Vertis

Vertis is a dynamic and independent investment management company authorised by Bank of Italy. It manages five closed-end funds for qualified investors by participating in research projects, spin-offs, startups and PMI and deals with the investments of the innovative Made in Italy.

Amedeo Giurazza

Founder and CEO

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Roberto della Marina

Investment Director

MO

Mauro Odorico

Investment Director

AP

Alessandro Pontari

Investment Manager

Nicola Redi

Investment Director

AR

Alfonso Riccardi

Investment Manager

GV

Giulio Valiante

Partner

RV

Renato Vannucci

Co-Founder and VP

Past deals in Italy

TITANO

Seed Round in 2013
Titano, startup from Campania that allows to reduce fuel consumption and polluting emissions in all combustion engines of cars, ships, planes and industries thanks to a patented technical solution.

SkinLabo s.r.l.

Series B in 2021
SkinLabo s.r.l. manufactures skin and body care products. Its products include wrinkle creams such as, Siero anti-age al collagene, day moisturizing cream, and hydration creams; face cleansing creams such as, micellar water active detergency and delicate eye labara struccante; face masks; make up, and hair care products. The company sells its products online through its website. SkinLabo s.r.l. was founded in 2016 and is based in Turin, Italy.

Blomming

Venture Round in 2012
We help people and businesses to sell their products wherever they are online: websites, blogs or Facebook. Using a single, centralized e-commerce platform they can save time and efforts, preserve their online identities and reach their potential customers where they actually are. The name comes from "E-commerce made easy as blogging". Create a Shop on Blomming and, in few minutes, bring it also on your blog, website or Facebook page to sell from there, too. Now available also on iPhone. Newest release (Mar. 2013) is the Social Affiliation. Now everybody, being a "Social Media Lover" or, better, a blogger, can make money with a simple Like, a Tweet, a Pin, etc. buy simply sharing e-commerce products created by others. Or, of course, with the "Three Shops in one" system powered by Blomming. This is our view of "Social Commerce": Publish, Share and Sell. Everywhere. Cool Vendor in E-Commerce 2012, Gartner, Inc., USA Innovative Niche E-commerce Providers to Watch 2012, Gartner, Inc., USA Best E-Tailer - Best Pure Online Player, Accenture, Italy, 2012 Premio Nazionale per l’Innovazione (National Innovation Prize) 2012, Presidenza della Repubblica, Italia Top 25 Startup, Southern Europe TechTour, 2011 Selected by Seedcamp Jan. 2011.

AutoXY

Seed Round in 2011
AutoXY is a vertical search engine for the automotive industry that can index content and information pertinent to the specific topic. It provides a search engine for ads of used and new cars that helps people who are looking for a car to find all the car ads that are currently published on the web in just one search. AutoXY also offers lead generation services. AutoXY began operation on March 23, 2010, with its headquarters in Lecce in Italy.

BIOUNIVERSA srl

Seed Round in 2010
BIOUNIVERSA srl, a biotechnology company, develops diagnostic and therapeutic products based on biological properties of the BAG3 protein on cell death regulation.

Glomeria Therapeutics S.r.l.

Seed Round in 2010
Glomeria Therapeutics S.r.l. engaged in research, development, and marketing of new medical devices for the treatment and treatment of serious diseases in the nephrological area. The company offers DesmoPD, peritoneal dialysis connection system; SmartPD, an automated management device for peritoneal dialysis solutions to be instilled in peritoneum; and solutions for peritoneal dialysis. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Chieti, Italy.

Intrepida Bio

Venture Round in 2019
Intrepida Bio, Inc., a biotechnology company, develops cancer drugs that alter the body’s first line of defense, and innate immunity. It also discovers and develops medicines that modulate the innate immune system to fight cancer and other diseases; and develops monoclonal antibodies that block the novel targets BAG3 and its receptor IFITM-2 to thwart their ability to create a favorable environment for tumor growth. Intrepida Bio, Inc. was incorporated in 2016 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

Credimi

Venture Round in 2018
Credimi provides digital factoring solutions for companies of various sectors. It serves customers in Italy and Europe. Edmondo Porcu, Francesca Todeschini, Gianmarco Molinari, Ignazio Rocco di Torrepadula, Jacopo Anselmi, Roberto Arnetoli, and Sabino Costanza founded Credimi in September 2015. Its headquarters is in Milan in Italy.

