# Top 50 Web3 Startup Investors in Italy in June 2026 ## CDP Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Rome, Lazio, Italy - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care 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. ## EIT Urban Mobility - Type: VC Fund - Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Transportation, Information Technology EIT Urban Mobility is an initiative of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), a body of the European Union. Europe’s leading community for impact-driven start-ups and scale-ups in urban mobilityWe want to move cities toward a more sustainable future by partnering up with start-ups and scale-ups like yours. Our Impact Venturesdivision gives you access to funding and support channels to deliver financial, environmental and social impact on the urban landscapes around us. Our tools are: Funding through grants and equity investments, Knowledge and training through partner-led programmes, networking and introductions through dedicated support to our equity portfolio companiesOur investments provide you with a boost on your growth journey, and our network connects you with the right stakeholders in the public policy sector — on a regional, national and European-wide scale — to put your company on the map and bring your urban mobility services to the people who need it the most.If you’re like us and have a drive to shape the cities of our future, join our community of engaged and esteemed impactful ventures by applying for one of the many different programs we offer. ## United Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, FinTech We are an independent Venture Capitalfirm supporting visionary entrepreneurs toreinvent industries through technology. ## Hack VC - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency Hack VC is a web3 venture capital firm. ## Pietro Invernizzi - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: FinTech, Software, Financial Services Pietro Invernizzi - Founding Partner @ firedrop ## Luca Ascani - Type: Angel - Location: Rome, Lazio, Italy - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Software, Financial Services Luca is founder and CEO of Lambda Alpha, an investment company focused on early stage investment. Its portfolio includes Bear, the Apple Design Award winner notes app, Fintechs as Lendable and Emma App in London, Mansa in Paris and ScalaPay as well as autonomous robots Gideon Brothers and automated pasta restaurant Cala. Recent investmentsincludes Dishpatch, Airbank and RVVUP. Luca started his entrepreneurial career aged 20 when he launched BuyCentral.it, the first Italian shopping comparison site, in 2000. It was sold to Lycos in 2004. In 2002 he founded ADVance which became the leading digital agency in Italy, subsequently sold to NetBooster. In 2004 he cofounded GoAdv, later rebranded Populis, one of the largest vertical digital publishing groups in Europe and Brazil, listed on the Paris Alternext stock exchange. In 2011 Populis was named the fastest growing company in Ireland and part of the top ten in Europe by Deloitte. In 2012 and 2013 he has brought the TechCrunch conference to Italy with the aim of connecting the Italian industry with international investors. For this same purpose he was co-hosting the 2017 Founders Forum in Rome.From 2010 Luca was in the board of IlSecoloXIX, an Italian north west leading newspaper, then acquired by LaStampa in 2014 and he was in the board of the new group, ITEDI, until it was acquired by Gruppo Espresso in 2017. ## Azimut Holding - Type: VC Fund - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Software, Blockchain 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. ## Max Ciociola - Type: Angel - Location: Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: SaaS, FinTech, Consumer Product-focused, balance-sheet driven entrepreneur with a 20+ year track record in pioneering, launching and growing profitable businesses in the mobile and media space with broad experience in product, business, and content development for the digital space. Max is founder and CEO of Musixmatch, the World's Largest Lyrics Catalog and MusicAI Company with +70 Mln of users in the world. Musixmatch uses Deep Learning and AI techniques to provide lyrics and language data to most of music digital streaming companies. As first mover in the mobile space Max started in early 1998 with Wireless Solutions, a multi media mobile gateway platform for delivering contents in more than 100 countries over 300 mobile carriers. He then sold his company to Dada, an italian media company, and he spent 7 years with Dada first as CEO Dada Iberia & Latam e then as EVP Mobile Services, leading a team of +100 people and +80 mln yearly turnover. Max is the co founder of AI Labs, an R&D AI Lab in Italy active on Technology Transfer on AI. ## Sygnum - Type: VC Fund - Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, FinTech, Cryptocurrency Sygnum is an international digital asset banking organization, rooted in Swiss and Singaporean traditions. The company provides professional and institutional investors, banks, corporations, and DLT foundations with the means to invest in digital assets with utmost confidence. Sygnum's team facilitates this through our top-tier security,personalized expert service, and regulated services in digital asset banking, asset management, tokenization, and B2B offerings. ## CRiF - Type: VC Fund - Location: Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Blockchain CRIF offers