# Utopia

> Utopia is a VC fund in Bologna backing Biotechnology, Genetics and Health Care. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bologna, Italy
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Feb 2024
- Lead investor: 75%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/utopiasis/
- Website: https://utopiasis.it/

Utopia is a venture capital firm that is dedicated to life sciences.Utopia SIS is an investment company specializing in healthcare and biomedical research, promoted and owned by the Golinelli Foundation.Utopia was established with the aim of bridging this gap, through investments in high-potential start-ups operating in the Life Sciencessector.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.4M–$2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Biotechnology | 2 | 50% |
| Genetics | 1 | 25% |
| Health Care | 1 | 25% |
| Life Science | 1 | 25% |
| Pharmaceutical | 1 | 25% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CaSRevolution | CaSRevolution provides pharmaceutical services. They are in the fields of biotech, neurodegeneration, startups, and Alzheimer's. They provided a progression of Alzheimer’s disease and identified a potential therapeutic approach. | $1.4M | Seed | Feb 21, 2024 |  |
| CaSRevolution | CaSRevolution provides pharmaceutical services. They are in the fields of biotech, neurodegeneration, startups, and Alzheimer's. They provided a progression of Alzheimer’s disease and identified a potential therapeutic approach. | $2M | Seed | May 25, 2023 |  |
| CaSRevolution | CaSRevolution provides pharmaceutical services. They are in the fields of biotech, neurodegeneration, startups, and Alzheimer's. They provided a progression of Alzheimer’s disease and identified a potential therapeutic approach. | $874.1K | Pre-Seed | May 25, 2023 |  |
| Lighthouse Biotech | Lighthouse Biotech offers a liquid biopsy tool that helps to extract live and intact circulating tumor cells from a simple blood sample, to avoid repetition with altered metabolism, helping medical staff and doctors to trace and treat tumor cells in the very early stages of the disease. |  | Seed | Dec 29, 2021 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Italian Angels for Biotech](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/italian-angels-for-biotech) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Pariter Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pariter-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## Similar investors

### Similar industry
- [SOSV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sosv) — VC Fund
- [ARCH Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arch-venture-partners) — VC Fund
- [OrbiMed](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/orbimed-advisors) — 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
- [Biotechnology Investors in Italy](https://shizune.co/investors/biotechnology-investors-italy)
- [Biotech Investors in Italy](https://shizune.co/investors/biotech-investors-italy)
- [Biotechnology VC Funds in Italy](https://shizune.co/investors/biotechnology-vc-funds-italy)
- [Biotech VC Funds in Italy](https://shizune.co/investors/biotech-vc-funds-italy)
- [Health Care VC Funds in Italy](https://shizune.co/investors/health-care-vc-funds-italy)
- [Life Science VC Funds in Italy](https://shizune.co/investors/life-science-vc-funds-italy)

## FAQ

### What does Utopia invest in?

Utopia invests primarily in Biotechnology, Genetics and Health Care startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Italy. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Utopia's check size?

Utopia typically joins rounds of $1.4M–$2M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Utopia participates in.

### When did Utopia last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Utopia closed in Feb 2024. Shizune tracks 4 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.

# About Shizune
Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features:
- 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others)
- Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data
- Updated daily from public funding news
- CSV and Excel export

The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co