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Mario Branciforti

Senior Partner, CDP Venture Capital

London, England

VC
Investor
Founder

Invests in

Stages:

Seed
Pre-seed

Locations:

London

  • Min Investment:

    $301,116.00

  • Max Investment:

    $1,003,720.00

  • Target Investment:

    $652,418.00

Skills

Corporate Development
Strategic Planning
Venture Capital
Angel Investing
Entrepreneurship
SaaS
Cloud Computing
Cross-cultural Teams
Strategy
Start-ups
Corporate Finance
Semiconductors
Business Strategy
Management Consulting
Mergers & Acquisitions
E-commerce
Enterprise Software
Cross-functional Team Leadership
Product Development
Management

Education

Lists including Mario

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Based in UK

1884 people

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All Seed Investors

19691 people

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All Pre-Seed Investors

7972 people

Investments

Arduino

Series B

Total Funding: $22M

Grover

Series A

Total Funding: $190M

Re:infer

Series Unknown

Total Funding: $12M

import.io

Series A

Total Funding: $34M

Work Experience

CV
CDP Venture Capital SGR - Fondo Nazionale Innovazione

2022

  • Senior Partner

    2022

    Head of CDP Large Ventures €450m+ Growth Fund D-Orbit, Arduino, Nozomi Networks, Genespire, Nouscom, Axelera, CamgraphIC

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Arduino

2023

  • Board Member

    2023

    CDP Large Ventures

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Nozomi Networks

2024

  • Investor

    2024

    CDP Large Ventures

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Axelera AI

2025

  • Board Member

    2025

    CDP Large Ventures

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Nouscom

2024

  • Board Observer

    2024

    CDP Large Ventures

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Genespire

2024

  • Board Observer

    2024

    CDP Large Ventures

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D-Orbit

2023 - 2023

  • Board Member

    2023 - 2023

    CDP Large Ventures

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Lunar Ventures

2021 - 2022

  • Venture Partner

    2021 - 2022

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Fondo Italiano d'Investimento SGR

2020 - 2021

  • Senior Advisor, Tech Growth

    2020 - 2021

    $150m Tech Growth Fund Led deep tech opportunities Inxpect $20m+ B round

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Samsung NEXT

2018 - 2020

  • Managing Director

    2018 - 2020

    Member of the Global Investment Committee European investments: Grover (circular economy, Berlin), Unbabel (SaaS/AI, Lisbon), Beekeeper (mobile SaaS, Zurich). Portfolio: Covariant (robotics, AI), Healthy.io (digital health, AI), Nexar (mobility, AI), Dapper Labs (blockchain), ZenGo (blockchain), Rezilion (cyber), Packet (sw, acquired), Volterra (sw, acquired)