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Top 50 Retail VC Funds & Investors in Italy (October 2026)

The most active venture capital funds investing in Italy Retail startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Italy Retail startup companies. Find investors to raise a Pre-Seed, Seed or Series A round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
P101
VC Fund
9 Italy, Spain, United States Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology $270k–$15M
Club Italia Investimenti 2
VC Fund
9 Italy, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed E-Commerce, Software, Mobile $55k–$8.2M
Boost Heroes
VC Fund
5 Italy, United States, Hong Kong Seed, Series A E-Commerce, Software, Internet $291k–$7.9M
Club Digitale
VC Fund
4 Italy Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed E-Commerce, Retail, Education $257k–$8.2M
CDP Venture Capital
VC Fund
4 Italy, United States, Switzerland Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care $483k–$23M
TA Ventures
VC Fund
4 United States, Germany, India Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, E-Commerce, Health Care $150k–$28M
Lazio Innova
VC Fund
4 Italy, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed, Grant Health Care, Software, Biotechnology $22k–$1.9M
B Holding
VC Fund
4 Italy, Germany, United Kingdom Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel E-Commerce, Retail, Internet $120k–$2.4M
Vertis
VC Fund
3 Italy, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Health Care, Biotechnology $823k–$25M
Milano Investment Partners SGR
VC Fund
3 United States, Italy, Spain Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown E-Commerce, Fashion, Biotechnology $2.3M–$47M
Italian Angels for Growth
VC Fund
3 Italy, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Angel, Series A Software, E-Commerce, Health Care $219k–$14M
EISMEA
VC Fund
2 Spain, Italy, United Kingdom Grant, Venture - Series Unknown, Seed Manufacturing, Software, Biotechnology $53k–$2.6M
3LB Seed Capital Srl
VC Fund
2 Italy, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology $71k–$2.5M
ICLUB VC
VC Fund
2 United States, Germany, Italy Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Health Care, FinTech $125k–$94M
Alecla7
VC Fund
2 Italy, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Financial Services, FinTech, Health Care $727k–$8.2M
Club degli Investitori
VC Fund
2 Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Health Care, E-Commerce $197k–$30M
UniCredit
VC Fund
2 Italy, Germany, United States Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Pre-Seed Renewable Energy, Energy, Manufacturing $197k–$2.1B
Growth Engine
VC Fund
2 Italy, Mexico, Portugal Seed, Secondary Market, Pre-Seed E-Commerce, Software, Artificial Intelligence $300k–$4.2M
Doorway Capital
VC Fund
2 Italy, France Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown E-Commerce, Retail, Marketplace $647k–$7.1M
RedSeed Ventures
VC Fund
2 Italy, Israel, United States Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Information Technology, Analytics $669k–$16M
BlackSheep Ventures
VC Fund
2 Italy, United Kingdom, United States Seed, Series A, Convertible Note Advertising, Marketing, SaaS $1M–$22M
Sviluppo Imprese Centro Italia
VC Fund
2 Italy Seed, Angel Software, Food Processing, Food and Beverage $584k–$668k
Oltre Impact
VC Fund
2 Italy, United Kingdom Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Consumer Electronics, Pet, Toys $2.8M–$158M
Pi Campus
VC Fund
2 Italy, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel Software, Mobile, Biotechnology $100k–$7M
LIFTT
VC Fund
2 Italy, United Kingdom, France Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Biotechnology, Software, Health Care $338k–$118M
CDP Equity
VC Fund
2 Italy, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Information Technology, Software, Health Care $177k–$13M
La Finanziaria Trentina
VC Fund
2 Italy Venture - Series Unknown, Private Equity Health Care, Manufacturing, Retail $972k–$4.6M
Caravatti
VC Fund
1 Italy Seed Beauty, Retail, Cosmetics
Fondazione Cariverona
VC Fund
1 Italy, Switzerland, The Netherlands Pre-Seed, Seed Biotechnology, Cosmetics, GreenTech $197k–$197k
Kima Ventures
VC Fund
1 France, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS $515k–$16M
Banca Sella Holding
VC Fund
1 Italy, France, Germany Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series B Financial Services, FinTech, Payments $1.8k–$20M
Picus Capital
VC Fund
1 United States, Germany, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Financial Services, FinTech $563k–$34M
Andera Partners
VC Fund
1 France, United States, Germany Series B, Private Equity, Series A Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical $10M–$237M
Feel Venture
VC Fund
1 Italy, United Kingdom, Switzerland Seed, Series A Software, SaaS, Energy $326k–$1.5M
VentureFriends
VC Fund
1 Greece, United Kingdom, United States Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence $219k–$20M
Synergo Capital
VC Fund
1 Italy, Spain, Germany Private Equity, Series A Manufacturing, Software, Information Technology $5.4M–$30M
Asymmetry Ventures
VC Fund
1 United States, India, Canada Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Health Care, Biotechnology $125k–$21M
Ad4Ventures
VC Fund
1 Italy, Spain, Germany Series A, Seed, Series B Internet, E-Commerce, Retail $2.2M–$7.1M
Vela Imprese
VC Fund
1 Italy Venture - Series Unknown Gift, Retail, Sports
Vintage Capital
VC Fund
1 Italy, United States Seed, Pre-Seed B2B, Gaming, Retail
NXTP Ventures
VC Fund
1 United States, Argentina, Brazil Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology $25k–$23M
Bossa Invest
VC Fund
1 United States, Brazil, Mexico Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Information Technology, Financial Services $49k–$36M
United Ventures
VC Fund
1 Italy, United States, United Kingdom Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Information Technology, FinTech $406k–$55M
Azimut Libera Impresa
VC Fund
1 Italy, France, Switzerland Series A, Seed Software, Information Technology, Food and Beverage $1.4M–$14M
LVX Ventures
VC Fund
1 India, United States, Singapore Seed, Series A, Angel E-Commerce, Software, Health Care $135k–$10M
Atlante Seeds
VC Fund
1 Italy, United States Venture - Series Unknown, Seed Sports, Hardware, Software $417k–$1.9M
CLN Group
VC Fund
1 Italy Seed Retail, Hardware, Software
RCS MediaGroup
VC Fund
1 Italy Seed, Series A Beauty, Retail, Fitness
R-301 Capital
VC Fund
1 Italy, France, United States Seed, Series A, Angel E-Commerce, Internet, Delivery Service $60k–$7.6M
Angels 4 Impact
VC Fund
1 Italy, United Kingdom Seed Retail, Accounting, Consulting $439k–$2.1M
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P101
VC Fund · Milan, Lombardia, Italy · 9 investments in Italy Retail startups, 6 in the past 12 months

