Paolo Privitera

Husband & Father, MIT MBA, 6X Exit, Resilient Serial Entrepreneur, Investor in 200+ companies and 20+ Funds, Raised $300M+, Taking Events.com to IPO, M&A, Corporate Development, Family Office/LP at 1521 Ventures 1521.vc

📍 San Francisco, California, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 14 investments📅 18 years investing🗓 Last invested Mar 2026𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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Oct 2024
Rubedo Life Sciences is a biopharmaceutical company developing a broad portfolio of innovative therapies engineered to target cells which drive chronic age-related diseases. Our proprietary ALEMBIC™ drug discovery platform has engineered novel first-in-class small molecules designed to selectively target senescent cells, which play a key role in the progression of pulmonary, dermatological, oncological, neurodegenerative, fibrotic and other chronic disorders. The Rubedo leadership team is composed of industry leaders and pioneers in chemistry, technology, and the life sciences, with a deep bench of expertise in drug development and commercialization spanning from large pharma to biotech innovators. The company is based in Sunnyvale, CA.
late stageBiotechnology
Board Member
Oct 2024
Streamplay Studio Limited (ASX:SP8) is a service and platform provider of bespoke, end-to-end digital products specialising in Mobile Game Streaming, Music and Video content across multiple regions around the globe. Partnering with Mobile Network Operators (MNOs), our aim is to engage subscribers with valuable content, build engagement and focus on long-term sustainability across all products. Streamplay Studio partnership with MTN Africa to bring forward a competitive game streaming service called MTN Arena 5G. The product offers premium in-house games streamed to mobile devices in a competitive leader board tournament format. The service, operated by Streamplay brings subscribers into a new digital age allowing players to compete in real-time tournaments with the opportunity to win prizes and rewards. Streamplay Studio also has a VAS division with a number of product lines including mobile games content, SMS games and On-Deck Portals delivering localised content along with the popular Music streaming platform mJams Music.
Limited Partner Investor
Jul 2024
Smart Society Ventures invests in growth-stage energy technology companies at the intersection of energy and AI. We focus on investments in AI-enabled energy companies that power industry and data centers, and applications that optimize and orchestrate assets, data and electrons across the energy, power, mining and data center value chain.
Limited Partner Investor
May 2024
Pachamama Ventures is a San Francisco based venture capital firm. Founded in 2023 by Karen Sheffield, the firm invests in early stage climate technology companies.
Limited Partner Investor
May 2024
Pachamama aspira a gestionar de manera sostenible el 10% de los bosques 🌳 del Perú para el año 2030 - 7M has - trabajando en alianza con +300 comunidades rurales, enfocando sus esfuerzos en la conservación de biodiversidad, servicios ecosistémicos y empoderando comunidades locales. Operando además con políticas y principios de igualdad de género, interculturalidad, construcción de valor compartido y buen gobierno corporativo. #mitigacioncambioclimatico #integracioncambioclimatico #solucionesbasadasenlanaturaleza #comunidadesrurales #bosques #bioeconomia #desarrollorural
Shareholder and Advisor
Jan 2022
We are a San Francisco-based startup that provides a centralized, collaborative computing system that enhances high-throughput applications like video encoding, 3D rendering, and computer vision. Our video encoding service is designed for online media and broadcasting customers who need to speed and scale up their VoD workflows while maintaining affordability. We already score as up to 10x faster than competitive cloud computing services when it comes to encoding video. Our platform is powered by grid computing technology and task distribution. We enable common devices like computers, smartphones, and tablets to join distributed computations and earn real money rewards. With a focus on strong security measures and constant monitoring of performance, we aim to become the first worldwide grid to power general-purpose computing applications. Follow us to stay up-to-date on our latest developments and innovations in distributed computing!
Shareholder and Advisor
Feb 2021
Skipti is a SaaS platform that automates the sustainable commerce experience for retailers and brands. We digitize circular processes such as rentals, repairs, try-and-buy, and subscriptions with proprietary, mission-critical technology layers and offer delivery and logistics services to enhance customer adoption. By powering the circular economy, Skipti looks to serve an emerging world that values experience over possession, repair over replacement, and quality over quantity while reducing production for obsolescence. Through technology innovation, businesses can now easily adopt circular practices, diversify their revenue streams, and find new ways to interact with customers. Skipti's turn-key solution allows for seamless scheduling and on-demand, roundtrip delivery making it easy for your customers to rent products they don’t wish to own, try products they’ve always dreamed of owning or have their products repaired without making two trips to the store.
