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Indaco Venture Partners
Venture capitalMilan · Seed · 18 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Indaco Venture Partners SGR is an Italian venture capital asset manager founded in 2016 that invests in electronics, robotics, materials science, medical devices, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and digital technologies. The firm operates as an independent venture capital manager in Italy.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 6, 2026.
Team · 18 people
from the firm's website & curated
Founder mafia
2 people who came through Indaco Venture Partners went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 32 of 70 portfolio companiesDeep Tech ×12Healthtech ×10Biotech ×8AI & Machine Learning ×7Hardware ×7Medical Devices ×7Cleantech ×3Data & Infrastructure ×3
HQs:Italy×11United Kingdom×4Israel×2Czechia×1United States×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 15 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×82 founders×33 founders×14+ founders×3
Where their founders studiedfrom 10 founders with education data
Santa Clara University Leavey School of Business ×3
What their founders studiedfrom 12 founders with field-of-study data
Business & Management ×4Engineering ×4Computer Science ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 12 founders with career history
NASA Ames Research Center ×2Politecnico di Milano ×2
Investments · 70 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2024 · 12023 · 22022 · 25 dated
Wise is a financial platform offering international money transfers, multi-currency accounts, and debit cards with low fees and competitive exchange rates, serving millions of users globally.
FintechLondon, GB
Kristo Käärmann(Founder)inTaavet Hinrikus(Founder)in
Co-investorsAdventure FundAndreessen HorowitzCDP Venture CapitalFelicis VenturesFirestartrGlynn Capital Management+27 more
Genespire is a life sciences company backed by multiple venture capital investors including Sofinnova Partners, XGEN Venture, CDP Venture Capital, and Indaco Venture Partners.
BiotechDeep TechDigital HealthHealthtech
Dr. Lucia Faccio(Chief Executive Officer)inDr. Julianne Smith(Chief Development Officer)Dr. Simon Hawkins(VP Clinical Development)Dr. Smaragda Angelidou(Responsabile CMC)Dr. Mary Wang(Patient Engagement Director)Emanuela Balzo(VP of Finance)in
Co-investorsCDP Venture CapitalSofinnova PartnersXGEN Venture
Origin Shield is a content delivery optimization service that protects origin servers from overload during live and on-demand video streaming, with variants offering caching storage to reduce egress costs and latency across multi-CDN and multi-region deployments.
Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureMedia & Entertainment
Antonio G. Corrado(Founder, Executive Chairman & CEO)inGiovanni Proscia(Co-founder, Chief Architect Officer)inPhilippe Tripodi(Co-founder, Chief Technology Officer)
Co-investorsSony Ventures CorporationUnited Ventures
2D Photonics develops graphene-integrated photonics technology for optical transceivers and interconnects used in data-intensive applications such as generative AI workloads.
Deep TechSemiconductors
Co-investorsBosch VenturesSony Ventures CorporationCDP Venture CapitalJoin Capital
Alia Therapeutics is a biotech company developing therapeutics based on gene-editing technology.
BiotechDeep TechHealthtech
Co-investorsSofinnova Partners
Bendit Technologies develops steerable microcatheters with 3D controlled torque and 180° distal tip deflection for neurovascular and endovascular procedures, allowing clinicians to navigate tortuous vasculature and deliver treatment without a guidewire.
HardwareHealthtechMedical DevicesPetach Tikva, IL
Co-investorsItalian Angels for GrowthMEDA Angels
Cellply develops VivaCyte, an automated platform that combines microfluidic consumables, an instrument, and image-analysis software to characterize cell therapies at single-cell resolution.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechHardwareMedical DevicesBologna, IT
Massimo Bocchi(Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer)inAlessia Zanelli(President & CEO)inAndrea Faenza(Chief Technology Officer)in
Co-investorsItalian Angels for GrowthLIFTT
Codasip develops RISC-V processor IP and processor design tools for chip and embedded systems designers.
CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsHardwareSemiconductorsBrno, CZ
Karel Masařík(Founder)inRon Black(Chief Executive Officer)inZdeněk Přikryl(Chief Technology Officer)inVladimír Koutný(Chief Financial Officer)inKateřina Smrčková(Chief People Officer)in
Co-investorsCredo VenturesMatterwave VenturesOctopus VenturesSquareOneVentechWestern Digital Capital+2 more
Dessn offers a design-to-code tool that connects to a product's repository and uses AI to extract design components and generate a cloud-hosted design environment built around the codebase.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsMarketing TechSaaSSector AgnosticLondon, GB
Marcus Persson(Co-founder)inNils Nygren Liljenstrand(Co-founder & CPO)inGabriella Hachem(Co-founder)Nim(Co-founder)Pietro Bezza(Managing Partner, co-founder of Connect)in
Co-investorsBetaworksFJ LabsN49PVentures TogetherBallou CapitalConnect Ventures+1 more
Cortilia is an online grocery marketplace that delivers locally sourced products — fruit, pantry items, and personal care goods — from around 400 producers directly to consumers' homes.
