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Zanichelli Venture
Venture capital · Italy · Europe
Zanichelli Venture is an early-stage investor that funds founders building tools and services around learning, personal evolution, and ubiquitous intelligence. It backs startups in their first 12 to 24 months of operation and evaluates teams on technical strength, firsthand insight into the problem, and learning velocity.
Invests inEducationAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordseducationlearningaipersonal developmentproductivityfuture of work
Your fit with Zanichelli Venture
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Or find every investor that fitsZanichelli Venture lists 20 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 3 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 67% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Education (58%), AI & Machine Learning (16%) and Human Resources (11%). 44% of its companies are based in Italy. It invests most often alongside Vento, Emerge and Kickstart Innovation.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Zanichelli Venture, 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 Zanichelli Venture's whole history. Rounds on record name 3 companies; its own site lists 20. 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 | 33% |
| Seed | 67% |
| Series A | 0% |
| 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 | 0 | 0 |
| '26 | 3 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 51th | 20 companies |
| Recent activity | 76th | 3 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 100th | 100% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 86th | 15% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 88th | 58% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 78th | 5 countries |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Vento | 5 |
| Emerge | 2 |
| Kickstart Innovation | 2 |
| Transpose Platform | 2 |
| 97212 Ventures | 1 |
| Alecla7 | 1 |
| Alpha Partners | 1 |
| Altitude Investment Management | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers20100%
- 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.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
Show as a table
| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Education | 58% | 7% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 16% | 18% |
| Human Resources | 11% | 1% |
| Fintech | 8% | 12% |
| Enterprise Software | 3% | 8% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 3% | 15% |
| Space & Defense | 3% | 3% |
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Zanichelli Venture 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 Zanichelli Venture| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Oct 2026 | Pre-Seed | |
| 22 Sept 2026 | Seed | |
| 13 May 2026 | Seed |
Round details for Zanichelli Venture
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Zanichelli Venture's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
20 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aktiv Learning provides a platform for teaching college chemistry with active learning and homework tools. | EducationEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Amplify provides curriculum and assessments for K-12 education. | Education | Portfolio page | ||
| Anthropos provides a platform for workforce assessment and upskilling | Human ResourcesEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Computis provides accounting and financial management services to small and medium-sized enterprises and limited companies. | FintechEnterprise Software | Oct 2026Pre-Seed | Page + round | |
| Data Masters provides online courses and training in artificial intelligence, data science, and related fields. | EducationAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| EvidenceB develops and provides an adaptive learning platform for educational institutions and publishers. | EducationEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Excellence AI provides a platform that uses AI to help teachers create customized homework, exams, and tutoring for their students. | EducationAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Gamindo creates interactive educational content using gamification and AI | EducationAI & Machine Learning | Sept 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Gyver operates a career platform for electrical technicians | EducationHuman Resources | May 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Pathfinder provides a pre-approval tool and card for ESA allowable purchases, helping parents navigate school choice and reimbursement processes. | EducationFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Kide Science provides STEAM lessons for preschool and kindergarten education | EducationEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Mindstone provides artificial intelligence training and resources for teams and individuals. | EducationAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Nousable develops an intelligence layer for learning programs that captures learner data and orchestrates personalized learning experiences. | EducationAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| NovoDia builds curriculum infrastructure for schools, helping districts design coherent and adaptable curricular systems. | Education | Portfolio page | ||
| RunYourself provides an AI-assisted peer-to-peer and manager-to-employee coaching platform for organisations and individuals | EducationHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| Sage Haven develops a safe messaging and voice calling app for kids with parent safety and empowerment tools. | EducationHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Sparkwise provides a platform for scaling hands-on group practice and peer accountability to change how people work | EducationHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| Tomorrow University offers various study programs in fields like technology, business, and sustainability. | EducationSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides an online platform for school and financial education, connecting users with qualified teachers via chat or video. | EducationFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Zick Learn turns company knowledge into skills using AI | EducationAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- zanichelliventure.it
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 13 May 2026
- Companies checked
- 20
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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