# Top 30 Sports VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Italy in May 2026 ## Boost Heroes - Type: VC Fund - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Apps Boost Heroes is an Italy-based holding company focusing on seed and early stage investments. ## Club degli Investitori - Type: VC Fund - Location: Torino, Piemonte, Italy - Relevant deals: 4 - 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. ## CDP Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Rome, Lazio, Italy - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology CDP Venture Capital Sgr - National Innovation Fund aims to make venture capital a cornerstone of the country's economic development and innovation, creating the conditions for an overall and sustainable growth of the venture capital ecosystem. ## Italian Angels for Growth - Type: VC Fund - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Health Care IAG is an angel investor network that offers access to its affiliates to early-stage venture opportunities. Its members to date have deployed over 22 million Euros to support 41 startups in the series seed/series A stage in many verticals, among which: Medtech, SAAS, e-commerce, Fintech, and high tech at large. Every investment opportunityat IAG is vetted by a professional team together with expert members of the group. Once invested, the company receives the support of up to two Investment champions, who bring their expertise to the table and help them succeed. ## Growth Engine - Type: VC Fund - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Secondary Market, Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: E-Commerce, Information Technology, Internet Growth Engine is a holding company that invests in startups and scaleups with high growth potential founded by Fabio Mondini de Focatiis, Andrea Marangione, Michele Appendino and Marco Ariello, Venture Capital professionals with an excellent track record. Growth Engine invests in Italian startups at the Pre-Seed and Seed stage. ## Embed Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Information Technology, Health Care, Mobile Embed Capital directly invests in startups, established or in the process of creation.Embed is mainly focused on innovative companies that:- Are active in the so-called “real economy” sectors: industrials, technology, environment, services, retail or social;- Are characterized by simple and intuitive business models and valuepropositions, and operate in markets or market segments featuring high growth potential;- Present a clear competitive advantage and high barriers-to-entry;- Are cash-generative in the medium term.Given that Embed Capital is not a closed-end fund, it doesn’t have specific time-constrains and it can assess on a project-by-project basis to determine the best time to sell a participation, and sign customized agreements with the entrepreneurs. ## Moffu Labs - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Information Technology, B2B Moffu Labs is a one of a kind beast in-between a venture capital and an incubator. It aims at helping startups both financially and management-wise ## 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. ## Primo Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Aerospace Primo Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on seed and early stage startups. The firm manages two funds focused on the digital sector and one fund specializing in the new space economy. ## SeedBlink - Type: VC Fund - Location: Bucharest, Bucuresti, Romania - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS SeedBlink is a platform for startup investments. Invest in startups by having the benefits of crowdfunding, the flexibility of angel investors, and the VC structure. ## Azimut Digitech Fund - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, Computer, Mobile Azimut Digitech Fund Was created as part of a partnership with the Gellify Group. ## Cairo Communication - Type: VC Fund - Location: Milano, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Fitness, Software, Training Cairo Communication is a company that carries activities in the communication sector as a publisher - television & books & a concessionaire. ## 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 ## TheNetValue - Type: VC Fund - Location: Cagliari, Sardegna, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Apps, SaaS, Mobile The Net Value | Incubatore certificato | Spazio di Coworking | TNV Academy | Eventi Cagliari. Viale la Plaia 15, Cagliari (CA) 09123 ## Wylab - Type: VC Fund - Location: Chiavari, Liguria, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Sports, Fantasy Sports, Machine Learning Wylab is the first Sports Tech Incubator in Italy offering early stage startups a support program that will help them develop great products and services, as well as a thriving work space for young professionals and small businesses. They created a space where Startups can interact among them and with clubs, federations, agents, sports associationsof various kinds. Wylab is a place where it is possible to communicate with Universities, Industries and the Financial world. As a 100% private incubator, Wylab is able to manage a light and performing environment that allows Startups to grow up and expand their businesses quickly. ## Atlante Seeds - Type: VC Fund - Location: Milano, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Manufacturing, Sports, Hardware Atlante Seed is an Intesa Sanpaolo Group's Fund dedicated to seed and early stage capital, it invests in innovative companies still small but with high growth potential, with a particular attention to those belonging to the high technology industry. Besides this activity (direct investments), the Fund invests in selected business incubators oraccelerators specialized in specific sectors (indirect investments). ## Vela Imprese - Type: VC Fund - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Gift, Retail, Sports Vela Imprese S.r.l. is a venture capital and private equity firm specializing in investing in startups, early venture, management buy-ins, leverage buyouts, and development equity. ## UniCredit Group - Type: VC Fund - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - 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. ## Doorway Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Marketplace Doorway Capital is an independent provider of risk capital to law firms. It offers facilities of between £50,000 and £20 million to firms authorized by the SRA to practice law in England and Wales. These facilities can be used to fund disbursements, acquisitions, lock-up, tax liabilities, or anything else. It also purchases paid disbursements fromlaw firms for up to 80% of their face value. These means capital earning little or no return can be redeployed into more profitable activities of the firm or returned to its partners.Doorway Capital was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in London, England. ## Azimuth Capital Management - Type: VC Fund - Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Oil and Gas, Solar, Renewable Energy Azimuth Capital is a leading private equity firm with almost 20 years of experience investing in energy transition, infrastructure, E&P and technology. ## Fnm - Type: VC Fund - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Travel, Events, Sports Fnm is a transport & mobility Group & non-state investor that is responsible to manage and coordinate its subsidiaries. ## 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. ## Bios Line Holding - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Sports, Leisure, E-Commerce investment firm ## Net4Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Fitness, Wellness, Nutrition Net4Capital is a investment management company in private equity and venture capital. ## Exor Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Health Care, Software, FinTech With EXOR Seeds, We have reconnected with our entrepreneurial roots and long history of innovation. We look for exceptional founders, with the ambition to build great businesses in their field. EXOR Seeds offers a truly different type of partnership to the select group of entrepreneurs that it backs:- As a fifth-generation family-ledbusiness, we proved that we are builders not traders;- Our permanent capital allows us to take a long-term view and put the interest of the companies We invest in first;- Our global network, across industries and geographies, is a unique advantage to entrepreneurs ## 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. ## Sport Horizon Holding S.p.a. - Type: VC Fund - Location: Turin, Piemonte, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: Apps, Sports, Fitness The innovative hub to invest in the most promisingand visionary startups in the sport industry. ## RCS MediaGroup - Type: VC Fund - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Beauty, Retail, Fitness RCS MediaGroup S.p.A., based in Milan and listed on the Italian Stock Exchange is one of the world’s major multimedia publishing groups. RCS MediaGroup is active in all publishing sectors – from newspapers to magazines, books to TV and radio to new media – and among the leaders in terms of advertising sales and distribution. With 32% of RCSMediaGroup's turnover generated in foreign markets, they have a significant presence in particular in Spain, Portugal, USA, South America, UAE and China. In the future, RCS MediaGroup believes that culture, reliable information and communications will be increasingly important for all people and will play a crucial role in how society develops. The impact of this trend will be more dynamic, widespread and accessible than ever before thanks to continuous technological progress. RCS MediaGroup is at the forefront of publishing evolution, inspired by their principles and founding values and strengthened by the trust in their content, brands and writers. RCS MediaGroup's main objectives have always been to produce and propagate culture, information, services and entertainment, while respecting the principles of liberty, honesty and pluralism and driving innovation across all forms of communication. ## Incos Invest - Type: VC Fund - Location: Falsterbo, Skane Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: Travel, Boating, Medical Incos Invest is a venture capital firm specializing in start-up and early-stage investments. The firm seeks to make investments in companies operating in the industries of cosmetics, perfumes, travel and tourism, real estate, e-commerce, IT, and software development. The company is headquartered in Skane Lan, Sweden. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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