Participated · Seed · Apr 2026

Octostar develops AI-powered intelligence platforms that provide link analysis, communications intelligence, document intelligence, and GenAI-powered agents within a sovereign, extensible architecture. It offers a pre-configured deployment solution called Octobox to enable rapid setup of intelligence infrastructure. The company serves national security agencies, law enforcement, and financial institutions and emphasizes sovereign deployments. Octostar is headquartered in Galway, Ireland, runs an R&D center in Bergamo, Italy, and has opened a sales office in London. The company is led by CEO Giovanni Tummarello. Following the €6.1M Seed extension, Octostar plans to scale platform deployments and expand its international operations.

Led · Seed · Mar 2026

CiaoDott builds a vertical voice AI platform for the Italian medical sector that autonomously handles appointment bookings and frequent patient enquiries by phone. Founded in 2025, the company says its solution currently manages about 70% of calls and has secured collaborations and contracted revenues with clinics including Politerapico Monza, Benacus Lab, and Centro Medico Manara. CiaoDott targets inefficiencies in a market where the phone remains the primary channel for appointments and a sizeable share of calls go unanswered. The company plans to expand its platform to serve reservation needs in orthopaedics, dentistry, and dermatology and to invest in strategic marketing to grow its customer base. Its recent €1.5M Pre-Seed funding is intended to accelerate product development and commercial rollout across Italy.

Led · Seed · Mar 2026

Italy-based Mirai Robotics is building robotic infrastructure that makes maritime environments safer, more observable and less dependent on human crews. The startup integrates autonomous surface vehicles, advanced sensing, artificial intelligence and control software to support intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) as well as coastal and offshore patrolling. It has already produced two proprietary autonomous vehicles that can operate individually or as part of a distributed fleet, and the company also licenses its autonomy, navigation and control stack for third-party vessels, following a dual-use-by-design approach for both civil and institutional customers. Founded by Luciano Belviso (CEO), Luca Mascaro (CPTO) and Davide Dattoli, the team combines experience in aerospace manufacturing, digital product design and European tech scaling. Capital from its recent round will accelerate technology development, expand headcount and fund pilot projects with industrial and governmental partners. No operating metrics such as revenue or fleet size have been disclosed to date.

Led · Seed · Nov 2025

Klaaryo is building a conversational recruiting solution that lets companies manage the hiring process directly through WhatsApp, using artificial intelligence to screen and engage candidates. The platform aims to shorten time-to-hire and improve applicant experience by automating initial interactions and scheduling. With its recent capital infusion, the startup plans to enlarge its team and speed up product development to add new features and scalability. Management intends first to solidify its position in the Italian market and then roll the service out across other European countries. To date, Klaaryo has raised €2.1 million in outside funding, providing the resources needed for near-term growth initiatives. No operating metrics such as revenue or user counts were disclosed in the article.

Participated · Equity · Oct 2025

Milan-based Cyberwave provides an operating layer that connects AI agents to physical machines by abstracting robots, sensors, and actuators into digital twins. Its catalogue of twins works as a two-sided marketplace: hardware makers integrate once, and developers then gain plug-and-play access to a growing library of industrial arms, drones, cameras, and other devices. This architecture allows engineers to simulate, control, and orchestrate heterogeneous machines with far less effort than traditional bespoke integrations, addressing high integration costs that keep roughly 30 % of manufacturing tasks manual. Early pilots are running with major European manufacturers in automotive, construction, and logistics, covering use cases like assembly-line defect rework, warehouse packing optimisation, drone inspections, and smart-camera upgrades. The company intends to launch the platform publicly in October 2025, expand its developer ecosystem, and validate enterprise deployments. While currently focused on Europe, Cyberwave plans a U.S. presence to support customers’ overseas sites and to tap North American re-industrialisation trends. Co-founders Simone Di Somma and Vittorio Banfi position the company as the “system of actions” for the physical world, analogous to SAP’s role in digital processes.