Lorenzo Franzi

Founding Partner @ Italian Founders Fund (IFF)

📍 London, England, United Kingdom🔄 Updated September 2026💼 19 investments📅 13 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2024
VC🌍 United Kingdom
19
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13
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1
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1
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13y
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Portfolio

18 investments · sorted by recency
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Investor
Jan 2024
Glaut, an AI-powered customer research software for large-scale research projects. We support researchers uncover qualitative insights traditional surveys miss through voice-based, AI-moderated interviews ("AIMI"), which combine the efficiency of a survey with the depth of a 1-to-1 interview. Glaut is able to interview thousands of respondents simultaneously (customers, employees, patients), in +50 languages. Glaut AI-powered analysis software extracts in-depth, qualitative insights in a matter of minutes, not weeks. 👉🏻 Want to know more? Subscribe to our newsletter here: https://demo.glaut.com/4iVDR2l 👉🏻 You can book a Demo here: https://demo.glaut.com/40KXIZU 👉🏻 Or email us at: hello@glaut.com
early stageMarket Research
Board Member
Jun 2023
Jet HR makes managing people incredibly simple: payroll, benefits, devices, compliance and much more. We re-thought the HR function, removing anything that is cumbersome and simplifying any action on employees. We are funded by the best Italian VCs (Exor Ventures, Italian Founders Fund and 6 more) and by the best Italian founders (founders of Casavo, Satispay, Scalapay, Bending Spoons, Musixmatch, Talent Garden, Oyster HR, etc).
Investor
Apr 2022
Payments Infrastructure for the future of commerce. The modern Payment Service Provider that provides a fully compliant end-to-end platform for fiat and digital currencies and assets.
Investor
Mar 2022
We make returns easy and refunds faster. For everyone. We are shaping the future of eCommerce bringing frictionless, superfast and sustainable returns to everyone, anytime, anywhere. Because returning should be as easy as buying. If you're as excited about this as we are: join us! It’s a hell of a ride. Here's how we do things: • Full Gas: stay hungry, work hard and play hard • Deliver WOW: for our customers, great is just not good enough • Enjoy the ride: think big, do good and celebrate wins • Change the game: fail fast, learn faster, challenge often • REVER Back: use business to protect nature and think in the future tense
Board Member & Investor
Jan 2022
Somos la aplicación de bienestar financiero más completa del mercado. Con Payflow, tus empleados pueden cobrar cuando quieran y acceder a retribución flexible desde una única app móvil. Queremos transformar la forma de cobrar… y cambiar vidas. Con el respaldo de inversores de primer nivel (24M€ en equity y 27M€ en deuda) y la confianza de más de 1.000 empresas en España, Portugal, Colombia y Perú, estamos logrando un impacto real en las personas. 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐨 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐨𝐧, 𝐀𝐥𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐨, 𝐈𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐨, 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐨𝐬, 𝐌á𝐬𝐌ó𝐯𝐢𝐥, 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐨, 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐅𝐢𝐭 𝐲 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐬 𝐦á𝐬 𝐲𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟í𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐧 𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐬. 🔹 Payflow: Acceso instantáneo al salario ya generado. Cobrar solo una vez al mes ya no tiene sentido. 🔹 Learnflow: Educación financiera simple y accesible para todos. Porque entender el dinero es la base del bienestar. 🔹 Flexflow: Beneficios en comida, transporte, guardería, formación o seguro médico. Ahorra más de 1.000 € al año en IRPF. 📊 ¿Por qué Payflow? - 8% menos absentismo - 21% menos rotación - #1 beneficio más valorado por los empleados ✅ Tecnología que se adapta: - Integración fluida con RRHH y nómina - Solución de Retribución Flexible 100% digital (¡con tarjetas virtuales y el seguro médico que quieras!) - Proceso simple y adaptado a tu ciclo de nómina - Seguridad total, cumpliendo RGPD y usando lo último en ciberseguridad Súmate a la revolución del bienestar financiero y haz de tu empresa el mejor lugar para trabajar.
Angel Investor
Dec 2021
Numeral, a Mambu company, is a payment technology provider for fintechs and banks. We offer financial institutions a universal gateway to connect to partner banks and access schemes and a modern payments hub to automate payment processing. With Numeral, fintechs and banks can unlock growth by launching new products and expanding geographically faster, eliminating hidden payment complexity and making their payments future-proof and ever-compliant. Launched in 2021 and acquired by Mambu (www.mambu.com) in 2024 Numeral provides the payment infrastructure for the most innovative European banks and fintechs like WorldFirst, Argentex and Alma and partners with Europe’s leading banks, including BNP Paribas, Barclays, BPCE, HSBC and LHV.
Investor
Jul 2021
Rabbit - Get all your household needs | Whatever Whenever! Groceries and more, Delivered! Now, Later or Whenever!
Investor
Feb 2021
Zaapi is a digital commerce company on a mission to equip Southeast Asia’s e-commerce sellers with the tools to supercharge their growth. Whether selling through web, chat or across channels, e-commerce sellers use Zaapi to manage all their workflows and activities in one place, with one beautiful software solution.
Investor
Nov 2020
Otto is an AI-powered copilot for wealth managers, designed to streamline and automate essential advisory admin workflows. By handling repetitive tasks and administrative work, Otto frees up advisers and paraplanners to dedicate more time to focus on their clients.