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Italy, Spain, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 121
  • Round size: Seed $270k–$4M; Series A $2.3M–$15M; Venture - Series Unknown $721k–$8.2M
  • Lead/follow: 63% lead, 37% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $265M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Biorsaf — Biorsaf is an IT company that develops mobile apps and web control panels to assist companies to bring efficiency to their operations.
  • 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.
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Club Italia Investimenti 2
VC Fund · Milan, Lombardia, Italy · 9 investments in Italy Retail startups

Club Italia Investimenti is a Milan-based venture capital firm that assists startups in raising seed capital.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Mobile
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 85
  • Round size: Seed $55k–$576k; Pre-Seed $69k–$219k; Venture - Series Unknown $686k–$8.2M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% 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's agent turns your company context into posts, newsletters, social campaigns, and landing pages, then ships the work you approve.
  • 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!
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Boost Heroes
VC Fund · Milan, Lombardia, Italy · 5 investments in Italy Retail startups

Boost Heroes is an Italy-based holding company focusing on seed and early stage investments.

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Investment focus

  • 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!
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Club Digitale
VC Fund · Milano, Lombardia, Italy · 4 investments in Italy Retail startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Retail, Education
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Italy

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 20
  • Round size: Seed $257k–$1M; Venture - Series Unknown $521k–$8.2M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% 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!
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CDP Venture Capital
VC Fund · Rome, Lazio, Italy · 4 investments in Italy Retail startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Italy, United States, Switzerland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 302
  • Round size: Seed $483k–$8.1M; Series A $3.3M–$23M; Venture - Series Unknown $652k–$17M
  • Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $212M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Evja — Evja supports growers in optimizing the management and monitoring of irrigation, nutrition and protection of their crops through the use of OPI, the most advanced system for precision agriculture .
  • TrueLayer — We power faster and safer online payments with our open banking payments network. Onboard users, accept payments & make payouts in seconds. Learn more today.
  • Tretau — E-mobility is powered by its core - the electric motor. We at Tau are at the very core of the core: the copper winding wire, the magnetic core, the electrical steel.We just make it bet.
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TA Ventures
VC Fund · Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany · 4 investments in Italy Retail startups

