Italian Founders Fund

About Italian Founders Fund

Italy-focused Startups, B2B, SaaS, GenAI, Consumer focused fund

Investment Focus

Location / RegionItaly

Funding StageSeed

Industry Focus

Ai Ml

Consumer Commerce

Enterprise Software

Saas

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Italian-rooted B2B SaaS founders with global scale ambition

Italian DNA founders

Pre-Seed to Series A

B2B SaaS

global ambition from Italy

founder-backed VC

Bullish Signals

15+ portfolio cos across Pre-Seed–Series Aexternal

Italy's first founder-backed VCexternal

LPs: Bending Spoons, King, Scalapay foundersexternal

€250k–€3m initial tickets, leads roundsexternal

EiR program generates proprietary dealflowexternal

Team active on ecosystem media (Vento pod)linkedin

Vento pod repost signals active brand buildinglinkedin

Contrarian Signals

Italy-only focus limits market sizeexternal

Network-gated: Italian roots requiredexternal

Managed by SGR — regulatory overheadexternal

Ecosystem immaturity acknowledged by teamlinkedin

No unicorn founder density in Italy yetlinkedin

Founder Do's

Have Italian roots or global Italian DNA

Show unlimited ambition and global mindset

Be extremely transparent with investors

Embrace failure and fast iteration

Spend time in London/NY/SF to calibrate 'great'

Founder Don'ts

Pitch without clear global ambition

Avoid transparency or hide weaknesses

Expect passive capital only

Key GPs & Partners

Lorenzo Franzi

Partner

founder-firstoperatorItaly-focused

Irene Mingozzi

Partner

founder-firstoperatorItaly-focused

Virginia Bassano

Principal

early-stageanalyticalecosystem-builder

Ascanio Orombelli

Senior Investment Manager

deal-sourcingearly-stage

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Fund Overview

Fund Size€30M

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Key People

Lorenzo Franzi, Irene Mingozzi

Lorenzo FranziPartner

Irene MingozziPartner

Virginia BassanoPrincipal

Ascanio OrombelliSenior Investment Manager