# Top 50 Climate Startup Investors in Italy in October 2023

## CDP Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Rome, Lazio, Italy
- Relevant deals: 18
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology

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.

## Eureka Venture
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Milano, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Nanotechnology, Renewable Energy, Medical Device

Eureka! is the first independent Italian venture capital Asset Management company exclusively focused on deep tech investments

## 360 Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology

Early stage european VC investing on ClimateTech, DeepTech, Mass Consumption and Business Automation.

## Innogest Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Health Care, Medical, Medical Device

We are investors in companies that make the difference. We partner with hard-working entrepreneurial visionaries

## Primo Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Aerospace

Primo Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on seed and early stage startups. The firm manages two funds focused on the digital sector and one fund specializing in the new space economy.

## Vertis SGR S.p.A.
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Computer

Vertis is a dynamic and independent investment management company authorised by Bank of Italy. It manages five closed-end funds for qualified investors by participating in research projects, spin-offs, startups and PMI and deals with the investments of the innovative Made in Italy.

## LIFTT
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Turin, Piemonte, Italy
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Health Care

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

## Italian Angels for Growth
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Health Care

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.

## Principia SGR
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Software

Principia is an Italian Venture Capital firm with over Eur 80M under management. Currently Principia has two funds investing in digital start ups and expansion capital opportunities and in particular cases, we invest also in seed opportunities.

## Alberto Giusti
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Energy Efficiency, Internet of Things, Industrial Automation

Alberto Giusti - Partner @ Guanxi

## Progress Tech Transfer Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Water, Eyewear, Farming

Investment fund specialized in sustainable technologies from universities and public research organizations, start-ups, spin-offs, and entrepreneurs.

## Cassa Depositi e Prestiti
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Rome, Lazio, Italy
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: CleanTech, InsurTech, B2B

The Cassa depositi e prestiti Group is the national promotional institution that has supported the Italian economy since 1850

## Intesa Sanpaolo
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Torino, Piemonte, Italy
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance

Intesa Sanpaolo is a banking group that specializes in wealth management, protection, advisory, and digital orientation. Their products and services include accounts, cards, loans, mortgages, insurance, digital payments, retirement planning, investments, and consulting.

## Invitalia Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Rome, Lazio, Italy
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Medical, Health Care

Invitalia Ventures SGR manages the “Italia Venture Fund I”, a 87€/Ml sized co-investment fund that invests in early stage operations in Italy. They co-invest up to a maximum of 70% in round A (€ 0.5ML - € 1.5ML) in high growth sectors. Invitalia Ventures, with its network of co-investors not only provides risk capital, but also know-how and anetwork for business development. Main LPs includes the Ministery of Economic Development, the European Investment Bank, Cisco Group, the Sardinian Banking Foundation and Metec Group.They are looking for visionary entrepreneurs who share their passion for innovation.
Growth is their mission!!For more information please contact us at info@invitaliaventures.it or visit our website: www.invitaliaventures.it

## Club degli Investitori
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Torino, Piemonte, Italy
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Health Care, Software

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.

## Boost Heroes
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Apps

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

## EXOR N.V.
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Manufacturing, Health Care, Biotechnology

EXOR is a holding company based in the Netherlands that the Agnelli family controls. The company has a diverse portfolio of investments in various industries, including automotive, real estate, and finance. The company is known for taking a long-term approach to its assets and has a reputation for being a patient and value-oriented investor. Thecompany's primary focus is on creating long-term value for its shareholders by actively managing and growing its portfolio of investments.EXOR's core mission is to cultivate exceptional enterprises, simultaneously nurturing opportunities for its talented workforce to flourish, make meaningful societal contributions, and yield outstanding returns for its valued investors.