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 extensive international 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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Germany, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 294
  • Round size: Seed $426k–$6M; Pre-Seed $150k–$2.3M; Series A $2.5M–$28M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% 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 — Live sports trivia questions. The best form of fan entertainment and engagement!
  • Native Commerce — A unified e-commerce platform combining CMS, OMS, WMS, Delivery & Logistics to help modern retailers operate, scale & deliver great e-commerce experiences.
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Lazio Innova
VC Fund · Rome, Lazio, Italy · 4 investments in Italy Retail startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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
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B Holding
VC Fund · Milan, Lombardia, Italy · 4 investments in Italy Retail startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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!
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Vertis
VC Fund · Milan, Lombardia, Italy · 3 investments in Italy Retail startups, 9 in the past 12 months

Capitali e competenze per accelerare l'innovazione. Attraverso fondi di investimento chiusi investiamo in startup, scaleup e PMI innovative

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 76
  • Round size: Seed $823k–$4M; Series A $1.5M–$11M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.1M–$25M
  • Lead/follow: 54% lead, 46% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $49M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Clastix — Clastix is an enterprise Kubernetes infrastructure company, purpose-built to solve the operational challenges that emerge when Kubernetes runs at scale: cluster sprawl, fragile multi-tenancy, and the mounting cost of over-provisioned hardware and memory. The company's breakthrough is architectural. By combining hosted control planes with hard multi-tenancy, Clastix enables telcos, cloud providers, MSPs, and platform teams to run many isolated Kubernetes environments more efficiently, securely, and cost-effectively than traditional approaches allow. Clastix was founded by engineers who understood these pain points from direct experience running Kubernetes in production. That same commitment to quality engineering runs through everything the company builds – an approach shaped as much by Italian engineering tradition as by technical rigour. The result is infrastructure software that is functional, elegant, and highly scalable. The company's open source credentials are equally strong. Clastix donated Capsule to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation, co-founded Cloud Native Days Italy, and continues to evolve Kamaji – contributing not just code, but community and standards to the broader Kubernetes ecosystem. Clastix's platform is trusted by customers including NVIDIA and Mistral AI – organisations that operate some of the most demanding and innovation-intensive infrastructure environments in the world. Their confidence is a direct measure of what the platform can handle. Headquartered in Naples, Italy, with customers and partners across cloud, data centre, edge, and AI infrastructure globally, Clastix is where world-class engineering meets the real operational complexity of modern Kubernetes at scale.
  • Tiledesk — Boost customer engagement with Tiledesk. Discover our conversational automation ready to use. Personalized experiences, improved conversion and retention.
  • Comestai — Comestai focuses on digital and in-person treatment pathways for people with eating disorders. The company operates a hybrid care model that combines online consultations with psychologists, psychotherapists, psychiatrists, and clinical dietitians and access to physical clinical spaces. It offers virtual multidisciplinary therapy programs tailoredto individuals and families, with structured assessments and follow-up sessions. Comestai also develops corporate welfare programs that provide counseling groups, psychoeducational tools, and consultation modules for employees in partner organizations. Through its La Palestra di Animenta branch, it delivers structured professional training, including multi-module courses and continuing medical education pathways for clinicians treating eating disorders. Comestai additionally produces digital educational content such as the Hilde newsletter to support families and caregivers with practical information and clinical guidance about eating disorders.
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Milano Investment Partners SGR
VC Fund · Milan, Lombardia, Italy · 3 investments in Italy Retail startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Italian Angels for Growth
VC Fund · Milan, Lombardia, Italy · 3 investments in Italy Retail startups

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 opportunity at 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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Investment focus

