Salvatore Amato

Chairman at StartupItalia/ Nana Bianca

📍 Milan, Lombardy, Italy🔄 Updated September 2026💼 3 investments📅 24 years investing🗓 Last invested Apr 2014
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Executive Board Member
Apr 2014
Althea is the Pan-European largest independent provider of integrated healthcare technology management. We operate as an outsourced technological partner for the provision of managed services and multivendor maintenance of the entire medical equipment portfolio in public and private healthcare organisations. Across multiple technologies - from biomedical equipment to advanced diagnostic imaging & radiology. The business model of Althea is an outstanding combination of integrated solutions, OEM independence and deep knowledge of healthcare processes that leads to better patient care, cost efficiencies and value maximisation of healthcare providers, improving quality of life. Our skilled on-site biomedical teams perform advanced technical solutions independent of brands, technologies and equipment classes, delivering a single source of tailored and integrated services for customers’ needs. The Group manages more than 1.4 million medical devices in over 2,700 healthcare facilities across 16 countries. Our centres of excellence span the globe, leveraging the expertise of more than 2,500 engineers, technicians, administrators and customer service specialists. ALTHEA: WE UNLOCK THE POTENTIAL OF TECHNOLOGY WITH A COMMITMENT TO BETTER HEALTHCARE
Business Mentor and Investor
Jan 2013
Nana Bianca is a Startup Studio where startups, companies and freelancers orbit around each other attracted by one single gravitational center : digital innovation. With the mission of promoting digital technology in all its forms, it is a big bang of entrepreneurial ideas and a launch pad for both internal and external startups. Nana Bianca shines inside Nana Space, a place of creativity and innovation where you can work in a coworking atmosphere, participate in workshops and events, and share know-hows with a digital addicted community. Born in 2012 from the entrepreneurial experience of Paolo Barberis, Alessandro Sordi and Jacopo Marello, the co-founders of Dada who throughout 20 years launched, financed and supported 42 Italian and foreign companies. ------------------- Nana Bianca è uno Startup Studio dove orbitano startup, aziende e freelancer attratti in un unico centro gravitazionale: l'innovazione digitale. Con la missione di promuovere la tecnologia digitale in tutte le sue forme, è un big bang di idee imprenditoriali e rampa di lancio per startup sia interne che esterne. Nana Bianca brilla all’interno di Nana Space, un luogo di contaminazione dove poter lavorare in coworking, partecipare a workshop ed eventi e condividere know how con una community di digital addicted. Nasce nel 2012 dall’esperienza imprenditoriale di Paolo Barberis, Alessandro Sordi e Jacopo Marello, co-fondatori di Dada che in 20 anni hanno lanciato, finanziato e supportato 42 aziende italiane e straniere.
Board Member
2002
Update May 2019 In May 2019 as been executed the merger by incorporation of Register.it S.p.A. and Dali Italy Bidco S.p.A. into Dada S.p.A. From such date, the merging company Dada S.p.A. resulting from the merger with Register.it S.p.A. and Dali Italy Bidco S.p.A. will change its name to Register S.p.A., and will take over all the assets and liabilities of Register.it S.p.A. without interruption. Update November 2017 Dali Italy Bidco S.p.A., a company headed by HgCapital, acquired the controlling interest in DADA from Libero Aquisition Srl (Orascom Group). Consequently, following the mandatory tender offer that led to the revocation of the stock on March 5th, 2018 from the listing on the Italian Stock Exchange, Dali Italy Bidco is the sole shareholder of the company. Who We Are A brief company overview DADA - listed in the STAR segment of the Milan Stock Exchange – is an international leader in professional digital services aimed at building the online presence of our customers, domain registration, hosting, servers, website creation, e-commerce, brand protection. DADA is one of the leading companies in Europe in the Domain & Hosting business, positioning itself among the top players in the markets in which it operates: in addition to Italy (Register.it), DADA has offices in Spain (Nominalia), the UK (Namesco), Ireland (Register365) and France/Portugal/Netherlands (the Amen Group).
