Zest
zestgroup.vc Direct investor
Zest is an Italian venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments and startup acceleration. It is the result of a merger between Digital Magics and LVenture Group, and operates in Italy and Europe.
Zest is a venture capital firm headquartered in Rome, Italy. It invests directly in companies, from pre-seed to seed, in artificial Intelligence, cybersecurity, CleanTech and data & Business Software. 230 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“We invest in early-stage startups in the pre-seed and seed stage”
— Zest, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Venture capital
- Invests in
- Italy, Europe
- Sectors
- Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, CleanTech, Data & Business Software, HealthTech, InsurTech & FinTech, Smart City & Factory
- Portfolio
- 230 companies
Team, as Zest publishes it
- Alberto Fioravanti CTO
- Alexandra Maiorano Senior Event Manager
- Andrea Peroni Portfolio Manager
- Andrea Tripodo Acceleration Analyst
- Angela Agorini Senior Portfolio Manager
- Antonella Zullo CEO
- Antonio Pupa Facility Manager
- Asia Santona Portfolio Analyst
- Benedetta Onori Lead Specialist - Events & Workspaces
Names and roles exactly as listed on zestgroup.vc. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Co-invests most often with
Derived from portfolio pages both investors publish themselves: each pair below lists at least one company in common. 5 co-investors found.
- Nextalia SGR 1 shared company: tinexta.com
- SID Venture Partners 1 shared company: elai.io
- Startup Wise Guys 1 shared company: elai.io
- InterAlpen Partners, LLC 1 shared company: epic.com
- Martis Capital Management, LLC 1 shared company: epic.com
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page Zest publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://zestgroup.vc/enname, is_investor, type, invests_in_geographies, description, status
- https://zestgroup.vc/en/investmentslayer, stage_min, stage_max, sectors, thesis_quote, thesis_quote_page, portfolio_count
- https://zestgroup.vc/en/about-ushq_country, hq_city
- https://zestgroup.vc/en/peoplepeople
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Record 547 · added 2026-08-28 · link last verified 2026-09-06 · confidence high
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