Fund profile / Italy

Vento Fund II

Geography: Italy
Stage: Pre-Seed
Fund size: €75M
Focus: SaaS
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

About Vento Fund II

Vento Fund II is a venture capital firm based in Italy, focusing on Pre-Seed stage investments. The fund actively supports founders building innovative solutions in SaaS, providing strategic guidance and capital to help startups scale.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionItaly

Funding StagePre-Seed

Industry Focus

SaaS

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Solo founders eager to build teams + ideas with mentorship

founder-first

network-driven

European VC

deep-tech healthcare

AI-enabled platforms

board-as-safety-net

venture-building

solo-founder acceleration

B2B2C platforms

corporate wellness-tech

Bullish Signals

Active content, 27.6K LinkedIn followerslinkedin

Runs 'Vento Meets' founder podcastexternal

Weekly Tech Sessions at OGR Torinoexternal

Physical cohort space — Mezzanino hub activeexternal

Weekly AI/LLM peer-learning sessions confirmedlinkedin

Multi-team cohort density at Mezzaninolinkedin

Portfolio company: Scialytics (surgical AI platform)linkedin

Backing deep-tech healthcare innovation activelylinkedin

Vento Meets explores board psychology & founder dynamicslinkedin

YouTube + Spotify distribution of founder contentlinkedin

Reef venture-building: 5-day bootcamp, 40 founders selectedlinkedin

Solo-founder focus: no pre-existing team requiredlinkedin

Direct VC & angel access post-bootcamp confirmedlinkedin

Applications open Oct 18, bootcamp Dec launchlinkedin

OGR Torino: dedicated office + mentorship at scalelinkedin

Portfolio: Tundr €11.6M Series A, 200% YoY growthlinkedin

Tundr: 2,000 companies, 100K+ employees managedlinkedin

B2B2C platform strategy scaling via API integrationslinkedin

Contrarian Signals

Limited public GP visibility beyond founderexternal

Turin-based — niche geographic reachexternal

Founder Do's

Choose investors, advisors, angels intentionally

Surround yourself with people you admire 100%

Think beyond hiring — your orbit matters

Bridge business & tech internally

Learn in cohorts, not in isolation

Build boards that ground you, not inflate you

Apply with idea OR co-founder hunger

Leverage OGR space & VC proximity actively

Pursue platform-play scalability — APIs, integration-ready

Founder Don'ts

Don't underestimate non-hire relationships

Avoid low-bar advisors or angels

Don't silo tech from business teams

Don't seek boards that only affirm wins

Don't apply with fully-formed teams (Reef seeks solo talent)

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size€75M

Saves0

Website

People

Key People

Diyala Daveni, Jean De La Rochebrochard, Mike Volpi

Francesca BassoProgram Lead / Operator

Pietro MascagniGP / Investor

John ElkannChairman

MarcoReef Program Team

MartinaReef Program Team

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