Born in Southern Italy, surrounded by olive trees and great food, I somehow ended up getting obsessed with technology and started coding and hacking at the age of 10. To make things a bit more structured (and probably to my parents’ relief), I joined the Italian Navy at 15, attending Scuola Navale Militare Morosini. The plan was set—but I got distracted along the way. Instead of becoming a career naval officer, I took a hard left turn into engineering, earned a degree in Electronic Engineering, and wrote my thesis on Radar and Electronic Warfare.
The funny thing? I never actually worked as an engineer. Instead, I spent my career navigating the world of venture capital, AI, and defense tech—turns out, you don’t need a ship to explore uncharted territories.
Professional Bio
I began my career at Vodafone and then at McKinsey & Company, where I spent six years advising clients in Defense, Financial Services, and Digital Transformation. I later led the Venture Team at Slimmer AI, a venture studio focused on AI-driven companies, where we invested in Sentinels (acquired by Fenergo), Biller (acquired by Banking Circle), Hadrian, and Vesper. A serial entrepreneur, I've also founded two startups in travel tech and am an active angel investor, building a portfolio of 19 companies across various sectors.
I attended the Italian Navy School Morosini before earning a BSc and MSc in Electronic Engineering from Politecnico di Milano. There, I did academic exchanges at KTH (Sweden) and Delft University (Netherlands) and my thesis focused on Radar and Electronic Warfare. I also have an MBA from INSEAD.
At Keen I support: Avalor & Perciv.ai
