A11 Venture

Founded in 2014, A11 Venture is a venture capital firm based in Lucca, Italy. The firm seeks to invest in companies operating in the robotics, automation, mechatronics, cleantech, web and information technology sectors.

Federico Davini

Investment Board

Giovanni Polidori

Advisor

11 past transactions

Reefilla

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Reefilla provides a mobile and predictive charging delivery service for electric vehicles. Reefilla enables people to charge their electric vehicles wherever and whenever they want, without disrupting their daily routine. Reefilla uses 100% green energy, fully electric vans for delivery, and gets its energy from used (second-life) batteries, contributing to net-zero emission by using a circular approach.

Neuron Guard

Seed Round in 2021
Neuron Guard SRL develops a medical device for acute brain damage at the site of the event or at hospital. The company offers an integrated solution for patients with acute brain damage in order to reduce neural lesions and save portions of the brain that result in loss of functions, such as speech, vision, motion, and the ability to breathe; and refrigerating collars, infusion systems, and temperature control solutions. It offers resuscitation, anesthetics, advanced treatment, and hypothermia solutions. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Modena, Italy.

3dnextech

Seed Round in 2020
3DNextech s.r.l. designs, develops, and sells devices for additive manufacturing, rapid prototyping, 3D printing, and surface finishing. The company’s product 3DFinisher smoothens the surfaces of objects in ABS and/or cellulose acetate making them polished, waterproof, washable, paintable, and improving the appearance of the parts. It also offers business consulting, after-sales, training, product lifecycle management, installation, and commissioning services. The company provides its devices to optimize pre-production and post-production processes related to 3D printing. It serves automotive and aerospace, biomedical, mechanical components, design and architecture, plastics, and marine industries. 3DNextech s.r.l. was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Livorno, Italy.

Mindesk

Series A in 2019
Mindesk Inc. is a company that specializes in a real-time 3D design platform aimed at enhancing project reviews through virtual reality (VR) technology. Founded in 2015 and based in San Francisco, California, Mindesk integrates seamlessly with existing commercial computer-aided design (CAD) software, allowing users to extend their design processes into both virtual and augmented reality. Unlike many VR CAD applications that require exporting documents, Mindesk enables users to transition fluidly between VR and desktop environments, facilitating real-time editing and collaboration. Its gesture-based interface is tailored for architects, engineers, and designers, enabling them to create and modify 3D projects effectively within an immersive space.

Endostart

Seed Round in 2018
Endostart is a developed a novel proprietary Magnetic Balloon Anchoring Technology.

Mindesk

Seed Round in 2017
Mindesk Inc. is a company that specializes in a real-time 3D design platform aimed at enhancing project reviews through virtual reality (VR) technology. Founded in 2015 and based in San Francisco, California, Mindesk integrates seamlessly with existing commercial computer-aided design (CAD) software, allowing users to extend their design processes into both virtual and augmented reality. Unlike many VR CAD applications that require exporting documents, Mindesk enables users to transition fluidly between VR and desktop environments, facilitating real-time editing and collaboration. Its gesture-based interface is tailored for architects, engineers, and designers, enabling them to create and modify 3D projects effectively within an immersive space.

Adabra

Venture Round in 2016
Adabra increase sales in your online store and in point of sales for marketer and retailers! Adabra is a web platform that allows you to increase the sales, offering the visitors a customized and enjoyable shopping experience. Increase the sales of your e-commerce. Give your customers a customized shopping experience by analyzing their behavior and showing them the most relevant products.

greenchic

Seed Round in 2016
A pioneer of the circular economy, armadioverde is the number 1 fashion re-commerce start up in Italy. armadioverde’s mission is to become the most recommended community-based service platform for the exchange of high-street fashion in Europe. With a growing user base, the highest customer retention rate in the industry, a collection of 200,000 affordable items, new collections published 4 times a day and a team of talented people in the Milan HQ, armadioverde enables its members to exchange items and revamp their style in an affordable, convenient and - most importantly - sustainable way. armadioverde is already operating in Italy, France and will soon be expanding into other European territories. How it works: 1) We collect clothes a customer wishes to exchange, free of charge. 2) For each quality item sent in, we give an amount of points called *stars*. 3) The member is now enabled to buy on our platform using both *stars* and €. What people say: “I check it all the time – morning, afternoon, evening. I buy beautiful clothes and every box I receive is a wonderful surprise. I love it!” Pati (26), Milan “Smart, great and efficient. The items look great and the whole process was super-fast. Recommended!” Mark (31), Rome “You can’t do it without armadioverde.” Ambra (23), Paris

Neuron Guard

Seed Round in 2015
Neuron Guard SRL develops a medical device for acute brain damage at the site of the event or at hospital. The company offers an integrated solution for patients with acute brain damage in order to reduce neural lesions and save portions of the brain that result in loss of functions, such as speech, vision, motion, and the ability to breathe; and refrigerating collars, infusion systems, and temperature control solutions. It offers resuscitation, anesthetics, advanced treatment, and hypothermia solutions. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Modena, Italy.