About
Giulio Brugnaro is a Founding Partner at Production Capital, an investment and deployment platform for physical AI that finances and operates autonomous hardware in industrial and infrastructure sectors. He leads product and technology initiatives focused on demand surfacing, deal structuring, risk underwriting, and asset tracking. Brugnaro holds a Ph.D. from University College London in robotic manufacturing applied to construction and has previously served as Venture Design Lead at Founders Factory and Director of Product & Engineering at Mind the Bridge.
Experience
- Production CapitalFounding Partner, Product & Technologycurrent2026 — present
- Founders FactoryVenture Design Lead2024 — 2026Milan, Lombardy, Italy
- Mind the BridgeDirector of Product & Engineering2020 — 2024Milan, Lombardy, Italy
- 500 StartupsVenture Data Analyst2019 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- Bartlett School of Architecture, University College LondonTeaching Fellow2018 — 2019London, United Kingdom
- Bartlett School of Architecture, University College LondonMarie Curie Fellow (ESR)2015 — 2019London, United Kingdom
- Institute for Computational Design (ICD)Research Assistant2015Stuttgart, Germany
- MAN MADE LANDIntern Architect2012Berlin Area, Germany
Education
- UCLDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Design to Manufacture2015 — 2019
- Fulbright BEST ProgramEntrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
- University of StuttgartMaster of Science (M.Sc.), ITECH: Integrative Technologies and Architectural Design Research2013 — 2015
- Università Iuav di VeneziaBachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.), Architectural Sciences2010 — 2013
Skills & more
User Experience (UX)1User-centered Design2Project Management1Design SystemsDesign1Coaching & MentoringProduct ManagementSoftware DevelopmentAgile MethodologiesProduct StrategyProduct AnalyticsProduct Road Mapping
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ScrumData AnalysisUser Experience Design (UED)Customer ResearchMachine LearningMLOpsScientific ResearchFront-end DevelopmentPythonJavascriptSQLNoSQLLanguages English · Italian
- KUKA Basic Robotic Programming — KUKA
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Shared employers
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