Mainardo De Nardis

President & COO Edelman — Chairman, Adviser & Investor, Portfolio of Companies

📍 New York, New York, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 11 investments📅 7 years investing🗓 Last invested Feb 2022𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
Angel investor🌍 United States
11
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Portfolio

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Member of the Board
Feb 2022
Freeda is the #1 media brand for entire generations of women. Inspire, represent and speak to them through unique content and experiences is what we care about the most. Our mission is to spread real women’s stories to inspire positive change and impact society at large. We do that by promoting women’s achievements, inspiring personal style and celebrating sisterhood. We create original premium content designed for all screens and social platforms dedicated to passions, cultures and news relevant to young women. We are a team close to 200 people, working across three countries - Italy, Spain and UK, creating content and sharing experiences dedicated to a community of +7m women. Nevertheless, we continue to invest in our team – planning unique content, original and meaningful collaborations, and expanding to new countries. Work with us https://boards.greenhouse.io/freedamedia
Advisor and Investor
Jun 2021
Loyalty on the blockchain. qiibee is the global standard for loyalty on the blockchain. Through qiibee’s plug-and-play solutions, enterprises worldwide are running and operating their loyalty programs on the blockchain in just a few hours. Were hiring! Check our open positions at: https://angel.co/qiibee/jobs
Member of the Board
Dec 2020
LEARFIELD is a leading media, data, and technology services company with an unparalleled footprint in college sports and live events. We offer our partner institutions, brand sponsors, and fans unmatched access to premier media and content, as well as data-driven solutions across our digital and technology platforms, brand management and marketing programs, multimedia rights strategies, NIL expertise, and ticketing/fundraising services. LEARFIELD’s business lines serve every fan touch point – from tickets and licensed merchandise, to digital content and mobile apps, to sponsor and brand engagement, to in-venue experiences – providing a 365-day, 24/7 connection to consumers and fans. Our passionate team members are grounded in our company values to build trust, be fans of one another, power tomorrow, create & connect communities, and have fun. Career opportunities shared via LinkedIn and on our website include openings across the country and all of our business lines: LEARFIELD Amplify, LEARFIELD multimedia rights, CLC, Paciolan, SIDEARM, and MogoSME. We have corporate offices in Plano, TX (HQ); Atlanta, GA; Jefferson City, MO; Winston-Salem, NC and Irvine, CA.
Executive Chair and Investor
Nov 2020
Vidmob is the creative data company. Its AI-based software improves creative and media performance by helping brands and agencies derive their own custom creative best practices, and ensure that those learnings are applied across all flighted media. Vidmob’s approach to using creative data drives brand consistency, reduces creative and media waste, and increases overall business performance across the funnel. As the industry pioneer and leader in creative data, the power of Vidmob’s platform lies in its integrations across the digital ad ecosystem, its analysis of every creative attribute – combined with their associated performance – for over 18 million ad creatives and its unique approach combining human insight and machine data. A portion of every dollar Vidmob receives helps provide access to technology through product donation and technology education through its 501 (c)(3) Vidmob Gives. The company has received over $210 million in venture funding, backed by industry leaders like Adobe, and has received numerous awards including Ad Age’s Best Places to Work and Digiday’s Most Innovative Technology Award.
Executive Board Member and Investor
Nov 2020
We are a group of friends, wine enthusiasts, in love with Italy and Italian wines, with a passion for Prosecco. We live and travel around the world and we all came to the conclusion that nothing out there truly embodied what Prosecco is for us. FIOL is our way to fill that gap and to bring this experience to customers globally. We assembled an international team with the most diverse backgrounds, specific field, located in Treviso (the capital of the Prosecco Region) and major capitals in Europe and Asia. Each member of our team has been selected for their experience in specific fields but they all share a strong background with Prosecco. We are independent, we play outside pre-set schemes and our focus is the international customer who is aspiring to get a taste of the Italian lifestyle; we are able to do this by drawing on decades of experience in the wine business.
Member of the Board
2020
Edelman is a global communications firm that partners with businesses and organizations to evolve, promote and protect their brands and reputations. Our 6,000 people in more than 60 offices deliver communications strategies that give our clients the confidence to lead, act with certainty and earn the lasting trust of their stakeholders. We develop powerful ideas and tell magnetic stories that move at the speed of news, make an immediate impact, transform culture and spark movements. Since our founding in 1952 by Dan Edelman, we have remained an independent, family-run company. We use our profits to strengthen our business, provide our employees with opportunities to grow, advance our industry, and serve as a responsible citizen of the world. Every day, we strive to live and work by a long-held set of core values: the pursuit of excellence, the freedom to be curious, the courage to do the right thing, and a commitment to improving society. Edelman is an equal opportunity employer of all protected classes, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.
Member of the Board
2020
