Vento
Venture capital · Italy · Europe
Vento is an early-stage venture capital firm that backs Italian founders building globally. It also runs Reef, a yearly five-month venture building program, and Wave, an annual European tech event in Italy.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
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Or find every investor that fitsVento lists 195 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 31 funding rounds, 1 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 68% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (27%), Fintech (12%) and Healthcare & Biotech (11%). 52% of its companies are based in Italy. It invests most often alongside Y Combinator, Italian Founders Fund and Transpose Platform.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Vento, 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 Vento's whole history. Rounds on record name 31 companies; its own site lists 195. 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 | 23% |
| Seed | 68% |
| Series A | 10% |
| Series B | 0% |
| 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 | 7 | 0 |
| '26 | 24 | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 99th | 197 companies |
| Recent activity | 99th | 25 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 85th | 90% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 81th | 12% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 42th | 27% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 98th | 13 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 27% | 18% |
| Fintech | 12% | 12% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 11% | 15% |
| Enterprise Software | 8% | 8% |
| Cybersecurity | 6% | 4% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 6% | 7% |
| Education | 5% | 7% |
| Legal & Compliance | 4% | 2% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Y Combinator | 24 |
| Italian Founders Fund | 15 |
| Transpose Platform | 15 |
| B Heroes | 7 |
| Moonstone | 7 |
| Creative Destruction Lab | 6 |
| The Techshop | 6 |
| Alecla7 | 5 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers18896%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company74%
- 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 Vento head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Funds
as stated on its siteRecent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Vento| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Oct 2026 | Seed | |
| 6 Oct 2026 | Series A | |
| 6 Oct 2026 | Pre-Seed | |
| 1 Oct 2026 | Pre-Seed | |
| 28 Sept 2026 | Series A | |
| 22 Sept 2026 | Seed | |
| 16 Sept 2026 | Pre-Seed | |
| 16 Sept 2026 | Pre-Seed |
Round details for Vento
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Vento's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
195 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company creates novel materials, including magnetic materials, critical mineral extraction materials, semiconductor packaging materials, and materials science RL environments. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| AcousticaBio helps drug developers formulate new and existing biologic products into ultra-high-concentration subcutaneous injections | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Ratel develops a self-improvement layer for AI agents to find and fix problems and improve their accuracy and performance | AI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Agora Labs solves privacy so that researchers and engineers can deliver products built on real-world evidence. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Alfera provides an AI coworker that works with various tools and platforms to assist companies | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Aliseo provides an AI workforce for the electronic supply chain, helping with tasks such as pricing, lead times, and stock management. | AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Allelica offers state-of-the-art tools designed to integrate genetics into clinical practice to reduce the burden of common disease. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Almanax is a company that offers an AI-native application security product for automated vulnerability detection and CI/CD security | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Always Friday organizes corporate events globally, handling location and supplier research, negotiation, logistics, guest management, and event coordination. | Enterprise SoftwareLegal & Compliance | Apr 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Ancora provides an online platform and a dedicated accountant to help businesses with their accounting and financial management | FintechEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Anthropos provides a platform for workforce assessment and upskilling | Human ResourcesEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Aquila provides asset-backed financing for solar and electric vehicle projects in Southeast Asia. | FintechClimate & Energy | Portfolio page | ||
| ARCA Dynamics provides commercial sensor data and offers services for tracking and monitoring space objects | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Orama helps companies design, train, and ship AI. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Saturn Dynamics builds an extremely efficient generative simulation for the entire development cycle of embodied intelligence, from training to deployment. | AI & Machine LearningRobotics & Hardware | Portfolio page | ||
| The company turns ordinary earbuds into health sensors using artificial intelligence to monitor vital signs | Healthcare & Biotech | Apr 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Bee develops wearable and ambient AI products that convert conversations into clear takeaways, summaries, and insights | AI & Machine LearningConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| BizAway manages all business travel in one place with 24/7 human support | Legal & ComplianceEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
FintechCrypto & Web3 | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 11 Nov 2026- Site
- vento.ventures
- Last read
- 11 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 14 Apr 2025
- Companies checked
- 195
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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