Board Member & Investor
Sep 2020
The world’s #1 AI customer communication platform for the automotive industry. Fuzey enables car dealerships and garages to create instant personalised replies and engaging campaigns. Fuzey is used by leading automotive companies to drive more leads, achieve more per team member and drive more sales. Raised $6m in funding from top-tier investors including byFounders, Global Founders Capital, Stephane Kurgan (Index), Sheel Tyle (Amplo), Ascension, and more.
Investor and board member
Mar 2020
Katoo is now a part of Choco (www.choco.com).
Investor
Sep 2019
Weaver.build is a platform that matches main contractors to vetted residential projects. We're backed by btov Partners, FJ Labs, OneFineStay Founders and Atlassian Executives.
Investor
Jul 2019
theBASE FOL Group GmbH is a technology enabled real estate investment and development company based in Berlin, which is going to revolutionize the way people choose to live, work and play by providing unique shared Co-Living spaces. Doing so, we enable young professionals to rent co-living apartments in big cities affordably and hassle free while increasing the lease value of property owners on the same side. At The Base our vision is to shape the future of living to combat urban loneliness. We do so by creating unique co-living spaces all over the world that empower togetherness. Places that unite, inspire and form the ideal base to experience fulfilled living. Here, strong bonds are formed and new stories are written. With us, you live, belong and grow. We were founded in 2019 and are headquartered in Berlin. We are currently developing coliving spaces in Berlin & Munich with 320 & 156 apartments, a variety of shared community spaces and our own F&B area. But this is just the beginning - thanks to our real estate partners, we have multiple projects in our pipeline in other major German cities. We aim to become the leading global co-living provider - with our community always at the forefront.
early stageReal Estate
Investor
Jul 2019
Spendesk is the AI-powered spend management and procurement platform that transforms company spending. By simplifying procurement, payment cards, expense management, invoice processing, and accounting automation, Spendesk sets the new standard for spending at work. Its single, intelligent solution makes efficient spending easy for employees and gives finance leaders the full visibility and control they need across all company spend, even in multi-entity structures.  Trusted by thousands of companies, Spendesk is proud to have over 200,000 users across France, the UK, Germany and Spain. Spendesk also puts community at the heart of spend management. Spendesk-backed CFO Connect is the largest finance community in Europe with more than 12,000 members. Learn more: http://www.cfoconnect.eu/
Investor
Jul 2018
LoanLink24 is Baufi24's English-language offering for international customers; LoanLink24 Mortgage GmbH is a 100% subsidiary of Baufi24 Baufinanzierung AG. LoanLink24 is Germany’s first digital mortgage broker. As an independent broker, LoanLink24 compares the conditions and interest rates of more than 400 banks with the aim of enabling faster mortgage commitments with less bureaucracy. An English speaking team is specialized to advice clients from all over the world. A mortgage approval service, if possible within 24 hours, and a free real estate appraisal complete the offer. The headquarter is Hamburg. All companies of the Baufi24 Group, which include Kredit24 GmbH, LoanLink24 Mortgage GmbH and FinLink GmbH, deliver fast and modern solutions in real estate financing. As an independent, founder-managed company, the Baufi24 Group drives innovation in the credit industry and enables a fair, personal and transparent customer experience. www.loanlink24.com
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2024
Investor
Jan 2024
Glaut, an AI-powered customer research software for large-scale research projects. We support researchers uncover qualitative insights traditional surveys miss through voice-based, AI-moderated interviews ("AIMI"), which combine the efficiency of a survey with the depth of a 1-to-1 interview. Glaut is able to interview thousands of respondents simultaneously (customers, employees, patients), in +50 languages. Glaut AI-powered analysis software extracts in-depth, qualitative insights in a matter of minutes, not weeks. 👉🏻 Want to know more? Subscribe to our newsletter here: https://demo.glaut.com/4iVDR2l 👉🏻 You can book a Demo here: https://demo.glaut.com/40KXIZU 👉🏻 Or email us at: hello@glaut.com
early stageMarket Research
2023
Board Member
Jun 2023
Jet HR makes managing people incredibly simple: payroll, benefits, devices, compliance and much more. We re-thought the HR function, removing anything that is cumbersome and simplifying any action on employees. We are funded by the best Italian VCs (Exor Ventures, Italian Founders Fund and 6 more) and by the best Italian founders (founders of Casavo, Satispay, Scalapay, Bending Spoons, Musixmatch, Talent Garden, Oyster HR, etc).
Founding Partner
Apr 2023
Stealth Company.
Founding Partner
Apr 2023
Italian Founders Fund is Italys first venture capital fund established by founders, for founders. Weve united over 100 experienced entrepreneurs to build the premier founder-backed VC community, actively supporting Italy’s next generation of exceptional talent and digital innovation. We invest from pre-seed to Series A in companies with an Italian angle, whether they are 1) founded in Italy, 2) expanding into Italy, or 3) founded by Italians anywhere in the world. If you’re a visionary founder ready to make a global impact, we want to hear from you!
2022
Investor
Apr 2022
Payments Infrastructure for the future of commerce. The modern Payment Service Provider that provides a fully compliant end-to-end platform for fiat and digital currencies and assets.
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