About
Massimo Prelz chairs DN Capital's Investment Committee, having joined the firm in 2001, and advises on investments, capital allocation and organisation. His venture and private equity career spans Olivetti, Alta Berkeley Associates, and Advent International, where he served as Managing Director for Europe.
Experience
- Self-employedInvestor and directorcurrent2016 — presentLondon/Milan/Paris/Berlin
- DN CapitalSenior Venture partnercurrent2001 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
- TechWald Holding S.p.A.Chairmancurrent2018 — presentTorino
- happnIndependent Director2022 — 2025Paris, Île-de-France, France
- Zzoomm - Zzoomm Group LtdChairman2019 — 2025Greater Oxford Area
- Datrix | AI applicationsDirector2020 — 2022Milan, Italy
- Leapwork A/SChairman2019 — 2021Copenhagen, Denmark
- Electro Power Systems S.A.Director (Chairman 3-2016 to 3-2018, Director 3-2015 to 3-2016)2015 — 2021Paris - Milan
- Gigaclear plcDirector2014 — 2017Abingdon, UK
- GMT Communications Partnerssenior advisor (partner until 2011)2003 — 2016
- Spectrum EquitySenior Advisor2001 — 2003London Area, United Kingdom
- JazztelChairman of the Board (previously Director - 1999 to 2001)1999 — 2003Greater Madrid Metropolitan Area
- Advent InternationalManaging Director - Europe (previously Partner)1991 — 1999London/ Paris/ Milan
- Olivetti SpAdirector - managing director, Radiocor SpA (a subsidiary)1981 — 1988Ivrea, Italy; New York; Milan, Italy
- The Boston Consulting GroupConsultant1978 — 1980Paris, France
Education
- The Wharton SchoolMaster of Business Administration - MBA1976 — 1977
- University of GenevaBachelor’s Degree, business and finance1973 — 1976
- Liceo Gioberti - Turin
- The Wharton SchoolMaster of Business Administration (MBA)
Skills & more
StrategyVenture Capital7Private Equity5Valuation2Corporate Finance7MergersBusiness Strategy3Start-ups2Due DiligenceRestructuring1Corporate DevelopmentBusiness Planning1
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EntrepreneurshipMergers & AcquisitionsLanguages English · French · Italian · spanish
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Same school
Also attended The Wharton School1,323
Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesJosh KopelmanFounder and Partner at First Round CapitalAydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at FelicisKatie RiesterPartner, Head of Investor Relations at Felicis VenturesTrevor OelschigInvestment Team at General CatalystRebecca JamesInvestor at Index Ventures
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Also attended University of Geneva41
Christoph FreiPartner, Head of Energy at Emerald Technology Ventures AgErich SieberFounding General Partner at PeakBridge VCDavid MarcusInvestor at FELIX CAPITALPatrik BrudererCFO at CV LabsHadrien BouchezPartner at Kurma PartnersVincent OssipowPartner at Omega Funds
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Shared employers
Also worked at GMT Communications Partners2
Also worked at Jazztel1
Colleagues at DN Capital
Alessandro Babini
Venture Partner at DN Capital
Amanda Bedborough
Investor at DN Capital
Ben Lewis
Investor at DN Capital
Benoit Jacob
Investment Manager at DN Capital
Cedric Sellin
Investor at DN Capital
Celine Xiao
Investor at DN Capital
Christina Chen
Investor at DN Capital
Costanza Carini
Investor at DN Capital
Network1
Investors connected to Massimo in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.




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