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2014
Executive Board Member
Apr 2014
Althea is the Pan-European largest independent provider of integrated healthcare technology management. We operate as an outsourced technological partner for the provision of managed services and multivendor maintenance of the entire medical equipment portfolio in public and private healthcare organisations. Across multiple technologies - from biomedical equipment to advanced diagnostic imaging & radiology. The business model of Althea is an outstanding combination of integrated solutions, OEM independence and deep knowledge of healthcare processes that leads to better patient care, cost efficiencies and value maximisation of healthcare providers, improving quality of life. Our skilled on-site biomedical teams perform advanced technical solutions independent of brands, technologies and equipment classes, delivering a single source of tailored and integrated services for customers’ needs. The Group manages more than 1.4 million medical devices in over 2,700 healthcare facilities across 16 countries. Our centres of excellence span the globe, leveraging the expertise of more than 2,500 engineers, technicians, administrators and customer service specialists. ALTHEA: WE UNLOCK THE POTENTIAL OF TECHNOLOGY WITH A COMMITMENT TO BETTER HEALTHCARE
2013
Business Mentor and Investor
Jan 2013
Nana Bianca is a Startup Studio where startups, companies and freelancers orbit around each other attracted by one single gravitational center : digital innovation. With the mission of promoting digital technology in all its forms, it is a big bang of entrepreneurial ideas and a launch pad for both internal and external startups. Nana Bianca shines inside Nana Space, a place of creativity and innovation where you can work in a coworking atmosphere, participate in workshops and events, and share know-hows with a digital addicted community. Born in 2012 from the entrepreneurial experience of Paolo Barberis, Alessandro Sordi and Jacopo Marello, the co-founders of Dada who throughout 20 years launched, financed and supported 42 Italian and foreign companies. ------------------- Nana Bianca è uno Startup Studio dove orbitano startup, aziende e freelancer attratti in un unico centro gravitazionale: l'innovazione digitale. Con la missione di promuovere la tecnologia digitale in tutte le sue forme, è un big bang di idee imprenditoriali e rampa di lancio per startup sia interne che esterne. Nana Bianca brilla all’interno di Nana Space, un luogo di contaminazione dove poter lavorare in coworking, partecipare a workshop ed eventi e condividere know how con una community di digital addicted. Nasce nel 2012 dall’esperienza imprenditoriale di Paolo Barberis, Alessandro Sordi e Jacopo Marello, co-fondatori di Dada che in 20 anni hanno lanciato, finanziato e supportato 42 aziende italiane e straniere.
Board Director
Jan 2013
Club Italia Investimenti 2 è una investment company basata a Milano specializzata in Venture Capital. La società è stata fondata nel 2013 da un gruppo di imprenditori legati al mondo dell’innovazione e degli investimenti in giovani società promettenti ad alto contenuto tecnologico. Affianchiamo gli imprenditori nella crescita dellazienda e nella progressiva creazione di valore nel lungo periodo.
2007
Vice President & Partner
2007
As one of the original firms, we’ve never lost sight of the fact that consulting is a people business. A global partnership in more than 40 countries, our people make us who we are. We’re individuals with different passions and strengths who take as much joy in the work we do as from those we work with. Our strategic operations heritage means we’ve always known that a plan is only as good as the outcome it inspires. In practice, our teams bring the perspective, understanding, and hands-on know-how to build the future as you see it. Working together we’ll see big ideas through to working realities, helping you move from keeping up to breaking through. By your side, we deliver—value, results, impact. --- There has been a significant increase in fraudulent outreach and phishing attempts across the recruiting landscape. Please be aware that Kearney will never request personal or financial information through social media or messaging platforms. You should only respond to communications from official Kearney email domains (e.g., @kearney.com), or through our authorized recruiting platforms such as Yello or Taleo.
2002
Board Member
2002
Update May 2019 In May 2019 as been executed the merger by incorporation of Register.it S.p.A. and Dali Italy Bidco S.p.A. into Dada S.p.A. From such date, the merging company Dada S.p.A. resulting from the merger with Register.it S.p.A. and Dali Italy Bidco S.p.A. will change its name to Register S.p.A., and will take over all the assets and liabilities of Register.it S.p.A. without interruption. Update November 2017 Dali Italy Bidco S.p.A., a company headed by HgCapital, acquired the controlling interest in DADA from Libero Aquisition Srl (Orascom Group). Consequently, following the mandatory tender offer that led to the revocation of the stock on March 5th, 2018 from the listing on the Italian Stock Exchange, Dali Italy Bidco is the sole shareholder of the company. Who We Are A brief company overview DADA - listed in the STAR segment of the Milan Stock Exchange – is an international leader in professional digital services aimed at building the online presence of our customers, domain registration, hosting, servers, website creation, e-commerce, brand protection. DADA is one of the leading companies in Europe in the Domain & Hosting business, positioning itself among the top players in the markets in which it operates: in addition to Italy (Register.it), DADA has offices in Spain (Nominalia), the UK (Namesco), Ireland (Register365) and France/Portugal/Netherlands (the Amen Group).
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2002–2014 · 3 investments
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