Top 50 Sports Startup Investors in Italy (August 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Boost Heroes
VC Fund
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4 | Italy, United States, Hong Kong | Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Software, Internet | $219k–$7.7M |
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CDP Venture Capital
VC Fund
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3 | Italy, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $483k–$23M |
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Bios Line Holding
VC Fund
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3 | Italy | Seed, Series A | Sports, Leisure, E-Commerce | $545k–$2.7M |
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Lazio Innova
VC Fund
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3 | Italy, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Grant | Health Care, Software, Biotechnology | $22k–$1.9M |
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Club degli Investitori
VC Fund
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3 | Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Health Care, E-Commerce | $197k–$30M |
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Moffu Labs
VC Fund
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2 | Italy, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | E-Commerce, Human Resources, Information Technology | $206k–$2.3M |
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Primo Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Italy, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Aerospace | $362k–$28M |
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Italian Angels for Growth
VC Fund
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2 | Italy, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Angel, Series A | Software, E-Commerce, Health Care | $219k–$14M |
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Growth Engine
VC Fund
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2 | Italy, Mexico, Portugal | Seed, Secondary Market, Pre-Seed | E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology | $300k–$4.2M |
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Embed Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | Information Technology, Mobile, Health Care | $132k–$2.1M |
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United Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Italy, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed | Software, Information Technology, FinTech | $406k–$15M |
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IH1
VC Fund
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2 | Italy, Canada | Pre-Seed, Seed, Convertible Note | Health Care, Fitness, Wellness | $85k–$628k |
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Opes Italia
VC Fund
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2 | Italy, Spain | Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Seed | E-Commerce, Leisure, Medical | $440k–$7.5M |
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Archangel AdVenture
VC Fund
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2 | Italy | Pre-Seed | FinTech, Finance, Fitness | $163k–$238k |
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Giovanni Gardelli
Angel
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2 | United States, Italy, United Kingdom | Seed, Angel | E-Commerce, Fashion, Software | $66k–$2.4M |
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PranaVentures
VC Fund
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1 | Italy, India | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | SaaS, Tourism, Internet | $1.8k–$16M |
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Doorway Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Italy, France | Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | E-Commerce, Retail, Marketplace | $647k–$7.1M |
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Club Italia Investimenti 2
VC Fund
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1 | Italy, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | E-Commerce, Software, Mobile | $55k–$576k |
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Cairo Communication
VC Fund
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1 | Italy | Series A | Fitness, Training, Wellness | |
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Scuola Italiana di Ospitalità
VC Fund
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1 | Italy | Seed | Sports, Travel, Outdoors | |
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Fabio Mondini de Focatiis
Angel
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1 | Italy, France, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding | E-Commerce, Retail, Information Technology | $329k–$3.3M |
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Fernando Diana
Angel
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1 | Italy | Seed, Series A | News, Local, Fitness | $219k–$265k |
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Pitchdrive
VC Fund
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1 | Belgium, United Kingdom, United States | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $110k–$4.8M |
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Invitalia
VC Fund
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1 | Italy, Sweden, Luxembourg | Grant, Debt Financing, Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $20k–$2.1M |
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Wylab
VC Fund
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1 | Italy | Venture - Series Unknown | Sports, Fantasy Sports, Machine Learning | |
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Andrea Rota
Angel
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1 | Italy, United States, Israel | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | SaaS, Software, Real Estate | $265k–$7.7M |
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Exor Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Italy, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Health Care, FinTech | $320k–$50M |
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Incos Invest
VC Fund
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1 | Italy, Sweden | Seed, Convertible Note | Travel, Boating, Medical | |
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Creative Thinking Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Italy | Seed, Pre-Seed | E-Commerce, SaaS, Tourism | $27k–$166k |
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Claudio Rossi
Angel
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1 | Italy | Seed, Equity Crowdfunding | Farming, Internet, Agriculture | $265k–$276k |
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Maurizio Donadelli
Angel
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1 | Italy, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | Analytics, Retail, Travel | $110k–$283k |
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Ligurcapital SpA
VC Fund
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1 | Italy | Seed, Debt Financing | Fashion, Internet, E-Commerce | $274k–$1.4M |
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dPixel
VC Fund
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1 | Italy, United States, Brazil | Seed, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, FinTech, Software | $100k–$1.1M |
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Limestone Capital AG
VC Fund
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1 | Italy, Germany, Switzerland | Private Equity, Pre-Seed, Series A | Travel, Real Estate, Fitness | |
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Azimuth Capital Management
VC Fund
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1 | Canada, United States, Italy | Private Equity, Seed, Series A | Energy, Oil and Gas, Renewable Energy | |
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Azimut Digitech Fund
VC Fund
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1 | Italy, San Marino, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Computer | $2M–$35M |
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Intesa Sanpaolo
VC Fund
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1 | Italy, United Kingdom, United States | Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Convertible Note | Energy, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy | $263k–$2.5B |
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Mario Mariani
Angel
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1 | Italy | Seed, Angel | Apps, SaaS, Mobile | |
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Vertis
VC Fund
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1 | Italy, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Software, Health Care, Biotechnology | $823k–$11M |
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Uday Kumar Bangalore Shivaraman
Angel
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1 | United Kingdom, India, United States | Seed, Series B, Equity Crowdfunding | FinTech, Financial Services, Software | $163k–$28M |
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Sport Horizon Holding S.p.a.
