Fund profile / Italy

XGEN Venture Life Sciences Fund

Geography: Italy
Stage: Pre-Seed
Fund size: €180M
Focus: Biotech and SaaS
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

About XGEN Venture Life Sciences Fund

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

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionItaly

Funding StagePre-Seed

Industry Focus

Biotech

SaaS

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Early-stage life science R&D founder solving unmet medical needs

life sciences

early-stage R&D

biotech/pharma

unmet medical needs

novel solutions

Bullish Signals

15+ yrs team experience, Fund I activeexternal

Former Genextra team, proven track recordexternal

Fund launched end of 2022external

SGR-registered, regulated Italian fund managerwebsite

Still advising Genextra portfolio — dual exposurewebsite

Est. 2021, focused next-gen life science ventureswebsite

Dedicated to novel solutions, high unmet needswebsite

Specialized early-stage private R&D investment focuswebsite

Next-generation life science ventures core missionwebsite

Discovery-to-development startup expertise validatedwebsite

Contrarian Signals

Italy-based, niche geographic focusexternal

Life sciences only — narrow sector scopeexternal

Founder Do's

Focus on novel solutions for unmet needs

Be early-stage private R&D company

Operate in life sciences sector

Show strong scientific foundation

Align with next-gen life science innovation

Founder Don'ts

Avoid non-life-science verticals

Don't approach if growth-stage only

Avoid non-private companies

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size€180M

Saves0

Website

People

Key People

Aolo Fundarò, Federica Draghi, Daniele Scarinci

UnknownFormer Genextra Team

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