Top 50 Software VC Funds & Investors in Italy (August 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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CDP Venture Capital
VC Fund
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96 | Italy, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $483k–$23M |
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Club degli Investitori
VC Fund
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32 | Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Health Care, E-Commerce | $197k–$30M |
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Primo Capital
VC Fund
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30 | Italy, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Aerospace | $362k–$28M |
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United Ventures
VC Fund
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28 | Italy, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed | Software, Information Technology, FinTech | $406k–$15M |
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360 Capital
VC Fund
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27 | France, Italy, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $1.1M–$44M |
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Club Italia Investimenti 2
VC Fund
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27 | Italy, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | E-Commerce, Software, Mobile | $55k–$576k |
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P101
VC Fund
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25 | Italy, Spain, United States | Seed, Series A | Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $236k–$15M |
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Vertis
VC Fund
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24 | Italy, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Software, Health Care, Biotechnology | $823k–$11M |
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EXOR N.V.
VC Fund
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18 | United States, Italy, France | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence | $320k–$60M |
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Italian Angels for Growth
VC Fund
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17 | Italy, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Angel, Series A | Software, E-Commerce, Health Care | $219k–$14M |
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Exor Ventures
VC Fund
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16 | United States, Italy, France | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Health Care, FinTech | $320k–$55M |
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UniCredit
VC Fund
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15 | Italy, Germany, Spain | Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Pre-Seed | Renewable Energy, Energy, Manufacturing | $197k–$2.1B |
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The Techshop
VC Fund
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15 | Italy, Portugal, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Artificial Intelligence, Software, FinTech | $322k–$120M |
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LIFTT
VC Fund
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15 | Italy, United Kingdom, France | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Biotechnology, Software, Manufacturing | $255k–$118M |
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Vento
VC Fund
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14 | Italy, Germany, United Kingdom | Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $384k–$8.2M |
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GELLIFY
VC Fund
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13 | Italy, United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $181k–$9.7M |
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Invitalia Ventures
VC Fund
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11 | Italy, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed | Software, Medical, B2B | $658k–$6.2M |
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Invitalia
VC Fund
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11 | Italy, Sweden, Luxembourg | Grant, Debt Financing, Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $20k–$2.1M |
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Intesa Sanpaolo
VC Fund
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10 | Italy, United Kingdom, United States | Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Convertible Note | Energy, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy | $263k–$2.5B |
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Pi Campus
VC Fund
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10 | Italy, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Software, Mobile, Biotechnology | $100k–$6.4M |
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Principia SGR
VC Fund
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10 | Italy, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed | Health Care, Biotechnology, Software | $329k–$7.7M |
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40Jemz Ventures
VC Fund
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10 | Italy | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Artificial Intelligence, Computer, Software | $338k–$4.2M |
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Italian Founders Fund
VC Fund
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10 | Italy, United Kingdom | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Artificial Intelligence, SaaS, Software | $1.4M–$19M |
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PranaVentures
VC Fund
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10 | Italy, India | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | SaaS, Tourism, Internet | $1.8k–$16M |
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Boost Heroes
VC Fund
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9 | Italy, United States, Hong Kong | Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Software, Internet | $219k–$7.7M |
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Lazio Innova
VC Fund
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9 | Italy, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Grant | Health Care, Software, Biotechnology | $22k–$1.9M |
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Cassa Depositi e Prestiti
VC Fund
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9 | Italy, Turkey, Spain | Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Pre-Seed | Energy, Manufacturing, CleanTech | $71k–$437M |
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Growth Engine
VC Fund
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9 | Italy, Mexico, Portugal | Seed, Secondary Market, Pre-Seed | E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology | $300k–$4.2M |
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Azimut Holding
VC Fund
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8 | Italy, United States, China | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence | $1.8M–$43M |
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Sequoia Capital
VC Fund
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8 | United States, China, India | Series A, Series B, Series C | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $6.4M–$230M |
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Azimut Libera Impresa
VC Fund
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8 | Italy, France, Switzerland | Series A, Seed | Software, Information Technology, Food and Beverage | $1.4M–$14M |
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EUREKA! Venture SGR
VC Fund
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8 | Italy | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Nanotechnology, Manufacturing, Electronics | $419k–$6.2M |
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Ithaca Investments
VC Fund
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8 | Italy, Germany, United States | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | E-Commerce, Financial Services, FinTech | $713k–$155M |
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CRiF
VC Fund
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8 | Italy, Ireland, Hong Kong | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Financial Services, Blockchain | $117k–$9.8M |
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Iccrea Banca
VC Fund
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8 | Italy | Seed, Series A, Series B | FinTech, Payments, Mobile Payments | |
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Apside
VC Fund
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7 | Italy | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Apps | $869k–$5.7M |
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Azimut Digitech Fund
VC Fund
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7 | Italy, San Marino, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Computer | $2M–$35M |
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Galaxia
VC Fund
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7 | Italy, Germany, United Kingdom | Seed | Aerospace, Energy, Software | $1.1M–$3.8M |
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dPixel
VC Fund
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7 | Italy, United States, Brazil | Seed, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, FinTech, Software | $100k–$1.1M |
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Growth Capital
VC Fund
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7 | Italy | Seed, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Software, Web Apps | $887k–$4.2M |
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TIM Ventures
VC Fund
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6 | Italy, United States, Malaysia | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Internet, Software, SaaS | $47k–$8M |
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SIMEST
VC Fund
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6 | Italy, San Marino, Saudi Arabia | Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown | Manufacturing, FinTech, Aerospace | $4.1M–$24M |
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NovaCapital
VC Fund
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6 | Italy, United States, Austria | Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed | Artificial Intelligence, Health Care, Manufacturing | $124k–$40M |
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Proximity Capital
VC Fund
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6 | Italy, Germany | Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed | E-Commerce, Financial Services, FinTech | $593k–$37M |
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Vesper Holding
VC Fund
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6 | Italy | Pre-Seed, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce | $750k–$8.2M |
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Scientifica Venture Capital
VC Fund
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5 | Italy, Sweden, Finland | Seed, Pre-Seed | Biotechnology, Health Care, Manufacturing | $209k–$2.9M |
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Embed Capital
VC Fund
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5 | Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | Information Technology, Mobile, Health Care | $132k–$2.1M |
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2100 Ventures
VC Fund
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5 | United Kingdom, Italy, Switzerland | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $1.9M–$150M |
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Hatcher+
VC Fund
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5 | United States, Italy, Australia | Pre-Seed, Seed, Convertible Note | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $50k–$1.2M |
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B Heroes
VC Fund
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5 | Italy, Spain, Germany | Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $263k–$5.1M |
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CDP Venture Capital Sgr - National Innovation Fund aims to make venture capital a cornerstone of the country's economic development and innovation, creating the conditions for an overall and sustainable growth of the venture capital ecosystem.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 295
- Round size: Seed $483k–$7.7M; Series A $3.3M–$23M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $197M 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 .
