Laura Scaramella
Partner at CDP Venture Capital SGR
Italy
Overview
Work Experience
Partner - Head of ServiceTech Sub-fund (Corporate Partners I Fund)
2022 - Current
Part of Corporate Partners I, a multi sub-fund and multi-LP corporate venture capital fund aiming to support innovation of investee corporate LPs whilst accelerating growth of portfolio companies thanks to the close relationship with its corporate LPs, ServiceTech sub-fund focuses on the digital transition of corporates operating in Services, particularly in Financial Services or corporates with similar innovation needs.
Partner - Italia Venture I Fund
2018
CDP Venture Capital SGR is a venture capital investment platform created to accelerate the growth of the Italian Venture Capital ecosystem and to take it, by amount of capital invested and by number and quality of players, to the level of the major European countries, as well as that of leading comparable economies. Italia Venture I fund is a sector agnostic early and mid-stage venture capital fund focusing on Italian startups.
Board Observer
2024
Leading quantum computer software company that applies quantum and quantum-inspired algorithms to problems in industry sectors including Financial Services, Health and Energy.
Board Observer
2023
Shop Circle is an operator of tech suite aimed to empower e-commerce merchants and brands to scale with ease
Non Executive Director
2023
Prestatech is a pan-European FinTech platform that provides data gathering, risk scoring, and embedded finance solutions
Non Executive Director
2023
Viceversa is a FinTech startup offering revenue based financing solutions to eCommerce businesses internationally
Board Observer
2022
Hlpy is a fully digital B2B2C roadside assistance company operating in Italy, France and Spain
Board Observer
2020 - 2025
Innovheart is a MedTech startup developing a transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) systems to treat patients suffering from mitral valve disease. The company is currently in clinical trials testing its novel TMVR Saturn Prosthesis, designed to be consistent with the anatomy of the mitral valve. Saturn is a low-profile prosthetic designed for both Trans-apical and Trans-septal delivery.
Non Executive Director
2020 - 2024
Wise S.r.l, is an innovative producer of medical leads based on proprietory technologies pertaining nanotechnology. It develops electro-conductive leads of new generation used in intraoperative neuromodulation (IONM) and in neurostimulation for chronic pain treatment.
Non Executive Director
2020 - 2023
Soplaya is a FoodTech startup offering a marketplace associated with a network of logistics hubs. The B2B platform puts in direct communication local producers and buyers, mostly restauranteurs, looking for unique differentiating ingredients.
Board Member - Consiglio di Gestione & Member of Working Group
2019 - 2021
- January 2019 - March 2021: CITec working group - from August 2020: Board Member - Consiglio di Gestione FR&I supports growth of high-tech start-ups with high potential through acceleration programs with strong links with large and mid-cap Italian corporates. Its mission is to create synergies between demand and offer of technological know-how so to strengthen and to qualify overall innovation ability.