  • 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 — Alomana is an organization that focuses on harnessing the power of artificial intelligence and data analytics to drive insights and innovation across various industries. They offer a range of services, including data analysis, machine learning model development, and AI-driven solutions tailored to meet the specific needs of their clients. Datasparkemphasizes the importance of data-driven decision-making and works closely with businesses to implement strategies that enhance operational efficiency and improve outcomes. With a commitment to advancing the use of AI and data analytics, Dataspark aims to empower organizations to unlock the full potential of their data and stay competitive in a rapidly changing market.
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EISMEA
VC Fund · Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium · 2 investments in Italy Retail startups

EISMEA is an executive agency of the European Commission that implements European Union programs supporting innovation, small and medium-sized enterprises, and the Single Market. The agency manages the European Innovation Council and European Innovation Ecosystems programs under Horizon Europe. It also implements the SME component of the Single Market Programme and the Interregional Innovation Investments instrument. EISMEA provides funding and support for innovators, researchers, businesses, regions, and other organizations through grants, procurement, investment, and advisory programs. Its activities cover innovation development, SME competitiveness, entrepreneurship, market access, consumer policy, standardization, and interregional innovation. The agency also supports the implementation of EU policies and programs related to innovation ecosystems and economic development.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Software, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Grant, Venture - Series Unknown, Seed
  • Geography: Spain, Italy, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3546
  • Round size: Seed $53k–$800k; Grant $54k–$2M; Venture - Series Unknown $573k–$2.6M
  • Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • AGADE — Esoscheletri Agade | Il primo esoscheletro intelligente per lavoratori progettato per ridurre il rischio di disturbi muscolari delle spalle nella movimentazione manuale dei carichi.
  • BroadBit Batteries — BroadBit is a technology company developing revolutionary new batteries using novel sodium-based chemistries to power the future green economy.
  • Aenitis Technologies — We develop innovative devices for cells therapy processing using Acoustic Radiation Forces.
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3LB Seed Capital Srl
VC Fund · Torino, Piemonte, Italy · 2 investments in Italy Retail startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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.
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ICLUB VC
VC Fund · Kyiv, Kyyiv, Ukraine · 2 investments in Italy Retail startups

ICLUB VC is a global network of private investors, established by a leading European VC fund TA Ventures.

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Alecla7
VC Fund · Milan, Lombardia, Italy · 2 investments in Italy Retail startups

Alecla7 is a private investment firm which mainly focuses on early-stage VC opportunities

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 25
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$8.2M; Pre-Seed $727k–$2.3M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Iusful — Iusful is a legal services company that provides legal solutions for contracts, intellectual property, and compliance.
  • Cato AI — Search, analyze and bid on Italian public tenders with AI, automating the manual work for bid offices and sales teams.
  • Computis — Computis is an AI company offering software solutions for electronic invoicing, bank reconciliation, tax estimation, and billing services.
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Club degli Investitori
VC Fund · Torino, Piemonte, Italy · 2 investments in Italy Retail startups, 7 in the past 12 months

Club degli Investitori (Investors Club) is a network of investors and business angels that invest on early-stage SMEs and startups. The community of 400+ 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 by investing capital and by leveraging the Members' network and experience. Club degli Investitori is supported by Unicredit and KPMG Italy.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 118
  • Round size: Seed $197k–$8.4M; Pre-Seed $204k–$1.9M; Series A $889k–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% 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.
  • Comestai — Comestai focuses on digital and in-person treatment pathways for people with eating disorders. The company operates a hybrid care model that combines online consultations with psychologists, psychotherapists, psychiatrists, and clinical dietitians and access to physical clinical spaces. It offers virtual multidisciplinary therapy programs tailoredto individuals and families, with structured assessments and follow-up sessions. Comestai also develops corporate welfare programs that provide counseling groups, psychoeducational tools, and consultation modules for employees in partner organizations. Through its La Palestra di Animenta branch, it delivers structured professional training, including multi-module courses and continuing medical education pathways for clinicians treating eating disorders. Comestai additionally produces digital educational content such as the Hilde newsletter to support families and caregivers with practical information and clinical guidance about eating disorders.
  • Aptadir Therapeutics — Reprogramming DNA methylation in disease conditions by RNA therapeutics APTADIR Contact us NEWS Press Release Reprogramming DNA methylation by RNA therapeutics A novel therapeutic approach for untreatable cancers and rare diseases Aberrant methylation by DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1) of certain genes may cause abnormal cell development and lead to disease. Current therapies targeted to inhibit
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UniCredit
VC Fund · Milan, Lombardia, Italy · 2 investments in Italy Retail startups