Aindo

Seed Round in 2021
Aindo is an Italian innovative startup of the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) in Trieste. Aindo's mission is to guide companies safely into the AI revolution, one that will increase their productivity and competitiveness. The company uses state of the art tools and techniques from Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) to optimize business operations, combining corporate experience with academic excellence. Central to Aindo’s philosophy is the notion that the realms of business, research and education can go hand-in-hand. The devotion to these three fields is apparent in Aindo’s diverse portfolio, combining research projects, industrial consulting and the development of software products.

Optimares

Private Equity Round in 2011
Optimares is a Lazio company founded by four managers with over ten years experience in the interior sector for aircraft with specific skills in the various business functions (Marketing and Sales, Production, Business Management, R & D). The company boasts contracts with the main global players in the sector.

WIB srl

Seed Round in 2015
WIB is a fully automatic, modular, e-commerce enabled automated store able to handle hundreds of SKU’s. Consumers can purchase through its touch screen interface or through the e-commerce platform, picking up their purchase conveniently 24/7 at the choosen store.

Belsito Media

Venture Round in 2010
Belsitomedia has been founded in order to offer companies an optimum strategy for online communication, thanks to the deliberate choice to put the user and their perception of the brand first. Belsitomedia has developed a unique advertising campaign model of web engagement, choosing to integrate all the necessary competencies in order to optimise all the phases of materializing a campaign; from the strategic planning to the conception, from production to distribution.

BAGBNB

Series A in 2020
Radical Storage is a luggage storage network that provides luggage storage services. The company works with various local businesses like coffee shops, bike rental shops, bars, and even hotels. It verifies local businesses to guarantee the safety of luggages. Through BAGBNB, people will be redirected to the closest local business in an area of choice. Once the booking is completed, people will receive a summary of the booking including the details of your chosen local business. BAGBNB was founded on 2016 and is headquartered in Rome, Italy.

Milkman

Venture Round in 2018
Milkman SPA offers delivery services for online shoppers. It offers same-day delivery, next-day delivery, and time-window delivery services. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Milan, Italy.

Buzzoole S.r.l.

Series A in 2018
Buzzoole S.r.l. provides a social media advertising platform that allows brands to identify social influencers and brand advocates within any social media. Its platform allows brands to engage influencers in an automated way by providing them special offers or inviting them to exclusive events. The company platform also enables influencers to connect their social accounts, optimize their online presence, and discover the topics they are influential and get rewarded. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Naples, Italy.

Jusp

Series A in 2013
Jusp S.p.A. offers mobile-POS solutions and value-added services. The company offers a card reader that can be connected via a mini jack audio lead to any smart device; and an application, which receives data and manages the transaction process. It serves merchants, small businesses, and large corporations. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Cagliari, Italy.

Glomeria Therapeutics S.r.l.

Venture Round in 2015
Glomeria Therapeutics S.r.l. engaged in research, development, and marketing of new medical devices for the treatment and treatment of serious diseases in the nephrological area. The company offers DesmoPD, peritoneal dialysis connection system; SmartPD, an automated management device for peritoneal dialysis solutions to be instilled in peritoneum; and solutions for peritoneal dialysis. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Chieti, Italy.

Fluidotecnica Sanseverino

Seed Round in 2012
Fluidotecnica Sanseverino Srl develops Disolea, a system to separate all floating polluting fluids from the production process water. The company is based in Bari, Italy.

GIPLAST GROUP S.p.A.

Private Equity Round in 2013
Giplast Group is an Abruzzo company that represents the national leader in the production of ABS and PVC profiles for the furniture industry. The company, which has a significant presence also on foreign markets, is the only Italian supplier of Ikea for the specific segment.

PromoQui

Seed Round in 2011
Promoqui operates a search engine that allows shoppers in Italy to access promotional offers, flyers, and discount coupons on goods online. It offers its services as Website and as downloadable application for Iphone, Ipad, android smartphone, and windows phone. Promoqui began operation on August 2, 2011. Its headquarters is in Naples in Italy.

