The Founders
“If everything just goes great, it kind of doesn’t matter who your investors are. But almost never does everything just go great…”
Marc Andreessen
Gianluca d’agostino
Entrepreneur and Angel Investor in Italy and the UK. Currently on the board of two public tech companies, Bango (LON:BGO) and Onmobile Global (NSE:ONMOBILE). Founder and CEO until 2015 of Neomobile, a Rome-based company which became a global leader in Mobile Entertainment (€1B revenue generated in 10ys). Won the prize for best European digital entrepreneur in 2011. Active investor, advisor and mentor to startups, with a focus on eCommerce and SaaS. Computer Science graduate, with a past working experience in Thomson Multimedia, TIM and KPMG. Gianluca returns to Italy to launch Techshop, after 10 years in London.
Aurelio Mezzotero
Investor and advisor to high-tech companies. Currently member of the Board of 4 startups/scaleups. EIC Accelerator Jury Member. Since 2018 he has collaborated with Innogest SGR in developing its e-commerce and fintech ICII fund portfolio. Previously, he has successfully managed Atlante Ventures and helped relaunch Italian Angels for Growth as Managing Director. Graduate of Economics at the Bocconi University and MBA at Insead. He started his career in Gemini Consulting and Intesa Sanpaolo – Merchant Banking.
our performance as investors
36
2010-2020
Over time
Out of 13 realised investments and 23 active ones
Gianluca as an Angel
Aurelio as Fund Manager
A collection of startups we have helped grow
THE FOUNDERS’ DNA
Complementary
An investor with expertise in VC fund management + a digital entrepreneur with expertise in Angel investment.
Hands-on
Recognized mentoring skills and ability to give strategic-operational support in key scaling-up activities.
Global Minded
Expertise and relations across 5 continents would facilitate the overseas expansion of the portfolio companies.
Growth Fanatic
Only involved in projects with a high-growth potential; ability to inspire the founders to achieve ambitious goals.