Fund profile / Italy

Programma 103 (P101 SGR)

Geography
Italy
Stage
Series A
Fund size
€250M
Focus
AI/ML, Climate & Sustainability, EdTech and SaaS
Signals
Published
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N°01 / About

About Programma 103 (P101 SGR)

Programma 103 (P101 SGR) is a venture capital firm based in Italy, focusing on Series A stage investments. The fund actively supports founders building innovative solutions in AI/ML, Climate & Sustainability, Digital Education Consumer, SaaS, providing strategic guidance and capital to help startups scale.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionItaly
Funding StageSeries A
Industry Focus
AI/ML
Climate & Sustainability
EdTech
SaaS

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Italian tech founder ready to scale internationally

Italian VC
Early-stage
Late-stage growth
AI
Life Sciences
RegTech
Food Tech
Corporate Welfare

Bullish Signals

Active publisher, Italy VC ecosystem insightsexternal
Late-stage deals doubled in Italian portfolioexternal
Italy VC hit €1.4B, +17% YoYlinkedin
Life Sciences investment surged +99%linkedin
9 unicorns, 1 decacorn in Italian ecosystemlinkedin
P101 CEO quoted in Corriere della Seralinkedin
Published «State of Italian VC» report 2025linkedin
17K+ LinkedIn followers, high engagementlinkedin
Italy's first major VC consolidation dealexternal
P101 integrates PranaVentures, AUM expansionexternal
P101-PranaVentures closed June 2026, Italian VC consolidationexternal
P101 leads Biorsaf €5.2M round, Food RegTechexternal
Biorsaf acquires Cooki, Italy's leading Food RegTechexternal
Active late-stage lead investor, Sept 2026external
Toduba acquires BitQ, corporate welfare consolidationexternal

Contrarian Signals

Italy ecosystem still early-stage heavyexternal
AI gap vs. France & Germany persistslinkedin
Exit infrastructure still underdevelopedlinkedin
No European public market for exits yetlinkedin
Talent strong, infrastructure must catch uplinkedin

Founder Do's

Build for European scale from day one
Leverage Italy's growing Life Sciences momentum
Align with institutional tech narrative
Show international capital & corporate traction
Plan exit via European public market angle
Target regulatory compliance verticals (RegTech)
Explore corporate welfare consolidation opportunities

Founder Don'ts

Ignore international capital angle
Underestimate exit strategy complexity in Italy
Pitch AI without differentiation vs. FR/DE peers

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size€250M
Saves0
People

Key People

Andrea Di Camillo, Giuseppe Donvito

Andrea Di CamilloCEO
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