Top 50 Retail VC Funds & Investors in Italy (September 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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P101
VC Fund
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9 | Italy, Spain, United States | Seed, Series A | Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $236k–$15M |
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Club Italia Investimenti 2
VC Fund
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6 | Italy, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | E-Commerce, Software, Mobile | $55k–$576k |
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Boost Heroes
VC Fund
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5 | Italy, United States, Hong Kong | Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Software, Internet | $291k–$7.9M |
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TA Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | United States, Germany, India | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Health Care, E-Commerce | $150k–$28M |
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B Holding
VC Fund
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4 | Italy, Germany, United Kingdom | Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel | E-Commerce, Retail, Internet | $120k–$2.4M |
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Lazio Innova
VC Fund
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4 | Italy, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Grant | Health Care, Software, Biotechnology | $22k–$1.9M |
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CDP Venture Capital
VC Fund
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4 | Italy, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $483k–$23M |
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Milano Investment Partners SGR
VC Fund
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3 | United States, Italy, Spain | Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown | E-Commerce, Fashion, Biotechnology | $2.3M–$47M |
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Vertis
VC Fund
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3 | Italy, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Software, Health Care, Biotechnology | $823k–$11M |
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Italian Angels for Growth
VC Fund
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3 | Italy, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Angel, Series A | Software, E-Commerce, Health Care | $219k–$14M |
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Oltre Impact
VC Fund
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2 | Italy, United Kingdom | Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Consumer Electronics, Pet, Toys | $2.8M–$158M |
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LIFTT
VC Fund
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2 | Italy, United Kingdom, France | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Biotechnology, Software, Health Care | $338k–$118M |
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Pi Campus
VC Fund
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2 | Italy, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Software, Mobile, Biotechnology | $100k–$7M |
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Club Digitale
VC Fund
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2 | Italy | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Internet, Education, E-Commerce | $258k–$8.2M |
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CDP Equity
VC Fund
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2 | Italy, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Information Technology, Software, Health Care | $177k–$13M |
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La Finanziaria Trentina
VC Fund
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2 | Italy | Venture - Series Unknown, Private Equity | Health Care, Retail, Medical | $910k–$4.6M |
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3LB Seed Capital Srl
VC Fund
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2 | Italy, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology | $71k–$2.5M |
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Club degli Investitori
VC Fund
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2 | Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Health Care, E-Commerce | $197k–$30M |
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Alecla7
VC Fund
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2 | Italy, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Financial Services, FinTech, Health Care | $727k–$8.2M |
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UniCredit
VC Fund
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2 | Italy, Germany, United States | Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Pre-Seed | Renewable Energy, Energy, Manufacturing | $197k–$2.1B |
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ICLUB VC
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Germany, Italy | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Health Care, FinTech | $125k–$94M |
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Growth Engine
VC Fund
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2 | Italy, Mexico, Portugal | Seed, Secondary Market, Pre-Seed | E-Commerce, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $300k–$4.2M |
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Doorway Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Italy, France | Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | E-Commerce, Retail, Marketplace | $647k–$7.1M |
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RedSeed Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Italy, Israel, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Retail | $669k–$16M |
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BlackSheep Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Italy, United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Series A, Convertible Note | Advertising, Marketing, SaaS | $1M–$22M |
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LVX Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | India, United States, Italy | Seed, Series A, Angel | E-Commerce, Internet, Software | $160k–$10M |
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Doorway
VC Fund
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1 | Italy, United States, Switzerland | Seed, Equity Crowdfunding, Series A | E-Commerce, Retail, Fashion | $144k–$14M |
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FITEC
VC Fund
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1 | Italy, United Kingdom | Private Equity, Series B, Series C | Information Technology, Software, Manufacturing | $8.5M–$93M |
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Grippo
VC Fund
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1 | Italy | Seed | Beauty, Retail, Cosmetics | |
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Marco Coin
VC Fund
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1 | Italy | Seed | Beauty, Retail, Cosmetics | |
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NXTP Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Argentina, Brazil | Seed, Series A | Internet, E-Commerce, Mobile | $145k–$14M |
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Atlante Seeds
VC Fund
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1 | Italy, United States | Seed, Series A | Manufacturing, Sports, Hardware | |
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Ad4Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Italy, Spain, Germany | Series A, Seed, Series B | Internet, E-Commerce, Retail | $2.2M–$7.1M |
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Azimut Libera Impresa
VC Fund
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1 | Italy, France, Switzerland | Series A, Seed | Software, Information Technology, Food and Beverage | $1.4M–$14M |
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Fondazione Cariverona
VC Fund
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1 | Italy, Switzerland, The Netherlands | Pre-Seed, Seed | Biotechnology, Cosmetics, GreenTech | $197k–$197k |
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Hatcher+
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Italy, Australia | Pre-Seed, Seed, Convertible Note | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $50k–$1.5M |
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Visconti
VC Fund
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1 | Italy | Seed | Beauty, Retail, Cosmetics | |
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Caravatti
VC Fund
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1 | Italy | Seed | Beauty, Retail, Cosmetics | |
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Kima Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | France, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $591k–$16M |
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Banca Sella Holding
VC Fund
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1 | Italy, France, Germany | Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A | Financial Services, FinTech, Payments | $1.8k–$13M |
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Picus Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Germany, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, Software, FinTech | $563k–$33M |
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Andera Partners
VC Fund
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1 | France, United States, Germany | Series B, Private Equity, Series A | Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical | $7M–$237M |
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Feel Venture
VC Fund
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1 | Italy, United Kingdom, Switzerland | Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, Energy | $326k–$1.5M |
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RCS MediaGroup
VC Fund
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1 | Italy | Seed, Series A | Beauty, Retail, Fitness | |
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VentureFriends
VC Fund
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1 | Greece, United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Software, E-Commerce | $219k–$20M |
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Synergo Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Italy, Spain, Germany | Private Equity, Series A | Manufacturing, Software, Information Technology | $5.4M–$27M |
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Asymmetry Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, India, Canada | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Health Care, Biotechnology | $125k–$21M |
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Lazzaroni
VC Fund
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1 | Italy | Seed | Beauty, Retail, Cosmetics | |
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H2 Investments
VC Fund
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1 | Germany, Italy | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | SaaS, Machine Learning, Retail | |
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Vela Imprese
VC Fund
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1 | Italy | Gift, Retail, Sports | ||
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P101 is an Italian venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in the digital sector. Agreement to handle personal data I agree I don't agree
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy, Spain, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 119
- Round size: Seed $236k–$4.1M; Series A $2.3M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 62% lead, 38% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $265M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Cosmico — We are the platform connecting digital talents with the most ambitious companies, using remote work.We have over 8,000 members and our talents have accelerated dozens of projects alongside big names like Accenture Song, Tangity, Frog, Fjord, Sketchin, EY but also aggressive start-ups like Scalapay, Gimme5, Flowe, Unguess.If you are a digitalprofessional: we offer you a community in which to grow your talent through experiences, networks and cosmic projects.If you are a company: we offer you access to a community of designers, developers and marketers from which to select the talents to accelerate your digital transformation projects. Whether you are a manager or a digital professional, Cosmico is here to help you find your space
- A-Cube — A-Cube API: la piattaforma globale per la Tax Compliance. Integra la fatturazione elettronica e gli obblighi fiscali in ogni ERP o e-commerce in Italia e nel mondo.
