Francesco Pinto

Chairman & Co-Founder at Yamamay | NED

📍 Italy🔄 Updated October 2026💼 5 investments📅 6 years investing🗓 Last invested Sep 2024
VC🌍 Italy
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Oct 2022
Eden Ventures is an international venture capital firm, backed by IAG, the main Italian business angel network. We are the garden of Eden of pre-seed startups allowing founders to let their talents flourish. Our top founders can leverage a 500+ angels network unlocking business connections and fundraising opportunities with club deals and VC partners. Our mantra is: keep it simple and do not waste time! Apply to our form and get a potential investment up to €100k in 30 days (if we fall in love..)
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Dec 2021
Growth Engine is a Venture Capital holding which invests in Pre-Seed and Seed high-potential Startups and Scaleups. Growth Engine was founded by Michele Appendino, the co-Founder of the 1st IT focused VC fund in Europe, Marco Ariello, Private Equity professional with 25+ years of experience, Andrea Marangione, experienced business angels and entrepreneur and Fabio Mondini de Focatiis, former Venture Partner of the most active European VC fund in Series A e Series B.
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Feb 2020
Retailer, Industry, Consulting, Start-Up, Provider are the players with whom RH compares through activities such as information, updates, networking, study, experimentation and go to market. RH collects and analyzes the most innovative start-ups on the international scene, codes them and supports them in their go to market. RH customers thus have the opportunity to have constant and continuous contamination with innovation in retail.
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Jan 2020
Sophia Loren Restaurant è un progetto ambizioso e innovativo di retail che fonda le proprie radici sull’opportunità di offrire un’esperienza unica nel settore della ristorazione, realizzando un format che amplifichi il valore percepito dal cliente, grazie alla sapiente trasformazione e alla scelta di materie prime di altissima qualità partenopee, alla fruizione di un servizio eccellente e alla progettazione di un lay-out elegante e confortevole. L’elemento differenziale consta nella rappresentazione massima ed autentica della napoletaneità con l’adozione di un’icona indiscussa, intramontabile ed internazionale: limmensa Sophia Loren.
early stageRestaurants
Experience · 10 entries
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2024
Non Executive Board Member
Sep 2024
Bamboom was born in 2012: we are an Italian/Dutch brand that makes organic products with a focus on quality and details. With many years of experience in the world of babyproducts, we carefully follow the market in each country, moving in advance on new trends and having special attention to the specific needs of mothers in different countries. Bamboom goes beyond the simple sale of products: we dont just want to create a brand, but a way of life! Our mission is to combine style with ecology and minimize CO2 emission to provide a better future for todays little ones and tomorrows generations.
2023
Member of the Board of Advisors
Jan 2023
Based in Milan, Fashion Technology Accelerator (“FTA”) is an active player of the early stage investment market and business acceleration with a strong network of experts in fashion and luxury industry. Fashion and luxury is one of the oldest and largest businesses in the world and greatly in need of innovative solutions that improve customer empowerment, inventory efficiency, marketing strategies, and so on. A combination of recent technology shifts and emerging consumer trends have opened up a world of new opportunities for innovation in the industry. Besides traditional investments, FTAs professional team specializes in accelerating the growth of new high-tech businesses. FTA is a global infrastructure for fashion & retail tech and wearable entrepreneurs who aim to create and grow disruptive digital platforms and products. FTA Capital is FTAs portfolio arm. FTA Milan is specifically focused on acceleration and training program for early stage startups http://ftaccelerator.it
2022
Investor
Oct 2022
Eden Ventures is an international venture capital firm, backed by IAG, the main Italian business angel network. We are the garden of Eden of pre-seed startups allowing founders to let their talents flourish. Our top founders can leverage a 500+ angels network unlocking business connections and fundraising opportunities with club deals and VC partners. Our mantra is: keep it simple and do not waste time! Apply to our form and get a potential investment up to €100k in 30 days (if we fall in love..)
2021
Investor
Dec 2021
Growth Engine is a Venture Capital holding which invests in Pre-Seed and Seed high-potential Startups and Scaleups. Growth Engine was founded by Michele Appendino, the co-Founder of the 1st IT focused VC fund in Europe, Marco Ariello, Private Equity professional with 25+ years of experience, Andrea Marangione, experienced business angels and entrepreneur and Fabio Mondini de Focatiis, former Venture Partner of the most active European VC fund in Series A e Series B.
2020
CEO & Founder
Jun 2020
Enveloped in the verdant splendor of a diminutive medieval courtyard lies the Suites & Atelier Lake Como, a delightful and unforeseen haven of refined serenity. This private abode, emerging from the restoration of a historic edifice dating back to the 16th century, served as the creative sanctum and studio of the illustrious Beppe Spadacini for half a century. Esteemed as an Italian artist and acclaimed textile designer, Spadacinis legacy predominantly thrives in his substantial influence on the global and Italian fashion spheres. Under the discerning vision of the Italian architect Ivo Maria Redaelli, this residence has been meticulously transformed and now stands as a bastion of art, inviting its guests into a world where each space is an homage to Spadacinis artistic marvels.
early stageHospitality
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