UniCredit is a pan-European commercial bank offering unique banking services in Italy, Germany, Central and Eastern Europe.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Renewable Energy, Energy, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Italy, Germany, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 159
  • Round size: Pre-Seed $197k–$197k; Post-IPO Debt $44M–$2.1B; Debt Financing $1.2M–$899M
  • Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% 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
  • DevTwo S.p.A. — DevTwo S.p.A. is a special purpose vehicle belonging to Gruppo Barletta,
  • Telebit — Telebit Group is a system integrator and solution provider operating in the telecommunications, ICT, technological plant engineering, and energy sectors.
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Growth Engine
VC Fund · Milan, Lombardia, Italy · 2 investments in Italy Retail startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Secondary Market, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Italy, Mexico, Portugal

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 48
  • Round size: Seed $329k–$4.2M; Pre-Seed $300k–$1.7M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Holifya — Holifya offre test del DNA avanzati e piani di salute personalizzati per ottimizzare nutrizione, metabolismo, performance sportive e prevenzione. Con un unico test, scopri intolleranze, rischi genetici e strategie su misura per migliorare il benessere, tutto comodamente da casa.
  • 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.
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Doorway Capital
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 2 investments in Italy Retail startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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!
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RedSeed Ventures
VC Fund · Milano, Lombardia, Italy · 2 investments in Italy Retail startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Analytics
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Italy, Israel, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Round size: Seed $669k–$12M; Series A $1.1M–$16M
  • Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% 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.
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BlackSheep Ventures
VC Fund · Milano, Lombardia, Italy · 2 investments in Italy Retail startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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: May invest from a new fund soon — 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.
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Sviluppo Imprese Centro Italia
VC Fund · Firenze, Toscana, Italy · 2 investments in Italy Retail startups

Sviluppo Imprese Centro Italia is an independent asset management company founded in Florence in 1998. Active in the Private Equity and Venture Capital sector, it currently manages four closed-end funds for a total value of around 140 million euro and has already carried out numerous operations. in the capital of companies operating in variousindustrial sectors, from the most traditional to high-tech. The mission of SICI is to encourage the development of unlisted SMEs in Central Italy through the contribution of financial resources intended to strengthen their capital and financial structure. SICI intends to represent a Growth Partner for the investee companies and a strategic operator in the creation of value for the territory with an impact on the economic and social fabric in terms of competitiveness of the economic system, employment, entrepreneurial and managerial culture. Business Development Central Italy is an independent Italian managing closed-end funds company. Established in Florence in 1998, SICI has 4 Private Equity and Venture funds under management with a total committed capital of 140m Euros.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Food Processing, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Italy

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 17
  • Round size: Seed $584k–$668k
  • Lead/follow: 53% lead, 47% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Recuperiamo srl — Connetti aziende e enti non profit per ridurre lo spreco alimentare e non solo
  • Dora Bruschi 1934 — Dora Bruschi 1934 is a cosmetics company that provides cosmetics, beauty, and make-up products with tailor-made formulas.
  • Gastronomia Toscana — Gastronomia Toscana is a food company that manufactures and supplies a wide range of pre-cooked meals.
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Oltre Impact
VC Fund · Milano, Lombardia, Italy · 2 investments in Italy Retail startups

We shape impact investing for people and planet

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Investment focus

  • 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
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Pi Campus
VC Fund · Rome, Lazio, Italy · 2 investments in Italy Retail startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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.
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LIFTT
VC Fund · Turin, Piemonte, Italy · 2 investments in Italy Retail startups

A not-only-profit operating investment company, eager to create a bridge between innovative ideas, territory and capital.