E-commerceFoodTechMarketplaces
Marco Porcaro(Founder)
Co-investorsFive Seasons VenturesP101 VenturesPrimo VenturesBooX
D-Orbit provides space logistics infrastructure and transportation services including satellite launch deployment, on-orbit servicing, refueling, and end-of-mission disposal using its proprietary ION Satellite Carrier orbital transfer vehicle.
Deep TechLogistics & Supply ChainSpace TechItaly, IT
Luca Rossettini(Founder)inRenato Panesi(Founder)inGiuseppe Tussiwand(Founder)Luca Rossettini Renato Panesi(Founder)Thomas Panozzo(Founder)
Co-investorsAstor PerkinsBanca Investis — Family OfficeCDP Venture CapitalElysia CapitalIceNineIn-Q-Tel+13 more
Directa Plus produces pristine graphene nanoplatelets using a patented, chemical-free process and supplies its G+ Graphene Plus materials to industrial partners across sectors such as textiles, environmental applications, composites, elastomers and tires, batteries, and paints.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechClimate TechNew MaterialsLondon, GB
Bob Mercuri(Founder)in
Co-investorsSeneca Partners
Easyrain develops a modular ecosystem of software, hardware, and cloud technologies for ADAS and autonomous driving systems, helping vehicles stay aware and safe across varying road and weather conditions such as aquaplaning and grip loss.
Deep TechHardwareMobility & Transportation
Co-investorsLIFTTMI.TO TechnologyProgress Tech Transfer
ElectroPhysiology Frontiers is a MedTech company that develops a "single-shot" catheter ablation system for pulmonary vein isolation, aimed at creating more durable ablation lesions and reducing recurrence of atrial fibrillation (AFib).
HardwareHealthtechMedical Devices
Marwan Abboud(Chief Executive Officer)inShlomo Shpun(Chief Scientific Officer and Executive Chairman)in
Enthera Srl is a privately held pharmaceutical company founded in 2016 and based in Milan, Italy.
BiotechHealthtechMilan, IT
Co-investorsSofinnova PartnersRoche Venture FundAbbVieJDRF T1D Fund
Expert.ai provides enterprise AI solutions built on a hybrid approach that combines neuro-symbolic AI, knowledge graphs, machine and deep learning, and large language models for business data management.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsEndiya PartnersView DifferentAltos VenturesBoxGroupY Combinator
Freya Biosciences develops innovative therapies targeting immune-mediated diseases that affect women.
BiotechFemTechHealthtech
Colleen Acosta, PhD(CEO, Co-Founder)Johan van Hylckama Vlieg, PhD(CSO, Co-Founder)
Co-investorsAngelini VenturesOMX VenturesSofinnova PartnersBill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Giglio.com is an Italian online luxury fashion retailer founded from a Palermo boutique, selling designer brands like Gucci and Valentino worldwide.
Co-investorsKhosla Ventures
GP Bullhound is a technology investment bank providing M&A advisory and capital raising services for technology innovators, alongside direct investment in early-stage technology companies.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintech
Manish Madhvani(Founder)in
Co-investorsPente Capital
Danish biotech developing non-opioid restorative treatments for chronic pain, hearing loss and sensory neuron disorders.
Co-investorsEIR VenturesMedical Incubator Japan K.K.Novo Holdings
IAMA Therapeutics develops small-molecule drugs for autism, epilepsies, and other central nervous system disorders, focusing on inhibiting cation-chloride cotransporters to correct atypical brain activity.
BiotechDeep Tech
Co-investorsCDP Venture CapitalClaris Ventures
Igea Medical develops and manufactures medical devices that use reversible electroporation to treat tumors (electrochemotherapy) and vascular malformations (electrosclerotherapy).
BiotechHealthtechMedical Devices
InnovHeart develops the Saturn Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement (TMVR) system, a trans-septal mitral valve bioprosthesis used in interventional cardiology to treat mitral valve disease.
HealthtechMedical Devices
David James Wilson(Chief Executive Officer)
Co-investorsCDP Venture CapitalPanakes Partners
M31 is a product and service development partner that designs and engineers custom hardware and software across sectors including biomedical devices, security and monitoring systems, industrial applications, home/building automation and smart cities, cloud and digital twins, and automotive/racing.
Deep TechHardwareIoT
Elisabeth Rizzotti(Founder)Luciano Cinotti(Founder)Stefano Buono(Founder)in
Co-investorsElysia CapitalLIFTTMACANMI.TO TechnologyNovaCapitalPi Campus
NewLisi offers a technology for reducing sewage sludge from wastewater treatment plants while recovering renewable energy, targeting operators of existing depuration facilities.
Circular EconomyCleantechEnergy
Co-investors360 Capital
Newronika is a spin-off of Italian research institutions Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico and the University of Milan that develops adaptive deep brain stimulation (αDBS) technology which responds to brain activity in real time.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDigital HealthHealthtechMedical Devices
Lorenzo Rossi(Founder)in
Co-investorsInnogest CapitalWille Finance
Immunotherapy company developing NOUS-209 for the prevention of Lynch syndrome-associated cancers.