VC Fund
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1 | Italy, Germany, Portugal | Seed, Convertible Note | Software, Sports, Communities | $522k–$2.3M |
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Rancilio Cube
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Italy, Germany | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services | |
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Atlante Seeds
VC Fund
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1 | Italy, United States | Seed, Series A | Manufacturing, Sports, Hardware | |
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Vela Imprese
VC Fund
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1 | Italy | Gift, Retail, Sports | ||
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RCS MediaGroup
VC Fund
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1 | Italy | Seed, Series A | Beauty, Retail, Fitness | |
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UniCredit
VC Fund
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1 | Italy, Germany, Spain | Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Pre-Seed | Renewable Energy, Energy, Manufacturing | $197k–$2.1B |
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SeedBlink
VC Fund
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1 | Romania, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $137k–$35M |
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Net4Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Italy | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | EdTech, Fitness, Software | $693k–$1.4M |
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U-Start
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Germany, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed, Series B | E-Commerce, Travel, Fashion | $406k–$21M |
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The Net Value
VC Fund
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1 | Italy | Seed | Apps, SaaS, Mobile | |
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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!
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.
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- Industry: Sports, Leisure, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $545k–$1.3M; Series A $2.3M–$2.7M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MgShell — MgShell offers intraocular devices for the treatment of age-related macular degeneration and other ocular diseases. Their technology is the only technical solution capable of replicating current clinical practice with a single injection and releasing the same therapeutic drug doses at predetermined periods, autonomously and without surgicalprocedures.
- Freedome — Freedome is the leading marketplace for outdoor activities in Italy
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
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.
MoffuLabs is a seeding and acceleration investment fund focused on technology startups.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Human Resources, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Italy, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Round size: Seed $206k–$2.3M; Pre-Seed $556k–$1.2M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Wayla — Wayla offre viaggi serali sicuri e sostenibili a Milano con il primo servizio di van pooling. Prenota tramite app e viaggia a bordo dei nostri van con autisti certificati a tariffe vantaggiose
- Stepsconnect — Trova candidati delle Nuove Generazioni. Offriamo tools di AI per trovare rapidamente i migliori candidati sui Social Network e nei nuovi canali.
- Elemento Cloud — Elemento is a vendor-neutral, cost-saving, green, high-performance, self-hostable cloud platform with infrastructure-as-code readiness.
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.
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
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.
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.
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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.
IH1 is company that invest in the startups created by Mamazen Startup Studio
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- Industry: Health Care, Fitness, Wellness
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: Italy, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $85k–$628k; Pre-Seed $109k–$219k; Convertible Note $158k–$618k
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Deeva — deeva is an online platform for booking home hairdressers.
- Pelomatto — Pelo Matto offers dog grooming services that are both comfortable and soothing for dogs.
- Balanced — Un nutrizionista online dedicato che legge il tuo diario e ti risponde ogni giorno. Piano personalizzato, supporto costante su WhatsApp. Primo colloquio gratuito.
Opes Italia Sicaf Euveca is an impact investing Venture Capital fund. Our aim is to invest in companies based in Italy, or with prevalent activity in the country, and that propose solutions that generate a strong social impact and create positive externalities for the community and the territory.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Leisure, Medical
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Seed
- Geography: Italy, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Seed $440k–$536k; Series A $2.3M–$7.5M; Venture - Series Unknown $2.2M–$4.9M
- Lead/follow: 77% lead, 23% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Baluwo — Toda la ayuda para tu familia en una sola App
- Freedome — Freedome is the leading marketplace for outdoor activities in Italy
- GenomeUp — Rome-based healthtech startup that offers an ecosystem of AI-powered solutions for genetic analysis and clinical decision support for diseases. GenomeUp's mission is to be a global reference platform to support clinical decision-making for hospitals, laboratories, research centers, and pharmaceuticals to accelerate diagnosis times, improvepatient care and provide knowledge for health prevention, all in less than 24h. Based on these assumptions, the founders decided to evolve the startup and transform it into a Italian Benefit Corporation following the purpose of common benefit by acting responsibly, sustainably and transparently towards stakeholders, people, communities, the territory and the environment.
