Withfounders
Via Fatebenefratelli Saffi No. 9, Milano, Lombardia, 20121, Italy
Overview
WithFounders is a startup accelerator that provides capital and coaching support to entrepreneurs in building digital or consumer companies. It specialize in initiatives that work in digital media and traditional businesses, which can be improved and developed through technology. Headquartered in Milano, Lombardia, WithFounders was founded in 2013 by Michele Casucci, Marco De Palma, and Julius Valiante.
- Total investments
- 4
- Lead investments
- 1
- Investments · 12mo
- 0
- Active investors
- 0
Sector focus
- Consumer
- Finance
- Venture Capital
Investment portfolio
- Chorafarma
Led · Seed · Feb 2015
Chorafarma is developing an online platform to connect pharmacies, physicians, clinics and families to provide home diagnostic and health services. The company is led by founder and CEO Francesco Tozzi. As of the report, the service was not yet online. Chorafarma raised €500k in seed funding, valuing the company at approximately €2m. Backers included Giulio Valiante’s Withfounders and unnamed business angels. The fundraising was reported by FinSMEs on 25/02/2015.
- New Vision
Participated · Equity · Sep 2014
New Vision offers 4M, a cloud-based platform to manage videos, documents, images, audio and other file types. The platform includes a collaboration environment for saving, modifying and sharing files and real-time communication with teammates. It also provides video and media management tools to distribute content on the web, social networks, apps, in-store communications, and interactive live platforms for streaming events. Clients noted in the article include Maserati, MSC Crociere, Canon, Gruppo Coin, Rtl 102.5 and Eataly. Founded by CEO Nicola Meneghello, the company plans to use the €6.3m (approximately $8m) raised to continue developing the platform and expand the business. The funding reflects the company’s current financing activity but no operating metrics were disclosed in the article.
- Martha's Cottage
Participated · Equity · May 2014
P-Commerce is an e-commerce startup founded in 2011 by Salvatore Cobuzio that operates a portfolio of five vertical sites focused on weddings and family themes. Two sites are currently online: Progetto Wedding (personalization of weddings) and Progetto Torte (cake design), while three additional sites around the 'House & Family' theme are in development. The company has been incubated at Parma-based b-ventures since November 2013. P-Commerce signed a partnership with Matrimonio.it, a wedding market portal receiving over 1 million visits per month. In May 2014 it closed a €250k funding round backed by Capital B!, Withfounders and other private investors. The company plans to use the funds to begin restyling and rebranding efforts and to become Martha's Cottage.
- Plannify
Participated · Equity · Feb 2014
Plannify is an event search engine co-founded by Enrico Gennari, Carlo Scabin and CEO Luigi Gioni and also led by newly named president Massimo Fregnani. The platform aggregates events (shows, concerts, restaurants, experiences, sports, etc.), enables sharing and commenting on social networks, and supports online ticket purchases. The company is focused on improving its search engine to collect the highest number of events possible. Plannify intends to develop a smartphone and tablet app, release new agenda features and launch new versions in Europe. It plans to expand abroad and hire developers, designers, content editors and sales professionals to support product development and growth. The company raised €725k in funding to finance these initiatives.
Team
No current team members are available.