Step Fund I

About Step Fund I

Milan and Naples-based inaugural fund. Backed by CDP's NextGenerationEU-funded anchor. Invests in seed-stage Italian startups, especially in the South, developing digital and AI-driven solutions.

Investment Focus

Location / RegionItaly

Funding StagePre Seed

Industry Focus

Ai Ml

Digital Health

Enterprise Software

Fintech

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

AI health founders with patient/doctor-led GTM

digital therapeutics

AI health

patient-first GTM

doctor channel

outside-in growth

Bullish Signals

Actively posting, thesis-driven contentexternal

Bullish on AI + digital therapeuticsexternal

Contrarian Signals

Avoids hospital-first GTM playsexternal

Founder Do's

Start GTM with patients or doctors

Show real usage traction early

Build outside-in, not top-down

Leverage AI for personalized health

Founder Don'ts

Don't lead with hospital partnerships

Don't ignore regulatory complexity

Don't pitch without real usage data

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Fund Overview

Fund Size€30M

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Key People

Andrea Galluzzo