Invitalia Ventures

Invitalia Ventures is a government-backed venture capital firm based in Italy, focusing on early-stage technology startups and small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Managed by Invitalia S.p.A., the firm oversees the Italia Venture Fund I, which has a size of 87 million euros and co-invests up to 70% in Series A funding rounds ranging from 0.5 to 1.5 million euros. The firm targets high-growth sectors and collaborates with a network of co-investors, offering not only financial support but also business development expertise and resources. Key limited partners include the Ministry of Economic Development, the European Investment Bank, and several private entities. Invitalia Ventures seeks to partner with visionary entrepreneurs who are dedicated to innovation and growth in the Italian startup ecosystem.

Salvo Mizzi

Chief Executive Officer

Past deals in Italy

Ecomate

Debt Financing in 2021
Ecomate operates an ESG rating platform designed to assist small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in enhancing their sustainability practices while promoting economic growth. Recognizing that many SMEs face challenges related to resources, knowledge, and budget constraints, Ecomate provides a software solution that allows these businesses to measure their sustainability levels and address compliance, reputational, and strategic challenges. The platform monitors the environmental, social, and governance performance of clients, empowering them to achieve financial growth without negatively impacting society or the environment. By leveraging advanced algorithms and the expertise of numerous consultants, Ecomate guides SMEs toward realizing sustainability as a growth opportunity, ultimately fostering both revenue generation and positive social impact.

Codemotion

Venture Round in 2020
Codemotion is the ecosystem devoted to innovation, focused on developers and coding, open to all programming languages and technologies. Pioneering spirits, it scout the future to deliver a first class experience to our people. Codemotion is one of the biggest tech-conferences in Europe, with an international network of 30.000 developers and 350 speakers coming from all over the world and from the most important IT realities. Codemotion draw in its main conferences, thousands of attendees eager to discuss about hottest topics: it tailor for them disruptive proposals ranging from mobile to UX, develops, cloud, big data, gamedev, security, methods, languages, web, Internet of things. Codemotion is also a startup, providing a bunch of services and activities, for personal and business customers.

BigProfiles

Venture Round in 2020
BigProfiles is a Customer Intelligence software-as-a-service that enhances customer profiling by integrating external data from various sources, such as social networks and public registries. The platform utilizes advanced algorithms to identify and compile scattered information about individuals, allowing companies to gain deeper insights into their customers' demographics, interests, and behaviors. By employing artificial intelligence, BigProfiles generates detailed profiles that facilitate predictive analytics, enabling businesses to forecast customer behavior, assess the likelihood of churn, detect potential fraud, and evaluate purchasing intent. This comprehensive approach empowers companies to tailor their marketing strategies and improve customer relationship management by leveraging enriched data for more informed decision-making.

2hire

Series A in 2020
2Hire s.r.l. is a company based in Rome, Italy, that specializes in providing mobility solutions by transforming various types of vehicles into connected cars. Founded in 2015, the company offers a plug-and-play device known as the 2Hire board, which enables remote interaction with vehicles through a smartphone application. This technology facilitates real-time data analysis and enhances fleet management, allowing for optimal resource utilization. In addition to its connectivity solutions, 2Hire also provides car and scooter rental and car-sharing services, catering to diverse mobility needs.

D-Orbit

Series C in 2019
D-Orbit S.r.l. is an Italian company that specializes in satellite solutions, focusing on the design, development, launch, commissioning, and decommissioning of satellites. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Sesto Fiorentino, Italy, D-Orbit aims to provide innovative technologies for the safe disposal of artificial satellites at the end of their operational life, thereby reducing space debris. The company serves satellite owners and operators, offering products and services that enhance the efficiency and reliability of satellite missions while minimizing costs. D-Orbit also emphasizes the social and environmental benefits of its solutions, striving to streamline all phases of satellite operations. With approximately 35 employees, D-Orbit has expanded its reach with subsidiaries in Washington, DC, and Lisbon, Portugal.

D-Orbit

Series B in 2019
D-Orbit S.r.l. is an Italian company that specializes in satellite solutions, focusing on the design, development, launch, commissioning, and decommissioning of satellites. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Sesto Fiorentino, Italy, D-Orbit aims to provide innovative technologies for the safe disposal of artificial satellites at the end of their operational life, thereby reducing space debris. The company serves satellite owners and operators, offering products and services that enhance the efficiency and reliability of satellite missions while minimizing costs. D-Orbit also emphasizes the social and environmental benefits of its solutions, striving to streamline all phases of satellite operations. With approximately 35 employees, D-Orbit has expanded its reach with subsidiaries in Washington, DC, and Lisbon, Portugal.