- Incapto Coffee — Incapto provides coffee solutions that combine specialty whole-bean coffee, super-automatic coffee machines, and subscription-based delivery services for consumers and businesses. The company supplies freshly roasted coffee beans sourced from multiple origins and delivers them directly to customers through recurring subscriptions, ensuringcontinuous availability and freshness. Its offering includes fully automatic coffee machines that grind and brew beans on demand, enabling users to prepare coffee without single-use capsules or manual preparation steps. The company also provides workplace coffee solutions, supplying machines, beans, and technical support for offices, hotels, and food service environments.Incapto integrates digital tools that track consumption, manage inventory, and automate replenishment, allowing customers to monitor usage and receive supplies based on demand. It also offers complementary products such as accessories, beverages, and maintenance services to support ongoing operation of its coffee systems.
Club Italia Investimenti is a Milan-based venture capital firm that assists startups in raising seed capital.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 82
- Round size: Seed $55k–$576k; Pre-Seed $110k–$219k
- Lead/follow: 1% lead, 99% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $6.6M in 2013
Portfolio highlights
- UNGUESS (formerly AppQuality) — UNGUESS is the crowdsourcing platform for effective testing and real insights. Take the guesswork out of your work.
- Paragraph — Paragraph turns your startup's launches, product updates, customer learnings, and founder thinking into an owned media engine your team approves.
- La Passione — High quality Italian Road and Urban cycling wear at fair prices. We use only the finest materials and sell direct to you with no middleman. Shop now!
Boost Heroes is an Italy-based holding company focusing on seed and early stage investments.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy, United States, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 58
- Round size: Seed $291k–$2.8M; Series A $6M–$7.9M
- Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2015
Portfolio highlights
- Cosaporto — Cosaporto is a home delivery service bringing users goods from upmarket and premium shops in Rome, Milan, Turin, Bologna, Florence, and London. The startup carefully selects the best independent shops, producers and artisans, delivered directly to the user’s doorstep within hours of ordering. The service can be used to send beautiful gifts, or forevents, as well as surprises. Currently, Cosaporto operates in several Italian cities, including Rome, Milan, Turin, Bologna, Florence and last year it launched a London branch of the business.
- Ricehouse — Ricehouse creates sustainable construction materials from organic waste from the rice industry to create natural building materials such as rice straws, husks, and chaff. Their products include insulating panels, base plasters, screeds and subfloors, cladding systems, and vertical matt-closing components. The goal of Ricehouse is to construct ahouse made entirely of rice and everything that houses humans, from the smallest to the largest scales.
- Babaco Market — Babaco Market is a subscription with which you receive out-of-the-ordinary fruit and vegetables at home. Products that do not exceed the beauty contests organized by traditional channels and which risk being wasted. We deliver them to your home, in a box. Bring all the goodness of nature to the table and reduce food waste!
TA Ventures is a global, network-driven VC firm investing in early-stage tech startups that redefine the industries of tomorrow. We typically write initial checks of $100-250K for Pre-Seed and Seed companies and actively provide follow-on investments. We pride ourselves on swift execution, hands-on support, and leveraging our extensiveinternational network. By connecting our portfolio companies with growth-oriented co-investors, we help them scale effectively through subsequent funding rounds. Additionally, we draw on our deep industry expertise to offer portfolio companies and partner VCs access to top-tier, cost-efficient R&D talent.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Germany, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 281
- Round size: Seed $580k–$6M; Pre-Seed $150k–$2.3M; Series A $2.5M–$28M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Willidrop — Willidrop is a B2B automotive logistics platform that optimizes cross-border vehicle transportation. The company provides a unified digital coordination layer that integrates real-time pricing, carrier matching, live tracking, and digital proof of delivery into a single workflow.
- SpeedLabs — The real-time market engine and foundational AI for sports.
- Native Commerce — A unified e-commerce platform combining CMS, OMS, WMS, Delivery & Logistics to help modern retailers operate, scale & deliver great e-commerce experiences.
B Holding is an industrial holding that wants to establish itself as a reference player for innovation in Italy, investing and supporting the best business projects.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Retail, Internet
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Geography: Italy, Germany, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $776k–$2.4M; Pre-Seed $120k–$712k
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
Portfolio highlights
- sykell — sykell developing scalable and sustainable packaging and pooling solutions for retail, gastronomy and catering industry.
- This Unique — This Unique offers innovative solutions for feminine hygiene needs in both the B2C and B2B sectors. For consumers, we provide convenient subscription boxes delivering eco-friendly menstrual products right to their doorstep, ensuring they have access to high-quality essentials whenever they need them. In the B2B realm, we specialize in installingstate-of-the-art dispensers in corporate restrooms, offering businesses a hassle-free way to provide their employees with complimentary menstrual products. Our mission is to promote sustainability, inclusivity, and well-being, both at home and in the workplace.
- Barberino's - Benessere Italiano — We are an Italian independent men's grooming company. We operates a classic though stylish barber shop chain with an Italian soul in Milan, Rome, Padova and Brescia. Our award-winning Barber Shops recreates places where the gestures, the rituals and the habits behind men's grooming are honored while updated with modern attitude. Ourbarbers are top skilled and carefully trained. We focus on high quality haircuts, beard trims and hot towel wet shave with the mission to offer a relaxing grooming experience. We use and sell exclusively our own products, entirely designed, developed and packaged in Italy by an expert group of artisans, chemists and designers that represent the ultimate Italian excellence. Our product line is the result of our years of on-the-ground experience and hundred of thousands of haircuts and bear trims. We know not only what our customers need but also what our customers wants. The cosmetics are characterized by high performance formulas enriched with the most advanced active ingredients (such as plant stem cells) that are extracted from natural sources. The accessories are entirely handmade using the most precious natural materials, such as horn or wengé wood, according to the most elegant Italian design principles. We offer a 360° customer experience which starts in our store with our barbers and which continue at home with our products!
Lazio Innova is a venture capital firm with its headquarters in Rome in Italy. The firm provides services in areas such as credit support and guarantees, interventions in risk capital, internationalization services, promotion of business networks and services for the creation and enterprise development.
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- Industry: Health Care, Software, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Grant
- Geography: Italy, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 35
- Round size: Seed $400k–$1.9M; Grant $22k–$343k; Pre-Seed $58k–$518k
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $27M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- HEU — Draft, sign and store contracts in one place. AI extracts deadlines and clauses, signatures valid in 180+ countries.
- Tech4All — We support the study by using AI.
- GeneSys Bio — Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is a global health emergency projected to cause 10 million deaths annually by 2050. The crisis is fueled by slow, conventional diagnostics that take 3-5 days, forcing the empirical use of broad-spectrum antibiotics and accelerating the spread of superbugs.GeneSys Bio is commercialising a breakthrough solution: afully automated, sample-to-result molecular diagnostic platform that identifies infectious pathogens and their critical antibiotic resistance genes in under 30 minutes with >99% sensitivity and specificity. Our portable, laptop-sized device combines proprietary nucleic acid amplification with an AI-driven engine to deliver clear, actionable results directly to clinicians, veterinarians, and public health officials.Our platform is a modular "One Health" solution, adaptable via disease-specific kits for human, veterinary, and environmental applications. We are entering the market with a diagnostic for Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs), a condition affecting over 500 million people annually and a primary driver of antibiotic misuse. By enabling targeted therapy at the first patient encounter, our platform is set to reduce treatment costs by up to 13%, cut follow-up visits, and decrease mortality from complicated infections by 50%.GeneSys Bio is positioned to capture a significant share of this market by bridging the critical gap between speed, laboratory-grade accuracy, and accessibility. We are not just creating a device; we are building the future of decentralized infectious disease diagnostics to safeguard global health for generations to come
CDP Venture Capital Sgr - National Innovation Fund aims to make venture capital a cornerstone of the country's economic development and innovation, creating the conditions for an overall and sustainable growth of the venture capital ecosystem.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 296
- Round size: Seed $483k–$7.7M; Series A $3.3M–$23M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $212M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Mopso — Discover Mopso's anti money laundering detection system. Visit our website and try a 30 minutes free demo with one of our experts.