Chef Dovunque srl

Seed Round in 2013
Chef dovunque è la soluzione moderna per concedersi i primi piatti della cucina italiana. | It is a modern solution for treating oneself to the pleasure of eating Italian cuisine.

Buzzoole S.r.l.

Venture Round in 2019
Buzzoole S.r.l. provides a social media advertising platform that allows brands to identify social influencers and brand advocates within any social media. Its platform allows brands to engage influencers in an automated way by providing them special offers or inviting them to exclusive events. The company platform also enables influencers to connect their social accounts, optimize their online presence, and discover the topics they are influential and get rewarded. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Naples, Italy.

Vivocha

Venture Round in 2012
A cloud-based service that allows any company to provide live support to online customers. Vivocha enables businesses to seamlessly communicate with prospects and customers right on the website, using any combination of VoIP (audio and video), chat, audio callbacks and collaboration tools, like assisted browsing, form & document sharing. Vivocha.com is the simplest and most effective multi-channel online customer engagement service. Online customer interactions made easy

Mosaicoon

Series A in 2012
Mosaicoon s.p.a offers Internet based advertising services. The company is based in Isola delle Femmine, Italy.

Mosaicoon

Series B in 2016
Mosaicoon s.p.a offers Internet based advertising services. The company is based in Isola delle Femmine, Italy.

Fitprime

Series A in 2021
Fitprime is an online platform that enables individuals to get unlimited access to a wide range of sport centers through a daily entrance or a monthly subscription. It was launched by Damiano Rossi, Matteo Musa, Musa Matteo, Laura Carpintieri, and Gianluca Mozzillo in February 2016 and is based in Rome, Italy.

Entando S.R.L.

Series B in 2021
Entando is an open source software company providing the leading micro frontend platform for enterprises building modern web applications on Kubernetes. We help enterprises innovate faster to create modern online experiences by bringing together leading edge tools and architectures like cloud-native development, container, and micro frontends to help developers build applications that are truly modern.

Deliveristo Srl

Venture Round in 2022
Deliveristo Srl owns and operates a business-to-business (B2B) digital marketplace for food delivery services. Its platform offers pasta, rice, cheeses, salami, preserves, meat and fish, oils, and vinegar; and allows to streamline the supply of HoReCa operators (hotel, restaurant, and cafe) through digital purchase, directed by producers and distributors. Deliveristo Srl was founded in 2017 and is based in Milan, Italy.

+plugg

Seed Round in 2012
+ plugg, a Sardinian startup that has as its primary objective to produce and market accessories for all devices in the Apple world. The entrepreneurial idea is based on the possibility of reinventing objects in common use, giving them new intelligence once they are connected to smartphones, making them interact with each other, increasing the level of interaction between people and encouraging the spontaneous creation of communities of users who use the products + plugg and share data and information.

Mosaicoon

Seed Round in 2009
Mosaicoon s.p.a offers Internet based advertising services. The company is based in Isola delle Femmine, Italy.

Cogisen Srl

Seed Round in 2012
Cogisen develops artificial intelligence solutions. It offers SENCOGI, an eye-tracking software for smartphones/mobile phones. Chiara Passacantilli and Christiaan Erik Rijnders founded Cogisen in 2009. Its headquarters is in Naples in Italy.

WIB srl

Seed Round in 2014
WIB is a fully automatic, modular, e-commerce enabled automated store able to handle hundreds of SKU’s. Consumers can purchase through its touch screen interface or through the e-commerce platform, picking up their purchase conveniently 24/7 at the choosen store.

Buzzoole S.r.l.

Series B in 2020
Buzzoole S.r.l. provides a social media advertising platform that allows brands to identify social influencers and brand advocates within any social media. Its platform allows brands to engage influencers in an automated way by providing them special offers or inviting them to exclusive events. The company platform also enables influencers to connect their social accounts, optimize their online presence, and discover the topics they are influential and get rewarded. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Naples, Italy.

IntendiMe

Venture Round in 2020
IntendiMe Srls provides systems that detect the sounds of the home and warns the user directly on his smartphones, tablets, or wrist devices. Its system, when detects sound, immediately sends a notification on the smartphone, tablet, or bracelet, so as to make them vibrate and light up, and pointing on the source's display detected via a mobile app that allows users to name each plate. In addition, the bracelets can communicate with each other, allowing people to call from room to room or ask for help when needed. It helps people with hearing problems. The company is based in Sestu, Italy.