- Mopso — Discover Mopso's anti money laundering detection system. Visit our website and try a 30 minutes free demo with one of our experts.
- ALLSIDES — Covision Media specializes in creating high-quality, relightable 3D models using their industrial 3D scanners. These scanners capture detailed surface information and PBR textures, and are designed for easy integration into virtual environments.
Club degli Investitori (Investors Club) is a network of investors and business angels that invest on early-stage SMEs and startups. The community of 300+ Members (entrepreneurs, CEOs, executive managers) actively scouts for investing opportunities on SMEs & startups and invests with a minimum ticket of €200k. The Club supports business byinvesting capital and by leveraging the Members' network and experience.Club degli Investitori is supported by Unicredit and KPMG Italy.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 114
- Round size: Seed $197k–$8.2M; Pre-Seed $204k–$1.9M; Series A $889k–$30M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Soource — Soource is a B2B Saas product that uses AI applications to help purchasing managers to discover the best market solutions through extensive global research and automated email negotiations with thousands of suppliers worldwide.
- CiaoDott — Automatizza le telefonate, prenotazioni e FAQ del tuo studio medico con CiaoDott, l'assistente vocale AI disponibile 24/7. Provalo gratis.
- Quantum Bridge — Quantum Bridge is a pioneer in Distributed Symmetric Key Exchange (DSKE) technology. It offers quantum-safe cybersecurity products and services. Quantum-safe product and services, Quantum-safe roadmap and quantum-safe solutions implementation.
Primo Capital is a venture capital firm focused on seed and early stage startups. The firm is a multi-fund investment company, with four different investment practices with dedicated funds on specialized strategies. Primo Capital invests in digital/software, new space, climate technology and healthcare.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Aerospace
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 110
- Round size: Seed $362k–$5.4M; Pre-Seed $1.2M–$4.2M; Series A $3.3M–$28M
- Lead/follow: 55% lead, 45% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Archimede — Deep tech company based in Sicily #archmesh is our satellite kit
- Yolo Tech Insurance — YOLO Group, uno dei principali operatori nel mercato insurtech italiano dei servizi assicurativi digitali, quotato in borsa sul segmento EGM.
- Quantum Bridge — Quantum Bridge is a pioneer in Distributed Symmetric Key Exchange (DSKE) technology. It offers quantum-safe cybersecurity products and services. Quantum-safe product and services, Quantum-safe roadmap and quantum-safe solutions implementation.
We are an independent Venture Capitalfirm supporting visionary entrepreneurs toreinvent industries through technology.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, FinTech
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 86
- Round size: Seed $406k–$10M; Series A $3.3M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 55% lead, 45% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $176M 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.
- Beelzebub — A secure low code deception runtime framework, leveraging AI for System Virtualization.
- Seltz — The Web Knowledge Layer for AI Agents.
As an early-stage European VC, we invest from pre-seed to Series B in Deep Tech, Climate Tech, and Digital-First solutions. Embrace sustainable technological progress with us. Stay updated on the latest tech trends and portfolio news. We invest in the future now.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: France, Italy, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 221
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$8.2M; Series A $3.3M–$19M; Series B $6.6M–$44M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Klaro — Klaro is an AI platform that assists small businesses with credit and improves cash flow management.
- Talentware — Talentware is the platform that lets you manage your company and people by putting skills first: boosting engagement, talent retention, and productivity.
- Circular Materials — Scopri Circular Materials: immagina una tecnologia che tratta le acque reflue e, allo stesso tempo, recupera metalli preziosi.
Club Italia Investimenti is a Milan-based venture capital firm that assists startups in raising seed capital.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 81
- Round size: Seed $55k–$576k; Pre-Seed $110k–$219k
- Lead/follow: 1% lead, 99% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $5.9M in 2013
Portfolio highlights
- UNGUESS (formerly AppQuality) — UNGUESS is the crowdsourcing platform for effective testing and real insights. Take the guesswork out of your work.
- Paragraph — Paragraph turns your startup's launches, product updates, customer learnings, and founder thinking into an owned media engine your team approves.
- La Passione — High quality Italian Road and Urban cycling wear at fair prices. We use only the finest materials and sell direct to you with no middleman. Shop now!
P101 is an Italian venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in the digital sector. Agreement to handle personal data I agree I don't agree
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy, Spain, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 114
- Round size: Seed $236k–$4.1M; Series A $2.1M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 64% lead, 36% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Cosmico — We are the platform connecting digital talents with the most ambitious companies, using remote work.We have over 8,000 members and our talents have accelerated dozens of projects alongside big names like Accenture Song, Tangity, Frog, Fjord, Sketchin, EY but also aggressive start-ups like Scalapay, Gimme5, Flowe, Unguess.If you are a digitalprofessional: we offer you a community in which to grow your talent through experiences, networks and cosmic projects.If you are a company: we offer you access to a community of designers, developers and marketers from which to select the talents to accelerate your digital transformation projects. Whether you are a manager or a digital professional, Cosmico is here to help you find your space
- A-Cube — A-Cube API: la piattaforma globale per la Tax Compliance. Integra la fatturazione elettronica e gli obblighi fiscali in ogni ERP o e-commerce in Italia e nel mondo.
- Incapto Coffee — Incapto provides coffee solutions that combine specialty whole-bean coffee, super-automatic coffee machines, and subscription-based delivery services for consumers and businesses. The company supplies freshly roasted coffee beans sourced from multiple origins and delivers them directly to customers through recurring subscriptions, ensuringcontinuous availability and freshness. Its offering includes fully automatic coffee machines that grind and brew beans on demand, enabling users to prepare coffee without single-use capsules or manual preparation steps. The company also provides workplace coffee solutions, supplying machines, beans, and technical support for offices, hotels, and food service environments.Incapto integrates digital tools that track consumption, manage inventory, and automate replenishment, allowing customers to monitor usage and receive supplies based on demand. It also offers complementary products such as accessories, beverages, and maintenance services to support ongoing operation of its coffee systems.