L'investitore italiano che ti aiuta ad avviare la tua startup supportando progetti disruptive ad alto valore tecnologico.
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- Industry: FinTech, Finance, Fitness
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Pre-Seed $163k–$238k
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kilogram — Kilogram is the creator of a weight loss software that uses food photos to estimate calorie consumption.
- H-Cube — H-Cube develops smart clothes technology to manufacture sportswear. Its technology is embedded into an industrial production line of sportswear suitable both for training and post-training monitoring to analyze the recovery process related to that specific training session.
- IllumyFi — IllumyFi provides tools for investors and companies to help people on their journey to financial freedom: monitor and manage your investments all in one place, find information based on your interests, learn how to invest. IllumyFi: light your way to financial freedom
Giovanni Gardelli is the Senior Director at Verizon Media.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Fashion, Software
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, Italy, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Round size: Seed $638k–$2.4M; Angel $66k–$878k
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- HiNelson — HiNelson an Italian-based online store for nautical accessories. HiNelson is the first nautical online store about high-level boating components. They select the best and successful brands in the nautical worldwide market, such as Veleria San Giorgio to guarantee maritime safety with their life jackets, moving through Polyform’s boat fenders foryacht protection, or the best anchoring and docking system by Lofrans’, Max Power and Quick and finishing with the most famous Plastimo’s compasses or and Bartomarine sail’s accessories.
- Promoted.ai — Sort search and promote the best listing at the top to increase revenue. Designed for top engineering teams at scaled online marketplace e-commerce companies.
- Growth Kitchen — Growth Kitchen provides a network of delivery-optimized kitchens coupled with food delivery solutions and support.
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.
Doorway Capital is an independent provider of risk capital to law firms. It offers facilities of between £50,000 and £20 million to firms authorized by the SRA to practice law in England and Wales. These facilities can be used to fund disbursements, acquisitions, lock-up, tax liabilities, or anything else. It also purchases paid disbursements fromlaw firms for up to 80% of their face value. These means capital earning little or no return can be redeployed into more profitable activities of the firm or returned to its partners.Doorway Capital was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in London, England.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Retail, Marketplace
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Italy, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $2M–$2.9M; Series A $1.6M–$6.6M; Venture - Series Unknown $647k–$7.1M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ACBC — The Sneakers produced by ACBC are ecological, created with the best eco-friendly materials. ACBC is a company particularly mindful of environmental health, and its products are a mix of green technology and ecological materials to promote circularity.
- Deliveristo — B2B Foodtech marketplace and delivery platform which allows chefs and restaurant owners to digitally organize their orders directly from farmers and distributors
- 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!
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!
Cairo Communication is a company that carries activities in the communication sector as a publisher - television & books & a concessionaire.
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- Industry: Fitness, Training, Wellness
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- 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.
La prima hotel-school italiana, fondata da CDP e TH Resorts: corso di laurea con Ca' Foscari, specializzazioni in hospitality e ricerca sul turismo.
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- Industry: Sports, Travel, Outdoors
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Mapo Tapo — Mapo Tapo organises climbing trips in off-the-beaten-track destinations. Discover new crags, meet other climbers, and leave an impact on the local community.
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Browse database — It's Free!Venture Partner, Eurazeo InvestmentInternational Venture Capitalist, Business Angel and SVP with >20 years experience in >20 countries, with a successful track as VC, BA and Entrepreneur in a truly global environment. Fabio is a Venture Partner in Eurazeo Investment, following their acquisition of IDINVEST Partners, a leading Europeanprivate equity firm with >9B€ AUM, focusing on Venture Capital investments in Italy across sectors and in the Smart City sector (Energy, Cleantech, Eco-mobility) worldwide. Fabio is the Founder and CEO of growth Capital, the leading Italian investment banking focusing on advising innovative, fast-growing companies on fund raising and M&A. Fabio is also an active Business Angel, with a personal portfolio of more than 30 startups. a Member of the Investment Committee of Lazio Innova. Previously Fabio has been a Senior Advisor in the European Investment Fund (EIF), leading the joint efforts of EIF and Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) to establish TT Investment Funds in Italy to develop its ecosystem for Innovation. Before entering the Private Equity sector, Fabio has lead Soitec Solar Division sale after it has increased its revenues from ~2M€ to >40M€ and achieved the world record of PV Module Efficiency and Solar Cell Efficiency. He had earlier founded and lead RenEn Renewable Energy to a leading renewable energy consulting firm. Earlier Fabio has been in McKinsey, ENEL and Russell Reynolds. In ENEL, Fabio has been Head of Integration, Head of International Management, Head of HR and Organisation and member of the Board of various international companies. Fabio received his M.S. degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from M.I.T. and his M.B.A. from INSEAD. He is fluent in English, Italian, French and Spanish.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Retail, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
- Geography: Italy, France, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Round size: Seed $329k–$2.2M; Equity Crowdfunding $1.4M–$3.3M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- HiNelson — HiNelson an Italian-based online store for nautical accessories. HiNelson is the first nautical online store about high-level boating components. They select the best and successful brands in the nautical worldwide market, such as Veleria San Giorgio to guarantee maritime safety with their life jackets, moving through Polyform’s boat fenders foryacht protection, or the best anchoring and docking system by Lofrans’, Max Power and Quick and finishing with the most famous Plastimo’s compasses or and Bartomarine sail’s accessories.
