Next week we’ll close applications for Vento Season 5. Will you be one of the aspiring founders? All you need is talent, the drive to build something of your own, and the guts to chase bold ideas. And if you’re reading this, we’re pretty sure you’ve got all three. Will you dare to join the Current? Dive in and see where it takes you. Apply now here > https://lnkd.in/dBZgjemY
Vento
Mandanti di venture capital e private equity
Turin, Piedmont 19.318 follower
Backing the best Italian Founders, everywhere. Early-stage fund, Venture Building program, tech event @italiantechweek
Chi siamo
Wholly funded by Exor, we are Italy’s most active non-governmental early-stage fund. With our second fund, we are investing €75M to empower exceptional Italian founders globally. We are sector-agnostic and geography-independent. Beyond venture capital, we run two dedicated ecosystem initiatives. Venture Building is a 5-month intensive program designed to turn ambitious individuals into successful founders. We select participants who don’t yet have a team or an idea and help them find the right co-founders and real problems worth solving. The program runs once a year, from January to June, and requires full-time relocation to Turin. During the first 12 weeks, founders receive a €3,750 grant provided by Fondazione Compagnia di Sanpaolo. After that, we invest €80,000 for 10% equity in the most promising teams. Italian Tech Week is one of Europe’s most influential tech gatherings, bringing together 15,000+ attendees from over 50 countries in 2024. It features exclusive discussions with top tech leaders and visionaries, curated masterclasses led by successful founders and operators, engaging side events across Turin, and a networking platform designed to create meaningful connections.
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- Mandanti di venture capital e private equity
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- 2-10 dipendenti
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- Turin, Piedmont
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Corso Castelfidardo, 22
Turin, Piedmont 10128, IT
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Every year, there's a special week when I get to return to #Italy and step on a global stage with leading voices in technology, humanity, arts and science. In the months leading up to it, I am reminded that the steepest mountains are moved by small, mighty teams with unreasonable determination and maniacal focus - like the Vento team. This year, I have been thinking deeply about human intuition - our seemingly unexplainable ability to perceive truth before reason can name it. If our senses grasp the outer world, then intuition is the mind’s own sense that detects universal coherence and bridges perception and understanding. Yesterday, Jeff Bezos told John Elkann and a room full of entrepreneurs in #Turin to lean harder on their intuition and curiosity. He shared how much of Amazon’s success was built through wandering, which he called the most primitive expression of curiosity, powered by conviction and long-term thinking. Nowhere is that truer than in healthcare, where progress demands long horizons and the courage and conviction to imagine something better. At Italian Tech Week, I had the privilege of leading many conversations about that future - one defined by human-machine collaboration, deflationary forces, and expanding human capability. Intuitive and Jason Hart showed us how the future of surgery is not human or robot but collective intelligence. Filippo Filicori performed a live robotic cholecystectomy on stage, bridging future and reality. Chris Bischoff and Alexander A. Morgan, MD PhD reassured us that healthcare’s transformation is already underway - and that robotics and AI will be the levers to break the industry’s sublinear scaling dynamics, turning scarcity into abundance. Founders and builders like Andrei Georgescu, Ph.D., Joana Cartocci, Niklas Radner, Matilde Giglio and Danielle Belgrave reminded us that abundance is already being built. A few years ago, it would have been unimaginable to have Jeff Bezos, Kevin Scott, Douglas Leone, Mike Volpi, Sarah Guo, David Solomon and many more incredible speakers sharing a stage in Turin. But yesterday, Ursula von der Leyen vowed to make Europe “worthy of its talent”, and to spare no effort in making it an AI continent. Arthur Mensch, Thomas Wolf, Anton Osika, Marko Bjelonic and countless more entrepreneurs that joined us at ITW25 prove that she's not wrong. It turns out the right question to ask was simply “Why not”. Because, as Diyala D'Aveni said in her opening speech, "waves don’t come with instructions". They simply start with a strong intuition, curiosity, and the courage to follow it. Diego Piacentini Isabella Timossi Martina Vinci Marco Venturini Elena Calconi Mike Volpi Morgan Samet James Anderson Clemente Dadoo Lomeli Hansen Shi Deepak Mishra, Sc.D Serena Li Gemma Pretlove Enrico Vellano
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Every wave starts with wind, a change in pressure. This week you were the signal. We close here, but the wave keeps building. #ITW25 #ItalianTechWeek
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Our CEO John Elkann met with Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, in Turin during the Italian Tech Week. After the meeting, President von der Leyen gave a speech where she underlined Europe’s ambition in #AI and #automotive: “Too often, I hear that Europe is late to the AI race," she said. "But I have seen what Europeans can do when we set our eyes on a goal. We will spare no effort to make Europe an AI continent.” "We are also ready to support the automotive industry, to develop innovative models that are made in Europe, and made for European streets. The automotive industry is a European pride. And now technology can save jobs, and breathe new life into the sector. The future of cars and the cars of the future must be made in Europe."
