Italian Angels for Growth (IAG) – Founded in 2007, it is the largest network of Italian business angels. More than 270 players from the entrepreneurial, financial, and managerial worlds invest time, skills, and capital to facilitate the growth of innovative startups. Among the first Italian investors in the seed/early stage, IAG, in more than ten years of activity, has analyzed over 5,500 investment opportunities. This has led to the closing of over 95 deals for a total of over € 35 million invested, as well as the attraction of an additional € 300 million from third party co-investors in portfolio startups.
Location: Italy, Lombardy, Milan
Employees: 1-10
Phone:+39 02 7602 2952
Founded date: 2007
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Pre-Seed; Seed; Series A
Portfolio 79
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 23.09.2025 | Pillar | pillar.io | $3.74M | Italy |
| 22.02.2023 | Resalis Th... | resalistherapeutics.com | $28.67M | Italy, Pie... |
| 27.10.2021 | SONECT | sonect.ch | $13.21M | Switzerlan... |
| 22.10.2021 | Sonect – S... | sonect.net | $5.41M | Switzerlan... |
| - | AmbiensVR | ambiensvr.com | - | Italy, Laz... |
| - | Fido | fido.id | $1.31M | - |
| - | Bendit | bendittech.com | - | - |
| - | Conio Inc. | conio.com | $17M | United Sta... |
| - | BIOGENERA | biogenera.com | - | Italy, Emi... |
| - | Hypersurfa... | hypersurfaces.com | - | - |
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News 11
| Date | Title | Description |
| 13.11.2020 | Qapla’ closes a 950,000 € round of investment | Italian Angels for Growth led the round in partnership with the Doorway platform and other angel networks. CDP Venture Capital Sgr – Fondo Nazionale Innovazione and other current Qapla’ shareholders took part in the financing round in ord... |
| 13.11.2020 | The self check-in business goes on: Vikey has closed a € 800K investment round | Vikey, a startup that enables the self check-in for accommodation facilities, has closed a new investment round of 800 thousand euros, with the participation of CDP Venture Capital Sgr – National Innovation Fund – through the AccelerOra! ... |
| 05.10.2020 | Restorative Neurotechnologies closed an investment round of 1M€ | Thanks to the capital increase underwritten by CDP Venture Capital SGR, IAG Members, SocialFare Seed and other private investors, the startup aims at expanding its market. Restorative Neurotechnologies, startup focusing on the developmen... |
| 01.09.2020 | The Italian fintech company Fido closes a €1.1 million financing round | The Italian fintech company Fido closed a $1.3 million (€1.1 million) round. It was underwritten by Giorgio Valaguzza of Ithaca Investments (who joined the Board of Directors of Fido), Alessandro Fracassi of Gruppo MutuiOnline, Attilio Ma... |
| 22.06.2020 | Italian Angels for Growth members participate in a £1.5 million investment round in Rentuu | Rentuu, a UK based cloud-based technology platform for the multi-billion pound equipment hire industry within construction and events, has received investment from members of Italian Angels of Growth (IAG), Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou (found... |
| 11.05.2020 | FLEEP Technologies raises 800 thousand euro of private investments to bring printable electronics to the market | The start-up of the Istituito Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) FLEEP Technologies, a little less than a year after being founded, closes a seed investment of 800 thousand euros to bring its “printed electronics” technology to the market, to p... |
| 18.12.2019 | SOOMA closes an investment round of over 1.2 Million EUR | Thanks to the capital increase from IAG members and Athensmed, the startup aims to take its drug-free therapy for depression to worldwide market. Sooma Oy, a Finnish medical device company developing non-invasive brain stimulation device... |
| 31.10.2019 | Comehome, the airbnb of in-home events, closes an investment round of 800k | Thanks to the capital increase signed by IAG members, and crowdfunding through BacktoWork24, the startup aims to expand its market in Italy and Europe. Comehome, a startup that brings events from the digital world to real life in the mos... |
