Simone Brunozzi
InvestorGP, Founding Partner at Rialto Ventures
Venezia Sestiere San Polo, Veneto, Italy
About
Simone Brunozzi is co-founder and General Partner at Rialto Ventures in Italy. He previously served as an Operating Partner at Cota Capital in San Francisco and held technology leadership roles at Amazon Web Services, VMware, and Composure.ai, with additional experience as a founder and university professor. His background spans over 20 years in IT and cloud computing, including earlier work as a software analyst for the Italian Ministry of Defence.
Experience
- Rialto Ventures - www.rialto.vcCo-Founder and General Partnercurrent2022 — presentVenice, Veneto, Italy
- Self-employedSomething newcurrent2021 — present
- Cota CapitalOperating Partner2019 — 2021San Francisco
- FabricaFounder, CEO2017 — 2018San Francisco
- Composure.aiChief Technology Officer2016 — 2017Bay Area, California
- VMwareVice President and Chief Technologist, Hybrid Cloud2014 — 2016Palo Alto, CA - USA
- Amazon.comSenior Technology Evangelist, Amazon Web Services2012 — 2014Bay Area (California, US)
- Amazon.comAmazon Web Services, Technology Evangelist, APAC (Asia Pacific)2010 — 2012
- Amazon.comTechnology Evangelist, Amazon Web Services - Europe, Middle East and Africa2008 — 2010
- Università per Stranieri di PerugiaCTO2006 — 2008Perugia, Umbria, Italy
- WedoitFounder and CEO2001 — 2006Perugia, Umbria, Italy
- università degli studi di perugiaComputer Science faculty Professor2003 — 2005Perugia, Italy
- Ministry of Aerial Defense, ItalyC++, esql-C programmer, AIX1999 — 2000Rome, Italy
Skills & more
Databases43Linux48Web 2.032Java19Python13PHP11MySQL24Apache19Ruby10JavaScript8Amazon Web Services (AWS)99Open Source78
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C++Ruby on RailsUbuntuSaaSOperating SystemsRESTjQueryBashVirtualizationCloud ComputingDistributed SystemsStorage SystemsLanguages English · Italian · Spanish
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Colleagues at Rialto Ventures
Alessandro Profumo
Partner at Rialto Ventures
Fabri Cara
Partner at Rialto Ventures
Giovanni Baldassarri
Partner at Rialto Ventures
Guido Venturetti
Portfolio Support at Rialto Ventures
Lorenzo Manes
Head of Operations at Rialto Ventures
Luca Atzeni
Portfolio Operations at Rialto Ventures
Stefano Quintarelli
GP, Founding Partner at Rialto Ventures
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Simone Brunozzi?
- Simone Brunozzi is co-founder and General Partner at Rialto Ventures in Italy. He previously served as an Operating Partner at Cota Capital in San Francisco and held technology leadership roles at Amazon Web Services, VMware, and Composure.ai, with additional experience as a founder and university professor. His background spans over 20 years in IT and cloud computing, including earlier work as a software analyst for the Italian Ministry of Defence.
- Where does Simone Brunozzi work?
- Simone Brunozzi is GP, Founding Partner at Rialto Ventures.
- Where did Simone Brunozzi go to school?
- Simone Brunozzi studied at UC Irvine (EAP student, Computer Science); Università di Trento (computer science, computer science); Università degli Studi di Perugia (bachelor, computer science).
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