- Yobs — Record your interviews, accelerate candidate review, coach recruiters and build a fair and rigorous hiring process.
- 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!
Fernando Diana - Manager - Acquisitions & Sales Management @ CityNews
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- Industry: News, Local, Fitness
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $219k–$265k
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- CityNews — Citynews is an italian based network of local newspaper sites. Actually active in 9 cities Citynews planning to open in the 30 principal italian cities. Actually 1,4 million visits each months.
- Fitprime — Il Partner unico per il Wellbeing Aziendale
Pitchdrive is a pre-seed investor run by experienced tech entrepreneurs backing founders during their crazy startup ride. Buckle up.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Belgium, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 92
- Round size: Seed $1M–$4.8M; Pre-Seed $110k–$2.5M
- Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% follow
Portfolio highlights
- OTIV — OTIV offers autonomous technology to make your railway operations in complex environment safer and more efficient.
- Donna — Meet Donna, the AI assistant built for field sales teams. Save time, cut admin, and close more deals with less effort.
- Driven — Driven is the easiest platform to design smart incentives, align targets, and boost overall sales performance.
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!
Wylab is the first Sports Tech Incubator in Italy offering early stage startups a support program that will help them develop great products and services, as well as a thriving work space for young professionals and small businesses. They created a space where Startups can interact among them and with clubs, federations, agents, sports associationsof various kinds. Wylab is a place where it is possible to communicate with Universities, Industries and the Financial world. As a 100% private incubator, Wylab is able to manage a light and performing environment that allows Startups to grow up and expand their businesses quickly.
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- Industry: Sports, Fantasy Sports, Machine Learning
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Wall Street Football — WallStreetFootball Odds. Delivering real-time football odds, and customizable feeds for betting operators worldwide. Fast. Accurate. Scalable.
Andrea Rota is a Managing Director at Investors Club. He attended IMD (International Institute for Management Development).
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- Industry: SaaS, Software, Real Estate
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $265k–$1.8M; Pre-Seed $800k–$910k; Series A $3M–$7.7M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Lawyerd — Lawyerd! is fully automatically found infringements, finding responsible for hosting bodies, formulating complaints, adding evidence of the violation, and sending completed complaints in 3 seconds. Also, our clients can store their products on our platform and put the information into the blockchain when products are created
- Fitprime — Il Partner unico per il Wellbeing Aziendale
- 30SecondsToFly - Claire — We provide A.I. driven workflow automation for travel management companies to lower their cost and provide a "super" user experience to their travelers.In Autopilot mode Claire completes the travel agent's most repetitive tasks and in Copilot mode she shares learnt traveler patterns with the agent. As a result, Claire saves travelagents on avg. 50% of their time. Our in-house NLP has a response time of less than a second and an accuracy of 96%. Our in-house recommender systems are at 85% first tier accuracy. While travelers enjoy an unprecedented level of self-service experience, travel agents are free to focus on their revenue generating, high touch customer interactions. A win-win-win for traveler, agent and TMC.30SecondsToFly was awarded the General Catalyst Award for Travel Innovation $100k, recognised as the most innovate and disruptive emerging company in travel in 2019. Watch our winning pitch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=156&v=DYEzUF0kx78&feature=emb_logo
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, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Italy, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 127
- Round size: Seed $1.8M–$18M; Pre-Seed $320k–$3.2M; Series A $7M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- N5 Now — N5 has developed the way out of your complex legacy systems and into the fintech digital world, without having to change your core technology. Contact Us!
- 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.