Kither Biotech

Series A in 2019
Kither Biotech s.r.l. is a pharmaceutical company based in Turin, Italy, focused on the research and development of drugs and therapies for pulmonary diseases. Founded in 2011, the company is dedicated to addressing unmet medical needs in chronic inflammatory conditions. Its main products include the KIT2014 peptide, developed internally for the treatment of cystic fibrosis, which has received Orphan Drug designation from the European Medicines Agency and is currently in the pre-clinical development phase. Additionally, Kither is advancing the development of a molecule known as CL27, aimed at treating chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and allergic asthma, and is preparing to enter its pre-clinical phase. Through its innovative research efforts, Kither Biotech seeks to provide effective treatments for patients suffering from various respiratory diseases.

Codemotion

Venture Round in 2019
Codemotion is the ecosystem devoted to innovation, focused on developers and coding, open to all programming languages and technologies. Pioneering spirits, it scout the future to deliver a first class experience to our people. Codemotion is one of the biggest tech-conferences in Europe, with an international network of 30.000 developers and 350 speakers coming from all over the world and from the most important IT realities. Codemotion draw in its main conferences, thousands of attendees eager to discuss about hottest topics: it tailor for them disruptive proposals ranging from mobile to UX, develops, cloud, big data, gamedev, security, methods, languages, web, Internet of things. Codemotion is also a startup, providing a bunch of services and activities, for personal and business customers.

Farm4Trade

Funding Round in 2019
Farm4Trade empowers breeders, public and private institutions operating in the livestock sector, by offering technological solutions to elevate productivity practices. We strive to take advantage of modern management and data collection technologies to make the farmer’s job easier and simpler, while enhancing the quality and value of livestock . Our integrated suite of applications helps farmers collect and manage data throughout the entire production process, of the supply chain: from production to sales, and even transport.

Brandon Group

Venture Round in 2018
Brandon Group is an online B2B distributor, specialized in the categories Fashion, Home & Living and Design.

Taskhunters

Seed Round in 2018
Taskhunters Srl operates as an online platform for temporary employment opportunities. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Milan, Italy.

2hire

Seed Round in 2017
2Hire s.r.l. is a company based in Rome, Italy, that specializes in providing mobility solutions by transforming various types of vehicles into connected cars. Founded in 2015, the company offers a plug-and-play device known as the 2Hire board, which enables remote interaction with vehicles through a smartphone application. This technology facilitates real-time data analysis and enhances fleet management, allowing for optimal resource utilization. In addition to its connectivity solutions, 2Hire also provides car and scooter rental and car-sharing services, catering to diverse mobility needs.

BigProfiles

Seed Round in 2017
BigProfiles is a Customer Intelligence software-as-a-service that enhances customer profiling by integrating external data from various sources, such as social networks and public registries. The platform utilizes advanced algorithms to identify and compile scattered information about individuals, allowing companies to gain deeper insights into their customers' demographics, interests, and behaviors. By employing artificial intelligence, BigProfiles generates detailed profiles that facilitate predictive analytics, enabling businesses to forecast customer behavior, assess the likelihood of churn, detect potential fraud, and evaluate purchasing intent. This comprehensive approach empowers companies to tailor their marketing strategies and improve customer relationship management by leveraging enriched data for more informed decision-making.

Codemotion

Venture Round in 2017
Codemotion is the ecosystem devoted to innovation, focused on developers and coding, open to all programming languages and technologies. Pioneering spirits, it scout the future to deliver a first class experience to our people. Codemotion is one of the biggest tech-conferences in Europe, with an international network of 30.000 developers and 350 speakers coming from all over the world and from the most important IT realities. Codemotion draw in its main conferences, thousands of attendees eager to discuss about hottest topics: it tailor for them disruptive proposals ranging from mobile to UX, develops, cloud, big data, gamedev, security, methods, languages, web, Internet of things. Codemotion is also a startup, providing a bunch of services and activities, for personal and business customers.

GreenBone Ortho

Venture Round in 2017
GreenBone develops a wood-derived bone implants technology to generate biomimetic – reabsorbable– load bearing implant suitable to address non-union fractures. The idea was conceived and developed by a research group of ISTEC-CNR of Faenza comprised of Andrea Ruffini, Simone Sprio and Anna Tampieri.

Zehus

Venture Round in 2017
Zehus is an Italy-based smart mobility company. BIKE+ all in one smartly manages the electric power from the batteries and the “human engine” power maximizing the efficiency of the latter. BIKE+ all in one is energetically independent by the grid, that is the battery is charge sustained by the human power. Hence, BIKE+ all in one does not help the cyclist by adding electric energy taken by the grid into the system “human - bike.” On the contrary, it only uses the human energy in the most efficient way. An increasing of the human efficiency was experimentally proven. Results are awesome: 30+% efficiency increasing - 20+% less oxygen consumption online MEASURED. A bike equipped with BIKE+ all in one is the REAL zero-emission vehicle.

