founders

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

Co-Founder & CEO of Neomobile, a global leader in Mobile Entertainment (€1B revenue cumulated ys2006-15). HQ in Europe (Rome, London), offices in 4 continents. Pioneer of subscription biz models.
Corporate Manager in TIM and KPMG in the 90s and NED in public companies more recently,
Bango (LON:BGO) and Onmobile (NSE: ONMOBILE)
Active Angel investor at European Level: 20 investments, with a focus on SaaS & eCommerce.

Aurelio Mezzotero

Investment director of Atlante Ventures (Intesa San Paolo group), one of the pioneer seed funds in Italy.
Managing Director of Italian Angels for Growth, the most active angel network in Italy, growing the platform by +50% during his tenure in terms of members and deals.
Venture Partner at Innogest Capital, focusing on e-commerce and fintech deals in the IC II fund portfolio.

our performance as investors

36

Investment ventures
2010-2020
24
Seats on the board of directors or advisory committees
Over time
>14%
I.R.R.
Out of 13 realised investments and 23 active ones
x15
Capital mobilised by other Angels
Gianluca as an Angel
50%
% graduation from Seed to Serie A
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.