# Top 15 Retail Angel Investors in Italy in May 2026

## Giovanni Gardelli
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: E-Commerce, Fashion, Software

Giovanni Gardelli is the Senior Director at Verizon Media.

## Fabio Mondini de Focatiis
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
- Focus: E-Commerce, Retail, Information Technology

Venture Partner, Eurazeo InvestmentInternational Venture Capitalist, Business Angel and SVP with >20 years experience in >20 countries, with a successful track as VC, BA and Entrepreneur in a truly global environment. Fabio is a Venture Partner in Eurazeo Investment, following their acquisition of IDINVEST Partners, a leading Europeanprivate equity firm with >9B€ AUM, focusing on Venture Capital investments in Italy across sectors and in the Smart City sector (Energy, Cleantech, Eco-mobility) worldwide. Fabio is the Founder and CEO of growth Capital, the leading Italian investment banking focusing on advising innovative, fast-growing companies on fund raising and M&A. Fabio is also an active Business Angel, with a personal portfolio of more than 30 startups. a Member of the Investment Committee of Lazio Innova. Previously Fabio has been a Senior Advisor in the European Investment Fund (EIF), leading the joint efforts of EIF and Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) to establish TT Investment Funds in Italy to develop its ecosystem for Innovation.
Before entering the Private Equity sector, Fabio has lead Soitec Solar Division sale after it has increased its revenues from ~2M€ to >40M€ and achieved the world record of PV Module Efficiency and Solar Cell Efficiency. He had earlier founded and lead RenEn Renewable Energy to a leading renewable energy consulting firm.
Earlier Fabio has been in McKinsey, ENEL and Russell Reynolds. In ENEL, Fabio has been Head of Integration, Head of International Management, Head of HR and Organisation and member of the Board of various international companies. Fabio received his M.S. degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from M.I.T. and his M.B.A. from INSEAD. He is fluent in English, Italian, French and Spanish.

## Luca Ferrante Carrante
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Shoes, Retail, Travel

Luca Ferrante Carrante - Associate Director, Investments @ The Olayan Group

## Alberto Birolini
- Type: Angel
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Shoes, Retail, Fashion

Alberto Birolini

## 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.

## Maurizio Donadelli
- Type: Angel
- Location: Altino, Veneto, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Analytics, Retail, E-Commerce

Maurizio Donadelli

## 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.

## Andrea Pederzolli
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Retail, Shopping, E-Commerce

Andrea Pederzolli - Director @ Mangustarisk

## Avishai Abrahami
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Internet, Social Media

Avishai Abrahami is our Co-Founder, has served as our Chief Executive Officer since September 2010 and was our Co-Chief Executive Officer and a director since October 2006. From 2004 to 2006, Avishai was the Vice President of Strategic Alliances at Arel Communications & Software Ltd., a private Israeli company specializing in communicationtechnology. In 1998 he co-founded Sphera Corporation, a private company which develops software for managing data centers, and he served as its Chief Technology Officer from 1998 until 2000 and its Vice President of Product Marketing from 2000 until 2003. In 1993, he co-founded AIT Ltd., a private Israeli software company, and served as its Chief Technology Officer until the company's sale in 1997. Avishai served in the Israeli Defense Forces' elite computer intelligence unit from 1990 until 1992.

## Nader Sabbaghian
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence

Nader Sabbaghian is the General Partner at 360 Capital.

## 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.

## Euan Lonmon
- Type: Angel
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

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

Alessandro Gatti - Founder & CEO @ maisonFire

## Lodovico Rosnati
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Retail, FinTech

Lodovico Rosnati works for Capital Markets based out of Italy.

## Jacopo Sebastio
- Type: Angel
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Shoes, Retail, Fashion

Jacopo Sebastio is Founder & CEO at Velasca.

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