# Top 20 Transportation 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.

## Jacopo Paoletti
- Type: Angel
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Equity Crowdfunding, Seed
- Focus: Apps, SaaS, Mobile

Digital Marketer, Serial Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, Startup Advisor.

## Marco Valta
- Type: Angel
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Secondary Market
- Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace

Marco Valta is an Entrepreneur and Investor with over 12 years experience in the tech/web industry.
As an internet investor, Marco has a portfolio of more than 150 companies including Appnexus, Soldo, Revolut, Prima, Bolt, Flexport, Deliveroo, Space X, Brex, Fabfitfun, Cloudkitchens, Raya, Playco, Public, Coinbase, Pacaso, Relativity, Monthly.

## Stefano Mezzadri
- Type: Angel
- Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Events, Battery, CleanTech

Stefano Mezzadri

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

Alessandro Errico

## Michel Taride
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Travel, Leisure, Tourism

Michel Taride

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

Marco Ogliengo

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

Alberto Cartasegna

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

Tommaso Loreto

## Andrea Torlonia
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Convertible Note
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Big Data, Food Delivery

Andrea Torlonia

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

Andrea Galassi

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

Filippo Mottolese

## Teodoro D'Ambrosio
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Automotive, Marketplace

Teodoro is serial entrepreneur with 20 years of experience and investor.Teodoro is director of Jetcost Group and Prima.it, former director of Bravofly-Rumbo Group until IPO.
Co-founder of Emaze, Hotelscan (acquired by JetCost), Prima, Bravoavia (acquired by Bravofly), Yeldo, Abiby, Impossible Brands.Founder and partner of Luxembourg investmentvehicle Neurone Ventures with an investment portfolio of over 80 investments with 14 successful exits.Current investment portfolio include companies like: Coinbase, Adoreme, Deliveroo, Wallapop, Justeat.Teodoro started his career, as a techie, in year 2000 by joining the founding team of Emaze; he brought the company to become market leader in Italy for software and network security.Teodoro has engineering degree and an executive degree from Berkeley.

## 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

## Marco Filippi
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, Blockchain, Mobile Apps

I'm a committed and energetic person, fascinated by new knowledges and stimulated by new challenges. My area of interests are: Startups, Blockchain & ICO, Sharing economy, Sport, Food & Wines. Text me if you want to talk about the last DLT development as well as the best restaurant you have been in!

## Enrico Pandian
- Type: Angel
- Location: Milano, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Fabio Cannavale
- Type: Angel
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Information Technology, Software

Fabio Cannavale - Founder @ Siamosoci

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

Marco Marianelli

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

Marco De Nicola

## 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.

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