- Klaaryo — Klaaryo is the Conversational AI platform that helps organizations transform how they attract, hire, onboard, and develop their people.We design native AI Agents that communicate in natural language, understand people’s needs, and orchestrate complex HR processes in a simple, immediate, and scalable way.Our approach is WhatsApp-first, built toexpand into a multi-channel ecosystem that brings conversational intelligence everywhere people work, communicate, and interact.
- ExoLab Italia — Cosmetics Utilizing plant-derived exosomes in cosmetic products boosts skin absorption, enhancing bioavailability and stimulating cells to produce lacking compounds. Their ability to penetrate the dermis ensures maximum efficacy and optimal results for skincare products. more informations Supplements Plant-derived exosomes, rich in nutrients, enhance bioavailability by
MIP SGR is a global investment platform specialized in Venture Capital with multiple alternative and reserved funds, differentiated by growth stages of the portfolio companies and geographical scope, giving privileged access to growing markets. Established in Milan in 2017, MIP SGR is an Alternative Investment Fund Management Company focused mainlybut not exclusively on Tech, Consumer & Lifestyle investments, managing several investment funds. After the success of MIP I fund, in 2021 Milano Investment Partners SGR launched U-Start Ventures, a Multi-compartment fund dedicated to Club Deals in the U.S and Northern Europe, and Cliffs, a new alternative and reserved fund for early-stage, deep-tech focused investments across U.S. Venture Capital landscape and other international hubs. MIP invests in the new class of excellence-driven entrepreneurs across the globe and supports founders and portfolio companies in their quest to go from solid businesses to global champions, combining decades of investing and operational/entrepreneurial experience with a truly global network to help our portfolio companies grow, faster and stronger.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Fashion, Biotechnology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: United States, Italy, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 41
- Round size: Series A $2.3M–$47M; Series B $2.8M–$24M; Venture - Series Unknown $3.3M–$23M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Miscusi — Scopri la cucina italiana leggera di Miscusi: piatti autentici, ingredienti freschi e un servizio accogliente. Visita ora.
- Jellatech — We grow the proteins the human body is built from, at scale, on spec, identical to your own.
- Poke House — Poke House is effectively industrializing the production of “poke bowls” for food delivery platforms. Poke House specializes in bowl food that often includes marinated fish that’s cubed and layered up with sticky rice, pickles, noodles, etc.
Capitali e competenze per accelerare l'innovazione. Attraverso fondi di investimento chiusi investiamo in startup, scaleup e PMI innovative
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 73
- Round size: Seed $823k–$4M; Series A $1.5M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 56% lead, 44% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $49M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Scuter — Scuter is the smart e-scooter sharing service that makes city mobility,simple, enjoyable and sustainable. Scuter is on well on its path toward making a dent in this space.
- Soource — Soource is a B2B Saas product that uses AI applications to help purchasing managers to discover the best market solutions through extensive global research and automated email negotiations with thousands of suppliers worldwide.
- Health Triage — Health Triage, crea nuove tecnologie per offrire modelli innovativi di diagnosi clinica, identificazione e cura delle malattie oncologiche.
IAG is an angel investor network that offers access to its affiliates to early-stage venture opportunities. Its members to date have deployed over 22 million Euros to support 41 startups in the series seed/series A stage in many verticals, among which: Medtech, SAAS, e-commerce, Fintech, and high tech at large. Every investment opportunityat IAG is vetted by a professional team together with expert members of the group. Once invested, the company receives the support of up to two Investment champions, who bring their expertise to the table and help them succeed.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 106
- Round size: Seed $331k–$5.1M; Angel $219k–$987k; Series A $3M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Cato AI — Search, analyze and bid on Italian public tenders with AI, automating the manual work for bid offices and sales teams.
- AUDIOGEN — Generate your sounds with AI. Create an infinite world of sounds - sound effects, samples, and music, instantly. Get Started Free.
- Alomana — Autonomous systems for enterprise
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- Industry: Consumer Electronics, Pet, Toys
- Stage:Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Italy, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Series A $2.8M–$5.3M; Venture - Series Unknown $5.9M–$158M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $60M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Kippy — Kippy Europe: GPS trackers for dogs & cats. Real-time location, activity tracking & health monitoring. Keep your pet safe across Europe.
- FABA — Le fiabe sonore sono un ottimo metodo per far divertire i bambini imparando. Tanti Personaggi Sonori tra cui scegliere. Scopri FABA, il tuo Raccontastorie.
- Jobtech — Digital recruiting and temporary staff agency
A not-only-profit operating investment company, eager to create a bridge between innovative ideas, territory and capital.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Italy, United Kingdom, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 75
- Round size: Seed $338k–$4.7M; Series A $2.8M–$21M; Venture - Series Unknown $495k–$118M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
Portfolio highlights
- CareGlance — CareGlance is the provider of real-time monitoring systems based on SS-OCT technology. Fast, precise and developed for the industry!
- Rainbow Crops — Rainbow Crops is a next-generation Agtech company developing climate-resilient, high-performing crop varieties.
- Wearable Robotics — Wearable Robotics produces and develops wearable robotic systems and exoskeletons for rehabilitation, assistance and human-power augmentation.
Pi Campus is a startup district and a venture fund that invests in talent. We provide startups with money, mentorship and the best work environment for growth.
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- Industry: Software, Mobile, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 57
- Round size: Seed $125k–$7M; Angel $400k–$1M; Pre-Seed $100k–$1.6M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Loquis — La prima piattaforma per ascoltare e raccontare il mondo tramite podcast geolocalizzati
- Intron Health — Intron provides clinical speech recognition for 200+ accents spoken in developing countries starting with Africa, reducing documentation time by 6x so doctors can spend more time with patients
- Cyberwave — Transform your industry with AI-defined robotics. Frictionless automation that makes advanced robotics accessible to manufacturers of all sizes.
Club Digitale is an Italian startup accelerator focused on companies in the digital and technology sectors. It is the first club of private investors born with the aim of contributing to the growth of digital in Italy, providing the best startups in the area with the capital necessary for the development of the business. Club Digitale acquiresholdings in the capital of a selection of Startup companies that are completing a process of business acceleration at the partner incubators of the project.
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- Industry: Internet, Education, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $258k–$576k; Venture - Series Unknown $7.5M–$8.2M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- WeSchool — Unlock the transformative power of Education with WeSchool: we craft innovative programmes that connect teachers, students and partners.
- WeSchool — We empower teachers and educators to transform schools, universities and professional development and impact the future of learning.
- La Passione — High quality Italian Road and Urban cycling wear at fair prices. We use only the finest materials and sell direct to you with no middleman. Shop now!