Co-investors5AM VenturesAndera PartnersAngelini VenturesCDP Venture CapitalM VenturesRevelation Partners+6 more
Personal Factory supplies patented dry-mix technology and chemical compounds together with an integrated platform to distributors and local builders, enabling them to produce construction materials such as adhesives and coatings on-site and on demand.
Advanced ManufacturingConstruction TechNew Materials
Pi-Cardia develops non-implant-based, catheter-delivered devices for treating structural heart disease, including its ShortCut product for leaflet modification.
HardwareHealthtechMedical Devices
Erez Golan(Founder)in
Co-investorsAccelmed PartnersClal Biotechnology IndustriesKreos CapitalSofinnova PartnersInnogest Capital
Pilegrowth Tech is an Italian semiconductor deep-tech spin-off from University of Milano-Bicocca that develops substrate engineering technology for integrating different semiconductor materials onto silicon using pillar-shaped patterning.
Sibylla Biotech develops PPI-FIT, a drug discovery technology that uses quantum physics and mathematical modeling to characterize protein folding pathways at atomic resolution.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechTrento, IT
Emiliano Biasini(Co-founder)inPietro Faccioli(Co-founder)inGiovanni Spagnolli(Co-founder, CTO)inMaria Letizia Barreca(Co-founder)inGraziano Lolli(Co-founder)
Co-investors3B Future Health FundCDP Venture CapitalSeroba Life SciencesV-Bio VenturesVertis SGRVI Partners+1 more
Talent Garden offers digital skills education—masters and courses in areas such as marketing, design, HR, and AI—alongside coworking campuses, events, and a professional network across Europe.
EdTechFuture of WorkHR Tech
Davide Dattoli Zhang(Founder)in
Co-investorsCDP Venture CapitalTIP
TECMA is a digital platform for the real estate sector that produces software, hardware, digital architecture, and marketing content to help developers and asset managers sell and rent residential and commercial properties.
Cloud ComputingPropTechSaaS
Terra Venture Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm that has invested since 2008 in technology startups focused on efficiency and sustainability, smart cities, healthcare and wellness, and IoT and big data.
CleantechClimate TechDeep TechJerusalem, IL
Astorre(Managing Partner & Co-founder)Harold(Managing Partner & Founding Partner)
Raleigh, US
Scott Bolin(Executive Officer, Director)Christopher Evans(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardTom Darden(Director)Kenneth Bowdon(Director)
Co-investorsWolfpack Investor NetworkBlue Hill Group TethisHatteras Venture Partners
Wishlist offers digital and physical gift boxes ("cofanetti") that let the recipient choose their own present from a curated selection of products, services and experiences.
ConsumerE-commerceMarketplaces
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
AdmantxAscatronAxon I FondoBiouniversaBiovelocitaCocontestCogisenCryptolabCysecDigital MagicsFarmaèFluidotecnica SanseverinoH-FARMICoolHuntLumyerMictheraMosaicoonResponsaSellfSilicon BiosystemsSofimac Investment ManagementSpinvectorStartup CompassSweet GuestTes PharmaThe Data Appeal CompanyTimbuktu LabsUltraSoCValo TherapeuticsVertis VentureYogitech
Exits · 10
1 IPOs · 9 acquisitionsWiseNASDAQ: WSEAdmantxacq. by Integral Ad ScienceAscatronacq. by II-VI IncorporatedDigital Magicsacq. by LVenture Group (merged entity renamed Zest)Responsaacq. by Gruppo Euris (Euris Group)Sellfacq. by ForceManagerSilicon Biosystemsacq. by Menarini GroupSpinvectoracq. by LinUp (Gruppo Mare)The Data Appeal Companyacq. by AlmawaveYogitechacq. by Intel
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesGP Bullhound · gpbullhound.com · Jul 23, 2026
2D Photonics · 2dphotonics.com · Apr 14, 2026
Talent Garden · eu-startups.com · Feb 19, 2026
Codasip · codasip.com · Jul 1, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Indaco Venture Partners made?
- Indaco Venture Partners has 70 tracked investments, 10 of which have exited.
- What stage does Indaco Venture Partners invest at?
- Indaco Venture Partners invests at the Seed stage.
- What sectors does Indaco Venture Partners focus on?
- Indaco Venture Partners focuses on Biotech, Consumer, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Medical Devices, New Materials, Robotics.
- Where is Indaco Venture Partners located?
- Indaco Venture Partners is headquartered in Milan, IT.
- Who does Indaco Venture Partners co-invest with?
- Indaco Venture Partners most often shares deals with CDP Venture Capital, Sofinnova Partners, LIFTT, among 56 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamIntervista a Giovanni Rizzo (Indaco Venture Partners) - Seed4Innovation 2022
UNIMI Innova · Giovanni Rizzo
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