Francesco Mantegazzini

Milky Way Ventures, founded in 2015, is an ecommerce focussed incubator: a team of passionate entrepreneurs with background at companies such as McKinsey and Groupon aims to create sustainable value and ROI by bringing together all major aspects of startup operation including CRM, finance, technology and capital. The focus of MWV lies on marketplaces. We prefer adaptation over innovation by using existing and proven business models and scale them quickly within Italy aiming for largest possible success rate and feasibility of exits to existing market participants.

We are an entrepreneurial shop that transforms ideas in functioning prototypes, without doing theoretical business plans at first. WE GENERATE ENTREPRENEURIAL IDEAS that are simple, useful, and entertaining. Ideas do not come from us only, but also from partners and customers. We are an ENTREPRENEURIAL TEAM, that is based on strength of will, determination and devotion. We believe that the value of an entrepreneurial idea is how it is realized; we therefore believe that the best way for considering an idea is to put it to the test of the market, reducing at the minimum the investments and the time of realization. Our motto is “LESS IS MORE”.

Italian Angels for Growth (IAG) is the leading Network-Powered Venture Capital investor in Italy: more than 600 business angels from the entrepreneurial, financial, and industrial worlds have come through the IAG network, investing time, expertise, and capital for the growth of innovative startups. Among the first Italian investors in the early stage, IAG, in sixteen years of activity, has analyzed more than 7,000 investment opportunities and closed more than 125 deals, for a total of more than 550 million euros invested by IAG members and its co-investors, which have generated +1100 jobs and 310 million in generated revenues, creating an ecosystem involving more than 150 national and international partners. Four operating offices: Milan, Rome, Florence and Udine. info@italianangels.net

The Founder Institute is the World’s Largest AI-Native Company Builder, where ambitious professionals, solo founders, and first-time entrepreneurs go to turn ideas into funded, AI-powered startups. Since 2009, our structured methodology, global mentor network, and platform have helped over 8,900 founders across 100+ countries raise more than $2BN in funding. Whether you’re an employee ready to make the leap, a solo founder with a big idea, or a first-time entrepreneur looking for direction, we provide the AI toolkit, structured sprints, expert feedback, and investor network to take you from Zero to Founder, faster and cheaper than ever before. And when you’re ready, our venture fund Founder Capital and global investor network are there to write your first check.

Endeavor Italy leads the high-impact entrepreneurship movement in Italy since 2016. Endeavor Italy promotes economic growth by selecting, mentoring, and accelerating entrepreneurs of high-growth, scalable companies. Endeavor Italy provides entrepreneurs a world renowned suite of services and programs to efficiently accelerate growth including access to: 1. an exclusive network of 3,000 local and global mentors 2. talent development programs 3. capital With Endeavors help, entrepreneurs: 1. think bigger 2. make better decisions 3. multiply their impact in the entrepreneurial ecosystem

Milky Way Ventures, founded in 2015, is an ecommerce focussed incubator: a team of passionate entrepreneurs with background at companies such as McKinsey and Groupon aims to create sustainable value and ROI by bringing together all major aspects of startup operation including CRM, finance, technology and capital. The focus of MWV lies on marketplaces. We prefer adaptation over innovation by using existing and proven business models and scale them quickly within Italy aiming for largest possible success rate and feasibility of exits to existing market participants.

Venture Capital Holding focused on seed startups in the Lifestyle, ICT, Digital Marketing business, actively investing and helping in the fundraising process. Also helping Medium/Large Corporates innovate internally and externally.

We are an entrepreneurial shop that transforms ideas in functioning prototypes, without doing theoretical business plans at first. WE GENERATE ENTREPRENEURIAL IDEAS that are simple, useful, and entertaining. Ideas do not come from us only, but also from partners and customers. We are an ENTREPRENEURIAL TEAM, that is based on strength of will, determination and devotion. We believe that the value of an entrepreneurial idea is how it is realized; we therefore believe that the best way for considering an idea is to put it to the test of the market, reducing at the minimum the investments and the time of realization. Our motto is “LESS IS MORE”.