Capitali e competenze per accelerare l'innovazione. Attraverso fondi di investimento chiusi investiamo in startup, scaleup e PMI innovative
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 70
- Round size: Seed $823k–$4M; Series A $1.5M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 56% lead, 44% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $35M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Scuter — Scuter is the smart e-scooter sharing service that makes city mobility,simple, enjoyable and sustainable. Scuter is on well on its path toward making a dent in this space.
- Soource — Soource is a B2B Saas product that uses AI applications to help purchasing managers to discover the best market solutions through extensive global research and automated email negotiations with thousands of suppliers worldwide.
- Health Triage — Health Triage, crea nuove tecnologie per offrire modelli innovativi di diagnosi clinica, identificazione e cura delle malattie oncologiche.
EXOR is a holding company based in the Netherlands that the Agnelli family controls. The company has a diverse portfolio of investments in various industries, including automotive, real estate, and finance. The company is known for taking a long-term approach to its assets and has a reputation for being a patient and value-oriented investor. Thecompany's primary focus is on creating long-term value for its shareholders by actively managing and growing its portfolio of investments.EXOR's core mission is to cultivate exceptional enterprises, simultaneously nurturing opportunities for its talented workforce to flourish, make meaningful societal contributions, and yield outstanding returns for its valued investors.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Italy, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 143
- Round size: Seed $1.8M–$18M; Pre-Seed $320k–$5.1M; Series A $9.5M–$60M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
Portfolio highlights
- RobCo — Easily automate the repetitive tasks in your production facility with modular industrial robots from RobCo.
- Q.ai — Q.ai provides systems designed to support high data throughput, multilingual interaction, privacy controls, and accessibility features within communication workflows. Its technology is used to enhance real-time and asynchronous interactions between users who operate across different languages and regions. Q.ai’s platform is designed to integrateinto existing applications and services, supporting organizations that require consistent communication standards across distributed teams and audiences.
- Philips — Koninklijke Philips is a technology company that provides healthcare, consumer lifestyle, and lighting products, solutions, and services. The company offers professionals with healthcare, lighting, and oral healthcare products, professional dictation, and display solutions, and innovation services. It offers consumers electronic products related tosound and vision, personal care, mother and child care, housewares, lighting, PCs and phones, and more.
IAG is an angel investor network that offers access to its affiliates to early-stage venture opportunities. Its members to date have deployed over 22 million Euros to support 41 startups in the series seed/series A stage in many verticals, among which: Medtech, SAAS, e-commerce, Fintech, and high tech at large. Every investment opportunityat IAG is vetted by a professional team together with expert members of the group. Once invested, the company receives the support of up to two Investment champions, who bring their expertise to the table and help them succeed.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 105
- Round size: Seed $329k–$5.1M; Angel $219k–$987k; Series A $3M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Cato AI — Search, analyze and bid on Italian public tenders with AI, automating the manual work for bid offices and sales teams.
- AUDIOGEN — Generate your sounds with AI. Create an infinite world of sounds - sound effects, samples, and music, instantly. Get Started Free.
- Alomana — Autonomous systems for enterprise
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Browse database — It's Free!Exor Ventures is the venture capital arm of Exor, one of Europe's largest diversified holding companies. Exor Ventures focuses on early and growth-stage investments in technology-driven companies across various sectors, including digital services, fintech, cybersecurity, and mobility. Exor Ventures leverages its strategic insights and globalnetwork to identify promising startups with disruptive potential and supports them through funding, mentorship, and access to its extensive resources. EXOR Seeds offers a truly different type of partnership to the select group of entrepreneurs that it backs:- As a fifth-generation family-led business, we proved that we are builders not traders;- Our permanent capital allows us to take a long-term view and put the interest of the companies We invest in first;- Our global network, across industries and geographies, is a unique advantage to entrepreneurs
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Italy, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 107
- Round size: Seed $1.8M–$26M; Pre-Seed $320k–$6.3M; Series A $5.8M–$55M
- Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Plino — Plino is the SMEs FP&A co-pilot, integrating your company data and making it faster and easier to analyse them, empowering entrepreneurs in taking successful informed decisions. On one side it collects, organizes and analyses data from different company’s data sources such as invoices, bank accounts, MES, ERP, WMS, industry 4.0 data, andcompany documents (contracts, technical data sheets). On the other, it provides a user-friendly chat where the user (either the entrepreneur, the CFO, or the accountant) can type questions and receive fast, precise and insightful answers on the company’s revenues, costs, clients, products, and production process. Its mission is to empower SME’s managers to take better informed strategic decisions to lead the company to scale toward success by overcoming market uncertainty.
- PhaseV — PhaseV empowers biopharma sponsors and CROs with AI/ML-driven solutions for fast, efficient, and accurate clinical development decisions.
- Byzantine Finance — Stake assets, secure other services, and earn more. Restake now with Byzantine Finance to become part of DeFi's next generation. Building the most secure and profitable future for staking.
UniCredit is a pan-European commercial bank offering unique banking services in Italy, Germany, Central and Eastern Europe.
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- Industry: Renewable Energy, Energy, Manufacturing
- Stage:Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy, Germany, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 144
- Round size: Pre-Seed $197k–$197k; Post-IPO Debt $44M–$2.1B; Debt Financing $552k–$913M
- Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% 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
- Retina — Retina si occupa di realizzare infrastrutture nel Mezzogiorno per la produzione di biometano dalla conversione dei reflui zootecnici.
- Polo Strategico Nazionale — Scopri Polo Strategico Nazionale: il cloud sovrano per la gestione dei dati e servizi della Pubblica Amministrazione italiana.
The Techshop is a venture capital and private equity firm that invests in B2B digital startups.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy, Portugal, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 28
- Round size: Seed $2M–$8.1M; Pre-Seed $322k–$37M; Series A $7.7M–$120M
- Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
Portfolio highlights
- CiaoDott — Automatizza le telefonate, prenotazioni e FAQ del tuo studio medico con CiaoDott, l'assistente vocale AI disponibile 24/7. Provalo gratis.
- Octostar — Octostar is the AI-powered investigative intelligence platform for law enforcement, national security, and financial institutions. Connect the dots and discover the facts across petabytes of data.
- Mirai Robotics — Autonomy and intelligence for the seas. We're building software-defined autonomous systems and AI platforms that unify vessels, sensing, and command at sea.