CDP Equity is a holding company that has been set up to boost the Italian economy by investing venture capital in companies of "significant national interest" (as envisaged by the decrees of the Ministry of Economy and Finance of 3 May 2011 and 2 July 2014) or in companies with "economic, financial and capital balance, with adequateprospects of profitability and development, capable of generating value for investors"
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 41
- Round size: Seed $177k–$3.6M; Pre-Seed $230k–$3.6M; Series A $2.3M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Gility — Gility is a digital learning platform that collaborates with business schools and training institutions for an effective training offer. Established in 2022, it was supported by CDP Venture Capital and BPER Banca.
- Soplaya — Soplaya is a B2B food company connecting chefs and farmers to build a diverse, sustainable, and efficient food system.By providing data and transparency to an opaque supply chain, we help chefs to simplify purchases, get a wider selection of products and save money and farmers to increase their margins and get easy access to the market.We lovequality food as much as technology and automation. We are rebels: we love transparency and how the internet is capable of bringing the long tail to the market. We're excited about the fact that the restaurant supply chain hasn't basically changed since 40 years, and was technology reluctant for a long time, but restaurants necessities changed dramatically in the last 3 years.We’re becoming the standard layer for restaurant purchasing across Europe, by bringing transparency and simplicity in the procurement phase, increasing order frequency, promoting lean inventory and food waste reduction.
- Valvitalia SpA. — VALVITALIA is a leading group in the field of design, production, and overall supply of equipment and components intended for the petroleum, water, natural gas industries, and petrochemical industry as well as electrical power stations. The group works mainly with valves (core product), actuators, pipe fittings, flanges and systems for measuring,filtering, and regulating fluids and gases and with FireFighting systems. VALVITALIA was set up with the precise objective of becoming the leading Italian group able to offer such a wide range of products and to compete with the large American multinationals that have always dominated this field. This young company has extensive experience in the sector, thanks to its professional management and historical brands in the valve world that have been taken on by the Group, including: ROTOR, DELTA V.E., THEVIGNOT, VANADOUR, VITAS, TORMENE T.G.T. and TECNOFORGE. VALVITALIA has always included safety and respect for the environment and its employees among its priorities.
La Finanziaria Trentina is s a private equity firm. It invests in energy, infrastructure, and real estate sectors.
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- Industry: Health Care, Retail, Medical
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Private Equity
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Venture - Series Unknown $910k–$4.6M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- VENPA — Noleggio Piattaforme Aeree e Noleggio Macchine Movimento Terra. Scopri tutti i mezzi da cantiere Venpa!
- Tony Kart — Tony Kart is an automotive company specializing in designing and manufacturing chassis, OTK kart parts, and karting wears.
- Hippocrates — Hippocrates operates a pharmacy platform with a network of over 120 owned pharmacies concentrated in central and northern Italy. Since its foundation, it has approached the pharmacy sector with an industrial and long-term logic. The company was founded in March 2018 by Davide Tavaniello and Rodolfo Guarino, co-CEOs of Hippocrates.
3LB Seed Capital is not an alternative to start-ups incubators and accelerators, rather acts as a complementary reality that helps to enhance your project in terms of attractiveness for the investor and venture capital market.As investors they are the first willing to know if your project has what it takes to grow successfully. If they areconvinced of your potential, they are ready to bet on you, by joining you and helping you to develop your project.3LB Seed Capital does not provide a percentage of equity in exchange for accompanying activities, but relies exclusively on a premium at the time of its first direct investment in your company.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 22
- Round size: Seed $71k–$2.5M
- Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow
Portfolio highlights
- YoAgents — Yo Agents nasce dalla unione delle competenze di ogni singolo founder messe a fattor comune per creare un sales hub innovativo.
- Botsociety — Your conversational design suite. Design and prototype your next chatbot or voice assistant. Create a mockup of your project on Messenger, Slack, Google Assistant, Alexa and more. The next generation design solution for chatbots and voice.
- Metis Precision Medicine — Metis Precision Medicine is a B-Corp founded with the vision of bringing powerful cancer therapies to patients in need. Metis owns the intellectual property of a suite of anti-Met monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), with different and unique mechanisms of action, and is currently seeking investors, biotech or pharmaceutical companies interested inacquiring the relevant platform technology on a global basis.
Club degli Investitori (Investors Club) is a network of investors and business angels that invest on early-stage SMEs and startups. The community of 300+ Members (entrepreneurs, CEOs, executive managers) actively scouts for investing opportunities on SMEs & startups and invests with a minimum ticket of €200k. The Club supports business byinvesting capital and by leveraging the Members' network and experience.Club degli Investitori is supported by Unicredit and KPMG Italy.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 116
- Round size: Seed $197k–$7.9M; Pre-Seed $204k–$1.9M; Series A $889k–$30M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Soource — Soource is a B2B Saas product that uses AI applications to help purchasing managers to discover the best market solutions through extensive global research and automated email negotiations with thousands of suppliers worldwide.
- CiaoDott — Automatizza le telefonate, prenotazioni e FAQ del tuo studio medico con CiaoDott, l'assistente vocale AI disponibile 24/7. Provalo gratis.
- Quantum Bridge — Quantum Bridge is a pioneer in Distributed Symmetric Key Exchange (DSKE) technology. It offers quantum-safe cybersecurity products and services. Quantum-safe product and services, Quantum-safe roadmap and quantum-safe solutions implementation.
Private investment firm founded by Angelomario Moratti in 2015, which mainly focuses on early-stage VC opportunities
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 20
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$8.2M; Pre-Seed $727k–$1.9M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Tundr — Tundr combines technology with environmentally friendly mobility. TundrMove is the first sustainable mobility voucher. A winning combination for improving workplace quality of life while also redefining the concept of green mobility. The ecosystem includes a SmartCard, on which it will be possible to load mobility vouchers and a brand new App toexplore more ecological and sustainable modes of transport and estimate CO2 emissions.
- Cato AI — Search, analyze and bid on Italian public tenders with AI, automating the manual work for bid offices and sales teams.
- Klaris — Klaris reviews medical-device technical documentation clause by clause; every gap cites the standard with a fix. ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified, GDPR compliant.
UniCredit is a pan-European commercial bank offering unique banking services in Italy, Germany, Central and Eastern Europe.
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- Industry: Renewable Energy, Energy, Manufacturing
- Stage:Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy, Germany, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 148
- Round size: Pre-Seed $197k–$197k; Post-IPO Debt $44M–$2.1B; Debt Financing $552k–$913M
- Lead/follow: 47% lead, 53% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Banxware — Banxware provides the technology and the funds for business financing of any kind: fully embedded in your platform or as an affiliate solution - all managed by Banxware
- Greenvolt Power — Greenvolt Power is a renewable energy platform that develops and operates onshore Wind and photovoltaic installations. Greenvolt Power is a global producer of renewable electricity that relies on experienced employees in Europe and the United States to apply their know-how and expertise to solar and wind projects, as well as energy storage.
- Polo Strategico Nazionale — Scopri Polo Strategico Nazionale: il cloud sovrano per la gestione dei dati e servizi della Pubblica Amministrazione italiana.
