Investors in Iot
D2 Fund
VC FirmD2 Fund specializes in investing in B2B startups that address technical challenges. The fund prioritizes startups with durable business models and emphasizes capital efficiency to enhance success rates for both founders and investors. D2 Fund supports early-stage companies through strategic capital investment, mentorship, and operational guidance, aiming to accelerate their growth and market entry. With a focus on fostering innovation and scalability, D2 Fund collaborates closely with entrepreneurial teams to navigate challenges and capitalize on market opportunities. By leveraging its expertise and network, D2 Fund aims to drive sustainable growth and long-term value creation in the B2B startup ecosystem. For more details about their investment approach and portfolio companies, please visit their official website.
European Equity Partners
VC FirmEuropean Equity Partners specializes in providing capital to high-growth companies in Northern Europe seeking external funding. As a dedicated investment firm, European Equity Partners focuses on identifying and supporting promising businesses with innovative ideas and scalable business models. Their investment strategy is centered around fostering growth and maximizing potential through strategic financial support and operational guidance. By leveraging their expertise and network, European Equity Partners aims to empower entrepreneurs and drive sustainable economic development in Northern Europe. They play a pivotal role in fueling innovation and entrepreneurship by offering tailored financial solutions and fostering long-term partnerships with ambitious companies poised for expansion.
Eurovestech
VC FirmEurovestech PLC is an AIM-listed pan-European development capital fund that specializes in investing in high-technology enterprises. The firm focuses on identifying and supporting innovative companies across Europe with high growth potential, particularly in sectors such as technology and digital media. Eurovestech provides strategic development capital to help these enterprises accelerate their growth, expand their market presence, and achieve their strategic objectives. As a publicly listed company on the AIM market, Eurovestech offers investors the opportunity to participate in the growth of promising high-tech businesses through transparent and regulated investment vehicles. The firm's investment strategy emphasizes active management and value creation, aiming to maximize shareholder value while supporting the development of transformative technologies and businesses.
LifeArc
VC FirmLifeArc is an independent life science medical research charity dedicated to improving positive patient outcomes globally. As a pioneering organization, LifeArc focuses on translating cutting-edge biomedical research into tangible benefits for patients and society. Their mission spans across the entire medical innovation pipeline, from early-stage discovery to development and commercialization. LifeArc collaborates with academic institutions, research organizations, and industry partners to accelerate the translation of scientific discoveries into new treatments and therapies. Through strategic funding, expertise, and partnerships, LifeArc supports innovative projects that address unmet medical needs and advance medical science. Committed to making a significant impact on healthcare, LifeArc plays a crucial role in driving innovation, fostering collaboration, and ultimately, improving patient lives worldwide.
Rosetta Capital
VC FirmRosetta Capital Limited operates as a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in direct secondary investments. The firm focuses on acquiring direct stakes in private companies from existing shareholders, providing liquidity and growth capital to support these businesses. Rosetta Capital's investment strategy involves identifying attractive opportunities in established companies with strong growth potential and sustainable business models. By leveraging its expertise in direct secondary transactions, the firm aims to generate value and foster growth within its portfolio companies. Rosetta Capital plays a crucial role in the secondary market, facilitating transactions that enable shareholders to realize value while positioning portfolio companies for continued success and expansion.
Sixth Wave Ventures
VC FirmSixth Wave Ventures, we are on a mission to disrupt and vastly improve the way we fund and support early-stage startups tackling the world's fundamental problems. We believe in giving these innovative technology startups in the UK better access to early-stage investment and expert guidance from NEDs, mentors, and advisors. Our team comprises founders, investors, and advisors who see a critical gap in the early-stage/seed funding space between angels/groups and risk-averse VCs.
LIFTT
VC FirmChaired by the scientist and entrepreneur Stefano Buono, LIFTT came to life as an operating company in 2019 thanks to Compagnia di San Paolo, Politecnico di Torino and LINKS Foundation. The aim is to encourage technology development and transfer from University to Industry, but also to clear the way from a simple business idea to the creation of an innovative product, offering a dynamic and modern vision of venture capital as applied to Technology Transfer. LIFTT guarantees high visibility to ideas and new businesses at a national and international level, investing and attracting capital and ensuring maximum impact on the local and national territory. While generating value for its shareholders, LIFTT supports the creation of businesses, development, employment and economic growth, through the implementation of an ethical and transparent governance model, based on the participation of all the actors involved.
Innova Venture
VC FirmLAZIO INNOVA is the result of the reorganization process of the Lazio Region's companies dedicated to innovation, credit and economic development provided for in Regional Law No. 10/2013. LAZIO INNOVA integrates more efficiently and effectively the professional skills and activities already entrusted to Sviluppo Lazio, Asclepion, Banca Impresa Lazio, BIC Lazio, Filas and Unionfidi. LAZIO INNOVA operates for the benefit of businesses and local public administration in the following areas: provision of incentives from regional, national and/or European resources,credit support and issuance of guarantees, interventions in venture capital, internationalization services, promotion of business networks and regional excellence, services for business start-up and development, and measures for social inclusion. LAZIO INNOVA also performs specialized technical assistance functions for the Lazio Region, with particular reference to the implementation of European and national programming. LAZIO INNOVA is also responsible on behalf of the Region for the implementation of specific development and internationalization projects such as Lazio's participation in Expo 2015. Finally, LAZIO INNOVA is the regional antenna of European programs for innovation through the analysis, design of cooperation projects and implementation of services and activities for the benefit of Lazio's innovative system.
Indaco Venture Partners
VC FirmFounded in 2016, today Indaco Venture Partners SGR is the largest independent Italian venture capital asset management company, with a strong specialization in companies that innovate in electronics and robotics, medtech, digital and new materials. Indaco manages over 250 million across its five funds. Investments in Indaco Ventures Fund I are focused on growth-stage companies whose competitive advantage stems from cutting-edge proprietary technologies and innovations. In terms of teams and technologies, the focus is on Italian enterprises, although investments are made throughout Europe, USA, Canada and Israel. Anchor institutional investors in Indaco Ventures Fund I include Intesa Sanpaolo, Fondazione Cariplo and Fondo Italiano d'Investimento. In the digital sector, Indaco has an advisory partnership with growITup.
GERBER-RAUTH
VC FirmGERBER-RAUTH is a private investment company focusing on the Dairy Ecosystem© and adjacent sectors. We are using private investment to accelerate the development of novel food technologies for the alternative dairy sector and to create increasingly sustainable business models for traditional dairy.
Angelini Ventures
VC FirmAngelini Ventures is the venture capital arm of Angelini Industries funded with a €300 million capital commitment to build and invest in companies that develop innovative ideas and solutions in biotechnology, digital health and life sciences. Angelini Ventures invests across Europe and North America with a focus on brain health and consumer segments such as women, children and the elderly. The company is headquartered in Rome with a global team spread across Europe, Asia and the US to provide global perspective and capabilities.
Utopia
VC FirmUtopia aims to bridge the gap between the perception of collective well-being and its actual implementation by investing in high-growth startups in the Life Sciences sector. They believe that the future of startups lies in prioritizing collective well-being across the value chain. By focusing on these investments, Utopia seeks to revitalize the investment landscape while promoting genuine well-being in the economy, reflecting their commitment to this challenging goal.

