, and discover new materials. | $21.2M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 11, 2026 |  |
| Smartness | Smartpricing is a provider of computer software application and revenue management system solutions to Hotel. | $55.1M | Series B | May 04, 2026 |  |
| Smartness | Smartpricing is a provider of computer software application and revenue management system solutions to Hotel. |  | Secondary Market | May 04, 2026 |  |
| Cleafy | We help banks and financial institutions scale up their fight against online fraud.Cleafy is the first solution to introduce full detection and response in online fraud prevention.A revolutionary technology that combines all the most advanced fraud detection capabilities, with automated responses that stop attacks at scale. All in one centralplatform.Recognized as a selected vendor for Online Fraud Detection in Gartner Market Guide, we today protect over 60M users of top-tier retail and corporate banks. | $13.9M | Series B | Mar 12, 2026 |  |
| Qura | Qura platform is designed as a GDPR-compliant, EU-native system that complies with medical standards and is integrated with regional laboratory networks. | $1.8M | Pre-Seed | Mar 03, 2026 |  |
| Cyberwave | Cyberwave provides an AI-native robotics platform enabling developers to build, test, and deploy autonomous systems for robots and assets. | $8.1M | Seed | Oct 08, 2025 |  |
| Trustfull | Alternative credit scoring for the digital world | $7M | Seed | Jul 26, 2025 |  |
| IdentifAI | IdentifAI promises to provide every individual, citizen, customer, and governmental or business decision-maker with the ability to discern between artificial intelligence-generated content and human-created content. By doing so, the company hopes to ensure that developing technologies serve the common good rather than being used to destabilizesociety, due to equally effective solutions capable of minimizing these dangers. | $5.9M | Series A | Jul 24, 2025 |  |

10 of 86 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Partech](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/partech) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [CDP Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cdp-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Primo Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/barcamper-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Vertis](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vertis-sgr-s-p-a) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Neva SGR](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/neva-a608) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [eCAPITAL ENTREPRENEURIAL PARTNERS](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ecapital-entrepreneurial-partners-ag) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does United Ventures invest in?

United Ventures invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and FinTech startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 86 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Italy. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is United Ventures's check size?

United Ventures typically joins rounds of $406k–$10M at Seed and $3.3M–$15M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds United Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact United Ventures?

Public channels for United Ventures include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at United Ventures?

The team at United Ventures includes Carlo Alberto Carnevale-Maffe (Independent Director), Damiano Coletti (Investor) and Mario Mariani (Partner), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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