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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CDP Equity
VC Fund · Milan, Lombardia, Italy · 2 investments in Italy Retail startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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.
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La Finanziaria Trentina
VC Fund · Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy · 2 investments in Italy Retail startups

La Finanziaria Trentina is s a private equity firm. It invests in energy, infrastructure, and real estate sectors.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Manufacturing, Retail
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Private Equity
  • Geography: Italy

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 13
  • Round size: Venture - Series Unknown $972k–$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.
  • LMA srl - Aerospace Technology — LMA provides high-precision mechanical processes for aeronautics and aerospace. It operates in precision mechanics for civil and military aeronautical, helicopter, and expanding aerospace sectors.
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Caravatti
VC Fund · 1 investments in Italy Retail startups

Caravatti operates as an investment firm.

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Investment focus

  • 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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Fondazione Cariverona
VC Fund · Verona, Veneto, Italy · 1 investments in Italy Retail startups, 7 in the past 12 months

Fondazione Cariverona. Da oltre 25 anni per lo sviluppo civile, culturale ed economico di Verona, Vicenza, Belluno, Ancona e Mantova.

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Investment focus

  • 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

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
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Kima Ventures
VC Fund · Paris, Ile-de-France, France · 1 investments in Italy Retail startups

Kima Ventures is one of the world's most active early-stage investors, investing in 2 to 3 startups per week all over the world; providing founders with funding, network, and support for them to reach the next steps of their journey. The firm invests from seed to Series A, mostly as lead investor but also working alongside other investors; backing ambitious founders who work hard to build awesome things that more and more people use everyday. The company helps them to build a great team, to learn very quickly, to keep the right focus and execute towards growth. Kima takes pride of itself in working side-by-side with entrepreneurs. They claim to understand that fundraising is only one step in the company’s journey, that’s why they take quick decisions and make the fundraising process as smooth as possible so the founders can get back to the work of building their business. Kima considers itself not only an investor, but a network of founders and experts sharing a pay it forward mindset. Headquartered in Paris with an office in London, the company was founded and backed by Xavier Niel, founder of Iliad and supporter of entrepreneurs through such projects as 42, Station F and 101projets. Over the last 5 years Kima has invested in over 400 startups in 24 different countries.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: France, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 769
  • Round size: Seed $515k–$5.5M; Pre-Seed $591k–$3.8M; Series A $1.2M–$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.
  • Verso — Verso is an AI-powered qualitative market research platform that automates consumer insights at scale. It uses adaptive AI to conduct 1-on-1 video or voice interviews with consumers worldwide, turning open-ended conversations into structured, actionable insights in under a week.
  • Netsec — Professional cybersecurity and managed IT services to protect your business 24/7.
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Banca Sella Holding
VC Fund · Biella, Piemonte, Italy · 1 investments in Italy Retail startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Italy, France, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 21
  • Round size: Seed $1.8k–$447k; Series B $12M–$20M; Venture - Series Unknown $100k–$4.9M
  • 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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Picus Capital
VC Fund · Munich, Bayern, Germany · 1 investments in Italy Retail startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Financial Services, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 454
  • Round size: Seed $1.6M–$11M; Pre-Seed $563k–$4.5M; Series A $3.9M–$34M
  • 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...
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Andera Partners
VC Fund · Paris, Ile-de-France, France · 1 investments in Italy Retail startups, 11 in the past 12 months

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
  • Stage:Series B, Private Equity, Series A
  • Geography: France, United States, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 189
  • Round size: Series A $10M–$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.
  • HighLife — HighLife is driven by a mission to deliver innovative treatment options to patients suffering from heart valve diseases.
  • 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.
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Feel Venture
VC Fund · 1 investments in Italy Retail startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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.
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VentureFriends
VC Fund · Athens, Attiki, Greece · 1 investments in Italy Retail startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
  • 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

  • Kodesage — Kodesage captures your company's collective knowledge to help understand and modernize legacy code
  • Merx — Grow contactability, data quality and customer lifetime value with AI agents on WhatsApp.
  • NeuralTrust — Protect your AI Agents and Applications from attacks, hallucinations and data leakages with our AI native entreprise-grade cybersecurity solutions
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Synergo Capital
VC Fund · Milan, Lombardia, Italy · 1 investments in Italy Retail startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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–$30M
  • 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.
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Asymmetry Ventures
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Italy Retail startups

