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Francesco Volpe

Founder

Co-founder at Renaissance Fusion

Fontaine, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

FoundedRenaissance Fusion

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Co-founder at Renaissance Fusion

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Renaissance Fusion's investors · 9

BpifranceParis, Ile-De-France · $270K checksExcellis HoldingTorinoHCVCParis · $100K – $1M checksJuniperClarksville · $100K – $1.5M checksLOWERCARBONJackson · $1M – $50M checksLowercarbon CapitalNew York · $100K – $5M checks · since 2025Positron VenturesAmsterdamSommet ABStockholmUnruly CapitalLondon

Co-founders at Renaissance Fusion

MKMartin Kupp
Martin KuppCo-founder

Experience

  1. Renaissance FusionFounder, CTOcurrent2020 — presentGreater Grenoble Metropolitan Area
  2. Renaissance FusionBoard Membercurrent2024 — presentGreater Grenoble Metropolitan Area
  3. Renaissance FusionCEO2020 — 2025Greater Grenoble Metropolitan Area
  4. Renaissance FusionChair of the Board of Directors2022 — 2023Greater Grenoble Metropolitan Area
  5. Worked on something new2019 — 2020
  6. Columbia University in the City of New YorkAssociate Professor2015 — 2019Greater New York City Area
  7. Columbia University in the City of New YorkAssistant Professor2012 — 2015Greater New York City Area
  8. University of Wisconsin-MadisonAssistant Professor2009 — 2011Madison, Wisconsin Area
  9. Max Planck Institute for Plasma PhysicsPhysicist2008Garching bei Muenchen, Germany
  10. General AtomicsPostdoctoral Fellow2006 — 2008Greater San Diego Area
  11. Max Planck Institute for Plasma PhysicsScholar2006Greifswald Area, Germany
  12. UK Atomic Energy Authority / Culham Centre for Fusion EnergyPhysicist2005Culham, Oxfordshire
  13. UK Atomic Energy Authority / Culham Centre for Fusion EnergyMarie-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow, EU2003 — 2004Culham, Oxfordshire

Skills & more

Human Resources (HR)FinanceEconomicsMarketingStrategyAccountingGlobal Talent AcquisitionEmotional IntelligencePsychologySupply Chain ManagementData AcquisitionNumerical Simulation
+12 moreMicrowave EngineeringData Analysis3D Computer Aided Design (3D CAD)Rotating EquipmentPolishingVibration AnalysisProject ManagementProposal WritingGrant WritingBudgetingUniversity TeachingResearch Supervision

Languages English · French · German · Italian · Spanish

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Francesco Volpe?
Co-founder at Renaissance Fusion
Where does Francesco Volpe work?
Francesco Volpe is Co-founder of Renaissance Fusion.
What companies did Francesco Volpe found?
Francesco Volpe founded Renaissance Fusion.
Where did Francesco Volpe go to school?
Francesco Volpe studied at Universität Greifswald (Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Experimental Physics); ESCP (Executive MBA); Università di Pisa (Laurea (BSc), Physics).

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ESCP mafia95

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Università di Pisa mafia11

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Lorenzo FiorilloLaurea Magistrale LMFounded EniMatteo BucciDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)Founded FerveretPasquale AntonanteIngegneriaFounded RelariAndrea CalcagnoMaster's degreeFounded Cloud4WiDamian ScavoPartial Degree (interrupted in the 2nd year)Founded StreetbeatLasse WrobelErasmus Exchange SemesterFounded AI Spaces

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Universität Greifswald mafia2

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Jonathan SchillingDoktor (Ph.D.)Founded Proxima Fusion

Same school

Also attended Universität Greifswald7

Ronja GantzkeFinance Associate at CapnamicTobias SchimmelpfennigInvestment Director at IBB VenturesAndreasInvestor at CompanistoAdam ThrowerHead of Savings Technology and Saver Experience at Charity BankPaul H. MüllerPartner at EWORKaterina BurbaProject Manager at SpinLab

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Also attended ESCP469

Clément DelangueCo-founder & CEO of Hugging FaceRagnar JongenInvestor at DN CapitalCristian PintoInvestor at DaphniSamir MatkiInvestor at DaphniBriac BombrunInvestment Associate at Burda Principal InvestmentsMarjolaine CatilPrincipal at Newfund Capital

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Also attended Università di Pisa24

Giuseppe DonvitoPartner at P101 VenturesAlessio SemoliManaging Partner and Chairman at PranaVenturesMassimiliano DendiPartner at Milano Investment Partners SGRLorenzo FiorilloInvestor at Eni NextVincenzo PiepoliBusiness Angel at REDangelsSaverio RodàPartner at Tages Capital SGR S.p.A.

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Shared employers

Also worked at Renaissance Fusion1

Martin KuppCo-founder at Renaissance Fusion

Also worked at Columbia University in the City of New York291

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockRon ZoriVenture Partner at Lerer HippeauRalph DeBernardoPartner, Investor Relations at Sapphire VenturesRichard ChesworthInvestor at Third Rock VenturesJesse Coors-BlankenshipCo-founder, General Partner at Parkway Venture CapitalLauren YoungHead of Platform at AlleyCorp

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Also worked at University of Wisconsin-Madison72

Inca ComanVenture Partner at ARCH Venture PartnersKirsten SiladiController at K5 GlobalErika WhiteSenior Marketing and Platform Associate at American Family VenturesMike MansellPrincipal at American Family VenturesKris StokesTechnical Principal, New Earth Ventures at New Earth VenturesRasheed AugusteSenior Analyst at Playground Global

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Also worked at Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics1

Jonathan SchillingHead of Labs and co-founder at Proxima Fusion