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Irene Mingozzi

Principal @ Italian Founders Fund | Venture Partner @ E12 Ventures | Author @ Silicon Valley Dojo siliconvalleydojo.substack.com

San Francisco, California

Work Experience

  • Principal

    2024

  • 101er

    2024

    La Carica delle 101 is a non-profit initiative born from the passion and determination of 100+ women with the goal of supporting and guiding Italian startups in their growth journey.

  • Venture Partner

    2024

  • Principal

    2023 - 2024

    At E12 Ventures we invest in Series A and Series B companies that have unique expertise working on solving the most pressing challenges facing global industries. Our investments are focused on technologies such as AI, Deep Learning, IoT, and Robotics that are applied in broad industrial sectors including Climate Tech, AgTech, FoodTech, HealthTech, FinTech and Logistics/Supply Chain. Learn more at 👉 e12.ventures

2024

  • Principal Cohort

    2024

    All Raise is the leading organization for women in Venture Capital. Its mission is to accelerate the success of female funders and founders to build a more prosperous, equitable future. I was selected to be part of the VC Principal Cohort as well as the VC Champions 2024 program.

  • Member

    2021

    The world's largest global community for women in Venture Capital with 6000+ members.

  • Principal

    2023 - 2024

  • Senior Investment Associate

    2020 - 2023

    Lombardstreet Ventures is a VC firm investing in pre-seed and seed stage companies based in the US, with a preference for those based in the San Francisco Bay Area. I joined as the first investment team member, working with the two GPs and founders. During my 3 years at the firm, we went from Fund I to Fund III, investing in 30+ companies (30% female founders, 55% immigrants) like Pry (exited to Brex), Albedo (raised $120M+), FlutterFlow (raised $30M+ from CRV, Google Ventures, Gradient).

2020 - 2022

  • Author - Inside Silicon Valley

    2020 - 2022

    Co-author with Luigi Bajetti of the monthly column "Inside Silicon Valley" in Millionaire magazine about the latest trends, the innovations that are changing the world, the Silicon Valley mindset.

2020 - 2022

  • Mentor

    2020 - 2022

    The Alchemist Accelerator is a venture-backed initiative focused on accelerating startups whose revenue comes from enterprises.

2015 - 2020

  • Director - Silicon Valley Innovation Hub

    2015 - 2020

    Since 2015 I've been working in San Francisco in charge of the activities of ART-ER's Innovation Hub in Silicon Valley supporting the internationalization of the ER innovation ecosystem in Silicon Valley. We supported over 100 companies and built a network of thousands of organizations all over the US.