Zanichelli Venture

Profile and portfolio

Parent Zanichelli EditoreHQ Bologna, ItalyFounded 2018

Zanichelli Venture is the corporate venture arm of Zanichelli Editore, an education company. It was founded in 2018 and is based in Bologna, Italy. It invests from pre-seed to Series A. Sectors it names: education.

Companies backedS1: 28

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Snapshot

Investment stage: Pre-seed to Series A

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Item	Value
Stage range	Pre-seed to Series A
Sectors	Education
Geography	North America, Europe
Offices	Bologna, Italy

Sources: S1 Zanichelli Venture: website.

Investments closed by outcome

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Item	Companies	Share
Active	19	67.9%
Exited	9	32.1%

Status as the firm tags it

Sources: S1 Zanichelli Venture: website.

Scale and capital allocated

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Measure	Value	Unit	Kind	Source
Companies backed	28	companies	Stated by the firm	S1
Companies on the firm's portfolio page	28	companies	Counted from the firm's own list	S1

Sources: S1 Zanichelli Venture: website.

Where it invests and who leads it

Geography

Headquarters: Bologna, Italy
Offices: Bologna, Italy

Investment regionsS1

LeadersS1

Enrico PoliDirectorLinkedIn Firm page
Alessandro CamassaFinancial analystLinkedIn Firm page

Zanichelli Venture on LinkedIn

Key facts

Fact	Value	Status	Source
Parent company	Zanichelli Editore	Single source	S1
Parent industry	Education	Single source	S1
Founded	2018	Single source	S3
Headquarters	Bologna, Italy	Single source	S1
Status	Active	Single source	S1
Capital source	Parent company only	Single source	S1
Companies backed	28	Single source	S1
Stages	Pre-seed, Seed, Series A	Single source	S1

For founders

Item	What the firm says	Source
Stages	Pre-seed, Seed, Series A	S1
Check size, Seed	Up to EUR 250,000	S2
Check size, Series A	Up to EUR 1M	S2

Portfolio

The firm's portfolio page lists 28 companies: 19 active, 9 exited.S1

Companies by status on the firm's list. Status as the firm tags itS1
Tag	Companies	Share
Active	19	67.9%
Exited	9	32.1%

Shared portfolio with other corporate VCs

3 companies on the Zanichelli Venture portfolio page also appear on the portfolio page of at least one other firm in this directory. Matched by company website, or by name where no website is published.

Firm	Shared	Companies in common
Alpha Ventures	1	Computis
Pearson Ventures	1	Mindstone
amberra	1	ubiMaster

Companies backed by the most corporate VCs

Every company on the Zanichelli Venture list

28 companies, as listed on the firm's own website: 19 active, 9 exited.S1 Read the firm's list.

Active 19

Amplify
Anthropos
Computis
Data Masters
EvidenceB
Excellence AI
Gamindo
Gyver
London Interdisciplinary School
Mindstone
NewCampus
Nousable
NovoDia
Pathfinder
Sage Haven
Sparkwise
Tomorrow University
ubiMaster
Zick Learn

Exited 9

Aktiv Learning
Alpe
Day One
Foundry College
getCredible
Kaizen Languages
KiDE Science
RunYourself
SuperSavvy

History

2018Zanichelli Venture launched with Enrico Poli as directorS3
2023First investment in an Italian startup, Data MastersS3

Official pages

Read the firm's own pages for current information.

Website www.zanichelliventure.it/
Portfolio www.zanichelliventure.it/portfolio

Sources

Disclaimer and corrections

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