Incos Invest is a venture capital firm specializing in start-up and early-stage investments. The firm seeks to make investments in companies operating in the industries of cosmetics, perfumes, travel and tourism, real estate, e-commerce, IT, and software development. The company is headquartered in Skane Lan, Sweden.
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- Industry: Travel, Boating, Medical
- Stage:Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: Italy, Sweden
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Antlos — Antlos is a peer-to-peer online marketplace that offers all-inclusive experience-driven boat holidays, published and managed directly by local Skippers, who are the captains and owners of the boat. Based on the principles of a Sharing Economy, Antlos makes yachting simple, affordable and accessible to everyone.Every Skipper may publish severallistings and be contacted by registered users willing to book a holiday. Guests can choose from different destinations and experiences offered and safely pay online via credit card, Paypal and Bank Wire. The Skippers can start earning from the rental of their boat without having to pay any agency fees and clients can book their holidays easily and safely thanks to Antlos' flexible cancellation policies and clear terms and conditions.Antlos was born in Venice and grown in H-FARM Campus. The team is composed of young professionals, passionate and expert on travel and the maritime industry, coming from different work experiences. Recently Antlos has been merged with the Swiss company which runs Sailogy.com.
- Joint Academy — Joint Academy connects patients with licensed physical therapists to deliver online treatments for chronic joint and back pain. Our treatments are clinically proven and give patients access to a personal, licensed physical therapist, an individualized exercise plan, interactive education about the condition, and progress tracking — all through auser-friendly app. Peer-reviewed studies show that Joint Academy patients reduce their pain, change their minds about surgery, and quit painkillers. Joint Academy is now available to patients in Sweden, the US, the UK, France, and Germany.
Creative Thinking Ventures is a micro-venture capital fund for very early-stage ventures, focusing on start-ups and innovative SMEs.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, SaaS, Tourism
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Seed $27k–$165k; Pre-Seed $51k–$166k
- Lead/follow: 77% lead, 23% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Worldz — Thanks to its algorithm, Worldz calculates the economic value of a user’s social popularity (qualitatively and quantitatively). In proportion to this value, it provides a personalized discount, which can be applied in exchange for a social sharing by the user on their Instagram or Facebook profile. This share refers to the brand or productpurchased and the content of the post can be pre-configured by the brand. A user’s social post increases the Brand Awareness and can generate new traffic to the store. This kind of sharing is perceived by the social community as a friend’s advice and not as a promotional activity.
- Gardenstuff — GardenStuff manifactures technological and design articles for plants anf flower integration: Gardening, plant pots, tools, bulbs, flowerpots, planters, plants, fertilizers
- The Social Lender — The Social Lender is a peer-to-peer lending business platform that allows applicants to obtain funding from private and institutional investors, in order to support growth and development of their business and their projects, and where lenders can invest in security actively intervening in the Royal Economy.
Claudio Rossi - Advisor @ GoSherpy
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- Industry: Farming, Internet, Agriculture
- Stage:Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $265k–$276k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Elaisian — Elaisian is a precision farming service that focuses on the preservation of olive trees. By a system of algorithms based on a database of agronomic studies, the company is able to prevent diseases and to optimize cultivation processes such as irrigation and fertilization. The goal is to improve olive tree's life and the producer's work.
- Fitprime — Il Partner unico per il Wellbeing Aziendale
- FRUITSAPP — First bidirectional marketplace in the world, adapted to Fresh Produce Industry. Thanks to IA, we connect companies of Fruit&Veg sector.
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Browse database — It's Free!Maurizio Donadelli
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- Industry: Analytics, Retail, Travel
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Italy, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $110k–$283k
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Antlos — Antlos is a peer-to-peer online marketplace that offers all-inclusive experience-driven boat holidays, published and managed directly by local Skippers, who are the captains and owners of the boat. Based on the principles of a Sharing Economy, Antlos makes yachting simple, affordable and accessible to everyone.Every Skipper may publish severallistings and be contacted by registered users willing to book a holiday. Guests can choose from different destinations and experiences offered and safely pay online via credit card, Paypal and Bank Wire. The Skippers can start earning from the rental of their boat without having to pay any agency fees and clients can book their holidays easily and safely thanks to Antlos' flexible cancellation policies and clear terms and conditions.Antlos was born in Venice and grown in H-FARM Campus. The team is composed of young professionals, passionate and expert on travel and the maritime industry, coming from different work experiences. Recently Antlos has been merged with the Swiss company which runs Sailogy.com.
- Pathflow — Pathflow is real life Analytics. Through a camera based system we study how customers move and behave inside a location, we match this analysis with marketing and sales data and we generate dashboards with objective data and analysis.We are focusing on the retail market to provide businesses with a tool that will allow them to really knowtheir customers and their shopping habits.
