Franco Gianera

Digital Entrepreneur | Board Member | Advisor

📍 Segrate, Lombardy, Italy🔄 Updated September 2026💼 12 investments📅 12 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2020
VC🌍 Italy
12
Total investments
4
Early stage
2
Mid stage
1
Late stage
12y
Years active

Portfolio

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Co-founder & Board Member
Apr 2019
The Talent Club is an international association of best-in-class companies representing top talent in the fields of Sports, Entertainment, Engineering, Technology and Business Management.
early stageHuman Resources
Investor
Mar 2017
BIOGENERA SpA is a company operating in the biotechnology pharmaceutical sector, specialising in the research and development of new DNA-based patient-specific biotechnological medicines for the treatment of serious pathologies. Founded in 2008, with its headquarters in Bologna, BIOGENERA SpA has a multidisciplinary team of researchers and is supported by numerous University partnerships ( in particular, the University of Bologna) and other companies of the pharmaceutical sector.   Mission To create new treatments for diseases as yet considered incurable, focusing specifically on paediatric tumors. Thanks to the exclusive MyGeneraTM platform, BIOGENERA is capable of rapidly identifying and developing new patient-specific medicines aimed at every therapeutic target made up of single mutated genes, considered causative for a pathology. MyGeneraTM permits, with a unique and innovative approach, the identification and development of gene-specific molecules for absolutely patient-specific DNA-cures. BIOGENERA SpA è una società che opera nel settore delle biotecnologie farmaceutiche, specializzata nella ricerca e di sviluppo di nuovi farmaci biotecnologici personalizzati a DNA per il trattamento di patologie gravi. Costituita nel 2008, con sede a Bologna, BIOGENERA SpA conta su un team multidisciplinare di ricercatori italiani e si avvale di numerose partnerships con Università (in particolare con l’Università di Bologna) e ditte del settore farmaceutico.   La nostra mission è generare nuovi trattamenti per malattie ad oggi incurabili, con un focus specifico sui tumori pediatrici. Grazie all’esclusiva piattaforma MyGeneraTM, BIOGENERA è in grado di identificare e sviluppare rapidamente nuovi farmaci specifici mirati ad ogni bersaglio terapeutico costituito da un singolo gene mutato considerato causale per una patologia.
Investor
Nov 2016
Papèm is the first local marketplace for fashion and design retailers to bridge the gap between online and physical shops. Thanks to Papèm, retailers can promote their products online and customers can compare opportunities, book exclusive discounts or buy directly online from the best shops in their city. Like our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/papemmodadesign and follow us on twitter: https://twitter.com/papem_
Investor
Aug 2016
BrandOn Group has been providing companies with technology and services enabling them to sell on online marketplaces since 2012. We bring our clients and their products where the most qualified traffic is located, maximizing their visibility across target segments and purchase conversion. Our mission is to enable the matching of supply with demand on Europe’s main online marketplaces, by means of unique technologies and skills, and by supporting brands so that they can be where consumers are. BrandOn Group is the business accelerator for brands that want to grow (with) online.
Investor
Jul 2016
Board Advisor & Investor
Feb 2016
Mukako is an online specialist for baby and mom products. The founders, two Italian moms, did start this business in 2015 because they identified a problem first: parents needed a safe, convenient, fun and efficient place to make their purchases. Mukako distributes in Italy the best brands of the sector such as Pampers, Bébé Confort, Cam, Chicco, Kidkraft and many others. Mukako also designs, develops and distributes its own innovative line of products on an international scale: MUtable and Bubuk. MUtable is the All-in-One Play Table from 0 to 8 years that conveniently transforms from a beautifully-designed table into a creative deck full of options and equipped with a magic hole where toys can disappear in a fitted bag. Bubuk is a personalized book for children where every child together with 2 more friends or family members can become the main character. The book can be created online in real time and read in preview before ordering a printed copy.
early stageInternet
Investor
Nov 2014
Gestiamo i profili Social di Piccole e Medie Imprese accompagnandole in un percorso di crescita online e offline. Creiamo strategie taylor-made, completiamo la cura dei profili con Campagne di Advertising integrate (Facebook, Instagram e Google Ads). Il nostro lavoro è trasparente ed efficace.
Investor
Nov 2014