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Browse database — It's Free!ICLUB VC is a global network of private investors, established by a leading European VC fund TA Ventures.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Germany, Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 62
- Round size: Seed $350k–$6M; Pre-Seed $125k–$1.4M; Series A $5.3M–$94M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Liki24 — Liki24 is a logistics company that features a software platform that utilizes deep integration with partner pharmacies, clinics, and insurance companies. Its software is designed for logistics team coordination, task management, and data management.
- Cube3.ai — CUBE3.AI is a web3 security platform that provides real-time transaction protection for smart contracts, safeguarding against cyber exploits, fraud, and compliance risks.
- Berry Street — Get personalized nutrition therapy from registered dietitians, covered by your insurance. Book an online 1:1 session today.
Growth Engine is a sector-agnostic VC holding, investing from Pre-Seed to Pre-Series A. Thesis-driven and built on one conviction: exceptional founders win.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Secondary Market, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy, Mexico, Portugal
Investor stats
- Total investments: 47
- Round size: Seed $329k–$4.2M; Pre-Seed $300k–$1.7M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BonusX — Con l'app BonusX hai un supporto anti-burocrazia tutto l'anno. Accedi a centinaia di bonus e servizi pubblici, senza stress e code.
- CiaoDott — Automatizza le telefonate, prenotazioni e FAQ del tuo studio medico con CiaoDott, l'assistente vocale AI disponibile 24/7. Provalo gratis.
- Vivaio Ventures — Vivaio Ventures partners with early-stage and creator-led consumer brands to scale food, beverage, and beauty products. We offer capital, consulting, and Made in Italy manufacturing excellence for the next CPG leaders.
Doorway Capital is an independent provider of risk capital to law firms. It offers facilities of between £50,000 and £20 million to firms authorized by the SRA to practice law in England and Wales. These facilities can be used to fund disbursements, acquisitions, lock-up, tax liabilities, or anything else. It also purchases paid disbursements fromlaw firms for up to 80% of their face value. These means capital earning little or no return can be redeployed into more profitable activities of the firm or returned to its partners.Doorway Capital was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in London, England.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Retail, Marketplace
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Italy, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $2M–$2.9M; Series A $1.6M–$6.6M; Venture - Series Unknown $647k–$7.1M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Deliveristo — B2B Foodtech marketplace and delivery platform which allows chefs and restaurant owners to digitally organize their orders directly from farmers and distributors
- Smartness — Smartpricing is a provider of computer software application and revenue management system solutions to Hotel.
- Babaco Market — Babaco Market is a subscription with which you receive out-of-the-ordinary fruit and vegetables at home. Products that do not exceed the beauty contests organized by traditional channels and which risk being wasted. We deliver them to your home, in a box. Bring all the goodness of nature to the table and reduce food waste!
RedSeed Ventures is a Venture Capital firm investing in Early Stage Companies and Scaleups, in Europe and more particularly in Italy.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Retail
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Italy, Israel, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $669k–$12M; Series A $1.7M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Leaf Space — Leaf Space offers a global network of ground stations, providing seamless, cost-effective satellite communication with scalable solutions for all mission sizes.
- Yope — Salo is a discussion platform that erases the borders for people with diverse opinions to let anyone speak up and be heard.
- CyberRidge — CyberRidge is a deep-tech cybersecurity firm that develops photonic encryption to protect data privacy.
BlackSheep Ventures is a dedicated European AI VC fund backing outlier founders in Vertical AI, domain-specific AI, and Sovereign AI. Regulated AIFM. Two funds. 12 portfolio companies. Based in Milan.
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- Industry: Advertising, Marketing, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
- Geography: Italy, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$2.1M; Series A $5M–$22M; Convertible Note $1M–$2.3M
- Lead/follow: 79% lead, 21% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $47M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Spoki — Spoki is the WhatsApp Marketing platform that boosts sales and engagement. Automated campaigns, AI-powered customer service, 100+ integrations. Start free.
- Kleecks — Kleecks is an innovative SaaS platform that optimises performance marketing activities, improves website health and speed in real-time, and has a significant impact on businesses by increasing revenues, lowering costs, and accelerating time-to-market
- Connected-Stories — Connected-Stories is the Multi agent Ai system that powers generative AI for marketing, creative automation, and personalized content at scale.
Connect with 10,000 plus angel investors. Raise funding seamlessly. Find startups to invest in. Easy to use & seamless technology platform for startup investing & funding.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: India, United States, Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 326
- Round size: Seed $265k–$3M; Angel $160k–$855k; Series A $1M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $100M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Samaaro — Samaaro is a powerful software platform designed to help organizations host scalable, secure, and effective virtual events for a global audience. Samaaro's unique features & versatility allow it to host a variety of Virtual Events such as Virtual conferences, Virtual Summits, Virtual Fairs, Virtual Exhibitions & more. Samaaro wasdesigned to be completely customizable, enabling brands to make the platform their own, and host holistic and immersive events. Samaaro enables organizations to move away from webinars & communicate with their audience in a more holistic and engaging experience. The platform consists of exciting components such as a World-class Lobby, Conference Halls, Auditoriums, Exhibition Zones with exhibitor booths, Information Desk, Networking zones & more! The platform's focus on an engaging user experience translates to happy audiences & successful events. Samaaro also boasts of salient features such as in-depth analytics, robust security & privacy, resource sharing, and online games. With brands from all over the world trusting Samaaro to be their go-to Virtual Events Platform, it's time you do too. Go Virtual, Go Samaaro.
- Sensesemi — Sensesemi Technologies is a healthcare startup that focuses on the development of unique medical devices. The company's inspiration stems from personal experiences with hypertension and diabetes in close family members. Sensesemi Technologies is known for its commitment to delivering optimal healthcare services. The company's productdevelopment is primarily in the field of medical devices, aiming to cater to a wide range of healthcare needs. The company has been recognized for its work, notably winning in the ESDM category at the 'Startup Karnataka Top Tech Awards'.
- Harajuku Tokyo Cafe — Harajuku Tokyo Cafe provides Japanese casual dining services.
Doorway provides a platform for Venture capital firms to find the right investment opportunities and also provides consulting for same.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Retail, Fashion
- Stage:Seed, Equity Crowdfunding, Series A
- Geography: Italy, United States, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Round size: Seed $144k–$5.2M; Series A $2.4M–$14M; Equity Crowdfunding $818k–$1.6M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kampaay — The digital platform for organizing corporate events, in person, virtual or hybrid, in just a few clicks!
- Serenis Health — Serenis Health provides video-based psychotherapy, coaching, and psychological support courses. It believes that the internet is critical to increasing access to mental health care. It makes use of data and digital tools to improve the efficacy of therapies. But, unlike other platforms, it is also a medical center, which means it is responsible forcourse quality and must meet the same standards as any polyclinic.
- AutoConnexa — Scopri AutoConnexa, l'assicurazione online per la tua auto che premia lo stile di guida. Con Drive Connexa, meglio guidi e meno paghi.