ToothPic S.r.l.

Seed Round in 2018
ToothPic S.r.l. offers software solutions and services based on device recognition technology that enables users to identify any photographic sensor. The company develops a technology under the name Toothpic Search that enables users to associate a photo with a certain device and then go back to its author. It also develops authentication system under the name Toothpic Authenticate which is based on the smartphone or tablet camera sensor identification. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Turin, Italy.

Entando S.R.L.

Series A in 2019
Entando is an open source software company providing the leading micro frontend platform for enterprises building modern web applications on Kubernetes. We help enterprises innovate faster to create modern online experiences by bringing together leading edge tools and architectures like cloud-native development, container, and micro frontends to help developers build applications that are truly modern.

Cogisen Srl

Series A in 2014
Cogisen develops artificial intelligence solutions. It offers SENCOGI, an eye-tracking software for smartphones/mobile phones. Chiara Passacantilli and Christiaan Erik Rijnders founded Cogisen in 2009. Its headquarters is in Naples in Italy.

WISCO

Acquisition in 2012
Wisco (Water & Industrial Services Company), a Campania company that owns and manages a network of 23 plants located throughout the country, mostly in Southern Italy, for the treatment of industrial wastewater coming from Trenitalia's workshops and railway parks.

Selematic S.p.A.

Acquisition in 2017
Selematic S.p.A. manufactures packaging machinery for the food sector. It offers automatic packing systems for carton-boxes and disposable products, automatic shrink-wrapping machines, metal detectors and check-weighers, palletizing systems, systems modules, conveyors, and special systems. The company also provides infact weightcheckers, casepacking system for American type cartons, systems for display type cartons and wraparound products, shrinkwrapping bundling systems, pallet handling systems, and special systems; and transport system for cartons, pallets, and bundles. In addition, it offers assistance and collaboration in the drafting and optimization of the layout, and remoteassistance service on the systems. It serves sectors, such as legumes, nuts, pet food, bakery products, confectionery, disposable products, detergents, and other prepackaged products. The company offers its products through online store. The company was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Eboli, Italy.

Paperlit

Venture Round in 2012
Paperlit Inc. develops multiplatform applications that enable publishers and advertisers to automatically publish their newspaper, magazine, catalog, or newsletter to mobile phones and Web browsers in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Menlo Park, California.

Money360.it

Seed Round in 2010
Money360.it operates as an online broker of retail financial and insurance products. It provides intermediary services for home and personal loans, and bank accounts, and insurance products offered by various institutions. Money360.it began operation in 2010, with its headquarters in Milan in Italy. It operates as a subsidiary of Gruppo MutuiOnline.

KARALIT

Venture Round in 2012
KARALIT provides CFD -Computational Fluid Dynamics- and CAE -Computer aided engineering - software to industrial and academic customers worldwide, disruptively innovating CFD and CAE sectors and meeting customers main needs in terms of time saving, usability and output quality.

Linkpass

Venture Round in 2012
Linkpass is a mobile app for social discovering, designed for professional organizers who aim at enhancing the attendees experience of meetings, conventions, exhibitions, trade fairs and any type of events. It allows end-users to discover, meet and contact likeminded people directly and quickly, fostering networking opportunities. Linkpass allows attendees and organizers a valuable social connection thanks to the location in actual relevant events and spaces. Linkpass (formerly Infostronomy) was created in November 2011 as research project for the Master of Arts in Design Studies, Applied Imagination in the Creative Industries by Danilo De Rosa and Angelo Romano. The project was showed to the public during the December 2011 Degree show in Kings Cross London having exceptional reviews from course professors Paul Colbeck and Geoff Crook.

Cogisen Srl

Series A in 2013
Cogisen develops artificial intelligence solutions. It offers SENCOGI, an eye-tracking software for smartphones/mobile phones. Chiara Passacantilli and Christiaan Erik Rijnders founded Cogisen in 2009. Its headquarters is in Naples in Italy.

ToothPic S.r.l.

