Plug and Play

Plug and Play, founded in 2006 and based in Sunnyvale, California, operates as a business accelerator and venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage and seed investments in technology startups. The firm runs 12 industry-specific accelerator programs annually, connecting startups with corporate partners and investors to foster collaboration and growth. Plug and Play's investment strategy encompasses a wide range of sectors, including fintech, health and wellness, travel, cybersecurity, and sustainability, allowing it to support diverse startups from any country. The firm provides various resources, including funding, mentorship, office space, and networking opportunities, and has a global presence with offices in North America, Europe, and Asia. Plug and Play has a strong track record, having helped numerous startups secure over $9 billion in funding since its inception. Its programs aim to refine business models and facilitate introductions to potential investors, ultimately contributing to the growth of the startup ecosystem.

Saeed Amidi

Co-Founder & Co-Chief Executive Officer

Kiswana Browne

Associate

Nick Daley

Associate

Gabriela Dow

Co-Founder and Partner

Matt Helmers

Director of Strategy and Innovation

Alex Roudi

Managing Partner, San Diego

Marc Steiner

General Counsel

Jupe Tan

Managing Partner, Asia Pacific & Senior Vice President, Global Operations

Andy Toth

Investment Director

Phillip Vincent

Managing Partner, East Asia

Fan Wen

Associate

Chen Zhao

Managing Partner, China

Past deals in Italy

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.

Babaco Market

Funding Round in 2022
Babaco Market is a subscription with which you receive out-of-the-ordinary fruit and vegetables at home. Products that do not exceed the beauty contests organized by traditional channels and which risk being wasted. We deliver them to your home, in a box. Bring all the goodness of nature to the table and reduce food waste!

Babaco Market

Convertible Note in 2022
Babaco Market is a subscription with which you receive out-of-the-ordinary fruit and vegetables at home. Products that do not exceed the beauty contests organized by traditional channels and which risk being wasted. We deliver them to your home, in a box. Bring all the goodness of nature to the table and reduce food waste!

Sibill

Convertible Note in 2022
Sibill is a tool for centralizing, analyzing, and managing invoices and cash flows. Sibill collects data from all of your banks and tracks balances and movements. With one click, you can get a statement, a statement, and a journal entry, and you can simply share financial data with your team.

Macai

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Macai is an online supermarket that specializes in grocery delivery services, providing customers with access to a vast selection of high-quality food and non-food products. The company operates a platform that streamlines the ordering process and ensures delivery to customers' doorsteps within 24 hours. By sourcing a diverse range of essential goods and storing them in its warehouse, Macai efficiently meets the demands of its users, allowing them to select and receive products tailored to their needs. This business model emphasizes convenience and speed in the grocery shopping experience.

Reefilla

Pre Seed Round in 2021
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.

Macai

Convertible Note in 2021
Macai is an online supermarket that specializes in grocery delivery services, providing customers with access to a vast selection of high-quality food and non-food products. The company operates a platform that streamlines the ordering process and ensures delivery to customers' doorsteps within 24 hours. By sourcing a diverse range of essential goods and storing them in its warehouse, Macai efficiently meets the demands of its users, allowing them to select and receive products tailored to their needs. This business model emphasizes convenience and speed in the grocery shopping experience.

AIFI

Seed Round in 2016
AIFI (Italian Private Equity Venture Capital and Private Debt Association) was created in May 1986, in order to promote, develop and represent institutionally the venture capital and private equity activity in Italy. The Association is an organization composed of different entities which, throughout direct investment of their own funds or through the management and advisory of independent funds (closed-end funds) are private equity and venture capital investors with the objective of purchasing, managing and divesting in unquoted companies. Membership has been evolving together with the growing importance of the private equity and venture capital industry. Full members matrix is quite heterogeneous, including as full members Italian and international banks and their subsidiaries, industrial and private investment companies, Italian closed-end funds, international closed-end funds advisory companies as well as public operators and financial institutions linked to the co-operative system. Associated members are Italian and foreign associations as well as institutions and companies interested in the development of the venture capital industry in Italy.