Spotlime is on a mission to transform the way people approach a city and its events. Spotlime, a Milan based start-up, enables anyone to find with two taps the closest restaurants, the coolest club or the next big art exhibition. How? With a really easy-to-use mobile app. We've created a world of discovery in Bari, Bologna, Catania, Florence, Genoa, Milan, Rome, Naples, Palermo, Padua, Turin and Trieste. We are looking forward to expanding soon. But we can't do it alone. That is why we are always looking for talented people to work with us. Look at our position at http://company.spotlimeapp.com/en/hiring/ Download Spotlime for free at http://company.spotlimeapp.com/downloads and start enjoying the best events. Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Spotlime and and like our Facebook page ,https://www.facebook.com/spotlime
early stageEntertainment
Experience · 16 entries
All (16)
Investments (11)
Founder (3)
Board (2)
2020
Board Member
Jan 2020
Olidata S.p.A. is one of the main European Personal Computer producers, as well as the leading company in information technology in Italy; featuring hundreds of thousand systems installed, offering many PC solutions for every need, from home to business.
2019
Investor
May 2019
You First is a global talent management, brand services and content marketing holding group of agencies in the Sports & Entertainment industries. Founded in 2002, it operates in 14 countries through 21 offices, leveraging a powerful combination of global reach and solid knowledge of each local market. More than a thousand talents in Sports & Entertainment trust us. We currently manage the careers of over 400 basketball players, 300 football players, 70 esports talents, and up to 100 talents in other Sports & Entertainment disciplines – including basketball stars Ja Morant, Serge Ibaka and Walter Tavares, football players Gerard Moreno, Alexia Putellas and Fabián Ruiz, athletes from other disciplines such as Ona Carbonell and Damián Quintero, esports talents including ElMiilloR and Kapo013, and other lifestyle talents and content creators from the entertainment industry, among many others. We also offer innovative solutions in digital assets, consulting, sponsorship, creativity, events, content production, and influencer marketing to more than 160 brands worldwide. You First is formed by professionals with a deep team spirit, committed to conquering daily challenges, and loyal to their clients' interests. Always by their side. Always on their side.
Co-founder & Board Member
Apr 2019
The Talent Club is an international association of best-in-class companies representing top talent in the fields of Sports, Entertainment, Engineering, Technology and Business Management.
early stageHuman Resources
2017
Investor
Mar 2017
BIOGENERA SpA is a company operating in the biotechnology pharmaceutical sector, specialising in the research and development of new DNA-based patient-specific biotechnological medicines for the treatment of serious pathologies. Founded in 2008, with its headquarters in Bologna, BIOGENERA SpA has a multidisciplinary team of researchers and is supported by numerous University partnerships ( in particular, the University of Bologna) and other companies of the pharmaceutical sector.   Mission To create new treatments for diseases as yet considered incurable, focusing specifically on paediatric tumors. Thanks to the exclusive MyGeneraTM platform, BIOGENERA is capable of rapidly identifying and developing new patient-specific medicines aimed at every therapeutic target made up of single mutated genes, considered causative for a pathology. MyGeneraTM permits, with a unique and innovative approach, the identification and development of gene-specific molecules for absolutely patient-specific DNA-cures. BIOGENERA SpA è una società che opera nel settore delle biotecnologie farmaceutiche, specializzata nella ricerca e di sviluppo di nuovi farmaci biotecnologici personalizzati a DNA per il trattamento di patologie gravi. Costituita nel 2008, con sede a Bologna, BIOGENERA SpA conta su un team multidisciplinare di ricercatori italiani e si avvale di numerose partnerships con Università (in particolare con l’Università di Bologna) e ditte del settore farmaceutico.   La nostra mission è generare nuovi trattamenti per malattie ad oggi incurabili, con un focus specifico sui tumori pediatrici. Grazie all’esclusiva piattaforma MyGeneraTM, BIOGENERA è in grado di identificare e sviluppare rapidamente nuovi farmaci specifici mirati ad ogni bersaglio terapeutico costituito da un singolo gene mutato considerato causale per una patologia.
2016
Investor
Nov 2016
Papèm is the first local marketplace for fashion and design retailers to bridge the gap between online and physical shops. Thanks to Papèm, retailers can promote their products online and customers can compare opportunities, book exclusive discounts or buy directly online from the best shops in their city. Like our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/papemmodadesign and follow us on twitter: https://twitter.com/papem_
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Investment activity
2014–2020 · 12 investments
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