credit bureau services, business information, analytics and decisioning, consultancy to support finance, insurance, utility and service companies of the customer relationship cycle. ## Rosario Bifulco - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Art, Medical, Blockchain Rosario Bifulco, president of the auction house Finarte S.p.A. ## Climate-KIC - Type: VC Fund - Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, CleanTech, Sustainability EIT Climate-KIC is a European knowledge and innovation community, working to accelerate the transition to a zero-carbon economy.Supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, we identify and support innovation that helps society mitigate and adapt to climate change. They believe that a decarbonised, sustainable economy is notonly necessary to prevent catastrophic climate change, but presents a wealth of opportunities for business and society. ## Calvin Liu - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency Calvin Liu is the Chief Strategy Officer at EigenLayer. He attended Cornell University. ## Speedinvest - Type: VC Fund - Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services Speedinvest is a globally active European venture capital firm built on a simple belief: many move more. From six offices across EMEA, our sector-focused investment teams back relentless founders from pre–Seed to Growth with long-term conviction, providing day-one access to our global network of corporate customers, experts, industry leaders, andtop-tier follow-on investors to scale smarter and faster. Building lasting companies like Bitpanda (Austria), Moove (Nigeria), Gigs (U.S.), Tide (UK), ARX Robotics (Germany), Wayflyer (Ireland), GoStudent (Austria), Seqera Labs (Spain), and Cylib (Germany) — together. Big ideas may start with one. But scaling and winning take The Power of More. ## Sente Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Convertible Note, Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Software Sente is a Chicago-based startup investment and innovation platform. Sente searches the world for the most high-potential startups and helps them scale through unprecedented guidance, support, and connections. ## David García - Type: Angel - Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech Former Entrepreneur, Investor and current Founder & Managing Partner at Algo Capital. ## Meld ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Hamilton, Queensland, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Grant - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech Meld Ventures is an Australian-based firm dedicated to backing the next wave of blockchain entrepreneurs. ## Valhalla Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Potomac, Maryland, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Initial Coin Offering, Series B - Focus: Blockchain, FinTech, Cryptocurrency Valhalla Capital makes strategic investments and provides long-term support to some of the most promising start-ups in the space. Whether that’s helping with team formation, capital introductions, tokenomics design and review, or go-to-market strategy, we’ll be here, rolling up our sleeves to take our teams to the next level. ## Fondazione Social Venture Giordano dell'Amore - Type: VC Fund - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Food and Beverage, Artificial Intelligence, Media and Entertainment FSVGDA aims at the promotion of the impact investing culture, in order to facilitate social innovation. ## Eterna Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Financial Services, FinTech Eterna Capital is a blockchain investment firm - We back innovative entrepreneurs who harness blockchain technology ## ParaFi Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Greenwich, Connecticut, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech ParaFi Capital is an alternative investment firm focused on blockchain and decentralized finance markets. ## Jump Crypto - Type: VC Fund - Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech Builders of blockchain technology revolutionizing open, community-driven networks. We trade, build open-source infrastructure, and invest in crypto projects. ## Crédit Agricole Italia - Type: VC Fund - Location: Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Debt Financing, Seed - Focus: Manufacturing, Building Material, Financial Services Crédit Agricole Italia is a bank that offers loans and financial services. ## Algorand Foundation - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, FinTech, Education Fulfilling the global promise of blockchain technology by leveraging the Algorand protocol and open source software for an inclusive ecosystem. ## Protocol Labs - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency Protocol Labs is building the next generation of the internet. ## Middlegame Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software Middlegame Ventures is a fintech​ venture capital firm investing in early-stage growth businesses focused on Financial Innovation. The firm is seeking great entrepreneurial teams who are focusing on rearchitecting financial services infrastructure. ## Hatcher+ - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Health Care 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. ## B Heroes - Type: VC Fund - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS 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 ## CMT Digital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services An exciting