## Rancilio Cube
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Milano, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services

Cube is the investment office founded by Rancilio family

## A11 Venture
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lucca, Toscana, Italy
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Biotechnology, Medical Device, Health Care

A11-Venture investe nel capitale di startup innovative nei settori della robotica, automazione, meccatronica, cleantech, web e IT. Facilita la nascita e lo sviluppo di business innovativi globali per il futuro dell'economia locale. Contribuisce a costruire aziende, lavoro qualificato, brevetti, innovazione capaci di rilanciare e riportareinvestimenti e risorse sul territorio. I soci di A11 Venture credono fermamente nell’innovazione grazie a ciò è possibile crescere per linee esterne diversificando i propri investimenti, grazie ad un portafoglio di imprese, con una forte risk mitigation derivante dalla gestione professionale di tutti processi:
scouting, team building, investimenti, management degli investimenti, accelerazione e disinvestimento.

## 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 such asUS, 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).In 2014, Francesco Starace was appointed 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.

## Green Arrow Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 2

Green Arrow Capital is an independent financial group specializing in alternative investments across Europe. They represent a one-of-a-kind platform, capable of connecting the financial system with the real economy through the management of private equity, private debt, infrastructure, and special credit situation funds as well as thematic fundssuch as microfinance and funds of funds that are currently under management. Their team has a successful track record in asset management, investment banking, industry sectors, technology startups, management consulting, renewable energy, and has government and regulatory experience. Their group is mainly composed of investment, asset management, and financial advisory companies. Their aim is to create a solid financial platform to launch and manage investment funds dedicated to alternatives and to the real economy.

## Banco BPM
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Debt Financing, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Manufacturing, Renewable Energy, E-Commerce

Scopri i servizi bancari e finanziari di Banco BPM: conti, mutui, carte, prestiti, assicurazioni, trading e tanto altro. Per privati e imprese.

## dPixel
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Local, Retail

dpixel seleziona e connette imprese, startup, talenti e istituzioni per generare innovazione e crescita attraverso programmi formativi, accelerazione...

## GELLIFY
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

GELLIFY is the first innovation platform that invests in B2B digital software startups and connects them to traditional companies with the purpose of innovating their processes, products and business models, through Open Innovation.We make B2B software digital startups grow from the early stage, that we call the liquid state, to the solid one,thanks to our innovative process called "Gellification".A company which is looking to innovate can partner with GELLIFY to leverage all critical capabilities for digital transformation and focus on these specialties: Entrepreneurship, Sales & Marketing, Phygital Factory & Operations, Smart Technology and Smart Human. GELLIFY has also built a B2B Innovation Community, called “EXPLORE”, whose aim is to connect entrepreneurs, innovators and professionals through B2B events and phygital experiences.We operate globally from the following locations: Italy, United Arab Emirates, Spain and Portugal.

## Nico Rosberg
- Type: Angel
- Location: Wiesbaden, Hessen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Information Technology, Logistics, Manufacturing

Nico Rosberg is a sustainability entrepreneur, investor and 2016 Formula One World Champion.

## Club Italia Investimenti 2
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Mobile

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

## Giorgio Chiellini
- Type: Angel
- Location: Turin, Piemonte, Italy
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series B
- Focus: Gamification, Social Impact, Natural Resources

Giorgio Chiellini

## OurCrowd
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Jerusalem, Yerushalayim, Israel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning

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## Family, Friends & Angels
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: SaaS, Software, E-Commerce

Family, Friends & Angels

## Barclays Sustainable and Impact Banking
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Energy, Renewable Energy, Industrial

Barclays is providing the green and sustainable finance required to transform the economies we serve.

## UniCredit Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, Banking

UniCredit Group is an Italian global banking and financial services company. Its network spanning 50 markets in 20 countries, with more than 9,000 branches and over 148,000 employees. Its strategic position in Western and Eastern Europe gives the group one of the region's highest market shares.

## Invitalia
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Roma, Lazio, Italy
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Grant, Debt Financing, Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Machine Learning

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.

## DVR Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lombard, Illinois, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Focus: Gamification, Social Impact, Natural Resources

DVR Capital offers M&A advisory and private equity as well as equity services for businesses, financial investors, and multinationals

## Alantra
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Private Equity, Debt Financing, Series B
- Focus: Financial Services, Manufacturing, Information Technology

ALANTRA is a PROJECT, a firm being built by all its partners and professionals, a collective aspiration which aims to become an enduring institution for the generations to come.
It is a GLOBAL FIRM, being founded by the partners of the 19 countries we are present in.It is an open firm, articulated around the principles of ENTREPRENEURSHIP,PARTNERSHIP, INNOVATION and FLEXIBILITY.Their segment is the MID-MARKET, a space for growth, for new ambitions, for creative and innovative spirits. We grow with our clients, we share their mindset and we build very long-term relationships with them.

