# Top 15 Real Estate Angel Investors in Italy in May 2026

## 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.

## Kirstie Steiner
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Jewelry, Handmade, E-Commerce

Kirstie Steiner

## Alessandro Errico
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Automotive, Smart Home, Cloud Computing

Alessandro Errico

## Marco De Nicola
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Automotive, Smart Home, Cloud Computing

Marco De Nicola

## Alexandre Campra
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Private Equity
- Focus: Retail, Real Estate, Online Portals

Alexandre Campra

## Massimo Nicastro
- Type: Angel
- Location: Miami, Florida, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Internet, Marketing, Real Estate

Massimo Nicastro

## Claudio Loda
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Smart Home, Product Design, Smart Building

Claudio Loda - Technical Director @ Colorado Mountain College

## 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.

## Marco Pescarmona
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Travel, Finance, Internet

Mr. Pescarmona graduated cum laude with a degree in electrical engineering from the Turin Polytechnic Institute in 1993, and holds a second degree in information sciences from the University of Turin, from which he graduated cum laude in 1996. He also earned in 1998 an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Heworked as a consultant in the Milan office of McKinsey & Company, focusing on the insurance and banking industries. Formerly he worked in the Fixed Income Derivatives desk of Morgan Stanley in London. In 2000, Mr. Pescarmona founded Gruppo MutuiOnline together with Alessandro Fracassi, and is currently Chairman of the Board, as well as CEO of the Broking Division. Gruppo MutuiOnline was listed on the Italian Stock Exchange on 6 June 2007.

## Cristiano Esclapon
- Type: Angel
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Series A
- Focus: Finance, Automotive, Smart Home

Cristiano Esclapon - Founding Team @ Siamosoci

## Andrea Baronchelli
- Type: Angel
- Location: Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, Financial Services, FinTech

Y-Combinator & Rocket Internet Alum. Financial and Technology background. I love finding solutions to challenging problems and getting things done. I excel at managing hyper growth products, developing and implementing tech solutions.Currently CEO and Co-Founder of Aspire. Previously EVP Lazada (Alibaba Group), Chief Marketing Officer atLazada in Singapore. I spent the last five years developing marketplace platforms across South East Asia, covering multiple roles within Lazada Group including co-founding and managing Lazada's C2C platform Lamido, setting up Home vertical in key South East Asian markets. Prior, I was part of the founding team of Lazada Crossborder Hub in Hong-Kong.

## Fabio Massaro
- Type: Angel
- Location: Miami, Florida, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Internet, Marketing, Real Estate

Fabio Massaro

## Simo Beraha
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Smart Home, Product Design, Smart Building

Simo Beraha

## Alina Lundry
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Jewelry, Handmade, E-Commerce

Alina Lundry

## Pietro Pellizzari
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Internet, Marketing, Real Estate

Pietro Pellizzari

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