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Huge congratulation to John Elkann the team at Vento Ventures including Diyala D'Aveni for an incredible Italian Tech Week in Turin. John and his team have pulled together what has become Europe’s best tech event open to the general public. Italy is lucky to have John in their corner! Jeff Bezos David Solomon Douglas Leone Luciana Lixandru Sonya Huang Niklas Zennström Brent Hoberman Mati Staniszewski Arthur Mensch Tom Mackenzie Augusto Marietti Mike Volpi Ophelia Brown Paul Murphy Sarah Guo Kevin Scott Alexandre Berriche Cameron McCord Christian Klein Diego Piacentini Iain Martin Laura Modiano Thomas Wolf Judith Dada Luca Bocchio Michael Lavner Nico Rosberg Roman Hölzl
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Today, we had the honour of welcoming Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, to the #ITW25 stage. She delivered an inspiring and hopeful address on building a Europe worthy of the brilliance of its talent. To delve deeper into her remarks, our YouTube channel broadcast the event live > https://lnkd.in/dUTUpbwR
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We’re glad to share that Lupa has raised a $20M Series A round to transform the $350B+ global petcare market. Founded in 2023 by Nicolò Frisiani, Matei Bjola and Raul Lozano Martin, Lupa is building the first AI-powered Operating System for veterinary clinics. By replacing seven legacy tools with one platform, it saves vets 60 minutes per day, doubles ROI on software spend, and delivers a seamless digital experience for pet parents with instant booking, AI-powered chat, and a digital pet-health passport. This $20M round, led by Singular with participation from firstminute capital and angel investors, will fuel international expansion, accelerate product development, and support the launch of the world’s first Veterinary AI Lab. Very proud to have them among our portfolio companies. Upward and onward.
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“Now things are real.” That’s how one founder described the Implementation Phase, the final chapter of Vento’s venture building program. No more brainstorming. No more hypotheticals. From that moment on, it’s just about user feedbacks, weekly check-ins, product tweaks, and uncomfortable but necessary conversations with your co-founders. We asked the founders of Season 4 what changed after receiving their first investment ticket. What it means to go from "we're building something" to "we're accountable for something that has to work." - Read the article to find out how they’re preparing for Investor Day and what they learned about themselves, their users, and the companies they’re building. - Applications for Season 5 are now open. If you’re bold enough to build with both vision and willingness to make something game-changing, this might be your moment. Apply here > https://lnkd.in/dBZgjemY
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Imagine Vento as a Current. 🌊 Sometimes the ocean feels too vast to cross alone: no map, no direction, no companions on the journey. But those who dare to dive in soon discover they’re not alone: a Current can carry you forward, with the resources, support, and teammates you need to reach places worthy of your talent. Just look at our founders on stage at Italian Tech Week today: ✨ Martina Domenicali, who just closed a €16M Series A with Lexroom.ai ✨ Michela Andreolli, CEO of Arke, who secured €1.7M pre seed from an investor making their very first bet on an Italian startup ✨ Alberta Trombetta, whose JustSolve is rumored to be announcing a very interesting international seed round soon. What do they have in common? Beyond talent, courage, and the will to take risks, they all found their team and built their startups inside Vento’s Venture Building program. And you? How far could you go, and what stage could be yours? Applications for Season 5 are open until October 12. All it takes is one jump. Join the Current > https://lnkd.in/d_xhFXQd #italiantechweek #ITW25 #LinkedInNotizie #ventoventures #startup
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While one of the things we care about the most kicked off today (yes, we are talking about Italian Tech Week) another one came to a close: Season 4 of our Venture Building program. The Investor Day is the final chapter of a journey that began in January. Through the doors of OGR Torino came talented individuals determined to make a difference in the Italian tech ecosystem. Today, from Binario 3, they walked out as cohesive teams already carving their path with new startups. A huge thank-you to them for giving it everything they had. And a call to those out there who can’t wait to be on a stage like this one, meeting top-tier international VCs: applications for Season 5 are open until October 12. If you believe you belong on this stage, join the Current. We can’t wait to meet you > https://lnkd.in/d_xhFXQd Virginia Gambardella | Silvia Wang Giuseppe Pecere | Ileana Pirozzi Giulia D’Aleo | Alessandro Bentivegna Francesca Andretta | Stefano Gabella Michele Genoni | Akshay Gulati Diyala D'Aveni Martina Vinci
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