FITEC, managed by Fondo Italiano d’Investimento SGR, with a target commitment of Euro 150 million is the first Italian technology private equity and late-stage venture capital fund. It is entirely dedicated to equity investments in small and medium-sized technology-based Italian companies, which are either backed by VC funds, like Termo, Everli andBeMyEye, or have been self-financed and are owned by entrepreneurs seeking further investment to grow, like Seco and Healthware Group. The fund announced its first closing in September 2017 with Cassa Depositi e Prestiti as Cornerstone Investor. Fondo Italiano d’investimento SGR currently manages a total of eight investment funds, dedicated to institutional investors, for a total of about Euro 3 billion of target Asset Under Management.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Manufacturing
- Stage:Private Equity, Series B, Series C
- Geography: Italy, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Series B $10M–$19M; Series C $8.5M–$93M; Private Equity $10M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 86% lead, 14% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Intrauma — Intrauma was founded in 2006 and is based in Rivoli, near Turin, in Piedmont. The company designs and manufactures the O’nil range of locking plates, which has been in clinical use since 1998. Intrauma is committed to on-going research and development of both materials and manufacturing processes, in collaboration with experienced trauma surgeons,to provide the highest quality implants and to simplify today’s approach to Traumatology. Intrauma is also dedicated to building and maintaining strong customer relationships, believing that this is the foundation of a successful business.Intrauma TODAYToday, Intrauma is the second largest supplier of trauma devices in Italy, and is rapidly expanding its international sales and marketing operations across the world.This also gives the company the opportunity to work with surgeons across the globe, developing more unique products and continuing to improve traumatology techniques for the benefit of both patient and surgeon.
- UNGUESS (formerly AppQuality) — UNGUESS is the crowdsourcing platform for effective testing and real insights. Take the guesswork out of your work.
- Skynet Technology — Azienda specializzata in servizi di supporto per le aziende Retail nel mondo Fashion & Luxury con negozi e magazzini distribuiti a livello internazionale.
Grippo operates as an investment firm.
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- Industry: Beauty, Retail, Cosmetics
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- We Are Emma — We Are Emma is a provider of salon amenities and products meant to promote healthy hair. It offers services like hair spas and products manufactured from natural resources
Marco Coin operates as an investmenr firm.
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- Industry: Beauty, Retail, Cosmetics
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- We Are Emma — We Are Emma is a provider of salon amenities and products meant to promote healthy hair. It offers services like hair spas and products manufactured from natural resources
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Browse database — It's Free!Founded in 2011, NXTP was one of the early investors in B2B unicorns in Latin America, such as Nuvemshop, Mural, Auth0, Frete.com, and Betterfly. Based across offices in Brazil, Mexico, Uruguay, and Argentina, NXTP invests checks ranging from $500,000 to $5 million in startups at pre-seed, seed, and Series A stages. NXTP principally supportsfounders in four B2B verticals: Cloud & SaaS, FinTech, E-Commerce Enablers, and B2B Marketplaces. The fund has backed more than 130 startups, raising over $2 billion in additional capital, and has co-invested alongside funds such as a16z, Greylock, Tiger Global, and Greenoaks. It boasts a portfolio of 6 unicorns and 32 exits. NXTP has a Latin American network not only to identify the region’s best entrepreneurs but also to help them expand their operations to other countries. NXTP's main goal is to help companies move to the next level, demonstrate a viable and scalable business, and be part of that growth process. NXTP has over 400 experts to assist companies in addressing operational challenges in different segments.
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- Industry: Internet, E-Commerce, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Argentina, Brazil
Investor stats
- Total investments: 108
- Round size: Seed $145k–$5.4M; Series A $1.5M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Vixtra — Vixtra is a fintech company that provides payment methods for foreign trade and B2B payment methods.
- Spline — Spline is a free 3D design software with real-time collaboration to create web interactive experiences in the browser. Easy 3d modeling, animation, textures, and more.
- Teachy — Join millions of teachers who are saving time with the most comprehensive and beloved AI platform for educators, designed to help create lesson plans, unique questions, activities from 1st to 9th grade of elementary school, all of high school, and much more.
Atlante Seed is an Intesa Sanpaolo Group's Fund dedicated to seed and early stage capital, it invests in innovative companies still small but with high growth potential, with a particular attention to those belonging to the high technology industry. Besides this activity (direct investments), the Fund invests in selected business incubators oraccelerators specialized in specific sectors (indirect investments).
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Sports, Hardware
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Sellf — Sellfapp, the CRM Mobile for an easier sales tracking and clients managing. Ask for more information and download our 14 days free trials.
- GoPillar — Get dozens of high quality projects from professional designers: easy, fast and on a budget. Redesign your space on GoPillar.
- WISE — WISE (Wiringless Implantable Stretchable Electronics) is a start-up company created in 2011 with the mission of producing the new generation of leads for neuromodulation for treatment of chronic pain and Parkinson: unbreakable, less invasive and cheaper.
Ad4Ventures is an initiative of venture capital group Mediaset , with offices in Milan and Madrid, aimed to invest in new high potential in mid-stage. It has developed a unique and innovative business model that offers investments in advertising and promotion to companies that have already achieved a certain level of maturity in the markets to alarge expansion in exchange for equity or revenue share.It aims to invest in companies mid-stage with promising management team, proven results in terms of execution, sustainability of operating margins and innovative technological solutions.Ad4Ventures will also invest in companies in early stage if there is a clear opportunity for value creation. It has privileged access to the consumer market in Italy and Spain , thanks to its undisputed leadership in the promotion of goods and B2C services.
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- Industry: Internet, E-Commerce, Retail
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Italy, Spain, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Series A $2.2M–$7.1M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ViteSicure — Vite sicure is the first insurtech broker selling life insurance policies in Italy (soon in Europe) that transforms the policy purchase experience by making it simple and instant.ViteSicure offers insurance products that guarantee safe lives, because our mission is going straight to the heart of our customer, who with a great sense ofresponsibility are looking for financial security for the most difficult, unpredictable moments of life. ViteSicure fill the protection gap by identifying trigger points in the life of the target and proposing specific solutions to guarantee safe lives in under-insured markets.With an innovative user experience based on growth hacking techniques, ViteSicure bridge the distance between customers and insurance through:• Digitization of the marketing funnel • Digital Customer onboarding • Online download of the Policy • Educational Online Systems • Protection Calculator • Comparison on the need • customer relationship API • Marketing Automation • Digital Customer ServiceThe business model is based on removing the intermediation of insurance products and enabling clients to access to best tailormade insurance solutions based on the specific need.
- TeachCorner — We have the mission to fight the drop-out of university connecting freshmen to seniors on a platform for private tuition, focused on specific exams. Juniors learn from seniors and not from expensive professors. TeachCorner offers a bilateral market: - Juniors can afford more private tuition and save money. Juniors are mentored by young people whohave made it and they are networked for a future entry-level job. - Seniors can keep in practice the skills learned, make money for leisure & for the first job relocation costs.TeachCorner ensures saving and offers (as value proposition) specific private tuition for universities: Juniors can refine the search by universities and courses (as filters) to find the best help for specific exams
- Gelato 4ever — Gelato 4ever is a gelato brand that is involved in the manufacture and retail of a variety of gelato and gelato-based products.
Azimut Libera Impresa is an investment company for both retail and institutional investors.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Italy, France, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 27
- Round size: Seed $4.1M–$8.2M; Series A $1.4M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Webidoo — We provide the digital tools and advanced that big businesses use, but built and designed so they can be easily utilized by local independent business owners. webidoo is dedicated to partnering with local businesses. We’re here to give the solutions you need to connect with customers, wherever they may be. Our clients include businesses of everytype: restaurants, attorneys, builders, doctors, delicatessens, electricians and many others. We can provide solutions that allow companies to connect with their customers, real and potential, like never before. We’re all about supporting local businesses. And we feel good about that.
