# Vento: portfolio, investments and team

> Vento is a vc firm based in Italy. 82 investments on record, 35 in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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# Vento

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 82 cheques on record.

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Deploying now New fund $84M, Mar 2025 VC firm

Pre-seed Seed Series A Agnostic Anti-thematic Generalist

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**97%** of best year **35** **cheques in 12 months**, 82 on record

Since the last cheque **26** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$1.8M** Cheque size, as they say **$100K – $1.0M** Rounds led **1 of 82** Sole investor **17 rounds** Exits **1 from the portfolio** Mostly in **Italy, 48%**

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## Vento highlights

- 01 35 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Pre-seed and Seed: 74% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 17 rounds, median $686K
- 04 1 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $100K – $1.0M as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A
- **Sectors:** Agnostic Anti-thematic Generalist
- **Based in:** Turin, Italy
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **82 appearances**

- **2026** 33 rounds
- **Oct** **[Netsec](https://millionrounds.com/company/netsec)** Series A · FR · Firms' own news pages **$10M** With 8 others
- **Sept** **[Embodied AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/embodied-ai)** Seed · CH **$5.0M** With 4 others
- **Sept** **[Tundr](https://millionrounds.com/company/tundr)** Series A · IT **$13M** With 2 others
- **Sept** **[Complaion](https://millionrounds.com/company/complaion)** Seed · IT · Firms' own news pages **$15M** With 11 others
- **Sept** **[Iusful](https://millionrounds.com/company/iusful)** Pre-seed · IT **$2.3M** With 2 others
- **Sept** **[Cato AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/cato-ai)** Seed · IT **$7.0M** With 4 others
- **Sept** **[JustSolve](https://millionrounds.com/company/justsolve)** Pre-seed · IT **$3.5M** With 1 other
- **Sept** **[Gamindo](https://millionrounds.com/company/gamindo)** Seed · IT **$1.6M** With 1 other
- **Aug** **[Navifare](https://millionrounds.com/company/navifare)** Pre-seed · CH **$1.9M** With 1 other
- **Aug** **[HexSeed Technology](https://millionrounds.com/company/hexseed-technology)** Pre-seed · GB **$812K** With 2 others
- **Aug** **[Zerolook](https://millionrounds.com/company/zerolook)** Pre-seed · CH **$1.8M** With 1 other
- **Jul** **[CTHINGS.CO](https://millionrounds.com/company/cthings-co)** Venture · PL **$2.1M** Sole investor
- **Jul** **[Ploof](https://millionrounds.com/company/ploof)** Seed · FR **$800K** Sole investor
- **Jul** **[Doctorsa](https://millionrounds.com/company/doctorsa)** Seed · IT **$1.1M** Sole investor
- **Jul** **[ORIS](https://millionrounds.com/company/oris)** Pre-seed · FR **$5.1M** With 3 others
- **Jun** **[Soource](https://millionrounds.com/company/soource)** Seed · IT · Tenity **$3.5M** With 4 others
- **Jun** **[Seltz](https://millionrounds.com/company/seltz)** Seed · US **$13M** With 3 others
- **Jun** **[SPS Fulfillment](https://millionrounds.com/company/sps-fulfillment)** Pre-seed · US **$208K** With 1 other
- **Jun** **[Kalipso](https://millionrounds.com/company/kalipso)** Seed · GB **$3.2M** With 2 others
- **Jun** **[RarEarth](https://millionrounds.com/company/rarearth)** Grant · IT **$2.8M** With 2 others
- **May** **[Lexroom](https://millionrounds.com/company/lexroom)** Series B · IT · Ventureburn **$50M** With 6 others
- **May** **[Gyver](https://millionrounds.com/company/gyver)** Pre-seed · IT **$1.6M** With 1 other
- **Apr** **[Always Friday](https://millionrounds.com/company/always-friday)** Pre-seed · IT · Firms' own news pages **$1.2M** *Led*
- **Apr** **[Pillar](https://millionrounds.com/company/pillar)** Seed · US · TechCrunch **$20M** With 9 others
- **Apr** **[ResQuant](https://millionrounds.com/company/resquant)** Venture · PL **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[auryx](https://millionrounds.com/company/auryx)** Pre-seed · GB **$2.0M** With 1 other
- **Mar** **[CiaoDott](https://millionrounds.com/company/ciaodott)** Pre-seed · PT **$1.7M** With 2 others
- **Mar** **[Qura](https://millionrounds.com/company/qura)** Pre-seed · IT **$1.8M** With 2 others
- **Feb** **[The Bland Company](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-bland-company)** Pre-seed · GB **$2.7M** With 4 others
- **Feb** **[Klaris](https://millionrounds.com/company/klaris)** Pre-seed · US **$1.0M** With 1 other
- **Jan** **[Flashka](https://millionrounds.com/company/flashka)** Pre-seed · EE · Outlast Fund **$1.2M** With 1 other
- **Jan** **[Bricks.sh](https://millionrounds.com/company/bricks-sh)** Pre-seed · IT **$1.9M** With 2 others
- **Jan** **[Mosaico](https://millionrounds.com/company/mosaico)** Pre-seed · IT **$1.2M** With 1 other
- **2025** 24 rounds
- **Dec** **[Always Friday](https://millionrounds.com/company/always-friday)** Pre-seed · IT **$1.2M** Sole investor
- **Nov** **[CommerceClarity](https://millionrounds.com/company/commerceclarity)** Pre-seed · IT · Silicon Canals **$3.1M** With 7 others
- **Oct** **[Cyberwave](https://millionrounds.com/company/cyberwave)** Seed · IT · United Ventures **$8.1M** With 3 others
- **Oct** **[Volta](https://millionrounds.com/company/volta)** Pre-seed · US **$5.8M** With 6 others
- **Sept** **[Pillar](https://millionrounds.com/company/pillar)** Pre-seed · IT · TechStartups **$3.8M** With 10 others
- **Sept** **[Talentiqa](https://millionrounds.com/company/talentiqa)** Seed · CZ **$1.3M** With 2 others
- **Sept** **[Trismik](https://millionrounds.com/company/trismik)** Pre-seed · GB **$3.0M** With 1 other

