Find your path to Giacomo
240 people in our graph share verified history with Giacomo — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Thomas RubensunlockedGiacomo: together at Barclays (2011)
×9Giacomo: together at Barclays
×2Giacomo: together at Lazada Group
About
Lazada/Rocket Internet and Groupon veteran listed by Crunchbase and Preqin as a founder; later left after a personal exit and joined other ventures.
Co-Founder (former Co-CEO) at AspireYC W18
Intro paths
YC
Giacomo went through Y Combinator (Winter 2018) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Giacomo can intro founders to Aspire's investors below.
Aspire's investors · 20
AFG PartnersBattery VenturesBoston · $500K – $100M checks · since 2021Beacon VCBangkok · $500K – $3M checksBessemer Venture PartnersRedwood City · $5M – $100M checks · since 2021Crane Venture PartnersLondon · $750K – $3M checksFasanara CapitalLondon · since 2021Hummingbird VenturesSingapore · $500K – $10M checks · since 2021ICONIQ CapitalSan Francisco · $5M – $100M checks · since 2021Index VenturesSan Francisco · $540K – $10.8M checks · since 2021Insignia Ventures PartnersSingapore · $50K – $131M checksLightspeed Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $1.7M – $87M checks · since 2023Mainsail PartnersAustin · $10M – $75M checks · since 2021MassMutual VenturesSpringfield · $500K – $5M checks · since 2021PICUS CAPITALMunich · $100K – $300M checks · since 2021Sequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M checks · since 2021T. Rowe PriceBaltimore · since 2021Thoma BravoChicago · since 2021Tiger Global ManagementNew York · $1M – $100M checks · since 2021VentureSouqAbu Dhabi · $250K – $50M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2018
Co-founders at Aspire
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Andrea BaronchelliFounder/CEO
GC
Giovanni CasinelliFounder
JL
Joel LeongCo-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer
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SG Andrea BaronchelliFounder/CEO
SP
Stefano PellegrinoCo-Founder (former Vietnam country head)
Experience
- Moonshot AIInternational GTMcurrent2025 — presentBeijing, China
- EndeavorEndeavor Entrepreneurcurrent2022 — present
- LifepalCo-Founder & CEO2019 — 2024Jakarta, Indonesia
- AspireCo-Founder & co-CEO2017 — 2018Singapore
- GrouponCountry Director - Japan2015 — 2017Tokyo, Japan
- Lazada GroupFounding team2012 — 2014Singapore
- Barclays Investment BankCredit Sales2011London Area, United Kingdom
Skills & more
LinkedIn Sales Navigator1E-commerce99Entrepreneurship99Start-ups75Venture Capital42Online Marketing40Marketing40Emerging Markets38SEM28SEO20Corporate Finance18Social Media18
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Digital MarketingInvestment BankingRetailB2BDerivativesRetail MarketingFacebook MarketingFashionCompetitive AnalysisGoogle AdwordsGoogle AnalyticsBloombergLanguages English · French · Italian
From Giacomo's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Giacomo Ficari?
- Lazada/Rocket Internet and Groupon veteran listed by Crunchbase and Preqin as a founder; later left after a personal exit and joined other ventures.
- Where does Giacomo Ficari work?
- Giacomo Ficari is Co-Founder (former Co-CEO) of Aspire.
- What companies did Giacomo Ficari found?
- Giacomo Ficari founded Aspire.
- Where did Giacomo Ficari go to school?
- Giacomo Ficari studied at Y Combinator (W18); Università Bocconi.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianPartnerFounded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Paradigm +1
+ 10,223 more
Barclays mafia122
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Max AhrensSummer AnalystFounded Maihem +2Michael AndersonInvestment Banking Summer AnalystFounded Framework Labs +1Diego OppenheimerAssociateFounded Guardrails AI +1Aditya KandoiManagerFounded Redcliffe Lifetech +1John ZucchiSummer Legal AnalystFounded Agave +1Chang SheVice PresidentFounded Datapad +1
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Università Bocconi mafia84
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Silvia MazzucchelliLaurea in Economia Aziendale (Bachelor of Science in Business Administration)Founded Modcloth +1Niccolo MaistoBSFounded FACEIT +1Andrea BaronchelliMSc in Quantitative Finance + BSc in Business AdministrationFounded Aspire +1Hermann FrankInternational BusinessFounded Gigs +1Massimo ChieruzziEconomicsFounded AdEspresso +1Maximilian WührEconomicsFounded Finn +1
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Aspire mafia5
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Same school
Also attended Y Combinator2,000
Ryan SheaCo-founder of Blockstack (Stacks)Suhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesAkshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorChris GoldaGeneral Partner at Y Combinator
+ 1,994 more
Also attended Università Bocconi608
Julian LuttermanInvestor at DN CapitalGlenda GrazioliPartner at P101 VenturesAlessandro TavecchioPartner at P101 VenturesAntonio GrifoniAssociate at P101 VenturesGiuseppe IademarcoHead of Global Partnership at P101 VenturesRiccardo MontiOperating Advisor at P101 Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at Moonshot AI1
Also worked at Lifepal2
Also worked at Aspire7
Giacomo Emanuele RomanoCapital Formation Director at VAM InvestmentsAakash KapoorPrincipal at Peak XV PartnersAndrea BaronchelliFounder/CEO at AspireGiovanni CasinelliFounder at AspireRachiket AryaCTO at JackettJoel LeongCo-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer at Aspire
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Also worked at Groupon144
Alexandre ProtCo-founder & CEO of QontoSteve AnaviCo-founder & President of QontoGreg RudinBoard Partner at Menlo VenturesTed LeonsisFounder & Partner, Revolution Growth at RevolutionEric LefkofskyEntrepreneur & PhilanthropistJyri EngeströmPartner at Lifeline Ventures
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