Pi Campus
Venture capitalRome · Pre-Seed–Seed · 29 people tracked
Investment thesis
Pi Campus invests in early-stage technology and AI-applied startups, reflecting the team's own background, while maintaining an understanding of a few adjacent markets and openness to fast-growing companies. It generally co-invests together with other VCs and business angels rather than acting alone, and reviews inbound proposals from founders seeking seed investment. The firm positions itself as a community of innovators, investors, and creatives who value diversity.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 2, 2026.
Team · 29 people
from the firm's websiteCo-founder of Pi Campus, which was established with profits from his previous businesses.
Co-founder of Pi Campus, which was established with profits from her previous businesses.
Co-founder and CEO of Pi Campus; also founder of translation company Translated, whose profits helped establish the firm.
Inventor of time-delay networks, serial entrepreneur, and AI professor who assists Pi Campus with large technical challenges.
Inventor of time-delay networks, serial entrepreneur, and AI professor who helps with especially difficult problems.
Silicon Valley angel investor and Human Augmentation syndicate co-founder who advises Pi Campus.
A Silicon Valley angel investor who helps the firm stay focused and raise its standards.
Angel investor and partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers; a prolific dealmaker in Italy who advises on M&A.
A prolific Italian angel investor and PwC partner who assists with M&A deals.
Fincantieri general manager and former CEO of CDP and BNL; advises Pi Campus on large-scale matters.
A senior banker (Fincantieri GM, former CDP and BNL CEO) who advises Pi Campus on large deals.
Former Intel Capital and Benchmark Capital partner who helped Pi Campus understand how venture capital works in Europe.
A veteran of European VC who helped Pi Campus understand how venture capital works in Europe.
Founder of aiXplain and former AI director at eBay, Amazon, and Facebook; helps Pi Campus connect AI and business. Pi Campus also funded his startup.
Founder of aiXplain and former AI director at major tech firms; helps connect AI and business, and Pi Campus has funded his startup.
Google researcher and Transformer neural network model co-inventor who advises Pi Campus on state-of-the-art AI and machine learning.
A Google researcher and Transformer model co-inventor who advises Pi Campus on state-of-the-art AI and ML.
Principal Applied Scientist at AWS and co-founder of ModernMT; a machine translation researcher and long-time partner of Translated and Pi Campus.
A leading machine translation researcher and long-time partner of Translated and Pi Campus.
Twitch co-founder and Y Combinator CEO who introduced Pi Campus to YC and gave early guidance for starting the venture.
Introduced Pi Campus to Y Combinator, its most important co-investor, and provided early guidance for launching the venture.
Business development at Octo Telematics and former Disney VP; contributes analytical skills to Pi Campus's investment assessments.
Brings business development experience and analytical skills to help Pi Campus assess investments.
Y Combinator co-founder who inspired the creation of Translated and Pi Campus.
Y Combinator co-founder who inspired the creation of Translated and Pi Campus.
InReach co-founder and former partner at Balderton Capital.
Co-founder of InReach and former Balderton Capital partner working with Pi Campus on the future of VC.
Pi Campus's first and only investor and co-founder of CVC Capital Partners.
Investments · 2 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathA premium, fully automated and auto-scalable managed WordPress hosting platform; discontinued since 2015.
A European group-buying platform focused on mobile shopping; started at Pi Campus in 2010 and acquired by Seat Pagine Gialle in 2013.
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Pi Campus invest at?
- Pi Campus invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What is Pi Campus's typical check size?
- Pi Campus typically writes checks of $55K – $550K.
- What sectors does Pi Campus focus on?
- Pi Campus focuses on AI & Machine Learning.
- Where is Pi Campus located?
- Pi Campus is headquartered in Rome, IT.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamAI, Optimism & Naivety: Lessons from Marco Trombetti (Translated & Pi Campus) | E133 - YouTube
EU-Startups · Marco Trombetti
Intervista a Marco Trombetti (Pi Campus) - Innovation Forum Fortune Italia - YouTube
Fortune Italia · Marco Trombetti
Gianluca Granero Co-Founder Pi Campus - YouTube
OpenMag · Gianluca Granero
GenAI for Startups and Enterprises
Pi Campus
Mastering Product Management - with Anjali Joshi
Pi Campus
Augmenting Human Intuition with AI
Pi Campus
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