# Top 40 Transportation Angel Investors in Italy in June 2026 ## Francesco Starace - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Automotive, Smart Home, Cloud Computing Graduated in Nuclear Engineering at Politecnico di Milano University in 1980, he hold several managerial positions during the Eighties: he was Safety Analyst at the nuclear power plants of NIRA Ansaldo (1981-1982), he worked as a manager at SAE SADELMI (company belonging to the General Electric network), in Italy and in foreign countries suchasUS, Egypt and Saudi Arabia (1982-1987).In 1987 he moved to ABB and in 1993 he was Operations Manager at SOIMI. He later was appointed CEO at ABB Combustion Engineering Italy in 1997, while between 1998 and 2000 he worked as senior vice president of global sales and turnkey plants in the gas turbine division.In 2000 Francesco Starace joined Enel, appointed Energy Management of Enel Produzione, becoming Head of Business Power Division for the three-year period between 2002 and 2005. In that same year, he became Enel Italian Market Division Director.He later was in charge of the Renewable Energy Division of Enel and CEO of Enel Green Power (2008-2014).From 2014 to 2023, Francesco Starace worked as General Manger as well as CEO of Enel and the year after became part of the United Nations Global Compact.Honoured with several prizes, he received in 2010 Agici and Accenture’s the "Manager Utilities Prize 2010", in 2011 the "Chess and business strategies" prize, in 2013 Fondazione Energia’s "Sustainable Energy Prize 2013" and finally in 2016 he received Staffetta Quotidiana’s “Man of The Year” award. ## Marco Valta - Type: Angel - Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Secondary Market - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace Marco Valta is an Entrepreneur and Investor with over 15 years experience in the tech/web industry. As an internet investor, Marco has a portfolio of more than 150 companies including Appnexus, Soldo, Revolut, Prima, Bolt, Flexport, Deliveroo, Space X, Brex, Fabfitfun, Cloudkitchens, Raya, Playco, Public, Coinbase, Pacaso. ## Jacopo Paoletti - Type: Angel - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Equity Crowdfunding, Seed - Focus: Apps, SaaS, Mobile Digital Marketer, Serial Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, Startup Advisor. ## Tommaso Loreto - Type: Angel - Location: Syracuse, Sicilia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Wholesale, Food Delivery, Food and Beverage Tommaso Loreto ## Alessandro Errico - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Automotive, Smart Home, Cloud Computing Alessandro Errico ## Marco Cartasegna - Type: Angel - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Translation Service, Public Transportation Marco Cartasegna is a Founder and Director of Torcha . ## Enrico Pandian - Type: Angel - Location: Milano, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, SaaS, FinTech Enrico Pandian is the Co-Founder and CEO of StartupGym and the Founder of FrescoFrigo. He previously worked at Checkout Technologies as a Co-Founder and President of the Board. Enrico Pandian attended the University of Verona. ## Andrea Dusi - Type: Angel - Location: Verona, Veneto, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, CleanTech Entrepreneur and investor. After working in management consulting, in 2006 he created Wish Days, known above all for the Emozione3 gift boxes. In April 2016, he sold the company to the Smartbox group with a millionaire exit. In 2017, together with Cristina Pozzi, already a partner in Wish Days he founded Impactscool.He is advisor of dozens oftechnological initiatives and business angels in 150+ startups focusing on clean tech.He is the author of the book “Come far fallire una startup ed essere fellici” – How to make a startup fail and be happy, published by Bompiani, Bestseller in 2018. ## Michel Taride - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Travel, Leisure, Tourism Michel Taride ## Fabio Zecchini - Type: Angel - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Pet, Retail Fabio Zecchini is based out of Milano, and is the Founder of Weebora. Fabio previously worked at Musement as a Founder, CTO, and CPO. Fabio Zecchini attended the University of Padua. ## Andrea Torlonia - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Convertible Note - Focus: Food and Beverage, Big Data, Food Delivery Andrea Torlonia ## Karim Ricciardi - Type: Angel - Location: Pavia, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Food Delivery, Food Processing Karim Ricciardi ## Giacinto Carullo - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Procurement, Artificial Intelligence Giacinto Carullo is the Chief Procurement Officer at Leonardo. ## Stefano Bernardi - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence Stefano Bernardi is the Investment Director, Climate at Fondazione ENEA Tech. ## Marco Piuri - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Procurement, Artificial Intelligence Marco Piuri ## Marco Marianelli - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Wholesale, Food Delivery, Food and Beverage Marco Marianelli ## Stefano Mezzadri - Type: Angel - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Events, Battery, CleanTech Stefano Mezzadri ## Luca Rodella - Type: Angel - Location: