Eureka! Venture SGR Fund II

Eureka! Venture SGR

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Status

ACTIVE

Global HQ

Milan, Italy

Countries of investment

Italy

Investment stages

Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A

Industries

Deep Tech
Advanced Materials
Engineering
Energy
Environment
AI

About
Eureka! Venture is a Milan-based venture capital firm founded in 2019 to turn Italian scientific research into marketable companies. It invests in Italy, with Fund II focused on Lazio. The firm supports founders from pre-seed through Series A.

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Max check size: $3M
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Investment Thesis

Eureka! Venture is a deep tech venture capital firm investing in spin-offs and startups that come out of Italian universities and research centres, with a focus on advanced materials, engineering, energy, the environment and AI. It invests from proof of concept through Series A, and its Fund II is dedicated to deep tech in the Lazio region. The firm differentiates itself as Italy's first independent asset manager focused exclusively on deep tech, combining venture investing with decades of technology transfer experience.

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Manager's Experience

Founded in 2019 in Milan, Italy, as the country's first independent asset manager dedicated to deep tech. Led by Stefano Peroncini (Founder and CEO) with partners Anna Amati, Salvatore Majorana, who built technology transfer at the Italian Institute of Technology, and Massimo Gentili, a former Pirelli executive and director of Fondazione Bruno Kessler. Has raised more than €110M from around 100 investors, including the European Investment Fund, CDP Venture Capital and corporates such as A2A, Nestlé and SAES. Fund I made 25 investments through partnerships with 22 Italian universities and research centres, including BeDimensional, Caracol and Phononic Vibes. Now investing Fund II in Lazio deep tech from proof of concept to Series A.