We invest in Italian founders globally at pre-seed and seed-stage, combining capital with a powerful community of experienced operators. Our mission is simple: support exceptional entrepreneurs, build world-class companies, and deliver strong returns while doing it. Our vision is clear: to build Italy’s first founder-powered VC fund — backing ambitious entrepreneurs from day one while delivering exceptional returns for our investors.
Italian Founders Fund (IFF) is Italy’s first founder-led venture capital fund — built by founders, for founders.
We are here to help founders succeed. We’re founder-friendly because we were facing the same challenges not long ago. Now we want our time, experience and resources to work toward supporting a new generation of entrepreneurs. People are more important than money: we focus on the best founders and teams.
We want to help build an inclusive startup ecosystem, open to anybody. Great leaders reveal themselves over time, growing with their companies. We are willing to share our relationships, our resources, our knowledge with those we see turning into the best founders. We know that entrepreneurship is not for everyone and strive to put scarce resources in the right hands.
We’ve all started from somewhere, but our goals are global. Impactful growth will come from spending time with the right people, consistently sharing opportunities and knowledge.
We’ve built the Italian Founders Fund because we like what we’re doing. It’s not just a job. We’re here to learn from each other and change the world, making money while doing so. Every day we want to be open, proactive and having a lot of fun.
A team of funders and global VC professionals, with connections from Europe to the US.