Riva Del Garda, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Mobile, FinTech Luca Rodella is based out of Riva del Garda, Trentino-Alto Adige and is the CEO and Founder of Smartness. Luca previously worked at AlphaTeam.Net as a Co-Founder and CEO. Luca Rodella attended the University of Trento. ## Carl Tremblay - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Procurement, Artificial Intelligence Carl Tremblay ## Filippo Mottolese - Type: Angel - Location: Monza, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Wholesale, Food Delivery, Food and Beverage Filippo Mottolese ## Emilio Frazzoli - Type: Angel - Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Analytics, Automotive Emilio Frazzoli is the Chief Scientist at Motional Inc and currently the Professor of ETH Zurich. He was the director of transportation at He is also a professor of aeronautics and astronautics at the Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems, and the Operations Research Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Prior to Massachusetts Institute of Technology – MIT, Frazzoli held faculty positions at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and at the University of California, Los Angeles. He obtained a Laurea degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Rome, and a PhD from the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ## Alberto Cartasegna - Type: Angel - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Wholesale, Food Delivery, Food and Beverage Alberto Cartasegna ## Marco Filippi - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Apps, Blockchain, Mobile Apps I'm a committed and energetic person, fascinated by new knowledges and stimulated by new challenges. My area of interests are: Startups, Blockchain & ICO, Sharing economy, Sport, Food & Wines. Text me if you want to talk about the last DLT development as well as the best restaurant you have been in! ## Matteo Fago - Type: Angel - Location: Rome, Lazio, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: Travel, Farming, Big Data Matteo Fago ## Luca Pretto - Type: Angel - Location: Arzignano, Veneto, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: B2B, Automotive Luca Pretto is the Chief Executive Officer at Conceria Pasubio SPA. ## Gianluca Cocco - Type: Angel - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce, Mobile Gianluca achieved two successful exits before founding his new fintech. The first exit occurred in 2018 in Italy when he served as the MD of the Italian branch of Delivery Hero. The second exit happened in 2022 in Spain when he sold Factory14, of which he was a co-founder. From 2011, he spent four years as one of the early managers at Amazon Italy,following the start of his career in strategic consulting at Roland Berger. He is angel investing in Fintech, SaaS and AI at pre-seed stage. ## Cristiano Esclapon - Type: Angel - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Series A - Focus: Finance, Automotive, Smart Home Cristiano Esclapon - Founding Team @ Siamosoci ## Bhavik Bajaj - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel - Focus: Information Technology, Software, FinTech Bhavik Bajaj ## Claudio Di Zanni - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Food Delivery, Online Portals Claudio Di Zanni ## Rosario Didonna - Type: Angel - Location: Foggia, Puglia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Food Delivery, Online Portals Rosario Didonna - Consultant @ Foodscovery ## Andrea Galassi - Type: Angel - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Equity Crowdfunding - Focus: Food and Beverage, Software, CleanTech Andrea Galassi is the CFO at Miscusi. ## Marco De Nicola - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Automotive, Smart Home, Cloud Computing Marco De Nicola ## Ciro Immobile - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Art, Fashion, Internet Ciro Immobile ## Luca La Mesa - Type: Angel - Location: Rome, Lazio, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: B2B, SaaS, E-Commerce Luca La Mesa - Advisor @ Scuter ## Lucia Predolin - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Events, Wedding, Logistics Lucia Predolin - Global Business Development Executive @ Lightstreamer Srl ## Fabio Cannavale - Type: Angel - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: SaaS, Software, Information Technology Fabio Cannavale - Founder & President @ B Heroes ## Teodoro D'Ambrosio - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Automotive, Travel Teodoro D'Ambrosio is the Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Biocentis. He previously worked at Hotelscan as a Co-Founder and Chairman. Teodoro D'Ambrosio attended the University of Trieste. ## Enrico Giacomelli - Type: Angel - Location: Ancona, Marche, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, CRM, SaaS Enrico Giacomelli Founder & Co-Owner of Namirial S.p.A. ## Marco Ogliengo - Type: Angel - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Wholesale, Food Delivery, Food and Beverage Marco Ogliengo ## Paolo Frigati - Type: Angel - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: B2B, Automotive Paolo Frigati is the Founder & CEO presso Soil - Sustainable Organic Ingredients Lab. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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