- Competitoor — Competitoor is the service for price intelligence. We track the price of your competitors and help you defining your price strategy.
Ligurcapital is a public and private joint venture that offers equity financing to companies in Liguria, Italy.
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- Industry: Fashion, Internet, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Debt Financing
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $274k–$1.4M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Wikicasa — Scegli tra migliaia di annunci di case in vendita completi, aggiornati e affidabili. Per trovare velocemente la tua futura casa con Wikicasa!
- React4life — React4life is an Italian biotech company founded in 2016 after more than 15 years of R&D by Silvia Scaglione and Maurizio Aiello, together with a multidisciplinary team of experts, with the ambition to turn the promise of biomedical research into concrete benefits for society. Scientists can finally rely on a new enabling technology torecapitulate human biology in the lab: MIVO® (Multi In Vitro Organ), the next generation of organ-on-a-chip. This cutting-edge microphysiological system enables researchers to overcome the limits of current in vitro assays and animal models. It improves the reliability and predictivity of several applications: pharmaceutical drug-testing, personalized medicine, novel immuno-oncology therapies, cosmetics, dermatology, and nutraceutical. Learn more at www.react4life.com
- greenchic — A pioneer of the circular economy, greenchic is the number 1 fashion-logistics startup in Southern Europe. Send us what you wish to swap, and immediately start buying with our reward points system. Thanks to this effortless service model, greenchic offers the fastest DTC way to regain value from no longer used clothing. Through greenchic, memberscan exchange items and revamp their style in an affordable, convenient and sustainable way. With 99% of the products sold, reused, upcycled, or donated to charities within 6 months, greenchic is set to become a European leader in circular fashion. With its growing user base, the highest customer retention rate in fashion recommerce, a 4.5-star TrustPilot rating, the platform offers to its highly engaged community a collection of more than 240.000 items. Thanks to a semi-automated logistic warehouse, an event-driven serverless digital platform, and its own digital token, the startup is experiencing a 2X growth pattern and is supported by some of the best investors from the Italian fashion & social impact scene.greenchic is now operating in Italy and France.Find out more by visiting greenchic.com and following @greenchic on socials.
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.
Limestone Capital is the creator and manager of unique hotels rooted in its unique location and authentic architecture. A partnership between serial entrepreneurs and hospitality experts, Limestone Capital's core expertise is an ability to collaborate with original talent within the world of design, service, and food & beverage, and bringthem together in the creation of compelling new experiences that engage the communities around them. Limestone Capital's focus is the most dynamic cities in the world that allow for new immersive travel experiences.
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- Industry: Travel, Real Estate, Fitness
- Stage:Private Equity, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy, Germany, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- YDUN — The next-generation health studio combining advanced technology and a scientific, innovative approach to enhance vitality
- Outsite — Work anywhere, live differently. Join a diverse global community of remote workers and creatives living and working all over the world.
- Emerald Stay — Discover luxury rental accommodation options in France, Spain, Switzerland, Marrakech and the US. All of our properties have been carefully selected to premium standards.
Azimuth Capital is a leading private equity firm with almost 20 years of experience investing in energy transition, infrastructure, E&P and technology.
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- Industry: Energy, Oil and Gas, Renewable Energy
- Stage:Private Equity, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Canada, United States, Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Enoflex — Enoflex is passionate about connecting the low carbon world of tomorrow.
- H Cycle — H Cycle deploys proven waste gasification technology to produce low-cost, low-carbon hydrogen for industrial and retail customers.
- Monolith — Monolith is the world’s leading clean hydrogen and clean materials company. The company’s proprietary commercial-scale methane pyroloysis process uses 100% renewable power to superheat-- not burn-- conventional and renewable natural gas to create clean hydrogen, ammonia, and carbon black in an environmentally advantaged manner. Founded in 2012 byRob Hanson and Pete Johnson, Monolith was formed on the belief that you could build both a profitable company and create a cleaner world using technology.
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.
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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.
Mario Mariani - Partner @ United Ventures
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- Industry: Apps, SaaS, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- marinanow — With Marinanow you can hire boats and rent berths throughout Europe. Book your next adventure online in only a few clicks of a mouse!
- AppsBuilder — App Maker by Appy Pie : Start your Free Trial Now. No code App Builder that lets you build native apps in minutes without writing a single line of code.
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.