| 16.10.2019 | Yobs Tecnologies, a US startup that uses AI to innovate HR, raised € 280k from IAG | With the new funding in place, the startup now looks to solidify and expand in the market. Yobs Technologies, the California Based startup, was founded in 2016 by two young European entrepreneurs: Raphael Danilo and Federico Dubini. The ... |
| 05.07.2019 | Kither Biotech raises a €5.6m financing round to support the clinical development of a new drug | Kither Biotech raises a €5.6m financing round to support the clinical development of a new drug for cystic fibrosis and other pulmonary diseases Kither Biotech, a spin-off company from the University of Turin focusing on the developmen... |
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Mentions in press and media 28
| Date | Title | Description |
| 17.03.2026 | Italian startup Alomana raises €4M for its AI operating layer for enterprise workflows | Italian startup Alomana has raised €4 million to accelerate the development of Alo, the AI operating layer for enterprise. Enterprises need more than AI that can answer when prompted; they need AI that can run and execute their workflows. L... |
| 30.09.2025 | Why Europe's angel investors are rallying behind EU-INC's 28th Regime | When big funding rounds grab headlines, it's easy to forget the quiet, powerful force at the base of Europe's startup ecosystem: angel investors. This large and diverse group often backs founders with anything from a few thousand euros upwa... |
| 23.09.2025 | Pillar Closes €3.2M in Pre-Seed Funding | Pillar, a Milan, Italy-based fintech startup dedicated to digitalizing the financial management of construction companies, raised €3.2M in Pre-Seed funding. The round was led by Emblem, and included international VCs such as Pareto (USA), P... |
| 05.09.2025 | Biotech and Defense Founders, Here’s a Fresh Chance to Secure Cross-Border Angel Funding | CEE, EU ~ Company: Europe’s angel investment community is gearing up for a high-energy season of pitching and networking. So is the Early Stage Investing Launchpad (ESIL), a European initiative dedicated to strengthening angel investing and... |
| 03.09.2025 | Italian social platform Waveful raises €1.8 million to create authentic human connection through shared passions | Milan-based Waveful, a community platform for making friends online, announces a €1.8 million Seed investment round in order to expand to the use, develop their offering, and expand their team. Key investors include a16z Speedrun, Andreesse... |
| 24.01.2023 | Italian crowdtesting platform Unguess raises €10 million | Italy-based product crowdtesting platform Unguess has raised €10 million+ in funds. The round is led by Fondo Italiano Tecnologia e Crescita, a tech innovation vehicle supervised by Italian funds manager Fondo Italiano d'Investimento. Also ... |
| 07.02.2022 | Nanoligent cierra su primera ronda de €1M liderada por Italian Angels for Growth (IAG) y AVANTECA Partners | 07/02/2022 Nota de prensa NANOLIGENT CIERRA SU PRIMERA RONDA DE €1M LIDERADA POR ITALIAN ANGELS FOR GROWTH (IAG) Y AVANTECA PARTNERS. Nanoligent SL, spin-off de la UAB y del Instituto de Investigación del Hospital de Santa Creu i Sant Pa... |
| 22.06.2020 | Italian Angels for Growth members participate in a £1.5 million investment round in Rentuu | Rentuu, a UK based cloud-based technology platform for the multi-billion pound equipment hire industry within construction and events, has received investment from members of Italian Angels of Growth (IAG), Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou (found... |
| 14.09.2015 | Daily funding roundup - September 14, 2015 | ipsy raised $100M; Plexxi secured $35M; Crossbar completed $35M round GiPStech, a Milan, Italy-based indoor positioning and navigation startup, raised €400,000 ($453,700) in equity funding. Backers included members of Italian Angels for Gro... |
| 17.07.2015 | Daily funding roundup - July 17, 2015 | Protagonist Therapeutics bagged $40M; Upstart raised $35M; Courtagen secured $20M CredSimple, a startup building a medical credentialing database, snagged $1.5 million in seed funding to help healthcare and insurance companies manage their ... |
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