Venture Factory

What Venture Factory does

Venture Factory (legally Obloo S.r.l., operating via obloo.vc) is an Italian deep-tech venture capital firm headquartered in Milan. It positions itself as a multi-stage investment platform backing deep-tech startups from seed to late stage through primary investments and secondary transactions. The firm invests across six specialized verticals: Aerospace, Computing, Energy & Resilience, AI & Cyber, Robotics, and Smart Materials. Co-founded by managing partners Nicola Redi and Roberto Della Marina, the firm claims 30+ years of operating experience and a team in which 70% hold PhDs, with backgrounds spanning international research centers and multinational corporations.

The firm's proprietary technology stack centers on the Deepscover Platform and Deepscover Lab, in-house tools for identifying, screening, and analyzing deep-tech investment opportunities. According to company disclosures, the platform has processed 4,500+ deals and supported 50+ investment closures, with cumulative assets under management of approximately €150M. Portfolio companies include Toothpic, Zerynth, Sibylla Biotech, Often Medical, Intendi-me, Spinintech, Heaxel, and others across IoT, biotech, medical AI, audio AI, and aerospace.

Revenue is generated through traditional venture capital economics: management fees on assets under management plus carried interest on successful exits. Customer segmentation is vertical: deep-tech startups (portfolio companies) are the operational customers, while limited partners provide capital and corporations are positioned as co-investment and partnership counterparties. GTM is relationship-driven, relying on direct networking, industry events, and referrals within the European deep-tech ecosystem rather than traditional B2B sales channels.

Name

Venture Factory

Legal name

Obloo S.r.l.

Website

https://venturefactory.tech

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Venture Factory (Obloo) is an Italy-based, Milan-headquartered deep-tech venture capital firm that invests across Aerospace, Computing, Energy, AI/Cyber, Robotics, and Smart Materials, managing €150M in assets and 50+ portfolio companies via its proprietary Deepscover Platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Venture Capital Investment

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (52394), Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Corporate Innovation & Technology Scouting Units (with investment mandate) (FSANAHAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Venture Capital Fundraising Placement (FSAEALAC)

Keywords

• Deep tech venture capital
• Venture capital firm
• Startup equity investment
• Multi stage investing
• Tech transfer funding

Headquarters

HQ city

Milano

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Investment Management: Venture capital firm generating returns through equity investments in deep-tech startups across aerospace, computing, energy, AI/cyber, robotics, and smart materials sectors. Revenue derived from management fees on assets under management and carried interest on successful exits.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Venture Factory (operating as Obloo) is an Italian deep-tech venture capital firm that backs visionary teams transforming groundbreaking technologies into disruptive industrial champions. The firm operates a multi-stage investment platform spanning from seed to late stage, executing primary investments and secondary transactions across six deep-tech verticals: Aerospace, Computing, Energy & Resilience, AI & Cyber, Robotics, and Smart Materials. Revenue is generated through management fees on assets under management and carried interest on successful exits.

Product overview

Obloo is a multi-stage deep-tech investment platform that partners with entrepreneurs, LPs, and corporations from seed to late stage. The platform consists of the Deepscover Platform for investment operations and Obloo 01 as a specific investment initiative. Obloo invests across five technology sectors: Aerospace, Computing, Energy & Resilience, AI & Cyber, and Robotics, as well as Smart Materials. The platform has supported the creation of Italy's first deep tech unicorn and manages approximately €150M in assets under management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Deepscover: A platform mentioned on the website for deep-tech analysis and discovery.
• Deepscover Lab
• Obloo 01

Products and services

• Deepscover Platform

Quantifiable outcome

• First Italian deep tech unicorn achieved
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Primo Ventures: Italian early-to-growth stage VC with a strong deep-tech and digital mandate. Directly comparable as a domestic multi-stage investor competing for the same Italian deep-tech deal flow.
• United Ventures: Milan-based VC investing in Italian deep-tech and digital startups across seed and growth stages. Closest geographic and thematic peer to Obloo.
• Indaco Venture Partners: Italian VC manager with multi-fund, multi-stage approach focused on deep-tech and digital, headquartered in Milan. Comparable scale and stage focus to Obloo.

Regional players

• Panakès Partners: Italian VC focused on life sciences and digital health, also investing in deep-tech-adjacent biotech. Comparable as an Italian specialist VC, though narrower in vertical scope.
• LVenture Group: Rome-based Italian VC and accelerator operating seed and early-stage funds. Comparable as an Italian early-stage platform, though historically less deep-tech focused.
• Vertis: Italian VC and growth equity investor active in technology and innovation. Comparable as an Italian institutional-grade VC, though more generalist than Obloo's deep-tech focus.

Broad incumbents

• CDP Venture Capital: Italy's largest domestic VC platform, backed by state investor CDP, with broad exposure across stages and tech verticals. A scaled incumbent that competes for Italian deep-tech deal flow and LP capital.
• Speedinvest: Pan-European early-stage VC with a dedicated deep-tech vertical. Comparable in deep-tech specialization, though at significantly larger scale and broader geographic footprint than Obloo.
• Earlybird: European early-stage VC with deep-tech and technology verticals. Comparable as a deep-tech-focused multi-stage European platform, materially larger than Obloo.
• Atomico: European late-stage VC investing across deep-tech themes. Comparable as a European deep-tech capital provider, though focused on later stages and larger checks than Obloo.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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