Series A in 2021
ToothPic S.r.l. offers software solutions and services based on device recognition technology that enables users to identify any photographic sensor. The company develops a technology under the name Toothpic Search that enables users to associate a photo with a certain device and then go back to its author. It also develops authentication system under the name Toothpic Authenticate which is based on the smartphone or tablet camera sensor identification. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Turin, Italy.

Arav Fashion

Private Equity Round in 2013
Arav Fashion Group is a Naples-based company that produces and distributes the brands Silvian Heach, Silvian Heach Kids and the fashion brand for kids Aston Martin.

DeRev

Series A in 2012
DeRev is the principal Italian crowdfunding platform to fund creative and innovative projects. DeRev built a large network of relationships at national and international level and we work with institutions, brands, political parties, associations, cultural stakeholders, universities and startup incubators to help spreading the culture and practice of sharing economy, social innovation and participative democracy. Today DeRev is the leading startup in Italy about crowdfunding and social media, with a focus on arts and culture, politics, activism and civic projects.

SCLAK s.r.l.

Series A in 2018
SCLAK s.r.l. develops an access control system for homes, offices, and other environments. It offers an electronic device, which establishes a connection with a mobile application to enable users to open doors, knock, and invite guests. The company's product can be installed in domestic, industrial, and professional fields. SCLAK s.r.l. was founded in 2014 and is based in Milan, Italy.

Preziosi Food SPA

Acquisition in 2016
Preziosi Food srl manufactures and distributes sweet and savory snacks for children and teenagers. The company’s product lines and gadgets license to the famous characters in the world of the entertainment (TV series, cartoons, movies, music) and sports. It offers savory snacks, including chips, extruded corns, pellets, and popcorns suitable for various occasions; and chocolate eggs and Easter eggs, stuffed sponge cakes, and gummy candies. The company also provides its products for celiac patients. It sells its products through hypermarkets and supermarkets, as well as in points of sale, including farmer or independent business and between bars, tobacco, and gas stations. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Melfi, Italy.

Zerynth

Series A in 2020
The Internet of Things (IoT) is a clear opportunity for companies to increase cusomer base and retension, reduce customer lifecycle cost and create new revenue streams. However, it is still very hard for companies to invest in the adoption and maintenance of IoT technologies for their solutions. In fact, the IoT is composed by an ethereogeneus mix of technologies (sensors, embedded systems, connectivity, cloud, security) that are hard to develop and maintain. Existing development platforms are complex to adopt, manage and integrate into industrial processes, while the IoT can only be enabled with perfectly integrated hardware-software-connectivity features, capable of guaranteeing security and scalability. Without a unified approach, IoT and Industrial IoT projects are likely to grow out of control and grind to a halt. Zerynth is an IoT platform that enables product companies and system integrators to develop IoT solutions in a simple, effective, secure and scalable way. The platform consists of three software tools: Zerynth OS and Zerynth Studio, a Real-Time IDE and OS to develop IoT applications on any 32bit microcontroller with the simplicity and efficiency of the Python language; the Zerynth Device Manager: a tool that allows remote updating (FOTA), scalability and security of IoT devices, fully integrated on proprietary servers both on-premises and in the cloud. Lastly, the platform offers vertical IoT kits to develop applications in various sectors.

Personal Factory Spa

Venture Round in 2009
Personal Factory is a company that operates mainly in the chemical industry for the construction industry by providing chemical compound useful for the production of powder with the establishment Origami 4. Personal Factory, designing and realizing also the technological platform (Origami 4) and providing business consulting services and technical, branding, marketing and research laboratory work then no.

Milkman

Series C in 2020
Milkman SPA offers delivery services for online shoppers. It offers same-day delivery, next-day delivery, and time-window delivery services. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Milan, Italy.

AppsBuilder

Seed Round in 2012
AppsBuilder SpA allows users to create and publish cross platform HTML 5 and native apps. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Milan, Italy.

Personal Factory Spa

Venture Round in 2013
Personal Factory is a company that operates mainly in the chemical industry for the construction industry by providing chemical compound useful for the production of powder with the establishment Origami 4. Personal Factory, designing and realizing also the technological platform (Origami 4) and providing business consulting services and technical, branding, marketing and research laboratory work then no.