VC
Italy
Last Deal Sept 2026

Italian Founders Fund

Check Size
€250K – €3M

Investment Focus

Investment Stages

Geographic Focus

Italy
Global

Investment Thesis

Italian Founders Fund, managed by Koinos Capital SGR, is a founder-backed VC investing from pre-seed to Series A in companies with Italian roots worldwide, with €250k to €3M initial tickets. CDP Venture Capital added €35M in August 2025, bringing the vehicle to €90M.

How to Pitch Italian Founders Fund

No Stated Policy
Italian Founders Fund hasn't published an outreach policy. A short, specific cold email is the safest default.

Who To Contact

Irene Mingozzi
Partner
Lorenzo Franzi
Partner

Recent Deals

Auto-extracted from press releases.

Round-Size Sweet Spot

From 5 recent deals

P25

€2M

Median

€12M

P75

€12M

Stated range: €250K – €3M

Their actual median sits outside the stated range. Use the actual numbers for ask sizing.

Activity Trend

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Last 90d

1

Prior 90d

2

Year ago

0

YC portfolio overlap

Italian Founders Fund backed 3 Y Combinator companies.

Manufact
Manufact

Cloud infrastructure for MCP servers and Claude / ChatGPT plugins.

Summer 2025
B2B
Pillar
Pillar

All-In-One Creator Store

Summer 2019
Consumer
Sava
Sava

Building the future of trusts

Fall 2025
Fintech

Portfolio Highlights

Jet HR
SAVA
Pillar
Manufact

Team

Auto-detected from Italian Founders Fund's website.

Irene Mingozzi
Partner
Checked Oct 2026
Lorenzo Franzi
Partner
Checked Oct 2026
Virginia Bassano
Principal
Checked Oct 2026

Focus and check size from the firm's website. Website reachable as of Sept 2026.

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A fit check scores your pitch against their thesis, stage and ticket. An email draft uses their real deals and thesis, not a template.