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Edoardo Gentili

Investor at Founders Factory

London Area, United Kingdom

Overview

Edoardo Gentili is an Investor at Founders Factory with a background in venture capital, fundraising, and strategic partnerships. He has excelled in building communities, scouting talent, and managing portfolios, while focusing on early-stage startups in sectors like Direct-to-Consumer, E-commerce, and AI. Gentili's career highlights include co-founding Italians in VC and holding roles in strategic partnerships and venture portfolio management at Founders Factory, demonstrating a strong track record in early-stage investments and fostering innovation within startup ecosystems.

Work Experience

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Founders Factory

Investor
2022 - Current
Leading investments for two corporate-backed funds (Fastweb & Pico) Pre-Seed and Seed past global investments include: Fantix, Claro AI, Shop Circle, Roam, iliAD, Rally, Phoenix Security, Utpatti, CTRL Energy, CyferAll, TouchBrick, Dialogsphere, Shai, Playground, Zenus and further 3 in stealth.
Venture Portfolio Associate
2021 - 2022
End-to-end Fundraising support for over 50 portfolio founders (Pre-seed - Series B) Support startups on business development/G2M, partnerships & talent hiring for portfolio
Strategic Partnerships Lead
2021 - 2021
Supporting both portfolio companies and Founders Factory in their commercial and international expansion

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Italians in VC

Co-Founder
2021
Italians in VC is a community of Italian VC operators around the world 🌎. With a mission to connect, share and educate the next generation of Italian Investors and founders

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