- SylloTips — SylloTips is an all-in-one knowledge sharing platform that leverages artificial intelligence to optimize the circulation of skills and knowledge among all employees in a company
- UpSurgeOn — The UpSurgeOn Academy is a hi-tech sequence of virtual and physical technologies designed to support Mental and Manual training and empower cognitive and psychomotor skills of any surgeon.
Fondazione Cariverona. Da oltre 25 anni per lo sviluppo civile, culturale ed economico di Verona, Vicenza, Belluno, Ancona e Mantova.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Cosmetics, GreenTech
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: Italy, Switzerland, The Netherlands
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Pre-Seed $197k–$197k
- Lead/follow: 88% lead, 12% follow
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- Noiet — Noiet is a biotechnology firm whose mission is to develop clean, natural, and fermented proteins that serve as multifunctional alternatives.
- Peelpack — Peelpack is a packaging company that specializes in biodegradable and compostable biopolymer punnets, aiming to replace plastic packaging.
- Alma Serum — Alma Serum is a cosmetic and biotech company that turns dairy industry into advanced cosmetic and biomedical materials.
Hatcher+ is a data-driven venture capital firm that uses AI and machine learning-based technologies to identify early-stage opportunities in partnership with leading accelerators and investors, worldwide.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: United States, Italy, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 192
- Round size: Seed $50k–$1.5M; Pre-Seed $50k–$1.2M
- Lead/follow: 61% lead, 39% follow
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- Inaam — impact investing made simple. pick your values, build a real portfolio, track where your money goes. $10/month. ASIC-regulated. built for 18-30s.
- PayToMe.co — PayToMe.co offers innovative and secure payment solutions including text-to-pay, digital invoicing, and digital checkbook services.
- Kybele's Garden — Kybele's Garden focus on algae-based bioponics and algae fermentation methods. Their differentiation strategy boosts harvest yield, source efficiency, and functional content, while improving sensory attributes and shelf life. These technologies can be used in agrifood and skin care, and integrated into existing producers' systems.
Visconti provides consulting and coaching services to improve business growth. It offers experience-based strategies, professional training, and business management solutions. Visconti was founded in 2010 and is based in Paris, France.
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- Industry: Beauty, Retail, Cosmetics
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- We Are Emma — We Are Emma is a provider of salon amenities and products meant to promote healthy hair. It offers services like hair spas and products manufactured from natural resources
Caravatti operates as an investment firm.
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- Industry: Beauty, Retail, Cosmetics
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- We Are Emma — We Are Emma is a provider of salon amenities and products meant to promote healthy hair. It offers services like hair spas and products manufactured from natural resources
Kima Ventures promotes the growth of startups, supporting them in the fastest and most effective ways.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: France, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 708
- Round size: Seed $650k–$5.6M; Pre-Seed $591k–$3.8M; Series A $1.3M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Hoora — Hoora is a mobile gaming platform that offers an instant, scrollable feed of over 200 casual and arcade mini-games playable without downloads or waiting.
- Klaimee — Certify your AI agent. Get guaranteed. Risk evaluation, certification badge, financial guarantee, and liability insurance for AI agents.
- Shiplong — Shiplog gives every customer a live profile and decides the next best action in real time, so you expand, retain and grow revenue from the customers you already have.
Banca Sella Holding is a holding company based in Italy. It provides services that include management, coordination, control, trading, and treasury activities of financial sectors through its subsidiaries. The company's banking products and services also consists of various deposits, as well as repurchase agreements, mortgage loans, personalloans, factoring, and Internet and mobile banking services.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy, France, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Round size: Seed $1.8k–$439k; Series A $2.6M–$13M; Venture - Series Unknown $100k–$5.8M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Qonto — Qonto is the all-in-one business account for SMEs and freelancers with a simplified accounting flow, a top-notch customer service and transparent pricing.
- Prestiamoci — Prestiamoci is the first community of loans between individuals born in Italy, allowing you to make profitable investment and to obtain loans with installments transparent.With Prestiamoci the providers invest and get Claimants, returning to its original role of the bank safe. Loans shall be paid by people to trustworthy people who want toachieve their life projects, grow their professional activity, better manage expenses and major purchases
- Hercle — Hercle is a regulated digital asset liquidity provider specializing in OTC trading and market making.
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Browse database — It's Free!Picus Capital is an early-stage technology investment firm with a long-term investment philosophy. We work together with daring technology companies to build successful, global companies challenging the status quo and shaping tomorrow.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Software, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Germany, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 450
- Round size: Seed $1.6M–$11M; Pre-Seed $563k–$4.5M; Series A $3.9M–$33M
- Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $140M in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Enpal — Kostenlose Planung von Solaranlagen. Gewinnbringende & schnelle Umsetzung von Photovoltaikanlagen inklusive professionelle Installation & Netzanschluss. Zum Festpreis!
- Lightbase — An always up-to-date view of your entire IT ecosystem for faster decisions and confident transformation at scale
- Spot My Energy — The uptake of PV, EVs, home storage, and heat pumps leads to a gigantic need for digital and intelligent metering and for the integration of millions of...
Andera Partners, formerly known as Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners (EdRIP) As heir to the traditions and values that have ensured the success of the Rothschild family for 250 years, the Edmond de Rothschild Group has established itself over time as a leading player in European finance. Its activities are grouped around two major areas:Private Banking and Asset Management. The Group offers wealthy families, entrepreneurs, and large institutions a full range of solutions combining a culture of tailored solutions, stability, performance, and innovation. The Edmond de Rothschild Group’s offering is characterised by strong convictions, with the desire to guarantee to each of its customers: A unique, close relationship, underpinned by the know-how and the variety of expertise of a large international group; Autonomous, experienced teams, who anticipate economic trends and innovate to establish long-term performance; The recognised stability, strength, and independence of a family-owned financial group. Founded by Baron Edmond de Rothschild in 1953, the Group has been chaired by his son, Baron Benjamin de Rothschild, since 1997.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
- Stage:Series B, Private Equity, Series A
- Geography: France, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 186
- Round size: Series A $7M–$83M; Series B $14M–$83M; Private Equity $112M–$237M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $491M in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- Cyllene Therapeutics — EG 427 is a French biotechnology company that pioneers a new approach in gene therapy called pinpoint gene therapy.
- Inventiva Pharma — Inventiva Pharma is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of oral small molecule therapies for the treatment of patients with significant unmet medical needs in the areas of fibrosis, lysosomal storage disorders and oncology.They have built a pipeline backed by a discovery engine with an extensive library ofproprietary molecules, a wholly-owned research and development facility and a team with significant expertise and deep experience in the development of compounds that target nuclear receptors, transcription factors and epigenetic modulation. Leveraging these assets and expertise, they are advancing two clinical candidates in three indications, as well as a deep pipeline of earlier stage programs.
- Rivermark Medical — Rivermark Medical develops a minimally-invasive treatment for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) that restores urinary function. Developed by urologists to reliably reduce BPH symptoms with minimal side effects.
Feel Venture invests in Seed and Series-A tech-enabled startups run by ambitious Italian teams. We invest ealry and with high-conviction and leverage the power of our community to help companies scale to their fullest potential.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Energy
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy, United Kingdom, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $326k–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- NANDO — NANDO provides AI Waste Monitoring solutions for effective waste tracking. Gain real-time insights and streamline operations.
