Excellis Holding

www.excellis.it/en-gb

VCMatch tracks Excellis Holding as an investor focused on Mobility/Transportation, Energy, and Space Tech companies, Pre-Seed and Seed rounds, and Italy and International markets. Upload your deck to compare your startup against the full private matching profile.

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Stages

Pre-Seed, Seed

Focus Areas

Mobility/Transportation, Energy, Space Tech

Geography

Italy and international

Investment Thesis

The firm’s investment philosophy is to back Italian researchers who have become entrepreneurs abroad, focusing on research-origin deep-tech with strong IP and global market impact. They concentrate on co-investing at early stages (pre-seed/seed) in companies that have already demonstrated research traction (grants/prizes) and are ready to engage qualified international VCs, aiming to create value for shareholders, portfolio companies and co-investors.

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Investment Focus

Who should take a closer look

Excellis Holding is most relevant for founders raising Pre-Seed and Seed rounds in Mobility/Transportation, Energy, Space Tech, and Manufacturing, especially across Italy and international.

Focus statement

They "invest in Italian researchers who are emerging as successful entrepreneurs abroad" and in "high-potential deep-tech companies" (across four main sectors), targeting technologies from top global labs with solid patent protection and startups ready to scale with international lead investors.

Value Add

Explicit, narrow founder focus on Italian nationals who gained advanced degrees (master's or PhD) at prestigious universities and developed careers as researchers and entrepreneurs abroad (addresses the 'brain drain').
Preference for technologies that "originate from research developed in the most highly rated laboratories and research centers in the world, supported by solid patent protection" — emphasis on research provenance and IP strength.
Stage and partner strategy: they pursue "Co-investments in start-ups that already have pre-seed or seed funding" and that are ready to "involve qualified international VCs as main investors" — they act as co-investors rather than sole lead at scale-up stage.
Deep‑tech sector focus (four main sectors) — specialized thematic focus rather than generalist investing.
Value creation framing: positioning the fund as creating value for "our shareholders, for our portfolio companies and our co-investors" — collaborative orientation with co-investors.