new iteration of our website is coming soon. CMT Digital is a blockchain and digital assets focused subsidiary of the CMT Group, a 24 year-old trading and investments firm. The CMT Group has operated as a valued partner to entrepreneurs, traders, and technologists ## Polymorphic Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Clayton, North Carolina, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech It is a venture capital firm that selectively invests in extraordinary teams and emerging paradigms in blockchain and fintech globally. ## Offbeat Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: FinTech, Software, Blockchain Offbeat Ventures' advantages include access to markets, mentors, advisors, and consultants. and unquestionably facilitate and serve as catalysts that offer comprehensive solutions for both aspiring and seasoned business owners. ## Danu Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: FinTech, Software, Blockchain DANU VENTURES provides comprehensive advisory support: attraction of investments, audit, listing, market making, strategic planning etc. ## Sandeep Nailwal - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services Sandeep Nailwal is the co-founder and COO of Polygon. Sandeep previously worked at Scopeweaver as the Co-Founder and CEO. He attended the Indian Institute of Management, Mumbai. ## Primitive Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Information Technology Primitive Ventures is a global venture investment firm with a focus on blockchain and related technologies. At Primitive, we're proudly thesis-free, and instead spend all of their waking hours finding and supporting the people building truly valuable things. ## Mentat Group - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Web3, Blockchain, Financial Services As a crypto-native investment fund and contemporary family office, we focus on resilient, open networks and early-stage opportunities across a range of sectors. ## OKX Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming OKX Blockdream Ventures is a fund focused on exploring high quality projects. This fund will invest in blockchain basic infrastructure, layer 2, Polkadot ecosystem, Defi, Filecoin ecosystem etc. ## Skybridge 20 Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Gaming, Finance Skybridge 20 Ventures is a crypto investment firm specialising in providing unique, exclusive and influential support to established block-chain companies and emerging Web3 start-ups. ## DEXT Force Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software DEXT Force Ventures is an investment arm of DEXTools.io. It helps projects from the incubation stage to public listing and beyond. ## Unreal Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Mahé, Beau Vallon, Seychelles - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Web3 Unreal Capital is an international fund focusing on investments in innovative and promising crypto projects. ## Absoluta Digital - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: FinTech, Software, Blockchain Absoluta Digital is a strategic advisory and investment firm focus on supporting blockchain startups. ## Cryptosociety - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: FinTech, Software, Blockchain Cryptosociety actively supports the project through strategy, marketing, design, launchpad introductions, strategic relationship introductions, and active participation on social media. Therefore, it was only a logical step for us to become advisors on some initiatives. ## Mapleblock Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency Mapleblock Capital is an investment firm that exclusively consults and invests in crypto-assets and blockchain companies. It was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Delhi, India. ## Ton Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B - Focus: Mobile, FinTech, Payments Ton Ventures ## Polygon Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency Polygon Ventures is an investment firm that focuses on early-stage Web3 startups. ## Paper Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Web3 Paper Ventures is a first-in, innovative investment firm, focusing on the ever-changing landscape of emerging technologies. ## Youbi Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Grand Cayman, Midland, Cayman Islands - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software We invest in world-class solutions designed to create a sustainable and inclusive web3 infrastructure ## Wintermute - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services A leading algorithmic trading firm focused on building liquid and efficient markets in digital assets. ## Fondazione Golinelli - Type: VC Fund - Location: Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, AgTech Fondazione Golinelli was born in Bologna in 1988 by the will of the entrepreneur and philanthropist Marino Golinelli with the aim to promote education and training, to promote the culture, to foster intellectual growth and ethics of young people, the citizens of tomorrow. ## Karatage - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software Karatage is an investment firm. ## Stakez Capital - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Gaming, Blockchain Stakez Capital: A premier Web3 firm driving innovation in blockchain, GameFi, and fintech. Partnering with groundbreaking startups, we offer expert guidance to shape the future of decentralized technology. Join us at Stakez Capital and empower your vision.