Milan, Lombardy, Italy
• Conducting comprehensive market research and due diligence on investment opportunities in cutting-edge sectors such as robotics, artificial intelligence, cloud services, and digital transformation, leveraging market experts insights and technological trends to identify high-potential targets and emerging technologies; • Developing financial models and conducting valuation analysis to build and monitor a diversified startup portfolio, utilizing sector specific metrics and market researches to inform investment decisions and optimize portfolio performance; • Participating in negotiations and structuring of investment deals (SAFEs, equity or convertible notes); • Executing strategic research to identify and evaluate potential limited partners, cultivating and sustaining robust relationships to secure funding, enhance network capabilities, and support long-term investment strategies.
• Chaired the coverage of the Gaming sector for the fund; • Developed and maintained in-house financial models to track and filter the performance of listed US and Chinese gaming companies using several industry specific KPIs: GCR (Game conversion rate), PRR (player retention rate), ARPU (average revenue per user), PLTV (player life time value), Churn rate, etc; • Built relationships with experts and industry contacts to expand the fund’s market reach in the Gaming and Platform sector in China, US, and Europe; • Monitored macroeconomic factors, competition authorities (EC, CMA, SAMR, etc), regulatory changes to better understand trends in the different segments of the market (e.g. impact of regulatory trends on the M&A opportunities in the online gaming platform economy); • Chaired expert calls to better asses specific segments, products and competitors of the companies under analysis.
• Prepared detailed equity research reports on listed businesses: analyzing the company's financials, the business model, the management team, the competitive landscape, producing financial forecasts, and performing valuations (e.g. DCF, Earning Power Value, Multiples, etc); • Conducted in-depth financial analysis and developed comprehensive financial models to evaluate the performance of companies, in order to craft more accurate investment recommendations; • Mastered market and company research softwares: CapIQ, BamSEC, Tegus, plus additional ones; • Operated legal and regulatory analyses for the interested markets to encompass it in the overall business valuation as a key indicator of the health of a target company;
- Established long term partnerships with historic companies in several fields: construction, auto dealerships and a leading company in the food industry - Led to a better effiency in fund raising processes, understanding the different needs of the companies involved - Worked with the team responsible for creating learning materials for Schools and laboratories for kids, in order to improve teaching experience and culture background of the next generations
- Analyzed strategies through team work to empower communication of firms and organizations with online communities and clients, both Corporate and philanthropy oriented - Handled research of new corporate clients and public relations - Co-Chaired the creation of "ByAnna", a brand crafted from the idea of quality and sustainability in swimwear and built direct relationships with well known suppliers in textile and clothing Industries