# Top 30 Retail Angel Investors in Italy in June 2026 ## Giovanni Gardelli - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Fashion, Software Giovanni Gardelli is the Senior Director at Verizon Media. ## Fabio Mondini de Focatiis - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding - Focus: E-Commerce, Retail, Information Technology Venture Partner, Eurazeo InvestmentInternational Venture Capitalist, Business Angel and SVP with >20 years experience in >20 countries, with a successful track as VC, BA and Entrepreneur in a truly global environment. Fabio is a Venture Partner in Eurazeo Investment, following their acquisition of IDINVEST Partners, a leading Europeanprivate equity firm with >9B€ AUM, focusing on Venture Capital investments in Italy across sectors and in the Smart City sector (Energy, Cleantech, Eco-mobility) worldwide. Fabio is the Founder and CEO of growth Capital, the leading Italian investment banking focusing on advising innovative, fast-growing companies on fund raising and M&A. Fabio is also an active Business Angel, with a personal portfolio of more than 30 startups. a Member of the Investment Committee of Lazio Innova. Previously Fabio has been a Senior Advisor in the European Investment Fund (EIF), leading the joint efforts of EIF and Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) to establish TT Investment Funds in Italy to develop its ecosystem for Innovation. Before entering the Private Equity sector, Fabio has lead Soitec Solar Division sale after it has increased its revenues from ~2M€ to >40M€ and achieved the world record of PV Module Efficiency and Solar Cell Efficiency. He had earlier founded and lead RenEn Renewable Energy to a leading renewable energy consulting firm. Earlier Fabio has been in McKinsey, ENEL and Russell Reynolds. In ENEL, Fabio has been Head of Integration, Head of International Management, Head of HR and Organisation and member of the Board of various international companies. Fabio received his M.S. degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from M.I.T. and his M.B.A. from INSEAD. He is fluent in English, Italian, French and Spanish. ## Alberto Birolini - Type: Angel - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Shoes, Retail, Fashion Alberto Birolini ## Luca Foresti - Type: Angel - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: SaaS, Retail, Nutrition Luca Foresti is the CEO at Santagostino. Luca Foresti attended The University of Pisa. ## Giulio Xiloyannis - Type: Angel - Location: Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Gaming, Online Games, Apps Giulio Xiloyannis is the Chief Commercial Officer of ZALORA, the largest online fashion retailer in SEA. Prior to ZALORA, he worked across a number of Rocket Internet Founded Venture in Italy, J.P Morgan and Rabobank. Giulio is an investor and Founding Investor for Omnilytics and an adviser for Musa, Taskomat and Edgar (Italy based ventures).Giulio as a pro-bono advisor for Florence based incubator Nana Bianca and Singapore based Antler as well as having collaborated with the Malaysian state sponsored incubator Magic. ## Luca Ferrante Carrante - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Shoes, Retail, Travel Luca Ferrante Carrante - Associate Director, Investments @ The Olayan Group ## Rossella Brenna - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Retail, Nutrition, E-Commerce Rossella Brenna ## Stefano Miccinelli - Type: Angel - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Pet, Gift, Retail Stefano Miccinelli works in venture capital and private equity in Italy. He is currently the Proprietario of SRM Holdings. ## Stefano Alberti - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Gift, Retail, Sports He started working in 1991, after a degree at Bocconi University, as Analyst bond market and later the stock market at the CIMO Sim - Milan. In 1995 he was Co-Founder Intermobiliare Securities (later Intermonte Sim, leader in Italy in traded volumes) and from '95 until 2009 he held the position of Office Manager studies where he managed a teamof over 20 fundamental analysts who in years has received prestigious awards and placed at the top of important charts internationally. Currently working with the bank Albertini Syz for financial advisory services, corporate finance and private banking. and 'member of AIAF (Italian association of financial Analysts) and of important business partner organization angel (ie financial investors in start-ups). Today Stefano plays an activity related to the management of capital which is looking for new business opportunities to finance and develop and financial guidance. ## Hugo Valdivia - Type: Angel - Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Retail, Sales Automation, Internet of Things Hugo was born and raised in Peru. In early 2000’s he got his Diploma in Industrial Engineering, starting off his career in the Logistics industry, where he worked on storage and distribution matters.In January 2012, Hugo moved to The Netherlands to pursue his MBA degree at Erasmus University, graduating in March 2013. Immediately after, Hugochanged career to Corporate Finance, where he specialized on Financial and Business Controlling during his tenures at technology and FMCG companies, including names like TomTom and The KraftHeinz Company.By mid-2018 his entrepreneurship journey started by founding Qullqi, an e-shop for women’s fashion accessories handcrafted in Peru. In addition, Hugo acted as interim Finance Manager for local companies in The Netherlands. During one assignment he moved to do home-office due to Covid-19 outbreak. In this new set-up, he