Invitalia Ventures has the pleasure to invite you to join its syndication to back the best Italian venture deals. In order to ensure an high quality deal flow, Invitalia Ventures has defined strategic partnerships with the main Italian Hard-Tech R&D centers and all the Italian Venture Capitalist.
Invitalia Ventures SGR manages “Italia Venture Fund I”, a €50ML Fund backed by the Italian Government, and a final closing target of € 100ML. The Fund will only operate in a co-investment basis with national and international private operators and will co-invest up to a maximum of 70% in round A (€ 0.5ML - € 1.5ML) in high growth sectors like: Internet & ICT, Logistics & Mechatronics, Biotech and Health, Clean Energy & Green Tech, Social Impact, Food Fashion e Life Style, Fintech.
Given that Italia Venture I will be a co-investment fund, its main deal flow will be made up of the best opportunities coming from professional VC players in Italy and from the best Hard-Tech R&D centers, those startups which are performing better and that need investments in order to start scaling up on international markets. We are giving the opportunity to access to investment opportunities in startups which represents the excellence of Italian innovation.
Invitalia Ventures investment team is made my:
Salvo Mizzi (CEO):Kauffman Fellow, internet pioneer, former entrepreneur, serial founder and innovation market builder with strong international network, Founder Working Capital Accelerator (TIM#WCAP) and TIM Ventures in Telecom Italia Group.
Ciro Spedaliere (Investment Manager): 5+ years in the Venture Capital Industry, digital evangelist, former product manager, Investment Manager at LVenture Group and Senior Analyst at Innogest/MBooster, Alumni HAAS Business School of UC Berkeley.
Mario Scuderi (Investment Manager): 3+ years in the Venture Capital Industry, ecosystem builder, former entrepreneur and product manager, Up-Global Facilitator, Operating Officer at Working Capital Accelerator (TIM#WCAP), Investment Manager at Sistema Investimenti S.p.A., Alumni London School of Economics.
Salvo Mizzi (CEO Invitalia Ventures) says:
“Growth is our mission! It will be a pleasure to pursue this goal together.”
Invitalia Ventures deal flow came from best Italian Hard-Tech R&D centers, from Invitalia Ventures International Investor Network, Invitalia (Smart&Start) and also from direct scouting of Invitalia Ventures Investment Teams. This will ensure a premium selection of best Italian Venture Deals to be backed.
We expect to syndicate ~1 deal per month. Note: in case we have limited availability for any syndicate investment, we will offer first preference to investors with whom we have a long pre-existing relationship, in addition to our community of mentors and founders. After that, we will preference larger commitment backers first. (so altho our minimum is $5K, we prefer backers at $25-50K+)