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Italian Founders Fund
Venture capital · Italy · Europe
Italian Founders Fund is a venture capital firm that backs entrepreneurs with Italian roots and global ambitions. It invests from pre-seed to Series A in companies with an Italian DNA, leading or co-leading early rounds and helping unlock global capital at scale.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsfounder-backeditalian diasporaearly stagesector agnosticdigital innovation
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Or find every investor that fitsItalian Founders Fund lists 33 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 16 funding rounds, 7 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 60% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (35%), Enterprise Software (10%) and E-commerce & Marketplaces (9%). 64% of its companies are based in Italy. It invests most often alongside Vento, B Heroes and K Fund.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Italian Founders Fund, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Italian Founders Fund's whole history. Rounds on record name 15 companies; its own site lists 33. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 7% |
| Seed | 60% |
| Series A | 27% |
| Series B | 7% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 5 | 3 |
| '26 | 11 | 4 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 71th | 33 companies |
| Recent activity | 95th | 11 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 80th | 67% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 98th | 39% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 63th | 35% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 88th | 7 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 35% | 18% |
| Enterprise Software | 10% | 8% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 9% | 5% |
| Human Resources | 7% | 1% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 7% | 15% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 5% | 3% |
| Cybersecurity | 5% | 4% |
| Education | 5% | 7% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Vento | 15 |
| B Heroes | 5 |
| K Fund | 3 |
| Moonstone | 3 |
| Y Combinator | 3 |
| 14Peaks Capital | 2 |
| Alecla7 | 2 |
| Entourage | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers33100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Italian Founders Fund head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Italian Founders Fund| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 5 Oct 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 28 Sept 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 16 Sept 2026 | Pre-Seed Led | |
| 10 Sept 2026 | Seed | |
| 24 Jun 2026 | Seed | |
| 24 Jun 2026 | Seed | |
| 20 May 2026 | Seed | |
| 12 May 2026 | Seed |
Round details for Italian Founders Fund
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Italian Founders Fund's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
33 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aquila provides asset-backed financing for solar and electric vehicle projects in Southeast Asia. | FintechClimate & Energy | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides driving school services to help people obtain a driver's license | Education | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides an AI marketing platform that automates tasks such as budget allocation, ad management, and creative generation for growth teams. | AI & Machine LearningMedia & Entertainment | Mar 2025Seed | Page + round | |
| CommerceClarity automates retail catalog operations using AI agents | AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces | Nov 2025Series A | Page + round | |
| Complaion provides ISO compliance software and dedicated auditor services to certify companies | CybersecurityGaming | Sept 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| Compri automates repetitive tasks in supply chain management using AI agents | AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces | Mar 2025Seed · 2 rounds | Page + round | |
| Skillvue provides a skills operating system platform for organizations to make talent decisions, such as hiring, promotions, and transformations, using objective skills data and AI-powered verifications. | Human ResourcesAI & Machine Learning | May 2025Seed | Funding round | |
| Fleequid is a marketplace to buy and sell used buses and coaches in Europe. | E-commerce & MarketplacesAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Cato provides an AI platform to help businesses manage and participate in public procurement auctions | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Apr 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Glaut provides a research operating system for researchers to collect, analyze, and report data | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides an AI receptionist service for businesses to manage phone calls and messages | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Sept 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Invertix connects operational data and deploys AI agents to monitor assets and coordinate work across teams. | AI & Machine LearningEducation | May 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Iusful provides legal services to businesses through a network of specialized lawyers and technology. | Legal & Compliance | Sept 2026Pre-Seed | Page + round | |
| The company provides a software platform for managing and paying employees | Human Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| Klearly provides real-time guidance for revenue teams to take the most efficient, next best actions to influence a win | Enterprise SoftwareAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Klearly provides payment solutions for hospitality businesses, including restaurants, bars, and clubs. | Food & AgricultureFintech | Jan 2026Series A | Funding round | |
| Livia provides condominium administration services, managing common areas, maintenance, costs, and communications for buildings in Milan. | Real Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| Mama health provides an AI support platform for individuals managing chronic conditions, offering personalized answers, medical information, and connections to specialists and care services. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Manufact provides a cloud platform for developing, deploying, and operating production-ready MCP applications and servers. | Enterprise SoftwareAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Paradigma runs autonomous R&D for companies using AI agents and records research in a graph of hypotheses and experiments | AI & Machine LearningRobotics & Hardware | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- italianfoundersfund.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 1 Mar 2025
- Companies checked
- 33
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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