# Wolsey Ventures

> Wolsey Ventures is a VC fund in Genoa backing Health Care, Legal and Fashion. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Genoa, Italy
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Dec 2017
- Lead investor: 40%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wolseyventures
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/WolseyVentures
- Website: http://www.wolsey.ventures

Wolsey Ventures is a VC fund in Genoa focused on Health Care and Legal. We lead, co-lead and at times just partecipate and invest anywhere in all pre-venture and series A rounds, helping organizations become enduring businesses.Yet entrepreneurs and investors aspire to learn from each other and remain inspired.Our mission at Wolsey Ventures consists in technology startups.We believe adoption of smart, digital andhigh technologies will continue to rise in 2016 and beyond,to meet demands from consumers and pressure from the competition to perform and adapt.This demand creates many opportunities for fast-growing companies to start up and reach a global scale.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | $220k–$235k |
| Series A | $1.7M–$12M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 2 | 40% |
| Legal | 1 | 20% |
| Fashion | 1 | 20% |
| Fitness | 1 | 20% |
| Internet | 1 | 20% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 40% |
| Angel | 1 | 20% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Italy | 2 | 40% |
| United States | 1 | 20% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SurgiQ | SurgiQ is an AI-driven healthcare technology company optimizing hospital operations through intelligent planning and scheduling solutions. With a focus on surgical procedures, chemotherapy, and rehabilitation, SurgiQ helps hospitals streamline workflows, reduce waiting times, and maximize resource efficiency. The company's patented AItechnology ensures balanced workloads and optimal patient care while improving hospital financial performance. SurgiQ serves public and private healthcare institutions, offering a scalable, high-impact solution with measurable results. The company is growing 2x YoY and preparing for further international growth. | $220K | Pre-Seed | Dec 04, 2017 |  |
| SurgiQ | SurgiQ is an AI-driven healthcare technology company optimizing hospital operations through intelligent planning and scheduling solutions. With a focus on surgical procedures, chemotherapy, and rehabilitation, SurgiQ helps hospitals streamline workflows, reduce waiting times, and maximize resource efficiency. The company's patented AItechnology ensures balanced workloads and optimal patient care while improving hospital financial performance. SurgiQ serves public and private healthcare institutions, offering a scalable, high-impact solution with measurable results. The company is growing 2x YoY and preparing for further international growth. | $235K | Pre-Seed | Oct 18, 2016 |  |
| AirHelp | AirHelp is an online legal service that helps air passengers get compensation from airlines when their flight gets canceled, delayed, or overbooked. Passengers can access the service via its official Facebook page or its mobile app available for iOS and Android devices.AirHelp takes care of all the paperwork and legal communications with theairline on behalf of the passengers and claims 25% of the compensation obtained as its service fee. The compensation amount varies between $170 to $650 based on the distance flown by the flight and the duration of the delay experienced by the passenger at the final destination.AirHelp was launched in 2013 by Greg Roodt, Henrik Zillmer, and Nicolas Michaelsen. | $12M | Series A | Aug 03, 2016 |  |
| Tossed | Following months of travelling the world in search of healthy food, Vincent; fresh out of Uni opened the first Tossed store in Paddington, London in April 2005. The mission was simple; to create a new, healthy and exciting food experience, that didn’t compromise on taste or portion size, for the UK market. | $1.7M | Series A | Jun 29, 2015 |  |
| Tailoritaly | Tailoritaly is the fashion platform that let customers customize their clothes and accessories full "made in Italy" choosing details, color, fabric and fit. They find the most qualitative Italian fashion producers and they connect them to worldwide customers creating great content to promote their ecosystem across new markets. Bydesigning and producing 100% of their items on the Italian factory floor, Tailoritaly distributes a rare premium product that demonstrates the power of history, tradition and passion needed to create a Timeless Piece.Their target market is generation X and Y from 24 to 40 years old, influenced by social network, who leverage new tech. Low price sensitivity and interested in quality and design uniqueness. High loyalty and advocacy.- Wide customization options- Total look based on customers occasion of use- 3D configurator-Unique supplier network-High quality clothing at accessories at 50% lower price | $66K | Angel | Feb 04, 2015 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Widening Venture](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/widening) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Angel Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angelab) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
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- [Seedrs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seedrs) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [U-Start](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/u-start) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Wolsey Ventures invest in?

Wolsey Ventures invests primarily in Health Care, Legal and Fashion startups, most often at Series A 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 Wolsey Ventures's check size?

Wolsey Ventures typically joins rounds of $220k–$235k at Pre-Seed and $1.7M–$12M 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 Wolsey Ventures participates in.

### When did Wolsey Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Wolsey Ventures closed in Dec 2017. 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?

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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