Stefano Bernardi
InvestorFounderFounding GP at Unruly Capital · Founder at Kickpay · Founding GP at Unrulycap
Italy
FoundedKickpay · YCUnrulycap
About
Founding General Partner who has been investing since 2019 across frontier tech, climate, crypto and bio, and authors Unruly's investment theses. Previously a founder, angel investor, podcaster and self-described skeptic of consensus.
Founder at KickpayYC W15
Intro paths
YC
Stefano went through Y Combinator (Winter 2015) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Stefano can intro founders to Kickpay's investors below.
Kickpay's investors · 5
Co-founders at Kickpay
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Andrew McCalisterFounder/CEO
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Sean WattersFounder/CTO
Founding GP at Unrulycap
Intro paths
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In turn, Stefano can intro founders to Unrulycap's investors below.
Unrulycap's investors · 1
Experience
- Unruly CapitalFrontiersmancurrent2022 — present
- MarbleBoardcurrent2023 — present
- 2100 VenturesAdvisorcurrent2022 — present
- AtomicoScout2018 — 2022
- Semantic VenturesCo-Founder2017 — 2022
- Mission and MarketPartner2014 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- StripeGTM2016 — 2017
- KickpayCo-Founder2014 — 2016San Francisco, CA
- BetableProduct2011 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
- 500 StartupsSummer Intern2011San Francisco Bay Area
Skills & more
Start-ups99Entrepreneurship99Venture Capital59Product Management41
Languages English · French · Italian · Spanish
From Stefano's professional profile.
Colleagues at Unruly Capital
Network1
Investors connected to Stefano in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Stefano Bernardi?
- Founding General Partner who has been investing since 2019 across frontier tech, climate, crypto and bio, and authors Unruly's investment theses. Previously a founder, angel investor, podcaster and self-described skeptic of consensus.
- Where does Stefano Bernardi work?
- Stefano Bernardi is Founder of Kickpay and Founding GP at Unruly Capital and Founding GP at Unrulycap.
- What companies did Stefano Bernardi found?
- Stefano Bernardi founded Kickpay, Unrulycap.
- Where did Stefano Bernardi go to school?
- Stefano Bernardi studied at Y Combinator; Università degli studi Roma TRE (BSc, Computer and Software Engineering); Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (BSc, Computer Engineering).
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