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Excellis

VC Firm·Turin, Italy·TBD

Founded in 2021 by Loris Lanzellotti and Alberto Emprin, Excellis is a Turin-based private holding company that invests in deep tech startups founded or co-founded by Italian researchers working at leading European and American universities. The firm co-invests alongside established international venture capital funds at the pre-seed, seed, and Series A stages. Its focus spans embedded technologies, robotics and automation, cleantech, and medtech, with portfolio companies including Annaida Technologies, Mintneuro, Fluorok, and Nagi Bioscience.

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Embedded TechnologiesEdge AISemiconductorsQuantum ComputingPhotonicsRobotics & AutomationCleantechMedTech
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ToffeeX

3D Printing·Series A

ToffeeX is a London-based physics-driven generative design software company founded in 2019 by three Imperial College London researchers: Audrey Gaymann, Marco Pietropaoli (CEO), and Francesco Montomoli. The platform uses advanced physics simulations to automatically optimise complex thermal fluid components such as cold plates, heat exchangers, and heat sinks in hours rather than weeks, supporting additive manufacturing, machining, stamping, and chemical etching. ToffeeX has established traction with clients including Airbus, Rolls-Royce, EOS, Ricoh, GE, Toyota, Baker Hughes, Westinghouse, and the Fraunhofer Institute. The company raised £1M in seed funding from IQ Capital in 2020, followed by a £5M Series A in 2022 led by Presidio Ventures.