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Italian Founders Fund — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm

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Italian Founders Fund is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Italy investing in Other, SaaS, Enterprise. The firm has 10 portfolio companies in our records.

Portfolio
10 companies on record
Partners
1 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Other, SaaS, Enterprise, Climate / Energy, AI / ML, Healthcare
HQ
Italy
Check size
Not in our records
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-10-23

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Portfolio

10+ companies

Team

1 partner

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Regional early-stage fund surfaced in HR-tech sector tracking. The fund likely backs European software companies, including workflow and talent infrastructure products.

How Italian Founders Fund invests

Italian Founders Fund is a vc firm based in Italy. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, SaaS, Enterprise, Climate / Energy, AI / ML.

Italian Founders Fund has backed 10 companies in our records, including Jet HR, Pillar, Invertix.

Partners & Team

LF

Lorenzo Franzi

Partner

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
SaaS
Enterprise
Climate / Energy
AI / ML
Healthcare

Portfolio Companies (10)

Other

JE

Jet HR

HR tech / SaaS·Seed / early stage

HR software for hiring, payroll, and workforce administration

PI

Pillar

Construction tech / SaaS·Seed

Construction-tech platform for contractors and project workflows

IN

Invertix

Energy / climate tech·Not clearly stated

Climate/energy software company

IU

Iusful

Legal tech / AI·Seed

Legal/AI or legal-tech startup focused on simplifying legal work

SA

Sava

Health tech / biotech·Series A

Healthcare/biotech company

CO

Complaion

AI / enterprise software·Seed

AI company for compliance/operations; announced by IFF as a co-led round

TE

TextYess

AI / sales tech·Seed extension

AI sales/customer messaging tool

CA

Cato AI

AI / enterprise software·Seed

AI company

BR

BRUM

Not clearly stated·Other equity / early stage

Company in the industrial/manufacturing or software space; exact category not clear from source

CO

Compri

Not clearly stated·Seed

Company in the software or productivity space; exact category not clear from source

How to pitch Italian Founders Fund
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Other, SaaS, Enterprise — the sectors they actively back.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Lorenzo Franzi, Partner.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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