Angel / Sophisticated Investor and Trader (Ex London Stock Exchange(LSE), Deutsche Bank, London Clearing House(LCH) ) , Invested in 60+ Startups / 4 successful exits (with Avg 20x) and counting more. (Web3 -> udaybs.ETH )Invested in following asset classes from past 2 decades across UK / India / US / Europe / -Private Equity (Seed / Growth / VC/ Acquisition / Merger) - Equity Markets - Real Estate - FX - Commodity - Bonds - Fintech, Blockchain, Crypto Market, Web3 , DeFi, NFT - Derivative Markets / Hedging / F&O / CFDGrowing Wealth in bumpy economic rides - There is no secret formula. Investment is an art. Being vigilant, dynamic, connecting dots, evaluating risk with constant change, loads of patience and visualising medium to long term.Private Equity Investments across globe in following domains / categories: - Energy - EV / Carbon Footprint - Blockchain / FinTech / AI / ML / Web3 / DeFi - D2C / B2C - Food & Beverages - Pharma - Media & Entertainment
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series B, Equity Crowdfunding
- Geography: United Kingdom, India, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 55
- Round size: Seed $163k–$4.5M; Series B $11M–$28M; Equity Crowdfunding $1.7M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kohbee — Kohbee is a mobile app for Creator-Educators to run online business and create personal brand. With Kohbee you can build your website and sell live courses.
- Agnikul — Agnikul Cosmos designs and manufactures orbital-class launch vehicles powered by 3D-printed engines. From custom payloads to affordable private launches, we make space access simple, scalable, and mission-focused.
- Log 9 Materials — Log 9 Materials Scientific Private Limited is a graphene research and development company. At Log 9 Materials we are determined to accelerate the commercialization of graphene nanotechnology. We have just developed the first commercial product on graphene- 'Smoke-safe'. This innovative graphene based cigarette filter reduces the risk ofgetting cancer by 90%. We offer a wide range of graphene (CVD graphene, rGO) and its derivatives. We bring to you graphene as researchers and not just manufactures, so we understand the triviality of the grade of our products.
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Browse database — It's Free!Sport Tech Investment Company
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- Industry: Software, Sports, Communities
- Stage:Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: Italy, Germany, Portugal
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $522k–$2.3M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- AWorld — AWorld is The Sustainability Platform and Mobile App chosen by the United Nations to support the ActNow Campaign.
- Hoopers — Global basketball community platform connecting players, fans and enthusiasts through products, contents, experiences and NFTs.
- Felton — Felton is an AI audience intelligence platform that profiles every person in your social media audience. 200+ KPIs, 25+ emotions, 250+ filters.
Cube is the investment office founded by Rancilio family
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Italy, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 66
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Convoy — Using technology and automation, the Convoy Platform seamlessly connects carriers with shipments from brokers across the nation.
- FinCompare - Smarter Business Finance — FinCompare was founded by Stephan Heller and is a fintech startup that helps businesses to find, compare, and close the financing solutions. Via the online platform, companies can access a wide range of financing options. They can independently compare offers from well-known banks, fintechs, and alternative financial services providers in Germanyand close the financing. The company also offers a convenient one-stop destination for all financing questions relating to the company.FinCompare financing solutions including corporate loan, factoring, company leasing/hire purchase, warehouse financing, fine trading/purchase financing, and mezzanine capital. It simplifies the financing process with its digital application process and can thus provide your company financing. The company allows SMEs to receive and compare various offers for loans.FinCompare was founded in October 2016 by Stephan Heller and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.
- Finom — Finom is an online payment solution for entrepreneurs that makes it easy to open a business account and securely manage their finances.
Atlante Seed is an Intesa Sanpaolo Group's Fund dedicated to seed and early stage capital, it invests in innovative companies still small but with high growth potential, with a particular attention to those belonging to the high technology industry. Besides this activity (direct investments), the Fund invests in selected business incubators oraccelerators specialized in specific sectors (indirect investments).
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Sports, Hardware
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Sellf — Sellfapp, the CRM Mobile for an easier sales tracking and clients managing. Ask for more information and download our 14 days free trials.
- GoPillar — Get dozens of high quality projects from professional designers: easy, fast and on a budget. Redesign your space on GoPillar.
- WISE — WISE (Wiringless Implantable Stretchable Electronics) is a start-up company created in 2011 with the mission of producing the new generation of leads for neuromodulation for treatment of chronic pain and Parkinson: unbreakable, less invasive and cheaper.
Vela Imprese S.r.l. is a venture capital and private equity firm specializing in investing in startups, early venture, management buy-ins, leverage buyouts, and development equity.
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- Industry: Gift, Retail, Sports
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- The WishList — The Wishlist is a unique Italian company, which introduced the concept of gift box applied to objects rather than experiences.
