Joseph Donvito was elected President of Italian Tech Alliance,Italian venture capital association, investors in innovation and innovative startups and SMEs. The appointment took place following the General Assembly of the Association.
Donvito takes over Gianluca Dettori, who has led the association since February 2021.
In board of directors have been confirmed Gianluca Dettori (First Ventures), Lucia Faccio (Sofinnova) and Robert Magnificent (LVenture Group) for investors and, representing Business Angels, Giancarlo Rocchietti, president of the Investors' Club. For entrepreneurs remain members of the Executive Board Henry Pandian (founder of FrescoFrigo and Everli), Stephen Portu (founder and CEO of ShopFully), Marianna Chillau (Transactional), Gabriel Grecchi (Silk Biomaterials) e Antonio Vecchio (Karaoke One). They join the Council David Turco (Eureka) e Joseph Donvito (P101). Alessio Beverina (Panakes Partners) is confirmed in the role of Secretary General.
Donvito's Curriculum Vitae
Giuseppe Donvito graduated in Telecommunications Engineering from the University of Pisa and with an Advanced Executive Program obtained at the Kellogg Business School of Chicago. He has been working in venture capital and private equity for over 20 years, gaining experience in Italy and in Europe, collaborating in companies such as 3i Group plc e HSBC Bank.
He is a partner of P101, a Venture Capital company specializing in early stage investments in the digital sector, and is one of the founding members of the association, which was initially called VC Hub Italia.
“I will work with theaim to achieve a few goals, but clear: first of all, attract more foreign investment and involve more institutional investors and large corporations, If we consider that in Europe and in the world the innovation ecosystem is limping and that in our country we are instead witnessing a constant growth in numbers, we can think and hope that theItaly can become an increasingly attractive market in this area in the next few years, both for foreign investors and for institutional investors and large corporations. The delay accumulated in recent years can therefore become an opportunity if the many investors who still do not look at the VC asset class with interest will make a greater contribution. TO policy level, also thanks to the work done by the association, a lot has been done above all in the last two years, both through the donation of funds and the offer of concessions to investors. It is though need to update the Consolidated Text on Startups, which dates back to 2012, to update, reorganize and make the rules governing the sector more organic and effective" explained the new President, Joseph Donvito.