Asymmetry Ventures invests in scalable early-stage companies with exceptional defensibility.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, India, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 298
  • 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
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Ad4Ventures
VC Fund · Cologno Monzese, Lombardia, Italy · 1 investments in Italy Retail startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Vela Imprese
VC Fund · Milan, Lombardia, Italy · 1 investments in Italy Retail startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gift, Retail, Sports
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Italy

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

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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Vintage Capital
VC Fund · Orlando, Florida, United States · 1 investments in Italy Retail startups

WOPSLOT menghadirkan akses situs Slot Zeus terbaik dengan Live RTP gacor hari ini, permainan populer, peluang kemenangan menarik, dan pengalaman bermain lebih seru.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: B2B, Gaming, Retail
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Italy, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Mythia — Mythia.com is a captivating, 6-letter domain name that exudes mystery, creativity, and innovation. The name conjures images of ancient myths and legends, making it perfect for a variety of industries seeking to stand out in a crowded market
  • Mirta — Discover the finest Luxury Artisans, 100% Made in Italy, straight from the workshops. We ship worldwide for free. All custom duty and taxes are included.
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NXTP Ventures
VC Fund · Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina · 1 investments in Italy Retail startups

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 supports founders 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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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United States, Argentina, Brazil

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 200
  • Round size: Seed $25k–$3.9M; Series A $988k–$20M; Venture - Series Unknown $25k–$23M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $98M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Sharpi — Sharpi offers an AI solution that automates B2B order entry by converting customer messages into structured ERP orders.
  • Properati — Properati is an online and mobile property platform for the real estate market. The company offers buyers, users, agile, free of ads, banners website, and tenants or real estate investors with a quick, designed for them to be able to communicate effectively with the offeror who has what they are looking for.Properati has an office in Sao Paulo,Brazil, and was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina.
  • Nuvia — Nuvia is an artificial Intelligence automation platform that helps with sales process, lead generation and hyper-personalized conversions
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Bossa Invest
VC Fund · São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil · 1 investments in Italy Retail startups, 11 in the past 12 months

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United States, Brazil, Mexico

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2097
  • Round size: Seed $166k–$5.8M; Pre-Seed $49k–$2M; Venture - Series Unknown $632k–$36M
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • FFID — FFID develops AI chatbot platform automating customer communication, lead generation, and marketing workflows.
  • SprayX — Company specialized in interactive process control to evaluate and guarantee the quality of agricultural spraying with excellence. Empowers, leads and monitors applicators in Application Technology tasks.
  • Sandwiche — Sandwiche creates customizable link in bio pages enabling social media monetization and affiliate marketing management.
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United Ventures
VC Fund · Milan, Lombardia, Italy · 1 investments in Italy Retail startups

We are an independent Venture Capitalfirm supporting visionary entrepreneurs toreinvent industries through technology.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, FinTech
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 87
  • Round size: Seed $406k–$10M; Series A $3.3M–$15M; Series B $11M–$55M
  • Lead/follow: 55% lead, 45% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $166M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Cleafy — A new era for online fraud management: Cleafy combines in real-time all the most advanced fraud detection technologies in one fraud management solution.
  • Iusful — Iusful is a legal services company that provides legal solutions for contracts, intellectual property, and compliance.
  • Beelzebub — Validate exploitable paths, detect attacker movement, and turn threat artifacts into governed, response-ready evidence with Beelzebub.
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Azimut Libera Impresa
VC Fund · Milano, Lombardia, Italy · 1 investments in Italy Retail startups

Azimut Libera Impresa is an investment company for both retail and institutional investors.

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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LVX Ventures
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 1 investments in Italy Retail startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: India, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 340
  • Round size: Seed $250k–$3M; Angel $135k–$855k; Series A $965k–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $100M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • RocketPay — Automate loan, deposit and trade credit collections via UPI Autopay & eNACH. India's mandate collections platform for lenders, NBFCs and businesses. Go live in 48 hours.
  • Sensesemi — Explore Sensesemi's cutting-edge System-on-a-Chip (SoC) solutions, revolutionizing Connected Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) and Internet of Things (IoT). With advanced technology, ultra-low energy consumption, and embedded AI.
  • Harajuku Tokyo Cafe — Harajuku Tokyo Cafe provides Japanese casual dining services.
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Atlante Seeds
VC Fund · Milano, Lombardia, Italy · 1 investments in Italy Retail startups

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 or accelerators specialized in specific sectors (indirect investments).

