Francesco Cirignano

Italian Founders Fund adds €35 million for its new fund with investment from CDP Venture Capital SGR Italian Founders Fund (#IFF), the first Italian #VC fund created by founders for founders and launched in June 2024, has raised an additional €35 million from #CDP Venture Capital’s Digital Transition Fund, bringing its total assets to €90 million. The operation, which also leverages resources from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (#PNRR), strengthens IFF’s mission to support digital transition and accelerate the growth of Italian startups as well as international startups choosing to develop in Italy. In less than two years, IFF has invested in 14 startups founded by Italian entrepreneurs operating in Italy, the UK, the US, and Singapore, participating in four follow-on rounds — including Jet HR and Sava. Many of these deals were carried out in co-investment with global funds such as Base10 Partners, Picus Capital, Balderton Capital, DFF Ventures (Dutch Founders Fund), Kfund, and Y Combinator, reinforcing the connection between the Italian ecosystem and major international hubs. Led by Lorenzo Franzi, and with the recent promotion of Irene Mingozzi to Partner, IFF now aims to extend its support throughout the entire early-stage cycle — including follow-on and later-stage rounds — while attracting capital and expertise from abroad. The article on La Repubblica in the first comment.

132

5 commenti

Pack - The People Development Platform, the HR tech startup helping companies build and strengthen human capital with its all-in-one platform, has secured €3.5 million. The round was supported by the team led by Giulia Bianchi Frangipane of Bonelli Erede, with senior associate Enrico Goitre assisting Pack in the legal structuring of the transaction. Alessandro Profumo | Pietro Maria Picogna | Giacomo Gentili | Selene Santacaterina 🔗 Read full article link in comment #HRTech #StartupFunding #FutureOfWork #HumanCapital #AIinHR #VentureCapital #WorkplaceInnovation #HRPlatform #TeamGrowth #eustartups #news

90

6 commenti

Another important contribution from the LUISS Quantum & AI Lab ( new website under construction) to the international research community. Our member and researcher Gianluca Teza, also my assistant for the LUISS course Data-Driven Models for Investment, in collaboration with Nicolò Beato, has just published a new paper on arXiv titled “Relaxation control of open quantum systems”. The study tackles a key challenge in #quantum technologies, namely how to ensure that an open quantum system reaches its steady state within the limited time frame of experimental setups, without modifying its interaction with the environment. The authors propose a novel method based on unitary rotations that selectively eliminate the slowest modes of the system’s relaxation dynamics. This leads to a significant acceleration in the convergence toward the stationary state, while remaining compatible with current experimental platforms. Although the paper is grounded in theoretical physics, it has broader implications for #AI. The complementary problem of slowing down the relaxation is also addressed, with straightforward implications in pattern recognition and improving classification capabilities of #quantumneuralnetworks. This work reflects the ongoing mission of the LUISS Quantum & AI Lab to explore the frontier between #quantumphysics, artificial intelligence, and #fintech, aiming to turn cutting-edge research into tangible impact. arxiv.org/pdf/2507.15948

52

1 commento

From Social DNA to #ESG strategy 🌱 We had a deep dive into this with the Finanz Cattolica student association team from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano during an #interview for the #ESGJournal magazine. In a thought-provoking conversation with Francesca Rambaudi , our Senior Director of Investor Relations & Sustainability, we explored how #Amplifon has turned its social mission into a concrete and integrated ESG #strategy, combining #environmental, #social, and #financial impact. 🎙️ Key milestones in this process include integrating sustainable finance into corporate decision-making, strengthening the reporting systems, launching concrete projects with direct social impact, such as the #ListenResponsibly program, and actively engaging younger generations to drive lasting #change. 🎧 Read the full interview here: https://lnkd.in/drdnHx4x #LifeAtAmplifon

156

3 commenti

Molto interessante su come opera OpenAI - pieno di perle. Sto ragionando per capire cosa è utile per organizzazioni più piccole/crescita meno esplosiva. (link in commento) Perle: Teams at OpenAI are much more fluid than they might be elsewhere. When launching Codex, we needed some help from a few experienced ChatGPT engineers to hit our launch date. We met with some of the ChatGPT EMs to make the request. The next day we had two badass folks ready to dive in and help. There was no "waiting for quarterly planning" or "re-shuffling headcount". It moved really quickly. There's a strong bias to action (you can just do things). It wasn't unusual for similar teams but unrelated teams to converge on various ideas. I started out working on a parallel (but internal) effort similar to ChatGPT Connectors. There must've been ~3-4 different Codex prototypes floating around before we decided to push for a launch. These efforts are usually taken by a small handful of individuals without asking permission. Teams tend to quickly form around them as they show promise Vale la pena leggerlo tutto

175

18 commenti