A not-only-profit operating investment company, eager to create a bridge between innovative ideas, territory and capital.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Software, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Italy, United Kingdom, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 73
- Round size: Seed $255k–$7.6M; 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.
We want to empower the next generation of exceptional Italian founders by investing in and building new companies.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Geography: Italy, Germany, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 43
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$8.2M; Pre-Seed $384k–$3.1M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- ORiS — ORiS (Orbital Recharge in Space) develops laser-based wireless power transmission to extend the autonomy of satellites, drones, and lunar habitats.
- Doctorsa — Doctorsa is a digital marketplace offering travelers instant access to urgent care online for common conditions, starting at just €20.
- Always Friday — Piattaforma AI per eventi aziendali in Italia: 2.500+ location, team building, retreat e eventi su misura con proposte qualificate e un event manager dedicato per ogni progetto.
GELLIFY is the first innovation platform that invests in B2B digital software startups and connects them to traditional companies with the purpose of innovating their processes, products and business models, through Open Innovation.We make B2B software digital startups grow from the early stage, that we call the liquid state, to the solid one,thanks to our innovative process called "Gellification".A company which is looking to innovate can partner with GELLIFY to leverage all critical capabilities for digital transformation and focus on these specialties: Entrepreneurship, Sales & Marketing, Phygital Factory & Operations, Smart Technology and Smart Human. GELLIFY has also built a B2B Innovation Community, called “EXPLORE”, whose aim is to connect entrepreneurs, innovators and professionals through B2B events and phygital experiences.We operate globally from the following locations: Italy, United Arab Emirates, Spain and Portugal.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 45
- Round size: Seed $181k–$9.7M; Series A $878k–$6M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BizAway — BizAway is the corporate travel management platform trusted by 2,000+ companies worldwide. Simplify business travel booking, policy compliance, and expense management with smart technology and 24/7 real human support.
- Deliveristo — B2B Foodtech marketplace and delivery platform which allows chefs and restaurant owners to digitally organize their orders directly from farmers and distributors
- CercaOfficina — Cercaofficina.it is the online portal that helps you compare quotes for some mechanical repairs and bodywork on your car. By cutting the revision, from small tweaks body to replace the brake pads, the tire change, change Installation system oil LPG / CNG.
Invitalia Ventures SGR manages the “Italia Venture Fund I”, a 87€/Ml sized co-investment fund that invests in early stage operations in Italy. They co-invest up to a maximum of 70% in round A (€ 0.5ML - € 1.5ML) in high growth sectors. Invitalia Ventures, with its network of co-investors not only provides risk capital, but also know-how and anetwork for business development. Main LPs includes the Ministery of Economic Development, the European Investment Bank, Cisco Group, the Sardinian Banking Foundation and Metec Group.They are looking for visionary entrepreneurs who share their passion for innovation. Growth is their mission!!For more information please contact us at info@invitaliaventures.it or visit our website: www.invitaliaventures.it
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- Industry: Software, Medical, B2B
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 30
- Round size: Seed $658k–$1.6M; Series A $900k–$6.2M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $89M in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- Ecomate — The ESG Rating platform for every company
- BigProfiles — BigProfiles is an Artificial Intelligence Platform designed for Utilities, Telcos, Banks, Insurance companies and Retails.Large companies such as Teleperformance, Eni, Unicef already have already successfully subscribed to our services.BigProfiles is the No-Code Artificial Intelligence Platform for sales and antichurn that predicts thelikelihood to purchase and churn of each customer in a CRM, before proceeding to contact him in a sales or retention campaign.
- 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.
Invitalia, the National Agency for inward investment promotion and enterprise development, is mandated by the Italian government to increase the country's competitiveness, particularly in the South, and to support strategic sectors for development. Its main objectives are: Supporting innovation and growth of the productive system - support theinvestment programs of new business or already underway through a package of instruments between them complementary, capable of increasing the competitiveness of companies.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Grant, Debt Financing, Seed
- Geography: Italy, Sweden, Luxembourg
Investor stats
- Total investments: 60
- Round size: Seed $532k–$2M; Grant $20k–$1.1M; Debt Financing $187k–$2.1M
- Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow
Portfolio highlights
- NEOCAD — NEOCAD usa l'intelligenza artificiale per cercare, riutilizzare e valorizzare i file CAD del tuo ufficio tecnico. Riduci i tempi di progettazione fino al 60%. Richiedi una demo.
- ReneSys ENERGY — Next Generation Battery Technology and Manufacturing
- Moov — We innovate mobility from every angle!
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- Industry: Energy, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy
- Stage:Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Convertible Note
- Geography: Italy, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 145
- Round size: Post-IPO Debt $112M–$2.5B; Debt Financing $2.7M–$1000M; Convertible Note $263k–$2.2M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- GCF — GCF - Generale Costruzioni Ferroviarie is a landmark of excellence in the railway infrastructures, electrification and signalling sector.
- Sonnedix — Sonnedix is an Independent Solar Power Producer (IPP) with a proven track record in delivering high performance cost competitive solar photovoltaic plants to the market.
- Polo Strategico Nazionale — Scopri Polo Strategico Nazionale: il cloud sovrano per la gestione dei dati e servizi della Pubblica Amministrazione italiana.
Pi Campus is a startup district and a venture fund that invests in talent. We provide startups with money, mentorship and the best work environment for growth.
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- Industry: Software, Mobile, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 52
- Round size: Seed $125k–$6.4M; Angel $400k–$1M; Pre-Seed $100k–$1.6M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Loquis — La prima piattaforma per ascoltare e raccontare il mondo tramite podcast geolocalizzati
- Intron Health — Voice AI Built for How Africa Speaks Our next-generation intelligent voice model built from the ground up for AfricaUnlike Global systems retrofitted for the continent Sahara v-2 understands how Africa actually sounds Build with Sahara Try Sahara Built for African SpeechFrom Lagos Call Centers, to Hospitals in Nairobi, Boardrooms in Cape Town, and Courtrooms in
- Cyberwave — Transform your industry with AI-defined robotics. Frictionless automation that makes advanced robotics accessible to manufacturers of all sizes.
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Browse database — It's Free!Principia is an Italian Venture Capital firm with over Eur 80M under management. Currently Principia has two funds investing in digital start ups and expansion capital opportunities and in particular cases, we invest also in seed opportunities.
