Leonardo Massa
Investment Director at MITO Technology
Milan, Lombardy
Overview
Work Experience
Investment Director
2023 - Current
Early-stage Venture Capital fund specializing in technology-driven companies rooted in academic research, focusing on B2B industrial hardware within the climate tech sector (Pre-seed, Seed, Series A)
Investment Manager
2020 - 2023
Board Observer
2022
Board Observer
2021
Board Observer
2021
Board Observer
2021
Investment Analyst
2020 - 2020
Sourcing, evaluating early stage investments at the Performance Materials team
Consultant
2019 - 2019
-Implementation of lean and visual management at the manager levels through the application of digital operational performance review -Optimized and improved the precious raw material flow and stock in the production and supply area for the manufacturing
Research Intern
2018 - 2018
-Managed the consulting for external and internal partners. -Investigated key material metrics for Si quantum bits; obtaining results supporting the fabrication of qubits in industrial CMOS foundries.
Research Intern
2017 - 2017
-Worked on functionalization and characterization of degenerate semiconductor -Researched, designed and evaluated materials, assemblies, and processes leading to new planning for degenerate Zinc Oxide for mid-infrared plasmonic sensing applications
Research Intern
2017 - 2017
-Ensured the successful delivery of research and fabrication design project for free-standing graphene -Supervised and lead every step of the development of the new fabrication process.
Education
Master of Business Administration - MBA
2019 - 2019
Nanoscale engineering
2016 - 2018
Nanoscale Engineering
2016 - 2018