Valentina Franchini
Managing Director at Pariter Partners
Milan, Lombardy
Overview
Work Experience
Advisory Board Member
2024 - Current
Managing Director
2023
Fully responsible for the management of the holding company and its team, vehicles (RoboIT and Pariter Robotics) and portfolio of investee startups. The main focus of Pariter Partners is to support early-stage startups in the deep-tech field, such as robotics, mechatronics and industrial automation: • Board Member & Investor @SoundsafeCare s.r.l. • Board Member & Investor @J4 s.r.l. • Board Member & Investor @Exsensia s.r.l. • Board Member & Investor @HoverSpect s.r.l. • Board Member & Investor @EyeTech s.r.l. • Board & Investor @WeArt s.r.l. • Board & Investor @3Dnextech s.r.l. • Board & Investor @Mediate s.r.l. • Board & Investor @FluidWireRobotics s.r.l.
Entrepreneurial Partner
2023
Board Member
2022 - 2024
Investment Director
2022 - 2022
Director of 60M€ deep-tech and tech-transfer fund Poli360: • Board & Investor @PhononicVibes s.r.l. • Board & Investor @Agade s.r.l. • Board & Investor @Inxpect s.r.l. • Board & Investor @Eye4Nir s.r.l. • Board & Investor @AdaptaStudio s.r.l. • Board & Investor @PhotonPath s.r.l. • Board & Investor @LithiumLasers s.r.l.
Brand Director
2016 - 2021
Director of Fiocchi di Riso brand, with full responsibility for P&L and the coordination of all support units, from R&D to production, to marketing, trade and consumer sales (pharmacy, baby shop and eCommerce channels). • Board Member @FattoreMammaMedia s.r.l. • Board Member @RAMData s.r.l.
M&A Project Leader
2016 - 2016
In charge of the M&A project of the Elledifri s.r.l. company: from the due diligence phase to the complete integration of the organization and its brands into Artsana Group.
Business Development and Innovation Manager
2014 - 2016
Innovation & Startup Accelerator Manager
2013 - 2015
Strategy & Organization
2013 - 2014
Strategic Planning Specialist
2013 - 2013
Ph.D. Researcher
2010 - 2012
• European CoreNet project ‘Customer-ORiented and Eco-friendly NETworks for healthy fashionable goods (NMP2-SL-2010-260169) with reference to the research and development activity to define innovative methods and models for the management of production chains. • Visiting Researcher @INESC Porto
Education
Master in Business Administration (MBA)
2013 - 2013
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
2010 - 2012
Master of Science (MSc)
2007 - 2009
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.)
2004 - 2007
High School Diploma
1999 - 2004