We are founders.
roots and global ambitions.
There from
the beginning
We invest from Pre-Seed to Series A in companies with an Italian DNA: born in Italy, expanding here, or founded by Italians anywhere in the world. We lead or co-lead early rounds, and help unlock global capital when it’s time to scale.
We’ve been founders before: we know speed matters and what it takes to build. After years of international experience, we came back to Italy to build the VC we wish we had when we started. With a unique network of Italians' top builders and entrepreneurs, we are the country’s first founder-backed VC.
We are Italy’s first founder-backed VC — the partner the country’s best entrepreneurs want and deserve.
We’re looking for:
- Unlimited ambition and global mindset
- Exceptional and passionate founders
- Extreme transparency
- No fear to fail and iterate
We’re offering:
- €250k to €2m initial investment
- Active support from our operating team and founders community
- Founder friendly terms and conditions (we have been on the other side!)
- Speed and transparency
Do you want to share your business idea with us?
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Jet HR
Digital payroll management and HR processes for SMBs. SaaS solution targeting business owners and HR professionals.
Glaut
Glaut is an AI-native market research platform that helps companies gather and act on customer insights at scale.
Skillvue
Skillvue is an AI-based Skills Platform that supports companies in analyzing candidates' and employee's skills at scale, enabling them to make more informed and quicker decisions in recruitment, internal mobility and talent development processes.
Salupay
Salupay is a revenue collection software for healthcare clinics that brings efficiency and automation allowing doctors to focus on their jobs and patients to have better access to care.
Complaion
An AI-first service to help SMBs achieve, maintain and leverage ISO level
Sava
Revolutionizing health monitoring with advanced, painless biosensing technology.
Aquila
IoT-powered ESG tracking for sustainable finance through automated data integration.
Peekz
AI-powered companions redefining networking with personalized career growth.
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Brum
Digital driver’s license solution for faster, efficient, and safer licensing.
Excellence Learning
Excellence Learning is an AI-powered tutoring platform specializing in math and science for 4th-12th graders.
ReportAId
ReportAid is a pioneering AI-driven platform designed to transform medical reports into actionable insights.
CommerceClarity
Commerce Clarity is an AI agent layer for commerce. An orchestration system of specialized agents automating core retail operations end to end.
MCP-Use
Open-source infrastructure to build and deploy MCP agents and applications.
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Unlocking Italy’s next GREAT founders
Italian Founders Fund is managed by Koinos Capital SGR, an investment company built by entrepreneurs as well as industry and tech leaders. Our aim is to transform businesses into international platforms.
We know that building a global winner is a challenge, and believe that our know-how can boost focus and passion in order to drive business transformation and growth.
