The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Fausto Boni, Cesare Maifredi, Poli360
Politecnico di Milano joined forces with venture capital firm 360 Capital Partners, led by Cesare Maifredi and Fausto Boni, earlier this year to launch €60m ($70m) university venture fund Poli360.
Poli360 is blazing a trail as the first university venture fund in Italy and among its backers is Itatech – the $208m investment platform that is itself a joint venture between the EU-owned European Investment Fund (EIF) and Italian development agency Cassa depositi e prestiti.
The fund works with Politecnico di Milano’s tech transfer office and incubator PoliHub, and is expected to focus on businesses involved in manufacturing technology, automation, energy efficiency, telecoms and advanced materials and design.
Maifredi worked for consultant McKinsey in the US before joining 360 Capital Partners in 2010. Boni followed a similar path several years earlier, leaving consultancy McKinsey’s Italian arm to set up 360 Capital Partners – initially known as Net Partners Ventures – in 1997.