## Azimut Holding
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Information Technology, 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.

## Fondazione Social Venture Giordano dell'Amore
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Art, Apps

FSVGDA aims at the promotion of the impact investing culture, in order to facilitate social innovation.

## EIC Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed

start-ups, SMEs, technology, co-investment

## Equiter
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Turin, Piemonte, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B, Convertible Note
- Focus: Medical, Health Care, Information Technology

Equiter seleziona, realizza e gestisce investimenti infrastrutturali in capitale di rischio finalizzati allo sviluppo socio-economico del territorio.

## Gianmario Tondato Da Ruos
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Software, Industrial

Gianmario Tondato Da Ruos

## Tecno
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Scalenghe, Piemonte, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Marketing, Sustainability

Tecno provides sustainability consulting services. They offer to their clients services aimed at increasing their ESG rating and digitizing all required data, through a virtuous path. Their r team is made up of highly qualified professionals who optimize internal processes and support companies in all phases: consulting, device installation,assistance.

## Join Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS

JOIN Capital is an early stage VC focused on pre-Series A investments in Industry 4.0 and enterprise tech. Our portfolio companies are front and center at factories, delivering smart machinery and robotics for high-volume manufacturing. They’re behind the scenes with powerful algorithms for managing global production systems. They rethink andrewire essential processes, with the goal of maximizing human capabilities. We invest in technologies related to core business functions: operations, manufacturing, data analytics, supply chain and software development. We seek innovative solutions to real customer problems that have achieved product-market fit. Technologies we invest in include: machine learning, robotics, cloud computing, IoT, smart sensors.

## Soros Private Equity Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series C
- Focus: Internet, Software, Network Hardware

Soros Private Equity Partners is a private equity investment firm that supports growth companies in the United States and Europe. It is headquartered in London, England.

## Crédit Agricole Italia
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Debt Financing, Seed
- Focus: Water, Farming, Software

Crédit Agricole Italia is a bank that offers loans and financial services.

## Tech4Planet
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Energy, Sustainability

Tech4Planet was created to facilitate market access and the growth of new companies conceived within research laboratories dedicated to environmental sustainability, particularly in the energytech, circular economy, sustainable manufacturing, smart mobility, and water management sectors.With a total investment of up to 55 million euros allocatedby the Technology Transfer Fund of CDP Venture Capital Sgr , the Tech4Planet Pole was created in collaboration with the Milan Polytechnic and involves the Polytechnics of Turin and Bari .

## Francesco Beraldi
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Machine Learning, SaaS, EdTech

Francesco Beraldi

## SIMEST
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Rome, Lazio, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Coffee, Manufacturing, Food and Beverage

SIMEST is a financial firm focused on the development and promotion of Italian enterprises abroad. Simest acquires up to 49% of the equity capital of foreign firms in countries outside the European Union, whether wholly-owned by Italian companies or set up as joint ventures with local partners. It also provides start-up and growth capital financingas well as participating in buyouts.Geographically it invests in non-EU countries, focusing on BRIC, Americas and Middle-East. Simest also provides Italian companies seeking to internationalize their businesses with technical assistance and advisory services.Simest is a member of the European Development Finance Institutions (EDFI) and the Italian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (AIFI).

## Arieli Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Nanotechnology

Arieli Capital is a premier investment and holding company that builds long-term wealth.

## Italian Angels for Biotech
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical

Angel group focuses on biotech

## Alessandro Rimassa
- Type: Angel
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Software, Industrial

Author of "It's easy to change Italy, if you know how to do it" and "Thousand Euro Generation", director of the school of management and communication of IED.

## Plug and Play Tech Center
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sunnyvale, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Software, Manufacturing, Transportation

Plug and Play Tech Center connects the world's best startups to industry-leading corporations.

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