# Italian Founders Fund: portfolio, investments and team

> Italian Founders Fund is a vc firm based in Italy. 5 investments on record, 5 in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/italian-founders-fund (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Italian Founders Fund

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 5 cheques on record.

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Pre-seed B2B SaaS HR Health

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**100%** of best year **5** **cheques in 12 months**, 5 on record

Since the last cheque **6** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$18M** Cheque size, as they say **$270K – $3.2M** Rounds led **1 of 5** Mostly in **Italy, 60%**

Pitch Italian Founders Fund

## Italian Founders Fund highlights

- 01 5 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Seed and Pre-seed: 75% of its rounds
- 03 Led 1 rounds

## What they do

> We invest from Pre-Seed to Series A in companies with an Italian DNA From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $270K – $3.2M as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed
- **Sectors:** B2B SaaS HR Health
- **Based in:** Milan, Italy
- **Cold pitches:** Accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **5 appearances**

- **2026** 5 rounds
- **Oct** **[Complaion](https://millionrounds.com/company/complaion)** IT · Google News search **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **Sept** **[Complaion](https://millionrounds.com/company/complaion)** Seed · IT · Firms' own news pages **$15M** *Led*
- **May** **[Invertix](https://millionrounds.com/company/invertix)** Pre-seed · IT · Firms' own news pages **$2.0M** With 2 others
- **Apr** **[Pillar](https://millionrounds.com/company/pillar)** Seed · US · TechCrunch **$20M** With 9 others
- **Apr** **[Sona](https://millionrounds.com/company/sona)** Series B · GB · Ventureburn **$45M** With 7 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**23** of 34 we have independently watched raise

[Aquila](https://millionrounds.com/company/aquila)[Cassandra](https://millionrounds.com/company/cassandra)[Commerceclarity](https://millionrounds.com/company/commerceclarity)[Complaion](https://millionrounds.com/company/complaion)[Compri](https://millionrounds.com/company/compri)[Fleequid](https://millionrounds.com/company/fleequid)[Glaut](https://millionrounds.com/company/glaut)[Heydiga](https://millionrounds.com/company/heydiga)[Invertix](https://millionrounds.com/company/invertix)[Iusful](https://millionrounds.com/company/iusful)[Jethr](https://millionrounds.com/company/jet-hr)[Klearly](https://millionrounds.com/company/klearly)[Manufact](https://millionrounds.com/company/manufact)[Pillar](https://millionrounds.com/company/pillar)[Ratel](https://millionrounds.com/company/ratel)[Reportaid](https://millionrounds.com/company/reportaid)[Sava](https://millionrounds.com/company/sava)[Seltz](https://millionrounds.com/company/seltz)[Skillvue](https://millionrounds.com/company/skillvue)[Sona](https://millionrounds.com/company/sona)[Superlog](https://millionrounds.com/company/superlog)[Textyess](https://millionrounds.com/company/textyess)[Wynwood-house](https://millionrounds.com/company/wynwood-house) Brumpatenti Get in touch Get-cato Koinoscapital Liviacasa Mamahealth Paradigma Platonicresearch Programmalabs Salupay Tadapower

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

## The cheque

Pre-seed

Median round joined **$18M** the round, not its cheque

Led 1 of 5 rounds **20%**

- **Said size:** $270K – $3.2M
- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed *2*
- Pre-seed said *1*
- Series B *1*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Dec 2023 Nov 2026

Often in the room with

- [Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund) 3
- [Eurazeo](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eurazeo) 2
- [Vento](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vento) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Italian Founders Fund. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Founders Fund** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund)[**Eurazeo** Private equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eurazeo)[**Vento** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vento)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Italian Founders Fund put money into.

[**Complaion** Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/complaion)[**Invertix** $2.0M · May 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/invertix)[**Pillar** $20M · Apr 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/pillar)[**Sona** $45M · Apr 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/sona)

## Mentioned on podcasts

Episodes that name Italian Founders Fund in their description, not their title.

- [EU-Startups Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/eu-startups) 19 Feb 2026 · 29 min Tackling Europe's Skills Crisis Mentions [Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund)[Italian Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/italian-founders-fund) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [Equity](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/equity) 10 Jun 2024 · 6 min Byju's valuation shakeup and what's ahead for WWDC Mentions [BlackRock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackrock)[Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund)[Italian Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/italian-founders-fund) Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about Italian Founders Fund

### What does Italian Founders Fund invest in?

Italian Founders Fund invests most often at Seed and Pre-seed (75% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as B2B SaaS, HR and Health.

### How active is Italian Founders Fund?

5 investments on record, 5 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Oct 2026.

### What has Italian Founders Fund invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Complaion (Undisclosed round, Oct 2026), Invertix (Pre-seed, May 2026) and Pillar (Seed, Apr 2026).

### How big are Italian Founders Fund's cheques?

The median round it joins is $18M. It says it writes cheques of $270K to $3.2M.

### Does Italian Founders Fund lead rounds?

Yes: it led 1 of its 5 investments on record (20%).

### Where does Italian Founders Fund invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in Italy (60%), the United States (20%) and the United Kingdom (20%).

### Is Italian Founders Fund investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 5 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Italian Founders Fund invest alongside?

Most often Founders Fund (3 rounds together), Eurazeo (2 rounds together) and Vento (2 rounds together).

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