Ekaterina Gianelli

Venture Partner

2024 - Current

The most active early-stage digital health investor in Europe.

Kauffman Fellow | Class 25

2020

Since 1995, Kauffman Fellows has accelerated the development and success of venture capital investors around the world, supporting Fellows to navigate every aspect of innovation investing, from deal flow to public markets. With 800+ Fellows across 65 countries, Kauffman Fellows is the largest network of VCs and innovation leaders in the world. In the 27 years since inception, Kauffman Fellows have started hundreds of funds, raised and deployed hundreds of billions of dollars in capital, and helped pave the way for some of the world’s most groundbreaking companies. As a network, Kauffman Fellows represent over $290 billion in assets under management, have collectively raised over $790 billion dollars in capital, and have been responsible for over $8.5 trillion in exits to LPs. For more information visit www.kauffmanfellows.org and follow us at www.twitter.com/kauffmanfellows.

Expert Advisor

2020

The European Innovation Council Accelerator is Europe's flagship innovation programme designed to identify, develop and scale up breakthrough innovations. The EIC work programme 2024 opens funding opportunities worth over €1.2 billion for strategic technologies and scaling up companies. The majority is dedicated to startups to develop and scale up deep tech innovations in critical fields such as generative artificial intelligence (AI), space, critical raw materials, semiconductors and quantum technologies.

Board Member

2015 - 2024

Venture Partner

2023 - 2024

General Partner

2018 - 2023

Inventure is a Nordic venture capital firm focusing on early-stage investments. The team has been in venture with over 90 companies ranging from deep tech to consumer internet brands, including Wolt, Swappie, Detectify, and Insurello. With its €380 million of assets under management, Inventure focuses on seed rounds across the Nordics, the Baltics and the rest of Europe, with offices in Helsinki and Stockholm.

Investment Director

2014 - 2018

Investor

2023 - 2023

Investor

2022 - 2023

Board Member

2021 - 2023

Customised skincare with a mission to increase the quality of life for people with skin issues. Nøie is combining a deep dermatological knowledge with feedback from the community and the users' individual needs to eliminate guesswork and coincidence in the search for skincare that actually works.

Investor

2018 - 2023

Board Observer

2022 - 2023

Medoma is a Nordic-founded virtual ward company offering patients acute hospital level care in their home. The care is conducted with a combination of physical visits from medical staff as well as digital consultations, coordinated through a tech platform monitoring vital parameters and optimizing “care-out-of-home” logistics.