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Boox

Boox is an accelerator focused on innovative initiatives with specific drive for the Italian and European market, in particular for seed stage projects that are in the ecommerce and SaaS sectors. The accelerator is managed by Marco Magnocavallo (angel investor and serial entrepreneur, founder Blogo sold to Populis in 2011) and Andrea Di Camillo (angel investor, venture capitalist with Kiwi I, CIR and Principia SGR, serial entrepreneur, founder of Banzai and Vitaminic). The investment model of Boox is hybrid and does not only focus on investments in companies already formed and with a history, but also on on-demand companies, created on the basis of analysis and considerations which are the result of experience and of the industrial network built over the years. The Boox portfolio includes 15 startup such as: Cortilia, Mumumìo, Tannico, Shoppable and Tinybazar in the e-commerce sector while ElasticDot, Iubenda, Misiedo, Trigger.io and Pusher are active in SaaS services.

Focus

Seed RoundE-commerceFood and staples retailingFashionPetsShow more
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Marco Magnocavallo

Founder

18 past transactions

StartupDigest

Seed Round in 2011
StartupDigest is the members-only guide to the startup world. Every week 350,000+ members receive a curated email of the best startup events in your area and the best articles in the startup world every week.

MiSiedo

Venture Round in 2012
MiSiedo is an online platform that enables users to discover and book restaurants in real-time. The platform also allows users to read reviews before taking their pick. MiSiedo was launched in 2011 and is based in Italy.

iubenda

Seed Round in 2011
Iubenda is the most stylish and effective way to generate a privacy policy for your website. Every website needs a privacy policy; it’s the law, everywhere in the world. Today privacy policies don’t work: boring to read, a chore to write. No privacy policy means you risk terrible fines, and you can’t rely on copy and paste. Iubenda is the ultimate solution. Generate a privacy policy in seconds: easy, fast, beautiful. https://www.iubenda.com

Cortilia

Seed Round in 2012
Cortilia S.p.A. offers online food retailing services. It offers fruits and vegetables, fish and meat, salami and dairy products, ready meals, pasta, bread, and rice, desserts and snacks, and wine and drinks. In addition, the company also offers food storage services. Cortilia S.p.A. was formerly known as Geomercato S.r.l. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Milan, Italy with additional operations in Milan, Turin, and Bologna, Italy.

Bauzaar

Seed Round in 2014
Bauzaar S.r.l. owns and operates an online platform that sells food and snack products for cats and dogs. It also offers advice on nutrition, health, and welfare of dogs and cats. Bauzaar S.r.l. was founded in 2012 and is based in Milan, Italy with an additional office in Molfetta, Italy.

Pusher

Seed Round in 2011
Pusher Ltd. provides a hosted API service for adding real-time bi-directional functionality via WebSockets to Web and mobile apps, or other Internet connected devices. It offers a suite of libraries to use within applications, including a JavaScript client library for Web and HTML5 apps. The company also supplies functionality, such as authentication mechanisms for private channels, and presence functionality for keeping track of who’s online; and provides tools for debugging applications. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is based in London, United Kingdom. As of December 16, 2020, Pusher Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of MessageBird B.V..

Trigger.io

Angel Round in 2010
Trigger, a San Francisco, CA-based company that has just launched its cross-platform mobile development framework targeted at web developers who want to be able to create native mobile apps.

eBoox

Seed Round in 2012
eBoox S.r.l. develops customized e-commerce stores for online companies. It offers Shoppable,an online store focused on design, style, and home; Tannicom, an e-commerce site for wine lovers; and Kidme, an e-commerce site specialized on selling products for kids. eBoox S.r.l. was founded in 2012 and is based in Milan, Italy.

Mumumío

Seed Round in 2012
E-commerce platform for small organic and artisan food producers. The one-stop shop to buy organic and direct from producer in Spain. +150 producers and thousand of customers, with more than 4.400 product references.

Velasca

Seed Round in 2014
Velasca s.r.l. designs and manufactures hand-crafted shoes for men and women in Italy. The company offers oxfords, monkstraps, ankle boots, loafers, moccasins, derbies, boat shoes, chukka boots, accessories, belts, shoe trees, and insoles for men; and Chelsea boots, oxfords, derbies, moccasins, shoes, and accessories for women. It also provides shoe care kits, brushes, shoe polishes, renovator heels and edges, sprays, and shoe cleaning products. The company offers its products online. Velasca s.r.l. was founded in 2012 and is based in Milan, Italy.

Fubles

Angel Round in 2011
Fubles SRL operates as an online social sports sharing platform that allows individual to organize sports matches and save time and money. It connects players, matches and sports centers in the same area through its platform. It enables individuals to sign up for free, organize matches, and participate in the matches, which are organized by others. Fubles SRL was founded in 2009 and is based in Milan, Italy.

eBoox

Seed Round in 2013
eBoox S.r.l. develops customized e-commerce stores for online companies. It offers Shoppable,an online store focused on design, style, and home; Tannicom, an e-commerce site for wine lovers; and Kidme, an e-commerce site specialized on selling products for kids. eBoox S.r.l. was founded in 2012 and is based in Milan, Italy.

ElasticDot

Seed Round in 2013
ElasticDot s.r.l. offers online services and applications for website management. It provides WordPress hosting and Dropbox integration services for websites and blogs. The company also offers applications including Test Box, a website testing tool; Redirects, domain configuration software; Cron, a tool for uploading scripts; and console logs. ElasticDot s.r.l. was founded in 2013 and is based in Milan, Italy.

Viamente

Seed Round in 2011
Viamente offers web-based routing optimization software for fleet management, field service management, mobile workforce management, and pickup or collection and delivery companies. It also provides businesses in the transportation and logistics industry with last mile delivery needs such as a complete solution for route planning, tracking, analysis, and optimization. Viamente was founded in 2009 by Antonio Perini and Marco Porcaro. It is headquartered in Veneto, Italy.

Tannico

Seed Round in 2013
Tannin is a project created by a team of web experts with a common passion for good wine. Every day we select carefully the best Italian and foreign cellars, and each bottle is tasted by our team of winemakers. If Tannico was a wine would have an attractive bouquet and a mixed blend, with great adaptability while maintaining its recognisability.