Top 5 Publishing Angel Investors in Italy (August 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Massimiliano Magrini
Angel
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2 | Italy, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $274k–$16M |
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Andrea Dusi
Angel
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1 | Italy, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Biotechnology, FinTech, Software | $150k–$6M |
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Federico Ghizzoni
Angel
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1 | Italy, San Marino | Series A, Series B | Banking, FinTech, Blockchain | |
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Gianni Papa
Angel
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1 | Italy | Series A | Publishing | |
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Matthias Hilpert
Angel
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1 | Germany, United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $800k–$15M |
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Massimiliano is co-founder and Managing Partner United Ventures . Previously at Altavista and founding Country manager of Google Italy. Founder of Annapurna Ventures, a new generation Technology Angel Fund. and As Consultant appointed by the Ministry of Economic Development, He has actively contributed to the drawing up of the report onventure capitalism in Italy, which then led to the DL Growth .He is currently Vice President of the Touring Club Italiano, Board Member of the American Chamber of Commerce and sits on the board of directors of AppsBuilder, Paperlit, 20 Lines and Cloud4WI.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 24
- Round size: Seed $274k–$8.1M; Series A $4M–$15M; Series B $12M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 63% lead, 37% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 20lines — 20lines is a website and a mobile app where users write, read and share short stories.Their goal is to connect writers and readers around the concept of free short stories. They aim at becoming the “Instagram” for short stories. On 20lines everyone can easily share their stories, from the teenagers writing their daily journal for theirfriends to the important authors who want to share the preview of their next book with their audience.
- Beelzebub — A secure low code deception runtime framework, leveraging AI for System Virtualization.
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Entrepreneur and investor. After working in management consulting, in 2006 he created Wish Days, known above all for the Emozione3 gift boxes. In April 2016, he sold the company to the Smartbox group with a millionaire exit. In 2017, together with Cristina Pozzi, already a partner in Wish Days he founded the no-profit organization Impactscool, withthe aim to bring education on exponential technologies to Italian students and teachers. Impactscool was sold in 2025 with an exit to an Italian bank. Now his focus is manly on studying, exploring the potential of human beings, understanding true meaning of life, enjoying the passage of time. He is advisor of dozens of technological initiatives and business angels in 150+ startups focusing on clean tech.He is the author of the book “Come far fallire una startup ed essere fellici” – How to make a startup fail and be happy, published by Bompiani, Bestseller in 2018.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Round size: Seed $150k–$6M; Angel $170k–$2.5M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- CitizenX — CitizenX is the secure and private platform that helps you diversify your passport portfolio, ensuring a safe future for you and your loved ones.
- Talyn Air — Inspired by two-stage rockets, our innovative eVTOL uses two flight vehicles to transform flight. Fixed-wing performance with VTOL capabilities.
- CaSRevolution — A novel disease-modifying approach against neurodegeneration
Founder & CEO at UniCredit
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- Industry: Banking, FinTech, Blockchain
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Italy, San Marino
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BKN301 — Scopri tutti i servizi dedicati a privati, aziende ed esercenti. Accedi all'area riservata.
- We Wealth — We Wealth ha l'obiettivo di supportare la trasformazione digitale del mondo del Wealth Management e di porsi aggregatore di domanda ed offerta.
Gianni Franco Papa
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- Industry: Publishing
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- We Wealth — We Wealth ha l'obiettivo di supportare la trasformazione digitale del mondo del Wealth Management e di porsi aggregatore di domanda ed offerta.
Matthias Hilpert - CEO @ MH2 Capital
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Germany, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 36
- Round size: Seed $800k–$6.5M; Series A $3M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Flinn — We are driven to impact the health of millions of people around the globe by enabling medical companies to launch and operate products more efficiently. To make this vision come true, we established a customer-centric, experimentation-driven product development approach.
- Atlas Metrics — The single source of truth for your ESG data
- Hive Robotics — Hive Robotics GmbH is developing scalable, cutting-edge technology designed to safely and securely command, control, and connect any type of robot or unmanned system, enabling advanced swarming and teaming capabilities across a wide range of operational environments, from industrial automation to defense and disaster response.
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