• Desmotec

  Participated · Seed · Oct 2015

  Desmotec develops isoinertial machines for training, rehabilitation and injury prevention that let users manage their programs in a customized way. The company collaborates with several tech partners to study innovative protocols for training, rehabilitation and prevention. It is launching the Desmotec Academy, staffed by professional trainers to scientifically and culturally disseminate the isoinertial method in sports and physio-rehab fields. Desmotec plans to use the new funding to continue expanding abroad. The company was founded by Alberto Bertagnolio and operates from Biella, Italy.

• GiPStech

  Participated · Equity · Sep 2015

  GiPStech is an indoor positioning startup developing smartphone navigation solutions based on the geomagnetic field that do not require extra infrastructure. The company is building technology to allow precise navigation within indoor spaces and plans to commercialize the solution after finalizing it. A beta version of the product was reported to be available in a few weeks. GiPStech raised equity funding to support the move toward commercialization and had previously raised $200k in an earlier round. The company is led by CEO Gaetano D’Aquila and is based in Milan, Italy. The recent financing is intended to help transition from development to commercial deployment. GiPSTech develops indoor positioning, localization and navigation technology that uses geomagnetism and sensors available in smartphones to provide GPS-like positioning indoors. The platform was created in collaboration with Università della Calabria and leverages orientation of external navigation systems to enhance accuracy. Its technology monitors how objects move and analyzes collected data to enable new consumer and business services. Target sectors cited include commerce, transports, health, culture and manufacturing. The company is led by Gaetano D’Aquila (CEO) and Matteo Faggin and has received recognition including winning TechCrunch Italy 2013 and a grant from Working Capital Telecom Italia. GiPSTech raised funding to complete platform development and test with early adopters in different sectors.

• Pedius

  Participated · Equity · Dec 2014

  Pedius has developed a mobile app that allows Deaf and hard-of-hearing people to make normal phone calls and access voice services such as emergency and customer-care calls via voice recognition and speech synthesis technologies. The company offers both consumer solutions for individuals and business solutions to help corporates activate toll-free numbers for hard-of-hearing customers and to foster inclusion of disabled workers. Its platform is active in nine countries (including Italy, France, the UK, Spain and the USA), supports six languages and has 13,000 registered users. Pedius partners with TIM (which has implemented the technology in its call centers), BNL, HP, Axa Assistance and several Italian municipalities. The company intends to use the new funds to invest in sales in emerging countries, build up its commercial network and develop new products dedicated to elderly people. Lorenzo Di Ciaccio is CEO and co-founder. Pedius developed a communication service that lets deaf and hard-of-hearing people make phone calls by combining voice recognition and speech synthesis technologies. The service is available in Italy, the UK and Ireland and has been adopted by Telecom Italia in its contact centers. The company has a team of eight people and is led by founder Lorenzo Di Ciaccio (29). Pedius has won a TIM#WCAP grant in 2013 and several other awards. It intends to use the new funding to expand internationally. The company recently raised €410K in funding from strategic investors.

No current team members are available.