# Top 20 Digital Media Startup Investors in Italy in May 2026 ## UniCredit Group - Type: VC Fund - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt - Focus: Energy, Software, Financial Services 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. ## United Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech We are an independent Venture Capitalfirm supporting visionary entrepreneurs toreinvent industries through technology. ## Vertis SGR S.p.A. - Type: VC Fund - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - 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. ## Rancilio Cube - Type: VC Fund - Location: Milano, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services Cube is the investment office founded by Rancilio family ## U-Start - Type: VC Fund - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Travel, Internet U-Start is a professional advisory firm structuring deals with private investors, investing in tech companies across Europe, Israel and US. ## Sebastian Picardo - Type: Angel - Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Fashion, Content, Lifestyle Sebastian Picardo is an active investor and advisor in the global luxury goods sector.As an investor, he has been very active in the fashion, technology and media sectors for over 9 years, investing in companies like Net a porter, Lyst, Farfetch, Business of Fashion and Highsnobiety. He has also been a venture advisor to London-based FelixCapital, a leading Venture Capital firm investing in digital lifestyle start-ups, since 2014.As an advisor, he has helped brands and retailers in areas such as digital marketing, customer experience, omni-channel retailing and innovation, In addition, he has advised companies wanting to enter and market their brands in China mainland.Sebastian was formerly Deputy President of Asia’s iconic luxury department store Lane Crawford. Sebastian joined Lane Crawford in 2012. As a member of the senior management team, he crafted and drove Lane Crawford’s “connected commerce” strategy, underlying the company's focus on omni-channel retail development to deliver a seamless customer experience.Previous to Lane Crawford, Sebastian was with Burberry where he served as Managing Director - Digital Commerce, based in the London headquarters. Prior to this role, he had helped transform and integrate the brand's Spanish operations into the global business as Managing Director - Operations at Burberry Spain. Before joining Burberry, Sebastian had held various senior finance roles at Net-A-Porter, Alexander McQueen and Deloitte.Originally from Argentina, he is a Chartered Accountant, holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Management and a Master’s degree in International Finance. Most recently he attended Harvard Business School, where he successfully completed the Advanced Management Program.Sebastian lived in Buenos Aires, London, Barcelona and Hong Kong. He is fluent in Spanish, English, Italian and has an elementary command of Mandarin. ## LIFTT - Type: VC Fund - Location: Turin, Piemonte, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - 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. ## Indaco Venture Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical VENTURE We invest across all sectors with specific focus on technology and digital The largest independent more About Us Portfolio [...] ## Francesco Beraldi - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Machine Learning, SaaS, EdTech Francesco Beraldi ## Giulio Valiante - Type: Angel - Location: Napoli, Campania, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Crowdfunding, Social Media, Crowdsourcing Giulio Valiante - Partner @ Vertis SGR S.p.A. ## Alven - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Internet, SaaS Alven is an independent early-stage venture capital firm that backs European category-defining startups with global reach starting at Series A or Seed stage ## Sony Innovation Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care Sony Innovation Fund is investing in technology-driven transformational companies shaping the future of business, entertainment and society. ## Club degli Investitori - Type: VC Fund - Location: Torino, Piemonte, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - 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. ## Uday Kumar Bangalore Shivaraman - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series B, Equity Crowdfunding - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, E-Commerce 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 ## P101 - Type: VC Fund - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Internet P101 is an Italian venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in the digital sector. Agreement to handle personal data I agree I don't agree ## Khaled Helioui - Type: Angel - Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Information Technology, Education, E-Commerce Khaled Helioui is the President of the Investment Committee at Armenian National Interests Fund. He Attended Telecom SudParis. ## 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. ## Jenny Lefcourt - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Software, Internet, Information Technology Jenny Lefcourt is a General Partner at Freestyle. Jenny earned her B.S. in economics from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and attended the Stanford Graduate School of Business. In 1998 she left Stanford to found Wedding Channel.com (sold: XOXO). In 2003 she co-founded Bella Pictures (sold: CPI). In 2014 Jenny joined Freestyle,and was promoted to GP in 2015. Some of Jenny’s notable investments include BetterUp, Crexi, Daily.co, Embark, Ridwell, Narvar and WELL Health. She is also a founding member and board member of All Raise. Jenny is an angel investor in Discord, MainStreetHub and Minted. ## Club Italia Investimenti 2 - Type: VC Fund - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - 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. ## Gianmario Tondato Da Ruos - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, Software, Industrial Gianmario Tondato Da Ruos # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features: - 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others) - Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data - Updated daily from public funding news - CSV and Excel export The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co