- Babaco Market — Babaco Market is a subscription with which you receive out-of-the-ordinary fruit and vegetables at home. Products that do not exceed the beauty contests organized by traditional channels and which risk being wasted. We deliver them to your home, in a box. Bring all the goodness of nature to the table and reduce food waste!
- Space DOTS — SKY-I, by SpaceDOTS, transforms fragmented space environmental data into unified, mission-critical intelligence that enables confident decision-making across the entire space mission lifecycle.
RCS MediaGroup S.p.A., based in Milan and listed on the Italian Stock Exchange is one of the world’s major multimedia publishing groups. RCS MediaGroup is active in all publishing sectors – from newspapers to magazines, books to TV and radio to new media – and among the leaders in terms of advertising sales and distribution. With 32% of RCSMediaGroup's turnover generated in foreign markets, they have a significant presence in particular in Spain, Portugal, USA, South America, UAE and China. In the future, RCS MediaGroup believes that culture, reliable information and communications will be increasingly important for all people and will play a crucial role in how society develops. The impact of this trend will be more dynamic, widespread and accessible than ever before thanks to continuous technological progress. RCS MediaGroup is at the forefront of publishing evolution, inspired by their principles and founding values and strengthened by the trust in their content, brands and writers. RCS MediaGroup's main objectives have always been to produce and propagate culture, information, services and entertainment, while respecting the principles of liberty, honesty and pluralism and driving innovation across all forms of communication.
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- Industry: Beauty, Retail, Fitness
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Buddyfit — Buddyfit is a fitness app that offers live monthly fitness classes to help people feel strong and healthy. Buddyfit's programs include fat burning, tonification, and yoga. With Buddyfit, users can train wherever and whenever they want to, through live classes or through the replay section.
- MyBeautyBox — Scopri con Beauty Box il tuo prossimo desiderio di bellezza: cofanetti, cosmetici, make up, trucchi, creme viso, creme corpo biologici a prezzi scontati.
VentureFriends is a venture capital fund that invests in tech-enabled companies. VentureFriends (VF) is a venture capital fund specialising in seed stage startups. VF seeks to invest in tech-enabled B2C and B2B startups that can develop a sustainable moat over time and have a sweet spot for PropTech, FinTech, Marketplaces, and SaaS. The fundtypically invests between €0.3M - €2.5M and can follow on up to a total of €5 - 10M. VentureFriends invests predominantly in Europe and is founded by ex-entrepreneurs and angel investors, thus having an entrepreneurial and founder-friendly philosophy.
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- Industry: FinTech, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Greece, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 154
- Round size: Seed $448k–$6.6M; Pre-Seed $219k–$3.4M; Series A $2.3M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $113M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Merx — Grow contactability, data quality and customer lifetime value with AI agents on WhatsApp.
- NeuralTrust — NeuralTrust is the leading security platform for generative AI, offering a unified command center for real-time defense and offense. Its open source AI gateway delivers the fastest performance in the market for managing LLM traffic, while its automated red teaming engine proactively uncovers vulnerabilities, ensuring robust protection for your AIsystems.
- Valeria HR — Valeria HR is a digitized workforce management platform driven by AI.
Diamo sostegno operativo e finanziario alle PMI italiane che vogliono crescere negli USA. Investiamo a fianco di imprenditori ambiziosi per aumentare significativamente il valore delle loro aziende. Non siamo un partner solo finanziario, ma anche operativo e strategico. Mettiamo a disposizione la nostra esperienza nel costruire aziende di successo.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Private Equity, Series A
- Geography: Italy, Spain, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 38
- Round size: Series A $5.4M–$13M; Private Equity $22M–$27M
- Lead/follow: 95% lead, 5% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Soplaya — Soplaya is a B2B food company connecting chefs and farmers to build a diverse, sustainable, and efficient food system.By providing data and transparency to an opaque supply chain, we help chefs to simplify purchases, get a wider selection of products and save money and farmers to increase their margins and get easy access to the market.We lovequality food as much as technology and automation. We are rebels: we love transparency and how the internet is capable of bringing the long tail to the market. We're excited about the fact that the restaurant supply chain hasn't basically changed since 40 years, and was technology reluctant for a long time, but restaurants necessities changed dramatically in the last 3 years.We’re becoming the standard layer for restaurant purchasing across Europe, by bringing transparency and simplicity in the procurement phase, increasing order frequency, promoting lean inventory and food waste reduction.
- Agricooltur — Agricooltur is an agriculture company that design and develop patented systems for aeroponic cultivation.
- Codemotion — Codemotion is the ecosystem devoted to innovation, focused on developers and coding, open to all programming languages and technologies. Pioneering spirits, it scout the future to deliver a first class experience to our people. Codemotion is one of the biggest tech-conferences in Europe, with an international network of 30.000 developers and 350speakers coming from all over the world and from the most important IT realities.Codemotion draw in its main conferences, thousands of attendees eager to discuss about hottest topics: it tailor for them disruptive proposals ranging from mobile to UX, develops, cloud, big data, gamedev, security, methods, languages, web, Internet of things. Codemotion is also a startup, providing a bunch of services and activities, for personal and business customers.
Asymmetry Ventures invests in scalable early-stage companies with exceptional defensibility.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, India, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 297
- Round size: Seed $500k–$5M; Pre-Seed $125k–$2.4M; Series A $2M–$21M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Enlightra — Extreme-bandwidth data transmission enabled by light
- Persist AI — Persist AI develops PLGA microspheres for long-acting injectable formulations 50% faster using automation and AI.
- Coreshell Technologies — Battery Capacity Unlocked
Lazzaroni operates as an investment firm.
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- Industry: Beauty, Retail, Cosmetics
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- We Are Emma — We Are Emma is a provider of salon amenities and products meant to promote healthy hair. It offers services like hair spas and products manufactured from natural resources
H2 Investments was added in 2013.
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- Industry: SaaS, Machine Learning, Retail
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Monedo — Monedo's Group’s mission is to improve financial freedom for the underbanked with the use of technology. Combining non-traditional data sources and machine learning, the company is aiming to provide access to better credit and a higher convenience for digital banking services. The product offerings include consumer loans, a digital wallet anda personal finance manager designed to help customers manage their credit score and plan their spending. Monedo also offers a “Lending as a Service” model, allowing partners to integrate Monedo's credit products via an API into their own platform and services.Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, Monedo covers more than 5 markets worldwide, amongst others Russia, Mexico, Spain and Poland. Up until now, the company has processed more than four million loan applications through its subsidiaries. Monedo's team of more than 350 people is led by CEO and Co-Founder Alexander Graubner-Müller and is financially backed by world-class investors including PayU, J.C. Flowers, Peter Thiel, and the World Bank’s IFC.
- dealcode AI — Make your sales team data-driven and leverage the value of AI guided selling to increase win-rates and revenue.
- Ready To Share — Ready to Share is a SaaS startup that offers an inventory management platform that connects brands, agents, and retailers. Ready to Share was founded in 2021 and was headquartered in Lombardia, Italy.
Vela Imprese S.r.l. is a venture capital and private equity firm specializing in investing in startups, early venture, management buy-ins, leverage buyouts, and development equity.
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- Industry: Gift, Retail, Sports
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- The WishList — The Wishlist is a unique Italian company, which introduced the concept of gift box applied to objects rather than experiences.
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