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sports, Hardware, Software
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed
  • Geography: Italy, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 19
  • Round size: Seed $417k–$895k; Venture - Series Unknown $530k–$1.9M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $14M in 2011

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.
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CLN Group
VC Fund · Caselette, Piemonte, Italy · 1 investments in Italy Retail startups

CLN is the Group Company specialized in producing and assembling steel automotive structural parts, components, subassemblies and modules.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Retail, Hardware, Software
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Italy

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • WIB Machines — Smart vending machines and smart lockers manufacturer pioneering smart, web-based retail automation globally. Patented solutions enabling next-gen retail.
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RCS MediaGroup
VC Fund · Milan, Lombardia, Italy · 1 investments in Italy Retail startups

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 RCS MediaGroup'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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Investment focus

  • 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.
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R-301 Capital
VC Fund · Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland · 1 investments in Italy Retail startups

R-301 Capital They are an independent technology venture capital firm. They invest in early stage busineses leveraging disruptive web and mobile technologies in a variety of sectors. As experienced tech entrepreneurs They combine expertise with cash to best support Their portfolio companies. They move quickly and decisevily in funding innovators They believe in.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Delivery Service
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: Italy, France, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 19
  • Round size: Seed $60k–$7.6M; Series A $3M–$7.2M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Carnovo — Carnovo is a Barcelona based start-up that is transforming the automotive purchase process by making it fast, transparent and convenient for both, car dealers and buyers. Their mission is simple, to put the car buying process upside down by placing customers in the center making them save time and money while offering them the best buyingexperience. Car dealers that partner with Carnovo sell more cars than they could in the showroom alone while reducing cost inefficiencies and increasing stock turnover. This means they can make great offers to Carnovo buyers!
  • Sailogy — Sailogy was born in 2013 with the aim of making sailing holidays accessible to everyone and providing them with the opportunity to rent a boat with comfort and safety. Customers all over the world can choose from a wide selection of sailing yachts, motor yachts, catamarans and gulets all rentable with or without experienced skippers and hostesses.Sailogy has become the market leader in three different countries – Italy, Germany and Switzerland – it’s the leading European charter agency with the widest range of boats with real-time availability, ready to be booked in just a few clicks. The company offers more than 22,000 boats in 800 destinations, from the Mediterranean to the Caribbean, and has over 100 thousand clients from 84 countries.
  • 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.
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Angels 4 Impact
VC Fund · Milan, Lombardia, Italy · 1 investments in Italy Retail startups

Angels 4 Impact is a Business Angel investment firm that invests in startups with innovative and technological content and a focus on impact.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Retail, Accounting, Consulting
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Italy, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $439k–$2.1M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • XBOOKS — Investors Relations is Xbooks website whereby the company shares communications between the mangares and the Shareholders community. It provides an accurate account to investors, which keeps them updated of company life and key results.
  • Envirly — Envirly is a Polish technology company that offers an innovative platform for managing sustainable development, and the carbon footprint of organizations and products.
  • Vado — VADO collega negozi automatici alle piattaforme di delivery e gestisce i pagamenti cashless. Attivi in Italia, Germania, Austria, Svizzera, Spagna.
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Retail VC funding in Italy at a glance

Stats across 164 deals from 155 investors.

155
investors
in Italy Retail startups
164
deals
in Italy Retail startups
$766k
median round
in Italy Retail startups
47%
lead investors
lead at least one round
26%
Seed
most common funding stage

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Shizune is a 48,091 investor database updated daily.

With Shizune you can:

  • browse the database
  • use smart matching
  • enrich with emails
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All you need to find investors for your startup.

Who is Shizune for?

Shizune is built for startup founders by startup founders.

If you are looking for funding for your startup, try the Shizune database — we have investors for every stage, industry, and country.

Is Shizune free?

Shizune is free forever. You can search and browse investors for free.

Email search and export are paid features.

For full info, visit our pricing.

Who built Shizune?

Shizune is built by founders with the goal of helping all founders raise funding no matter where they are.

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