RCS MediaGroup S.p.A., based in Milan and listed on the Italian Stock Exchange is one of the world’s major multimedia publishing groups. RCS MediaGroup is active in all publishing sectors – from newspapers to magazines, books to TV and radio to new media – and among the leaders in terms of advertising sales and distribution. With 32% of RCSMediaGroup's turnover generated in foreign markets, they have a significant presence in particular in Spain, Portugal, USA, South America, UAE and China. In the future, RCS MediaGroup believes that culture, reliable information and communications will be increasingly important for all people and will play a crucial role in how society develops. The impact of this trend will be more dynamic, widespread and accessible than ever before thanks to continuous technological progress. RCS MediaGroup is at the forefront of publishing evolution, inspired by their principles and founding values and strengthened by the trust in their content, brands and writers. RCS MediaGroup's main objectives have always been to produce and propagate culture, information, services and entertainment, while respecting the principles of liberty, honesty and pluralism and driving innovation across all forms of communication.
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- Industry: Beauty, Retail, Fitness
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Buddyfit — Buddyfit is a fitness app that offers live monthly fitness classes to help people feel strong and healthy. Buddyfit's programs include fat burning, tonification, and yoga. With Buddyfit, users can train wherever and whenever they want to, through live classes or through the replay section.
- MyBeautyBox — Scopri con Beauty Box il tuo prossimo desiderio di bellezza: cofanetti, cosmetici, make up, trucchi, creme viso, creme corpo biologici a prezzi scontati.
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.
All-in-one solution for fundraising, managing and trading equity. Explore promising tech startups and flexible funding opportunities with SeedBlink.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Romania, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 119
- Round size: Seed $348k–$2.2M; Pre-Seed $137k–$1M; Series A $2.5M–$35M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Dronamics — Dronamics offers an all-in-one solution for the middle-mile powered by our Black Swan cargo drone, a network of droneports, and fully mobile control and cargo systems.
- Pago — Pago develops a digital payments platform that allows users to manage and pay household expenses through a mobile application. The company provides bill payment services for utilities, insurance, taxes, mobile prepaid recharges, road tolls, and travel-related services within a unified interface. Its platform supports account aggregation, automaticbill retrieval, payment scheduling, and notification tools that help users organize recurring financial obligations. Pago also integrates with banking and financial service applications to extend payment capabilities across partner ecosystems. The company includes transaction history, account management, and digital document storage features to support personal finance tracking and payment administration. In addition, Pago uses encrypted communications and secure payment processing technologies to support data protection and digital transaction security for consumers and partner platforms.
- Footprints AI — Retail Media Powered by AI That Understands Why People Buy. Connected to Real Shopper Purchases. Footprints AI is the most advanced platform to buy or sell retail ads - in stores and online - with precise targeting across the largest retail media ecosystem.
Net4Capital is a investment management company in private equity and venture capital.
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- Industry: EdTech, Fitness, Software
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $693k–$1.4M
- Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow
Portfolio highlights
- NHAZCA — NHAZCA is an innovator in the analysis, control, and monitoring of natural and human-induced hazards.
- Maieutical Labs — I Maieutical Labs sono un insieme di piattaforme ispirate al Mastery Learning, immersive e mobile-oriented, dedicate allo studio nella scuola secondaria
- MyLab Nutrition — MyLab Nutrition Group owns T-Rex Integratori, Nutracle, Suprapet and MyLab Nutrition brands. It creates and distributes high quality Made in Italy supplements through its brands using an high technological innovative approach. The corporate vision is to allow people to achieve the highest level of well-being through targeted precisionintegration via supplements. The corporate mission is to recommend perfect supplements to each person based on their needs through interactive consultancy that process datas via A.I. mylabnutrition.net is the first interactive portal that recommends the perfect dietary supplements for each person's specific needs through an interactive consultancy.
U-Start is a professional advisory firm structuring deals with private investors, investing in tech companies across Europe, Israel and US.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Travel, Fashion
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, Germany, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 37
- Round size: Seed $406k–$3.5M; Series A $3.1M–$21M; Series B $3.4M–$18M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2014
Portfolio highlights
- Dott — We believe in a future where cities are pollution-free and designed for people, not cars.
- Keatz — A technodelic for VR
- TransferGo — Move and manage money between borders quickly and affordably with TransferGo.
Scopri The Net Value, il cuore dell'innovazione a Cagliari. Spazi di coworking, formazione e un network per startupper e professionisti.
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- Industry: Apps, SaaS, Mobile
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- marinanow — With Marinanow you can hire boats and rent berths throughout Europe. Book your next adventure online in only a few clicks of a mouse!
- AppsBuilder — App Maker by Appy Pie : Start your Free Trial Now. No code App Builder that lets you build native apps in minutes without writing a single line of code.
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