
Vela Imprese
Piazza A. Mondadori, 3, Milano, Lombardia, 20122, Italy
Overview
Vela Imprese is a venture capital and private equity firm specializing in investing in startups, early venture, management buy-ins, leverage buyouts, and development equity.
- Total investments
- 2
- Lead investments
- 0
- Investments · 12mo
- 0
- Active investors
- 0
Sector focus
- Financial Services
- Venture Capital
Investment portfolio
- Wishlist
Participated · Equity · Nov 2015
WishList provides a physical and digital gift service that allows senders to personalize a box (message, box, products) and send it to recipients, who can choose their favorite products and receive them for free. The company sells a physical gift box through supermarkets and large retailers and is building a B2B gift-box platform with a catalog of 3,000 home, design, sports, outdoor, gourmet and food products. WishList serves both consumers and more than 1,000 corporate partners, including Deutsche Bank, Total Erg, Gruppo Banca Sella, Gruppo API – IP, Sisal and other SMEs. The company is led by founder and CEO Lorenzo Ferraboschi with Guido Beccari as President. WishList plans to use the funds to continue developing its technology and to increase sales efforts.
- Retail Applications
Participated · Equity · Oct 2013
Founded in 2012 at the Superpartes Innovation Campus in Brescia, Italy, RetAPPs develops mobile solutions to transition retailers and consumers toward Mobile Shopping and Smart Commerce. Its core product is a Mobile Self Scanning application that lets users scan product codes, fill a virtual basket and proceed to checkout. The solution has been installed in 25 large stores across Italy and is regularly used by more than 20,000 consumers. The company is led by CEO Alessandro Tiretta, with the Innovation Campus and the CEO maintaining the remaining shareholding. RetAPPs recently completed a funding round that altered its ownership stakes and is planning further ownership changes in 2014. The company’s current traction reflects established in-store deployments and active consumer usage.
Team
No current team members are available.