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- Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Software
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 50
- Round size: Seed $329k–$3.3M; Series A $1.5M–$7.7M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $187M in 2014
Portfolio highlights
- KLISBio — KLISBio is a clinical-stage regenerative medicine company focused on developing innovative technology platforms based entirely on natural silk fibroin. The company, headquartered in Milan, Italy, currently has several assets under development, such as vascular graft, bone graft substitutes, rotator cuff repair, drug release, and a first-in-humanstudy on nerve repair that is ongoing at the University of Zurich, Switzerland
- ENTEROME — We are a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel drugs to transform human health based on our unique ability to de-code molecular interactions in the gut microbiome.
- 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.
40Jemz Ventures is an investment firm. Its mission is to identify and finance the most promising early-stage businesses.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Computer, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 20
- Round size: Seed $434k–$3M; Pre-Seed $338k–$4.2M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Revismart — Revismart usa l'intelligenza artificiale per automatizzare la revisione legale, risparmiando tempo e riducendo gli errori.
- Archimede — Deep tech company based in Sicily #archmesh is our satellite kit
- Doctorsa — Doctorsa is a digital marketplace offering travelers instant access to urgent care online for common conditions, starting at just €20.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, SaaS, Software
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 20
- Round size: Seed $2.2M–$14M; Pre-Seed $1.4M–$5.1M; Series A $14M–$19M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Seltz — The Web Knowledge Layer for AI Agents.
- compri — AI Agents that automate sourcing, supplier management and procurement operations for manufacturing companies. Your new team colleagues.
- Pillar — Sites, finance and administration in one intelligent platform.
PranaVentures is an operational venture capital fund launched in 2021 with the goal of filling the funding gap between newly established and startup companies supporting them to grow and quickly reach the next stage of development. The investment strategy is focused on seed and post-seed startups operating in the digital space, with an interest ininnovative sectors such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, software as a service (SaaS), e-commerce and marketplaces. Leveraging a wide network of stakeholders, PranaVentures supports emerging entrepreneurs with capital and strategic expertise.
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- Industry: SaaS, Tourism, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Round size: Seed $1.8k–$3.2M; Pre-Seed $572k–$5.1M; Series A $3.2M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 62% lead, 38% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $43M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Cosmico — We are the platform connecting digital talents with the most ambitious companies, using remote work.We have over 8,000 members and our talents have accelerated dozens of projects alongside big names like Accenture Song, Tangity, Frog, Fjord, Sketchin, EY but also aggressive start-ups like Scalapay, Gimme5, Flowe, Unguess.If you are a digitalprofessional: we offer you a community in which to grow your talent through experiences, networks and cosmic projects.If you are a company: we offer you access to a community of designers, developers and marketers from which to select the talents to accelerate your digital transformation projects. Whether you are a manager or a digital professional, Cosmico is here to help you find your space
- GetPica — GetPica is the cutting-edge platform for event organizers to engage event participants with their personal photos and videos in real time. Explore all solutions
- Doctorsa — Doctorsa is a digital marketplace offering travelers instant access to urgent care online for common conditions, starting at just €20.
Boost Heroes is an Italy-based holding company focusing on seed and early stage investments.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy, United States, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 55
- Round size: Seed $219k–$1.9M; Series A $6M–$7.7M
- Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% 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!
Lazio Innova is a venture capital firm with its headquarters in Rome in Italy. The firm provides services in areas such as credit support and guarantees, interventions in risk capital, internationalization services, promotion of business networks and services for the creation and enterprise development.
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- Industry: Health Care, Software, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Grant
- Geography: Italy, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 34
- Round size: Seed $400k–$1.9M; Grant $22k–$121k; Pre-Seed $53k–$518k
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $27M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- HEU — HEU is a legaltech company that automates and manages legal documents and allows users to edit and share them.
- 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
The CDP Group is a joint-stock company that supports economic development through financing and investment. It provides funding for public infrastructure, businesses, and strategic projects in key sectors such as energy, transportation, and digital innovation. CDP also invests in venture capital, private equity, and sustainable initiatives tofoster long-term growth. The institution works with governments, financial entities, and enterprises to promote economic stability and innovation.
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- Industry: Energy, Manufacturing, CleanTech
- Stage:Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy, Turkey, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 65
- Round size: Pre-Seed $71k–$489k; Post-IPO Debt $12M–$437M; Debt Financing $5.7M–$288M
- Lead/follow: 51% lead, 49% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2024
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- Brazzale — Latte, burro e formaggi. La sua Filiera Ecosostenibile Gran Moravia. Formaggi a pasta pressata, a pasta filata. Produttori di formaggi
- Kortimed — Kortimed has been offering a wide range of logistics solutions for the transport of consumer liquids (oil, wine, milk and fruit juices),in the Mediterranean, Italy and Europe.
- Polo Strategico Nazionale — Scopri Polo Strategico Nazionale: il cloud sovrano per la gestione dei dati e servizi della Pubblica Amministrazione italiana.
Growth Engine is a sector-agnostic VC holding, investing from Pre-Seed to Pre-Series A. Thesis-driven and built on one conviction: exceptional founders win.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Secondary Market, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy, Mexico, Portugal
Investor stats
- Total investments: 47
- Round size: Seed $329k–$4.2M; Pre-Seed $300k–$1.7M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BonusX — Con l'app BonusX hai un supporto anti-burocrazia tutto l'anno. Accedi a centinaia di bonus e servizi pubblici, senza stress e code.
- CiaoDott — Automatizza le telefonate, prenotazioni e FAQ del tuo studio medico con CiaoDott, l'assistente vocale AI disponibile 24/7. Provalo gratis.
- Vivaio Ventures — Vivaio Ventures partners with early-stage and creator-led consumer brands to scale food, beverage, and beauty products. We offer capital, consulting, and Made in Italy manufacturing excellence for the next CPG leaders.
Azimut Holding is an independent financial company that offers investment solutions to develop excellent levels of experience. The company's business model is based on the vertical integration between asset management and distribution. It has portfolio managers and analysts based in major hubs around the world and a network of client-facingfinancial advisors operating to deliver quality advice to clients.Azimut Holding was founded on 1989 and is headquartered in Milan, Italy.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Italy, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 34
- Round size: Seed $2.3M–$9.8M; Series A $1.8M–$17M; Venture - Series Unknown $2.9M–$43M
- Lead/follow: 53% lead, 47% follow
Portfolio highlights
- D-Orbit — End-to-end services for the New Space industry, including platform engineering, launch and deployment, and decommissioning.
