CDP Venture Capital | Large Ventures

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◆ Fund Size

$5.4B

◆ Check Size

$10.0M→$10.0M

◆ Location

Italy

◆ Activity

Statusactively investing

◆ Links

Website ↗

◆ Investment Thesis

Investing in strategic industries including aerospace, cybersecurity, and defence to help Europe emancipate from the US and China.

◆ About CDP Venture Capital

CDP Venture Capital’s Large Ventures fund is a late-stage, generalist growth fund focused on helping Italian scale-ups expand internationally and reach exit. It primarily writes large checks in Series B and C, and can also participate in Series A for capital-intensive strategic sectors such as DeepTech and BioTech, always alongside other co-investors.[4][1]

◆ Sectors

Space TechCybersecurityDefense TechGenerative AIAviation Tech

◆ Stages

growthseed

◆ Geography Focus

Italy

◆ Team

Name	Title	Role	Links
Davide Santi	Partner	—	in
Laura Scaramella	Senior Partner	—	in
Mario Branciforti	Senior Partner, Head of CDP Large Ventures	—	in
Paolo Altomare	Partner	—	in

◆ Tracked Investments

◆ Notable Investments

Wearable RoboticsSmartnessCellplyDeepTreeArchimede WorldEXE EngineeringAptadir TherapeuticsTundrDialybridCloov Tech

◆ Traits

Leads rounds

Co-invests

◆ FAQ

What does Large Ventures invest in?

Large Ventures invests in Space Tech, Cybersecurity, Defense Tech, Generative AI and Aviation Tech at the growth and seed stages.

Which geographies does Large Ventures focus on?

Large Ventures focuses on Italy, and is headquartered in Italy.

What is Large Ventures's typical check size?

Large Ventures typically writes checks of $10M to $10M.

Which startups has Large Ventures backed?

Large Ventures has 2 tracked investments on Fusion42, including Aptadir Therapeutics and Tundr.