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FOUNDERS FUND.
Something new is being built in Italy: come build it with us
We are hiring an Associate to back the next generation of companies with an Italian DNA.
We are
founders.
IFF is backed by a group of Italian entrepreneurs and professionals, with a first fund of around €100M.
We invest from pre-seed to Series A in companies with an Italian angle, whether they are (1) founded in Italy, (2) expanding into Italy, or (3) founded by Italians anywhere in the world. Sector agnostic.
In less than two years, we've assembled a founder-backed LP base of 160+ operators from companies like Bending Spoons, Scalapay, King, Soldo and Faire, and deployed capital into 30+ companies across Europe and the US.
We are a team that spent a decade abroad, across ecosystems from Silicon Valley to London, and came back to Italy to build a generational fund. Come build with us.
We are sector-agnostic and founder-obsessed.
Three ways we partner with founders.
Founded in Italy
Companies born in Italy, scaling from day one with an Italian base.
Expanding into Italy
Global companies entering the Italian market with serious intent.
Italians, anywhere
Founded by Italians anywhere in the world. London, NYC, SF, Berlin.
Who you are.
- 01You have 2–4 years of experience that combines VC skills with structured analytical training (where you had to figure things out under pressure)
- 02You are obsessed with the startup world and everything around it: the technology, the ideas, the people shaping what comes next
- 03You think sharply, you form a view fast and defend it clearly
- 04You are curious about the world, ambitious about what you want to build, and genuinely aligned with what Italian Founders Fund is creating
- 05You want to back the next generation of Italian and European founders
- 06You are an outlier. You have made choices in your life that prove it: you have built things and hacked systems to get where you wanted to go