Francesco Gherzi

Unternehmer and Private Equity Investor

📍 Switzerland🔄 Updated September 2026💼 8 investments📅 29 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2023
VC🌍 Switzerland
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Investor & Advisor
2022
We engineer nature’s brilliance to pioneer a new approach to colour. Colorifix has developed a revolutionary dyeing process to help the textile industry dramatically reduce its environmental impact. Using synthetic biology we produce, deposit and fix dyes biologically, avoiding harmful chemicals whilst reducing water, energy and waste. Lets rethink industrial dyeing. Contact us today to discuss how Colorifix can fulfil your coloration requirements.
Investor & Board Member
2022
Reflaunt is a technology company that brings Resale-as-a-Service to fashion brands and multi-brand retailers. With Reflaunt’s leading technology solutions, fashion retailers can empower their own customers to resell or recycle their past purchases in a click, directly on their e-commerce platform. Reflaunt equips brands and retailers with resale e-commerce and tailor-made branded marketplace technology and operations solutions, as well as access to its largest global network of more than 30 resale marketplace partners and more than 100 million second-hand customers. Reflaunt’s mission is to build a world of positive consumption allowing luxury brands to enter with efficient circular models and motivate consumers to see fashion’s long-lasting value, thereby extending the life of a product and providing invaluable opportunities to re-engage with their customers.
Investor
2021
Smartex is a leading and award-winning hardware-based software company dedicated to developing advanced solutions and building essential tools for the modern textile factory. With a focus on AI-driven technology, Smartex empowers textile manufacturers to optimize operations, enhance quality control, boost sustainability, and streamline supply chain processes. We are revolutionizing the textile industry with our comprehensive suite of tools, including Smartex CORE and Smartex LOOP. These tools enable manufacturers to unlock their full potential and thrive in an increasingly competitive landscape. Smartex CORE, the foundation of the Smartex System, detects all relevant types of defects produced by Circular Knitting Machines (open-width and tubular) using artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms & integrates into existing textile machinery with a seamless set of cameras and sensors. The system pairs with a comprehensive software platform for factory management, article management, digital twins of textile rolls produced, and more. Building upon the success of Smartex CORE, our AI-enabled automated quality control product, Smartex LOOP enables suppliers to take advantage of fabric-roll level data collection and revolutionize supply chain communication, as well as directly address the call from fashion brands for better supply chain data, marking a new era of transparency and collaboration. Smartex is dedicated to digitizing the textile industry by providing technical tools which will allow it to become more efficient, productive, and sustainable.
Investor & Board Member
2021
Color & surface communication For many people, a red is a red and a grey is just a grey. Velvet is velvet and wood always looks the same. We all know, of course, that is not true and that colours and surfaces in particular can determine a product‘s success. All the more important therefore that what you obtain is not just any red, but exactly the shade you selected. Expensive and annoying consequences are nearly always the result if there are already mistakes or misunderstandings at this stage. It is precisely because we understand this phenomenon that we founded ColorDigital and developed DMIx© Cloud.
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2023
Investor
2023
Welcome to X-BIONIC®, where innovation meets performance. 🤝 Inspired by nature and led by technology, were dedicated to engineering the most advanced sportswear for athletes and sports enthusiasts around the world. Our patented technology optimizes your bodys potential, ensuring you stay cool, dry, and comfortable—even under extreme conditions. Backed by 25 years of research & development, were proud to be industry pioneers. 💪 Join the X-BIONIC® family & discover the future of functional apparel.
2022
Investor & Advisor
2022
We engineer nature’s brilliance to pioneer a new approach to colour. Colorifix has developed a revolutionary dyeing process to help the textile industry dramatically reduce its environmental impact. Using synthetic biology we produce, deposit and fix dyes biologically, avoiding harmful chemicals whilst reducing water, energy and waste. Lets rethink industrial dyeing. Contact us today to discuss how Colorifix can fulfil your coloration requirements.
Investor & Board Member
2022
Reflaunt is a technology company that brings Resale-as-a-Service to fashion brands and multi-brand retailers. With Reflaunt’s leading technology solutions, fashion retailers can empower their own customers to resell or recycle their past purchases in a click, directly on their e-commerce platform. Reflaunt equips brands and retailers with resale e-commerce and tailor-made branded marketplace technology and operations solutions, as well as access to its largest global network of more than 30 resale marketplace partners and more than 100 million second-hand customers. Reflaunt’s mission is to build a world of positive consumption allowing luxury brands to enter with efficient circular models and motivate consumers to see fashion’s long-lasting value, thereby extending the life of a product and providing invaluable opportunities to re-engage with their customers.
2021
Investor
2021
Smartex is a leading and award-winning hardware-based software company dedicated to developing advanced solutions and building essential tools for the modern textile factory. With a focus on AI-driven technology, Smartex empowers textile manufacturers to optimize operations, enhance quality control, boost sustainability, and streamline supply chain processes. We are revolutionizing the textile industry with our comprehensive suite of tools, including Smartex CORE and Smartex LOOP. These tools enable manufacturers to unlock their full potential and thrive in an increasingly competitive landscape. Smartex CORE, the foundation of the Smartex System, detects all relevant types of defects produced by Circular Knitting Machines (open-width and tubular) using artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms & integrates into existing textile machinery with a seamless set of cameras and sensors. The system pairs with a comprehensive software platform for factory management, article management, digital twins of textile rolls produced, and more. Building upon the success of Smartex CORE, our AI-enabled automated quality control product, Smartex LOOP enables suppliers to take advantage of fabric-roll level data collection and revolutionize supply chain communication, as well as directly address the call from fashion brands for better supply chain data, marking a new era of transparency and collaboration. Smartex is dedicated to digitizing the textile industry by providing technical tools which will allow it to become more efficient, productive, and sustainable.
Investor & Board Member
2021
Color & surface communication For many people, a red is a red and a grey is just a grey. Velvet is velvet and wood always looks the same. We all know, of course, that is not true and that colours and surfaces in particular can determine a product‘s success. All the more important therefore that what you obtain is not just any red, but exactly the shade you selected. Expensive and annoying consequences are nearly always the result if there are already mistakes or misunderstandings at this stage. It is precisely because we understand this phenomenon that we founded ColorDigital and developed DMIx© Cloud.
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