VINO75

Series A in 2016
VINO75 is a specialised digital wine shop, a reference point for the sale of quality wines. Thanks to VINO75 the complicated world of wine becomes accessible to all with just a few clicks. VINO75.com is the leading e-commerce platform for the European wineries since 2014 that collects more than 1.000 directly managed producers and more than 2.500 wine labels, with a remarkable growth potential. VINO75's powerful multilevel search engine guide the Customers as a DIGITAL SOMMELIER. The wines, stored at an ideal temperature, are shipped to the Customer using patented packaging and the best couriers.

Pedius

Series A in 2016
Pedius srl provides a communication system to enable the deaf to make phone calls. It offers Pedius, an application for iPhone and Android that allows hearing impaired people to make normal phone calls using speech recognition and synthesis technologies. The company offers Pedius in Italian, English, and Spanish languages. Pedius srl is based in Rome, Italy.

Remoria VR

Seed Round in 2016
Remoria VR S.r.l., founded in 2016 and based in Rome, Italy, specializes in designing and developing devices for mobile virtual reality applications. The company’s flagship product, LIGNUM, is a wireless Bluetooth LE controller equipped with sensors that enable motion and orientation tracking with minimal latency. In addition to the controller, Remoria VR offers the Lignum SDK, a development tool that allows creators to build VR experiences. The products are compatible with both iOS and Android devices, catering to a growing demand for immersive portable VR experiences. The company is focused on advancing its Lignum project to enhance user engagement and interaction in virtual environments.

2045Tech

Series A in 2016
FLOOME can monitor your Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) and it gives you the necessary time to recover if you are above the legal limit.FLOOME combines high accuracy, fashion design, and price. FLOOME has unmatched features, such as: • Endless battery life • Sleek Italian design and best usability on the market • International patent-pending technology covering the professional-grade accuracy, battery life, and low manufacturing costs • Retail price • High accuracy; same sensors used by law enforcement officers • Connects to any iPhone, Android or Windows smartphone through the standard headphone jack • The proprietary app displays the BAC as well as other helpful and relevant information like the time to recovery • Customizable colors and limited branded versions (with car TMs, and alike).

Echolight

Series A in 2016
Echolight S.r.l. is a research-based biomedical company based in Lecce, Italy, founded in 2011. The company specializes in developing non-invasive solutions for the early diagnosis of osteoporosis. Its flagship product, EchoS, is a radiation-free ultrasound device that assesses bone micro-architecture and enables the scanning of central bone sites. This innovative technology allows for accurate evaluation of bone mineral density (BMD) and provides an office-based service for the early detection and monitoring of osteoporosis. Echolight aims to enhance accessibility and accuracy in bone health assessments, catering to the needs of both clinicians and patients.

Zehus

Venture Round in 2016
Zehus is an Italy-based smart mobility company. BIKE+ all in one smartly manages the electric power from the batteries and the “human engine” power maximizing the efficiency of the latter. BIKE+ all in one is energetically independent by the grid, that is the battery is charge sustained by the human power. Hence, BIKE+ all in one does not help the cyclist by adding electric energy taken by the grid into the system “human - bike.” On the contrary, it only uses the human energy in the most efficient way. An increasing of the human efficiency was experimentally proven. Results are awesome: 30+% efficiency increasing - 20+% less oxygen consumption online MEASURED. A bike equipped with BIKE+ all in one is the REAL zero-emission vehicle.

TENSIVE

Convertible Note in 2016
Tensive is a biomedical startup established in 2012 to develop innovative prostheses aiming to offer a natural breast reconstruction or augmentation.Tensive is a biomedical startup established in 2012 to develop innovative prostheses aiming to offer a natural breast reconstruction or augmentation.

SardexPay

Venture Round in 2016
Siamo parte di sardex.net perché crediamo che la collaborazione sia la base imprescindibile per una sana competizione. Perché crediamo nel mercato come luogo di interazione sociale in cui i nostri bisogni e la nostra capacità di produrre valore si incontrano generando benessere duraturo e condiviso. Per ognuno di noi sardex.net rappresenta un obiettivo e una visione comune: l'impegno di migliaia di individui ad essere parte di una comunità in cui le relazioni e la fiducia reciproca sono i veri capitali su cui costruire l’economia di domani.

D-EYE

Seed Round in 2016
D-EYE Srl, founded in 2014 and based in Padua, Italy, specializes in the development of mobile eye examination devices. The cornerstone of its product line is the D-EYE Retinal Screening System, which transforms a smartphone into a portable retinal camera, enabling users to capture high-definition images and videos of the retina for clinical evaluation. This innovative device facilitates health screenings for serious conditions such as glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, and macular degeneration, making it accessible for healthcare professionals with minimal training. D-EYE's cloud-based platform supports telehealth applications, allowing for immediate sharing of patient data among clinicians. The company has established a global distribution network, serving markets in Europe, the UK, Canada, the Middle East, Japan, and South Africa, while pursuing medical device registrations in additional countries. D-EYE's products have received regulatory clearances, including FDA approval and CE marking, and are actively used in various medical settings, including by ophthalmologists and emergency physicians, to improve early diagnosis and treatment of eye diseases.