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 the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

**5+** funds on file numbered funds in its name

## Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **1 in all**

**[SimplePons, Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/simplepons-inc)** Listed **Undisclosed** Dec 2011

An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

New fund on file

**$84M**

raised in Mar 2025

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$1.8M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$686K**

Led 1 of 82 rounds **1%**

- **Said size:** $100K – $1.0M
- **Sole investor:** 17 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2026
- **Exits:** 1 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Pre-seed said *33*
- Seed said *28*
- Venture *11*
- Series A said *7*
- Grant *2*
- Series B *1*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [360 Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/360-capital) 5
- [Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund) 5
- [Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play) 5
- [Base10 Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/base10-partners) 4
- [Italian Angels for Growth](https://millionrounds.com/fund/italian-angels-for-growth) 4
- [Primo Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/primo-capital) 4

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## Who they invest alongside

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

[**360 Capital** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/360-capital)[**Founders Fund** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund)[**Plug and Play** Accelerator **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play)[**Base10 Partners** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/base10-partners)[**Italian Angels for Growth** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/italian-angels-for-growth)[**Primo Capital** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/primo-capital)[**Andreessen Horowitz** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz)[**CDP Venture Capital** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cdp-venture-capital)[**Club degli Investitori** Angel network **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/club-degli-investitori)[**Kima Ventures** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kima-ventures)[**Playfair Capital** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/playfair)[**Techstars** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Vento put money into.

[**Embodied AI** $5.0M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/embodied-ai)[**Tundr** $13M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/tundr)[**Complaion** $15M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/complaion)[**Iusful** $2.3M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/iusful)[**JustSolve** $3.5M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/justsolve)[**Gamindo** $1.6M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/gamindo)

## On podcasts

2 episodes naming Vento in the title.

- [Scaling Europe](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/scaling-europe) 26 Feb 2026 · 20 min Diyala D'Aveni, CEO at Vento: Italian founders building global companies Mentions [Vento](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vento) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [EU-Startups Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/eu-startups) 24 Oct 2024 · 29 min Episode 92: Diyala D'Aveni - Head of Vento & Italian Tech Week - What's the Future of the Italian Startup Ecosystem? Mentions [Vento](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vento)[Brian Chesky](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brian-chesky)[Sam Altman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sam-altman) *+3* Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about Vento

### What does Vento invest in?

Vento invests most often at Pre-seed and Seed (74% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Agnostic, Anti-thematic and Generalist.

### How active is Vento?

82 investments on record, 35 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Oct 2026.

### What has Vento invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Netsec (Series A, Oct 2026), Embodied AI (Seed, Sept 2026) and Tundr (Series A, Sept 2026).

### How big are Vento's cheques?

The median round it joins is $1.8M. It says it writes cheques of $100K to $1.0M.

### Does Vento lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 1 of its 82 investments on record (1%).

### Where does Vento invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in Italy (48%), the United Kingdom (13%) and the United States (13%).

### Is Vento investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 35 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Vento invest alongside?

Most often 360 Capital (5 rounds together), Founders Fund (5 rounds together) and Plug and Play (5 rounds together).

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