- RedCarbon — RedCarbon is a cyber automation company that supports security using AI and NLP. RedCarbon was founded in 2020 and was headquartered in Lugano, Switzerland.
- Young Platform — Il crypto exchange italiano dove puoi acquistare e vendere Bitcoin e le migliori altcoin del mercato. Accumula criptovalute e costruisci il tuo futuro finanziario giorno dopo giorno.
We help the daring build We help the daring build legendary companies from idea to IPO and beyond. companies.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: United States, China, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2067
- Round size: Series A $6.4M–$50M; Series B $11M–$100M; Series C $12M–$230M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $65M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Medallion — Provider credentialing and enrollment reimagined. Accelerate time-to-revenue, stay compliant, and scale provider operations, without adding headcount, through automated credentialing and enrollment.
- Faire — Faire helps local stores discover and try thousands of unique items risk-free.
- Faire — A wholesale technology platform empowering brands and retailers to strengthen the unique character of local communities.
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Browse database — It's Free!Azimut Libera Impresa is an investment company for both retail and institutional investors.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Italy, France, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 27
- Round size: Seed $4.1M–$8.2M; Series A $1.4M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Webidoo — Scopri il Webidoo AI Operating System per il Business, il layer operativo che potenzia le imprese e guida l'innovazione tecnologica nel B2B.
- 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.
Eureka! is the first independent Italian venture capital Asset Management company exclusively focused on deep tech investments
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- Industry: Nanotechnology, Manufacturing, Electronics
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 38
- Round size: Seed $419k–$4.1M; Venture - Series Unknown $2.2M–$6.2M
- Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2021
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- BeNewtral — Il futuro delle costruzioni rispetta l'ambiente
- CareGlance — CareGlance is the provider of real-time monitoring systems based on SS-OCT technology. Fast, precise and developed for the industry!
- BeDimensional — New Material Solution
Ithaca Investments is a Family Investment Office firm mainly focused on early-stage opportunities.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Financial Services, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy, Germany, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 33
- Round size: Seed $713k–$9M; Pre-Seed $1.2M–$37M; Series A $3.3M–$155M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Glaut — Glaut is the AI-native platform for market research. Use AI-moderated interviews (AIMI) to collect qualitative insights at scale, with multilingual support, fraud prevention, and real-time analysis.
- Volta — Volta is a developer of software-as-a-service platform focusing on B2B commerce.
- CommerceClarity — AI-native platform powering the next generation of e-commerce through intelligent agents.
CRIF offers credit bureau services, business information, analytics and decisioning, consultancy to support finance, insurance, utility and service companies of the customer relationship cycle.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Blockchain
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy, Ireland, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Seed $134k–$9.8M; Pre-Seed $117k–$612k
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BKN301 — Scopri tutti i servizi dedicati a privati, aziende ed esercenti. Accedi all'area riservata.
- Agrobit — Agrobit develops digital farming solutions based on imaging (smartphone, drones) to help farmers getting better decision in agro-inputs management. The flagship product is the mobile app iAgro, the first quantitative Decision Support System to optimize pesticide treatments and digitize crops (digital twin) quickly and easily just using asmartphone. The competitive advantages are to provide information unobtainable from other technologies (field sensors, satellites), the use of proprietary AR, AI and computer vision algorithms and the possibility to reach a huge number of users that cannot make high investments but are the majority in Europe (small/medium farms). The app uses AR to 3D-scan plants (tree crops) and in-cloud AI and computer vision algorithms to re-create the 3D model (digital twin) of the scanned plant, in order to calculate its biometrics (canopy thickness, height, volume), vigor parameter (LAI) and field parameters (LWA, TRV). Finally, a mathematical model estimates the correct pesticide doses to be distributed.
- Latitudo40 — Empower sustainable growth with AI-driven satellite insights from Latitudo 40. Unlock precise, real-time data for smarter urban planning, climate risk management, and industry innovation. Enhance resilience and lead with confidence.
Iccrea Banca develops and provides financial products and services on behalf of the Italian co-operative banks. With a wide and personalized offer system, products, services, and business strategies, it develops the BCC market to support local customers. The company directs and coordinates the group companies and centralizes services relating tothe main governance and control functions. It oversees and manages banking, financial, and service activities vis-à-vis the mutual banks. It offers services on finance, institutional credit, securities administration, payment systems, and e-money.
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- Industry: FinTech, Payments, Mobile Payments
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Lead/follow: 90% lead, 10% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ventis — Acquista online abbigliamento per uomo, donna e bambino, arredamento, beauty e gourmet su Ventis. Approfitta delle offerte con la garanzia di pagamenti comodi e sicuri.
- Satispay — Satispay: l'app per i pagamenti di tutti i giorni. Scopri i servizi per pagare e risparmiare, gli strumenti per il Business e i prodotti Welfare per aziende.
Apside empowers the Italian innovation ecosystem bringing together expertise, experience and market insights. Apside operates as a joint venture between Intesa Sanpaolo and Zest.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $1M–$3.3M; Series A $900k–$5.7M; Venture - Series Unknown $869k–$1.2M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
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- Datasinc — Datasinc provides asset origination, simplification, maintenance, recovery, and enhancement support to a variety of subjects. Real estate developers, financial institutions, credit unions, ESG investment funds, government agencies, regulators, and insurance companies are among them. They are primarily concerned with the development of proprietarydata mining and machine learning algorithms.
- LianeCare — LianeCare is a caregiving technology platform that connects companies and employees to find professional caregiving services and jobs.
- BandoSubito — Trova fondi e bandi per la tua azienda in pochi click, grazie all'intelligenza artificiale di BandoSubito.
Azimut Digitech Fund Was created as part of a partnership with the Gellify Group.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Computer
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Italy, San Marino, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 20
- Round size: Seed $2M–$16M; Series A $6M–$35M; Series B $18M–$24M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BKN301 — Scopri tutti i servizi dedicati a privati, aziende ed esercenti. Accedi all'area riservata.
- Subbyx — Subbyx provides long-term subscriptions for technology products and small home appliances.
- DRONUS — Dronus provides inspection, safety, and smart city capabilities from an innovative, minimally invasive base that guarantees the drone's flight stability and safety during take-off and landing, even in difficult climatic conditions.
Galaxia is the national aerospace technology transfer Hub offers investment services. It is launched by CDP Venture Capital’s Technology Transfer Fund together with Obloo Ventures.