Voxnest is an audio technology company specializing in podcast solutions. With our professional tools, we allow independent creators, publishers, and advertisers to expand their business through audio content and streamline podcasting revenue. As thought leaders in the podcasting industry, we pride ourselves on providing in-depth and timely statistics and insights for journalists, podcast platforms, publishers, advertisers and podcast enthusiasts. Tools Spreaker: We’re an all-in-one podcasting platform that gives publishers and independent creators everything they need to grow their business, from recording and production to distribution and dynamic ad insertion. Our set of ultimate solutions for publishers include tools such as team collaboration advertising management, a platform that allows for the creation and management of traffic of audio campaigns. Dynamo: Keep your hosting solution while monetizing with Dynamo. You can enable dynamic ads across episodes that reach the right listeners and refresh automatically at each play. Team Voxnest’s team includes tech entrepreneurs, industry veterans and investors with extensive experience in the podcasting ecosystems. In 2018, audio platforms Spreaker and BlogTalkradio merged to create Voxnest, a parent-company with solution-driven podcasting technologies. Although Voxnest is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, the company has been fully remote since its inception in 2018. We believe in diversity and work-life balance, that’s why today our employees are spread across the globe from New York to Amsterdam.
Investor and Advisor
Jun 2019
This is the first and only vodka blended like a fine Whisky from all 4 classic vodka ingredients: wheat, rye, potato, and corn. Unlike any vodka you’ve tasted before, American Liquor Co. Vodka is a multilayered spirit balancing the prominent notes of each ingredient in one glass. There’s nothing neutral about this spirit. We start with locally grown Winter Wheat, Light Rye, Red River Valley Potato, and White Corn. Each is handcrafted by one of our Distiller Partners, some of the finest craft distillers in the Midwest. It’s then artfully blended by our Co-founder and Master Blender, Chris Montana. American Liquor Co. Vodka is a melting pot of the best this country has to offer. This one-of-a-kind vodka could only be born in the USA.
Board Member and Investor
Jan 2019
Invrsion is Your Home for VR & AR Retail Experiences We are a company specialized in the simulation of environments in ultra-realistic Virtual Reality and in the digitization of highest-quality 3D Digital Twins for industries ranging from CPG and Retail, to Fashion, Real Estate, Interior Design, and much more.
Experience · 12 entries
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Investments (11)
Board (8)
2022
Member of the Board
Feb 2022
Freeda is the #1 media brand for entire generations of women. Inspire, represent and speak to them through unique content and experiences is what we care about the most. Our mission is to spread real women’s stories to inspire positive change and impact society at large. We do that by promoting women’s achievements, inspiring personal style and celebrating sisterhood. We create original premium content designed for all screens and social platforms dedicated to passions, cultures and news relevant to young women. We are a team close to 200 people, working across three countries - Italy, Spain and UK, creating content and sharing experiences dedicated to a community of +7m women. Nevertheless, we continue to invest in our team – planning unique content, original and meaningful collaborations, and expanding to new countries. Work with us https://boards.greenhouse.io/freedamedia
2021
Advisor and Investor
Jun 2021
Loyalty on the blockchain. qiibee is the global standard for loyalty on the blockchain. Through qiibee’s plug-and-play solutions, enterprises worldwide are running and operating their loyalty programs on the blockchain in just a few hours. Were hiring! Check our open positions at: https://angel.co/qiibee/jobs
2020
Member of the Board
Dec 2020
LEARFIELD is a leading media, data, and technology services company with an unparalleled footprint in college sports and live events. We offer our partner institutions, brand sponsors, and fans unmatched access to premier media and content, as well as data-driven solutions across our digital and technology platforms, brand management and marketing programs, multimedia rights strategies, NIL expertise, and ticketing/fundraising services. LEARFIELD’s business lines serve every fan touch point – from tickets and licensed merchandise, to digital content and mobile apps, to sponsor and brand engagement, to in-venue experiences – providing a 365-day, 24/7 connection to consumers and fans. Our passionate team members are grounded in our company values to build trust, be fans of one another, power tomorrow, create & connect communities, and have fun. Career opportunities shared via LinkedIn and on our website include openings across the country and all of our business lines: LEARFIELD Amplify, LEARFIELD multimedia rights, CLC, Paciolan, SIDEARM, and MogoSME. We have corporate offices in Plano, TX (HQ); Atlanta, GA; Jefferson City, MO; Winston-Salem, NC and Irvine, CA.
Executive Chair and Investor
Nov 2020
Vidmob is the creative data company. Its AI-based software improves creative and media performance by helping brands and agencies derive their own custom creative best practices, and ensure that those learnings are applied across all flighted media. Vidmob’s approach to using creative data drives brand consistency, reduces creative and media waste, and increases overall business performance across the funnel. As the industry pioneer and leader in creative data, the power of Vidmob’s platform lies in its integrations across the digital ad ecosystem, its analysis of every creative attribute – combined with their associated performance – for over 18 million ad creatives and its unique approach combining human insight and machine data. A portion of every dollar Vidmob receives helps provide access to technology through product donation and technology education through its 501 (c)(3) Vidmob Gives. The company has received over $210 million in venture funding, backed by industry leaders like Adobe, and has received numerous awards including Ad Age’s Best Places to Work and Digiday’s Most Innovative Technology Award.
Executive Board Member and Investor
Nov 2020
We are a group of friends, wine enthusiasts, in love with Italy and Italian wines, with a passion for Prosecco. We live and travel around the world and we all came to the conclusion that nothing out there truly embodied what Prosecco is for us. FIOL is our way to fill that gap and to bring this experience to customers globally. We assembled an international team with the most diverse backgrounds, specific field, located in Treviso (the capital of the Prosecco Region) and major capitals in Europe and Asia. Each member of our team has been selected for their experience in specific fields but they all share a strong background with Prosecco. We are independent, we play outside pre-set schemes and our focus is the international customer who is aspiring to get a taste of the Italian lifestyle; we are able to do this by drawing on decades of experience in the wine business.
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