Irene Mingozzi

Principal

2023 - Current

At E12 Ventures we invest in Series A and Series B companies that have unique expertise working on solving the most pressing challenges facing global industries. Our investments are focused on technologies such as AI, Deep Learning, IoT, and Robotics that are applied in broad industrial sectors including Climate Tech, AgTech, FoodTech, HealthTech, FinTech and Logistics/Supply Chain. Learn more at 👉 e12.ventures

Principal Cohort

2024

All Raise is the leading organization for women in Venture Capital. Its mission is to accelerate the success of female funders and founders to build a more prosperous, equitable future. I was selected to be part of the VC Principal Cohort as well as the VC Champions 2024 program.

Principal

2023

Member

2021

The world's largest global community for women in Venture Capital with 6000+ members.

Senior Investment Associate

2020 - 2023

Lombardstreet Ventures is a VC firm investing in pre-seed and seed stage companies based in the US, with a preference for those based in the San Francisco Bay Area. I joined as the first investment team member, working with the two GPs and founders. During my 3 years at the firm, we went from Fund I to Fund III, investing in 30+ companies (30% female founders, 55% immigrants) like Pry (exited to Brex), Albedo (raised $120M+), FlutterFlow (raised $30M+ from CRV, Google Ventures, Gradient).

Author - Inside Silicon Valley

2020 - 2022

Co-author with Luigi Bajetti of the monthly column "Inside Silicon Valley" in Millionaire magazine about the latest trends, the innovations that are changing the world, the Silicon Valley mindset.

Mentor

2020 - 2022

The Alchemist Accelerator is a venture-backed initiative focused on accelerating startups whose revenue comes from enterprises.

Director - Silicon Valley Innovation Hub

2015 - 2020

Since 2015 I've been working in San Francisco in charge of the activities of ART-ER's Innovation Hub in Silicon Valley supporting the internationalization of the ER innovation ecosystem in Silicon Valley. We supported over 100 companies and built a network of thousands of organizations all over the US.

Startup Department Project Manager

2010 - 2019

Worked on defining innovation policies for startups, importing best practices from all over the world, and kicking off and running an accelerator program.

CMO

2011 - 2012

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