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- Industry: Aerospace, Energy, Software
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Italy, Germany, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$3.8M
- Lead/follow: 63% lead, 37% follow
Portfolio highlights
- OhmSpace — OhmSpace provides the satellite market with reliable resistojets.
- ORiS — ORiS (Orbital Recharge in Space) develops laser-based wireless power transmission to extend the autonomy of satellites, drones, and lunar habitats.
- AdapTronics — AdapTronics is a deep-tech startup that produces adaptive mechatronic devices to make logistics sustainable on Earth and in space. Its adaptive mechatronics technology offers an alternative based on a multifunctional electrostatic membrane that allows the gripping and manipulation of objects of any shape. In addition, it offers a thin-filmtechnology with sensor capabilities that becomes adhesive when electrically activated.
dPixel is a venture capital advisor and management consulting firm that finances early stage internet companies.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy, United States, Brazil
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Round size: Seed $305k–$1.1M; Pre-Seed $100k–$407k
- Lead/follow: 47% lead, 53% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $11M in 2010
Portfolio highlights
- Vestinda — Vestinda is the platform that provides investments in digital assets. Their features are portfolio tracking, crypto portfolio tracking, strategy libraries,crypto investment strategies,strategy builders, trading strategies built with no code, backtesting backtested crypto trading strategies,demo trading,crypto paper trading, and risk-free livetrading.
- LIA — Lia gestisce fatture, solleciti e piani di rientro in autonomia: tu mantieni la visione sul cashflow, sui clienti e sulle decisioni che contano.
- Lendit — Lia gestisce fatture, solleciti e piani di rientro in autonomia: tu mantieni la visione sul cashflow, sui clienti e sulle decisioni che contano.
Cross Border Growth Capital (CBGC) advises outstanding entrepreneurs leading high-potential startups in obtaining funding without ceasing to focus on adding value to their company and helps Corporates and investors to design and implement investment strategies according to the main disruptive trends in their sectors. CBGC operates on a widespectrum of transactions, from early stage capital increases to M&A and private equity operations involving startups and scaleups. With a 90% success rate, CBGC structures and executes transactions ensuring interests between investors and startups are aligned and featuring a strategic and financial fit, resulting in a smoother investment process and optimal structures and conditions. CBGC was founded by Cross Border, M&A boutique with 350+ completed transactions in the last 30 years and Fabio Mondini de Focatiis, serial Business Angel and Venture Partner at Idinvest Partners.
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- Industry: FinTech, Software, Web Apps
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $887k–$4.2M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Cosmico — We are the platform connecting digital talents with the most ambitious companies, using remote work.We have over 8,000 members and our talents have accelerated dozens of projects alongside big names like Accenture Song, Tangity, Frog, Fjord, Sketchin, EY but also aggressive start-ups like Scalapay, Gimme5, Flowe, Unguess.If you are a digitalprofessional: we offer you a community in which to grow your talent through experiences, networks and cosmic projects.If you are a company: we offer you access to a community of designers, developers and marketers from which to select the talents to accelerate your digital transformation projects. Whether you are a manager or a digital professional, Cosmico is here to help you find your space
- Karrycar — Il primo portale in Italia per il trasporto autoveicoli per privati e aziende con consegna a domicilio a prezzi competitivi. Ritiro e consegna max 10 giorni!
- TimeFlow — TimeFlow is a cloud-native ecosystem for workforce and vendor intelligence, enabling mid-sized and enterprise organizations to adopt a data-driven sourcing strategy. Through AI-powered matchmaking, automated qualification workflows, and centralized supplier and skill governance, TimeFlow helps companies optimize their sourcing operations, reducetime-to-hire by up to 70%, and ensure regulatory compliance (DORA, NIS2, ESG).The platform serves both buyers and providers of professional services—offering buyers full control over internal and external competencies, and enabling suppliers to showcase certified capabilities, respond to RFPs, and manage their workforce through a single interface. TimeFlow is active across verticals including IT & Digital, BFSI, and Healthcare, and aims to set the global standard for skill-based sourcing by 2030.
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Browse database — It's Free!TIM Ventures prefers to invest in the internet, digital life, mobile evolution, e-learning, and green technology sectors. The company provides startups with consulting services and support. It selects companies that exploit disruptive technologies, with particular attention to enterprise applications, digital life, and telecommunications.
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- Industry: Internet, Software, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy, United States, Malaysia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 20
- Round size: Seed $115k–$768k; Pre-Seed $47k–$114k; Series A $1.5M–$8M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Webidoo — Scopri il Webidoo AI Operating System per il Business, il layer operativo che potenzia le imprese e guida l'innovazione tecnologica nel B2B.
- Satispay — Satispay: l'app per i pagamenti di tutti i giorni. Scopri i servizi per pagare e risparmiare, gli strumenti per il Business e i prodotti Welfare per aziende.
- SonoBee Ultrasound — As Malaysia's most trusted ultrasound and health screening centre, we combine expert radiologists with advanced imaging for precise results. Experience care you can rely on. Book your appointment.
SIMEST is a financial firm focused on the development and promotion of Italian enterprises abroad. Simest acquires up to 49% of the equity capital of foreign firms in countries outside the European Union, whether wholly-owned by Italian companies or set up as joint ventures with local partners. It also provides start-up and growth capital financingas well as participating in buyouts.Geographically it invests in non-EU countries, focusing on BRIC, Americas and Middle-East. Simest also provides Italian companies seeking to internationalize their businesses with technical assistance and advisory services.Simest is a member of the European Development Finance Institutions (EDFI) and the Italian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (AIFI).
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- Industry: Manufacturing, FinTech, Aerospace
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Italy, San Marino, Saudi Arabia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 20
- Round size: Series A $4.1M–$17M; Series B $12M–$24M; Venture - Series Unknown $4.7M–$6.5M
- Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow
Portfolio highlights
- DRONUS — Dronus provides inspection, safety, and smart city capabilities from an innovative, minimally invasive base that guarantees the drone's flight stability and safety during take-off and landing, even in difficult climatic conditions.
- Wearable Robotics — Wearable Robotics produces and develops wearable robotic systems and exoskeletons for rehabilitation, assistance and human-power augmentation.
