# Top 30 Gaming Angel Investors in Italy in May 2026

## Andrea Torlonia
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Convertible Note
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Big Data, Food Delivery

Andrea Torlonia

## 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.

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

Giorgio Chiellini

## Enrico Pandian
- Type: Angel
- Location: Milano, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- 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.

## Euan Lonmon
- Type: Angel
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Angel, Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, B2C, Retail

Long years at the helm of transport and tourism companies, (Corsica Ferries, Nouvelles Frontiéres Reseau, Stradeblu) Deep insight in european cultures and languages, have found interest and pleasure in founding, mentoring and sponsoring start-up businesses in very diverse fields.Chairman of Restopolis , sold to La Fourchette, Tripadvisor inoctober 2014, Investor in Wineverse and Checkbonus, founder of THE GIRA, travel and communication, Founder of Proteam, CEO of Pneusmart BV.

## 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

## Ludovico Maggiore
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Snack Food, Food and Beverage

Ludovico Maggiore

## Davide Cecchini
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Grant, Convertible Note
- Focus: Health Care, Food and Beverage, FinTech

Davide Cecchini is the Managing Director at Ikigai, the entrepreneurship acceleration program by Fondazione MPS.Previously, he was in charge of Business Development at Club degli Investitori, one of the main angel investment groups in Italy (250+ business angel with €30M+ invested) and worked at Intesa Sanpaolo, one of the major banking group inItaly, working at its Innovation Center. He has also been Chapter Director for Startup Grind, a global network of startup communities, sponsored by Google for Entrepreneurs.He holds an M.A. in Philosphy at University of Pisa and a post-grad Master in Innovation Management at Scuola Sant’Anna.

## Andrea Galassi
- Type: Angel
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Wholesale, Food Delivery, Food and Beverage

Andrea Galassi

## 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

## Marco Ogliengo
- Type: Angel
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Wholesale, Food Delivery, Food and Beverage

Marco Ogliengo

## Tommaso Loreto
- Type: Angel
- Location: Syracuse, Sicilia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Wholesale, Food Delivery, Food and Beverage

Tommaso Loreto

## Alberto Cartasegna
- Type: Angel
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Wholesale, Food Delivery, Food and Beverage

Alberto Cartasegna

## Mattia Monti
- Type: Angel
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Food and Beverage

Mattia Monti

## Rudy Cortesi
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Gift, Retail, Sports

Rudy Cortesi - Founder and CEO @ Mobile Dream de México S.A. de C.V.

## Mauro Del Rio
- Type: Angel
- Location: Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, B2B

Mauro Del Rio - Chairman @ DOCOMO Digital

## Niccolo Maisto
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Gaming, eSports, E-Commerce

Niccolo is the co-founder and CEO at FACEIT. He drives the company’s vision, strategy and growth as he assures that the future and the present of the product come together.Under Niccolo’s leadership, FACEIT has expanded to over 5,000,000 users and 12,000,000 game sessions per month on 7 different games, becoming the most active competitivegaming platform in the world. He has a NYU Stern MBA degree and worked in Investment Banking and Private Equity before co-founding FACEIT.

## Stefano Saccardi
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Wine And Spirits

Stefano Saccardi is managing director at Gruppo Campari. He is also a board member of the company.

## Marco Marianelli
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Wholesale, Food Delivery, Food and Beverage

Marco Marianelli

## Maurizio di Robilant
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Wine And Spirits

Maurizio di Robilant is the president and founder of RobilantAssociati.n He led the company since 1984.

## Alessandro Gatti
- Type: Angel
- Location: Monza, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Marketing, Gift, Retail

Alessandro Gatti - Founder & CEO @ maisonFire

## Roberto Nicastro
- Type: Angel
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Travel, FinTech, Software

Roberto Nicastro

## Marco Caradonna
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Advertising, PaaS, SaaS

Marco Caradonna is a Co-Founder & Managing Partner at BlackSheep Ventures at BlackSheep Ventures. He attended
Catholic University of Sacred Heart.

## Matteo de Brabant
- Type: Angel
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: News, EdTech, FinTech

Matteo de Brabant is Founder and Chairman at Jakala Group. He is the CEO of the company since 2000.

## Paolo Giovine
- Type: Angel
- Location: Torino, Piemonte, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Hospitality, Restaurants, Food and Beverage

Paolo Giovine joined PubCoder as Chairman in 2016. Paolo Giovine attended at University of Turin.

## Andrea Dusi
- Type: Angel
- Location: Verona, Veneto, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Information Technology

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.

## Filippo Mottolese
- Type: Angel
- Location: Monza, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Wholesale, Food Delivery, Food and Beverage

Filippo Mottolese

## Stefano Alberti
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Gift, Retail, Sports

He started working in 1991, after a degree at Bocconi University, as Analyst bond market and later the stock market at the CIMO Sim - Milan. In 1995 he was Co-Founder Intermobiliare Securities (later Intermonte Sim, leader in Italy in traded volumes) and from '95 until 2009 he held the position of Office Manager studies where he managed a teamof over 20 fundamental analysts who in years has received prestigious awards and placed at the top of important charts internationally. Currently working with the bank Albertini Syz for financial advisory services, corporate finance and private banking. and 'member of AIAF (Italian association of financial Analysts) and of important business partner organization angel (ie financial investors in start-ups). Today Stefano plays an activity related to the management of capital which is looking for new business opportunities to finance and develop and financial guidance.

## Stefano Miccinelli
- Type: Angel
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Pet, Gift, Retail

Stefano Miccinelli works in venture capital and private equity in Italy. He is currently the Proprietario of SRM Holdings.

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