Innogest Capital

Innogest Capital is a venture capital firm established in 2006, headquartered in Turin, Italy, with additional offices in Milan, Geneva, and San Francisco. The firm specializes in early-stage investments, focusing primarily on the healthcare and digital sectors. Innogest partners with prominent local and international research centers and technology transfer offices to identify promising startups. In the healthcare domain, its investments target medical devices, diagnostics, and digital health, with particular emphasis on therapeutic areas such as cardiovascular, neurology, and oncology. In the digital sector, the firm concentrates on foodtech, fintech, fashion-tech, and lifestyle verticals, supporting innovative ventures that address current market needs. Overall, Innogest Capital manages investment funds totaling approximately €200 million, reflecting its commitment to fostering growth in emerging industries.

Rick Belluzzo

Partner

Paolo Cellini

Digital Venture Partner

Claudio Giuliano

Founder and CEO

Fernando Napolitano

Venture Partner

Diego Palano

Digital Venture Partner

Francois Pogodalla

Digital Venture Partner

Franco Rutili

Healthcare Venture Partner

Past deals in Geneve

Savelli

Series B in 2013
Founded in 2010, Savelli is creating a new category in luxury goods. The company is creating a new segment in the $1 trillion luxury goods industry, a global market that continues to experience rapid growth as a result of the creation of large numbers of millionaires and upper middle class in emerging markets. Based in Geneva, the heart of the luxury watch and jewelry industry, Savelli is creating the first luxury smartphone for women. This will be the first product to truly converge the design and craftsmanship of the jewelry industry with an avant-garde Google Android smartphone platform. The management team comes from some of the most successful luxury and tech brands, such as Cartier, Chanel, Piaget, Damiani, Vertu and Nokia and Motorola. The company is financed by venture capital firms Innogest SGR and Rho Ventures, and some well known executives from the luxury goods industry such as James McArthur the ex-CEO of Harrods and of Balenciaga, Ketty Maisonrouge luxury goods expert and professor of luxury marketing at Columbia Business School, Peter Ashall, the ex-CEO and co-founder of Vertu, Guillaume Cuvelier, the founder and ex-CEO of SVEDKA Vodka, Cyrus Jilla board member of the De Beers group and Elio Leoni Sceti the ex-CEO of EMI Music.

Savelli

Series A in 2011
Founded in 2010, Savelli is creating a new category in luxury goods. The company is creating a new segment in the $1 trillion luxury goods industry, a global market that continues to experience rapid growth as a result of the creation of large numbers of millionaires and upper middle class in emerging markets. Based in Geneva, the heart of the luxury watch and jewelry industry, Savelli is creating the first luxury smartphone for women. This will be the first product to truly converge the design and craftsmanship of the jewelry industry with an avant-garde Google Android smartphone platform. The management team comes from some of the most successful luxury and tech brands, such as Cartier, Chanel, Piaget, Damiani, Vertu and Nokia and Motorola. The company is financed by venture capital firms Innogest SGR and Rho Ventures, and some well known executives from the luxury goods industry such as James McArthur the ex-CEO of Harrods and of Balenciaga, Ketty Maisonrouge luxury goods expert and professor of luxury marketing at Columbia Business School, Peter Ashall, the ex-CEO and co-founder of Vertu, Guillaume Cuvelier, the founder and ex-CEO of SVEDKA Vodka, Cyrus Jilla board member of the De Beers group and Elio Leoni Sceti the ex-CEO of EMI Music.
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