- EIS Wire and Cable — EIS Wire & Cable provides extraordinary customer service, short lead times, competitive pricing and the ability to meet your custom or private label requirement
NovaCapital invests in the union between entrepreneurs and innovation. It offers international and managerial experience, to transform innovative start-ups and already established companies into structured companies, with managerial skills and an international network.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Health Care, Manufacturing
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy, United States, Austria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 22
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$40M; Pre-Seed $124k–$1.7M; Series A $5.6M–$22M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ISAAC — ISAAC is an innovative tech company at the forefront of enhancing structural resilience through advanced active mass damper systems. Specializing in seismic and wind protection, ISAAC's solutions dynamically improve the stability of existing buildings and infrastructure. Utilizing non-invasive retrofitting techniques, our active mass dampersenhance the safety and comfort of structures under dynamic loads without altering their original aesthetics. This approach not only safeguards buildings during natural events but also contributes to greener construction practices by avoiding extensive reconstruction, aligning with sustainable development goals in urban environments.
- BeNewtral — Il futuro delle costruzioni rispetta l'ambiente
- BeDimensional — New Material Solution
Proximity Capital - The Italian venture capital operator. We invest in B2B software products in pre-seed and seed stage...
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Financial Services, FinTech
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Round size: Seed $593k–$6.2M; Pre-Seed $3M–$37M; Series A $1.3M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Jet HR — Jet HR makes managing people incredibly simple: payroll, benefits, devices, compliance and much more. We re-thought the HR function, removing anything that is cumbersome and simplifying any action on employees. We are funded by the best Italian VCs (Exor Ventures, Italian Founders Fund and 6 more) and by the best Italian founders (founders ofCasavo, Satispay, Scalapay, Bending Spoons, Musixmatch, Talent Garden, Oyster HR, etc).
- qomodo — Qomodo: La piattaforma BNPL innovativa. Rate a tasso zero, approvazioni veloci, transazioni sicure. Rivoluzionaria nell'acquisto per aziende e consumatori.
- Insoore — Insoore is a platform that helps insurance companies to improve the claims management process, thanks to on-demand photographic inspections and damage estimates provided by a community of experts.
Backing ambitious founders since the earliest stage
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$8.2M; Pre-Seed $750k–$3.1M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Bricks.sh — The fastest way to build and manage your Supabase database. One-click admin panel with powerful features for teams.
- TaDa — TaDa is an energy efficiency company that provides disaggregate energy consumption analytics for users to manage energy usage.
- CommerceClarity — AI-native platform powering the next generation of e-commerce through intelligent agents.
Scientifica Venture Capital offers private equity and venture capital investment services for Italy based startups and firms.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy, Sweden, Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Seed $209k–$2.9M; Pre-Seed $209k–$541k
- Lead/follow: 75% lead, 25% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Relicta — Relicta solution is a water-soluble bioplastic material obtained from fish processing waste and suitable for packaging solutions.
- OhmSpace — OhmSpace provides the satellite market with reliable resistojets.
- LOTO Biotech — LOTO Biotech is a biotechnology platform focused on supporting the development of treatments for rare diseases, particularly those caused by dominant negative genetic mutations.
Embed Capital directly invests in startups, established or in the process of creation.Embed is mainly focused on innovative companies that:- Are active in the so-called “real economy” sectors: industrials, technology, environment, services, retail or social;- Are characterized by simple and intuitive business models and valuepropositions, and operate in markets or market segments featuring high growth potential;- Present a clear competitive advantage and high barriers-to-entry;- Are cash-generative in the medium term.Given that Embed Capital is not a closed-end fund, it doesn’t have specific time-constrains and it can assess on a project-by-project basis to determine the best time to sell a participation, and sign customized agreements with the entrepreneurs.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Mobile, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Round size: Seed $132k–$2.1M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Piantando — Piantando sells plants connected to initiatives for the preservation of the planet engaged in the following areas: land, water, climate, biodiversity and local communities. Each plant is equivalent to a transparent and unique contribution, destined to an initiative certified by our Value Chain. Everyone become ambassadors of a new way of livinggreen and understanding their commitment to the planet.
- FrescoFrigo - Healthy food close to you — FrescoFRIGO is a smart fridge with fresh and quality products designed for the needs of worker. Improve everyday lifestyle, through automated proximity selling of good, fresh and healthy product, innovating technology and user experience.
- The Nemesis — The Nemesis is the playground for play-to-earn games and adventures in virtual worlds. Accessible on both mobile and desktop.
We are an early-stage fund built to help the next generation of European heroes defy the odds and build century-defining businesses.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, Italy, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 29
- Round size: Seed $2.5M–$13M; Pre-Seed $1.9M–$5.1M; Series A $9M–$150M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Alpa — Alpa is a financial platform designed for hospitality businesses like restaurants and franchises. Alpa provides real-time financial insights for hospitality operators by integrating POS sales data, bank transactions, and supplier invoices into live profit and loss statements, cash flow tracking, and AI-driven recommendations.
- Orbio — Orbio is an AI native system firm that aids companies to create dynamic talent, eliminate repetitive work and deliver business impact.
- Seltz — Web Search Engine
Hatcher+ is a data-driven venture capital firm that uses AI and machine learning-based technologies to identify early-stage opportunities in partnership with leading accelerators and investors, worldwide.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: United States, Italy, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 179
- Round size: Seed $50k–$1M; Pre-Seed $75k–$1.2M
- Lead/follow: 59% lead, 41% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Inaam — impact investing made simple. pick your values, build a real portfolio, track where your money goes. $10/month. ASIC-regulated. built for 18-30s.
- PayToMe.co — PayToMe.co offers innovative and secure payment solutions including text-to-pay, digital invoicing, and digital checkbook services.
- Kybele's Garden — Kybele's Garden focus on algae-based bioponics and algae fermentation methods. Their differentiation strategy boosts harvest yield, source efficiency, and functional content, while improving sensory attributes and shelf life. These technologies can be used in agrifood and skin care, and integrated into existing producers' systems.
B Heroes is a VC firm investing in Italian Founders around the globe at the pre-seed and seed stages with a sector-agnostic approach. We leverage a community of 30+ successful founders and platform initiatives to source, screen and support founders
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Geography: Italy, Spain, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Round size: Seed $263k–$3.3M; Pre-Seed $384k–$5.1M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Cato AI — Cato AI is a Milan-based B2B SaaS startup that uses AI to automate public tender management.
- 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.
- Qura — Qura platform is designed as a GDPR-compliant, EU-native system that complies with medical standards and is integrated with regional laboratory networks.
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