# Top 5 Publishing Angel Investors in Italy in May 2026

## Massimiliano Magrini
- Type: Angel
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Food and Beverage, Cloud Computing

Massimiliano is co-founder and Managing Partner United Ventures . Previously at Altavista and founding Country manager of Google Italy. Founder of Annapurna Ventures, a new generation Technology Angel Fund. and As Consultant appointed by the Ministry of Economic Development, He has actively contributed to the drawing up of the report onventure capitalism in Italy, which then led to the DL Growth .He is currently Vice President of the Touring Club Italiano, Board Member of the American Chamber of Commerce and sits on the board of directors of AppsBuilder, Paperlit, 20 Lines and Cloud4WI.

## 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.

## Matthias Hilpert
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

Matthias Hilpert - CEO @ MH2 Capital

## Federico Ghizzoni
- Type: Angel
- Location: Italy, Texas, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Banking, FinTech, Blockchain

Founder & CEO at UniCredit

## Gianni Papa
- Type: Angel
- Location: Milano, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Publishing

Gianni Franco Papa

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