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Matteo Fortunato Condello

Investment Manager at Antler

Amsterdam, North Holland

Overview 

Matteo Fortunato Condello is a VC Investor and former startup founder based in Amsterdam, with expertise in mentoring, investment management, and scouting. Currently serving as an Investment Manager and Scouting Manager at Antler, he specializes in investing in early-stage startups in sectors such as Cybersecurity, ClimateTech, and Web3. Notable career highlights include founding a startup, serving as an Entrepreneur In Residence at Holland Startup, and excelling in investment management at Antler.

Work Experience 

  • Investment Manager

    2023 - Current

    Antler is the world's Day Zero Investor. We are not only the most active investor globally, but also one of the most selective - investing in ~0.3% of our dealflow across Europe. We think of success as being a long-term partner to our portfolio, continuously investing in each round - from the very inception all the way to your Series C. We operate out of offices across 6 continents, including Austin, New York, London, Berlin, Munich, Stockholm, Bangalore, Amsterdam, Singapore, Seoul, Tokyo, and Sydney. Our global community of more than 1,500 portfolio companies covers a wide range of industries and technologies, each solving an important and urgent problem. We invest both in hardware as well as software, in B2B as well as B2C (as well as B2G, B2B2C, ...) and various sectors including climatetech, cybersecurity, deeptech, healthtech, fintech and many more. We are constantly looking for the brightest and most driven founders out there, aiming to engage with them as they are embarking on the journey of building their next company. For all founders who are working on something new - check out http://antler.co/ and get in touch with us. Some of the investments I have been involved with - Fero (fintech) - Langwatch (AI) - Magpie (AI) - Passionfruit (AI) - Noctis (AI) - Equip (fintech) - Pensify (fintech) - StocksFC (gaming) - Spherical (spacetech)

  • Scouting Manager

    2022

    As Scouting Manager for Antler in Central Europe, I lead the effort to identify, attract, and engage top entrepreneurial talent and early-stage startups across the region. This includes setting and implementing marketing and growth strategies, organizing events, and establishing strategic partnerships to strengthen our presence and reach.

  • Co-Founder

    2019 - 2022

    Solving a billion euros market problem by bringing data-driven decisions into the sales side of the recruitment industry "100 promising Dutch AI startups in 2020" list by ai.nl "100 promising Dutch AI startups in 2021" list by ai.nl "Top 101 sales startups & companies" in The Netherlands by BestStartup.eu "In the spotlight" column by recruitmenttech.com Semi-finalists at Phillips Innovation Awards 2021 Received pre-Seed investment in October 2020.

  • Entrepreneur In Residence

    2019 - 2019

    Researching several markets to see their potential future developments.

  • International Community Lead

    2018 - 2019

    Starting Finance is the major financial community in Italy. Targeting young individuals, Starting Finance was created with the purpose of sharing and developing financial knowledge. I have joined the team as one of the first collaborators and have been in charge of the international community and social media channels. At the peak, I led a team of 20 writers and contributors and grew the international community to over 10,000 people.

  • Recruitment consultant at Huxley Banking & Financial Services - Finance position

    2018 - 2019

    I work as a recruitment consultant at Huxley Amsterdam where I specialize in permanent Financial related positions within the Banking and Financial services industry. This market seeks to find the most highly skilled financial professionals to meet their challenging requirements! Are you looking for a new challenge or would you like to be informed of available positions from this exciting market? Please feel free to contact me. Finance within Banking & Financial services (Senior - Management - Lead) http://www.huxley.com/

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