found himself struggling to keep up with his personal productivity. Looking for a solution to allow him regain control over it as well as on his work-life balance, he learned that other professionals were dealing with a similar problem and there was no such a simple product in the market. This was the beginning of Silentus. Since then, Hugo’s been working on market and customer research and also setting up a team to grow the business and develop a great product.In February 2022, Hugo graduated from INSEAD Executive Master in Finance studies. During his free time he enjoys reading, primarily books around the topics of business, philosophy, and personal development; going to the gym; and watching football in local sports bars. He’s currently based in Amsterdam. ## Alessandro Gatti - Type: Angel - Location: Monza, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Marketing, Gift, Retail Alessandro Gatti - Founder & CEO @ maisonFire ## Jacopo Sebastio - Type: Angel - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Shoes, Retail, Fashion Jacopo Sebastio is Founder & CEO at Velasca. ## Federico Menetto - Type: Angel - Location: Padua, Veneto, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Retail, Software, Nutrition Federico Menetto ## Nabil Marco - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Retail, Nutrition, E-Commerce Nabil Marco ## Loris Lanzellotti - Type: Angel - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: SaaS, Retail, FinTech Loris Lanzellotti is the cofounder of Boost Heroes attended London Business School. ## Maurizio Donadelli - Type: Angel - Location: Altino, Veneto, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Analytics, Retail, Travel Maurizio Donadelli ## Lodovico Rosnati - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, Retail, FinTech Lodovico Rosnati works for Capital Markets based out of Italy. ## Francesco Pagano - Type: Angel - Location: Meilen, Zurich, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Retail, Nutrition, E-Commerce Francesco Pagano is a Senior Partner at JAKALA. ## Fabio Zecchini - Type: Angel - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Pet, Retail Fabio Zecchini is based out of Milano, and is the Founder of Weebora. Fabio previously worked at Musement as a Founder, CTO, and CPO. Fabio Zecchini attended the University of Padua. ## Avishai Abrahami - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Apps Avishai Abrahami is our Co-Founder, has served as our Chief Executive Officer since September 2010 and was our Co-Chief Executive Officer and a director since October 2006. From 2004 to 2006, Avishai was the Vice President of Strategic Alliances at Arel Communications & Software Ltd., a private Israeli company specializing in communicationtechnology. In 1998 he co-founded Sphera Corporation, a private company which develops software for managing data centers, and he served as its Chief Technology Officer from 1998 until 2000 and its Vice President of Product Marketing from 2000 until 2003. In 1993, he co-founded AIT Ltd., a private Israeli software company, and served as its Chief Technology Officer until the company's sale in 1997. Avishai served in the Israeli Defense Forces' elite computer intelligence unit from 1990 until 1992. ## Euan Lonmon - Type: Angel - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, B2C, Retail Long years at the helm of transport and tourism companies, (Corsica Ferries, Nouvelles Frontiéres Reseau, Stradeblu) Deep insight in european cultures and languages, have found interest and pleasure in founding, mentoring and sponsoring start-up businesses in very diverse fields.Chairman of Restopolis , sold to La Fourchette, Tripadvisor inoctober 2014, Investor in Wineverse and Checkbonus, founder of THE GIRA, travel and communication, Founder of Proteam, CEO of Pneusmart BV. ## Anna Siccardi - Type: Angel - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Retail Anna Siccardi - Advisor & Investor @ GrowishPay ## Andrea Pederzolli - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Retail, Shopping, E-Commerce Andrea Pederzolli - Director @ Mangustarisk ## Silvestro Russo - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Retail, Sales Automation, Internet of Things Silvestro Russo ## Gianni Tagliapietra - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Retail, Sales Automation, Internet of Things Gianni Tagliapietra ## Marco Milone - Type: Angel - Location: Turin, Piemonte, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Retail, Internet, Nutrition After a long experience in the cultural industry, aimed at developing independent comics and cinema sector, he decided to leverage the skills gained through his studies in Economics and Commerce, followed by General Management to study and operate in the startup industry. Marco is driven by a wide variety of interests and is a successfulinstitutional investor in various Italian and international startups. ## Eberhard Schmidt - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Retail, Sales Automation, Internet of Things Eberhard Schmidt ## Nader Sabbaghian - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology Nader Sabbaghian is the General Partner at 360 Capital. ## Niccolo Maisto - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: SaaS, Gaming, FinTech Niccolo Maisto is the chief executive officer of ESL FACEIT Group.Niccolo Maisto attended Bocconi University. ## Matteo de Brabant - Type: Angel - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: News, Beauty, EdTech Matteo de Brabant is Founder and Chairman at Jakala Group. 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