President and Shareholder
Nov 2020
La nostra missione è quella di creare e sviluppare soluzioni altamente innovative, che siano capaci di migliorare il business e i servizi di grandi compagnie e pubbliche amministrazioni. Il nostro obbiettivo è di fornire agli utenti una migliore qualità della vita, offrendo loro accessi ai servizi e ai prodotti che più amano e di cui hanno più bisogno nella maniera più veloce ed efficiente possibile, mentre rendiamo possibile ai business di incrementare il valore delle loro offerte e dei guadagni, andando a implementare il loro marketing e fornendo agli utenti e ai clienti la loro migliore esperienza di vendita online. Il nostro impegno è quello di diventare Leader mondiali nell’intelligenza artificiale applicata per le interazioni human-business
Investor and Shareholder
Oct 2020
Were changing the world of events. Events.com helps event organizers save time and make more money and provides event-goers access to virtual and in-person experiences theyll love.
Board Member
Sep 2016
Find all the events you love wherever you are. Search engine dedicated to events. Find million events based on your interests. Worldwide. Evensi is a search engine dedicated to geo-located events. Evensi uses an automated semantic algorithm which moreover filters and evaluates every single event. Every user can choose interests from a list provided on registration. Every user will immediately be able to browse the events of personal interest on their own dashboard and on the map. --- MAIN FEATURES: - For Me page to see events in your interests - Useful events map to explore and discover new places - 100+ events categories and tags - Share events with your friends - Follow event creators and venue you love - Save events you're interested in - Find events in more than 50.000 cities all over the world --- A TOOL FOR CREATOR The creators of events will have an amazing instrument at their disposal in order to promote and list their events on a global level. In fact their events will appear on the Evensi map and they will be recommended to those users who are closer in terms of location and interests. The event promoters can create pages to manage events on behalf of companies (places, associations, trade shows, bands, etc.) and share the page management with other administrators.
Experience · 28 entries
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2026
2025
Proud Owner via Events.com Acquisition
Oct 2025
Summit is a global community of entrepreneurs, executives, and creators across business, technology, media, sports, and the arts. We design gatherings that connect leaders from diverse industries to generate new ideas, collaborate, and accelerate growth. We gather across six pillars including thought leadership, culture and performance, art and expression, hospitality, health and happiness and impact. Summit Series events bring together global entrepreneurs and change-makers to cross-pollinate and collaborate. Summit Membership delivers access to a thriving community, exclusive experiences, curated member to member introductions, and premium benefits. Make no small plans so you can live your biggest life. Apply to join membership or attend one of our events: https://bit.ly/3VvPHGg For inquiries: hello@summit.co
2024
Investor
Oct 2024
Rubedo Life Sciences is a biopharmaceutical company developing a broad portfolio of innovative therapies engineered to target cells which drive chronic age-related diseases. Our proprietary ALEMBIC™ drug discovery platform has engineered novel first-in-class small molecules designed to selectively target senescent cells, which play a key role in the progression of pulmonary, dermatological, oncological, neurodegenerative, fibrotic and other chronic disorders. The Rubedo leadership team is composed of industry leaders and pioneers in chemistry, technology, and the life sciences, with a deep bench of expertise in drug development and commercialization spanning from large pharma to biotech innovators. The company is based in Sunnyvale, CA.
late stageBiotechnology
Board Member
Oct 2024
Streamplay Studio Limited (ASX:SP8) is a service and platform provider of bespoke, end-to-end digital products specialising in Mobile Game Streaming, Music and Video content across multiple regions around the globe. Partnering with Mobile Network Operators (MNOs), our aim is to engage subscribers with valuable content, build engagement and focus on long-term sustainability across all products. Streamplay Studio partnership with MTN Africa to bring forward a competitive game streaming service called MTN Arena 5G. The product offers premium in-house games streamed to mobile devices in a competitive leader board tournament format. The service, operated by Streamplay brings subscribers into a new digital age allowing players to compete in real-time tournaments with the opportunity to win prizes and rewards. Streamplay Studio also has a VAS division with a number of product lines including mobile games content, SMS games and On-Deck Portals delivering localised content along with the popular Music streaming platform mJams Music.
Limited Partner Investor
Jul 2024
Smart Society Ventures invests in growth-stage energy technology companies at the intersection of energy and AI. We focus on investments in AI-enabled energy companies that power industry and data centers, and applications that optimize and orchestrate assets, data and electrons across the energy, power, mining and data center value chain.
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