Matteo Scarabelli

Venture Building Senior Manager EMEA

2024 - Current

Venture Building Senior Manager ICEG

2022 - 2024

- Co-Led the creation of a new venture building unit within Accenture Song Italy, responsible for generating and incubating new business opportunities. - Spearhead the ideation, development, and launch of new ventures - Lead cross-functional team of venture architects and domain experts to assess the market and validate the new business initiatives

Fellow

2020

Contribute to building a vibrant community of game-changers, community builders and passionate entrepreneurs. Foundervine is a social enterprise that helps underestimated entrepreneurs build start-ups from scratch, and to achieve scale. At the very core of what we do is a commitment to ensuring that regardless of background, every young entrepreneur has the opportunity to build the skills, experiences and aspirations needed to succeed in tomorrow's economy. To join the community or find out more, head over to www.foundervine.com

Director of Insight

2020 - 2022

Overseeing the Insight and the Scouting team, and worked as part of the leadership team to deliver business plan. - supported company growth to 50 people and 3 global offices - provided direction to a distributed team of six members - designed the company marketing strategy, hired a SEO agency and contributed to content creation - assisted the CEO with the acquisition & integration of a US strategic innovation firm (The Inovo Group) L Marks has launched over 85 innovation programmes across the UK, Europe, Israel, Asia, and the US. Working with partners that include BMW, Lloyd’s of London, United Utilities and Arsenal FC, L Marks has created the UK’s largest network of corporate innovation labs (spanning open innovation, intrapreneurship and venture building).

Head of Investment

2017 - 2020

Oversee all aspects of investment process, including 30 investment due diligences, seven seed investments and two exits. Managed relationships with our portfolio of 39 businesses, and followed as board observer two of them (Thrivemap and Cliff.AI). A specialist in corporate innovation, L Marks is an investment vehicle that builds bridges between early stage startups and large corporates with the likes of BMW, EDF, Lloyds of London, IAG, Belron, et al, running open innovation, as well as intrapreneurship programmes.

Investment Manager

2017 - 2017

A specialist in corporate innovation, L Marks is an investment vehicle that builds bridges between early stage startups and large corporates with the likes of BMW, EDF, Lloyds, IAG, Belron, et al, running corporate innovation programmes. As Investment Manager, actively contributing to deal selection, due diligence process and deal execution for our seed investments on a global scale, and portfolio monitoring. Built a network of business angels and VC funds across UK, Europe (connections with over 200 investors)

Head of Startup Support

2015 - 2017

A specialist in corporate innovation, L Marks is an investment vehicle that builds bridges between early stage startups and large corporates with the likes of BMW, EDF, Lloyds, IAG, Belron, et al, running corporate innovation programmes. As Head of Startup Support, I have setup and managed key external partnerships and I have been hiring and leading a team of three people on business-related aspects to support all cohorts and designing the curricula for each programme (over 12 open innovation programmes in less than two years).

Board Observer

2018 - 2022

ThriveMap creates bespoke, pre-employment tests and pre-hire assessments for high-volume hiring. Reduce attrition and save time hiring. - Provide insights and guidance to the ThriveMap board, helping the company navigate critical decision-making processes. - Contribute expertise in technology innovation, and market trends to support ThriveMap's growth trajectory. - Actively participate in board meetings, providing strategic recommendations and fostering a collaborative decision-making environment. - Champion ThriveMap's vision and mission, ensuring alignment with industry best practices and long-term success.

Board Observer

2019 - 2022

L Marks alumni and portfolio company Cliff.ai (Greendeck Technologies Ltd) has been acquired by the leading strategy execution platform Gtmhub. - Contribute to Greendeck's success story, culminating in its acquisition by Gtmhub, a leading strategy execution platform. - Demonstrated ability to identify and champion high-potential startups, contributing to their growth and ultimately their exits.

LSE Generate Accelerator Mentor

2020 - 2021

LSE Generate supports all LSE student and alumni entrepreneurs; whatever stage of their journey. With a focus on social innovation, the programme provides a broad scope of activities to underpin entrepreneurial activity within the LSE community.

Mentor

2016 - 2021

Second opinion reviewer for Italian scale-ups and startups applying to join the Endeavor network. Domain expertise for B2B and enterprise startups.

Impact UK Mentor

2020 - 2020

The Impact UK programme is specifically designed to help French tech entrepreneurs fuel the growth of their business and expand in the UK. By providing access to powerful market expertise, hands-on mentorship and a large network of corporates and industry experts, Impact UK is the fastest way to successfully launch your business in this market

Mentor

2017 - 2020

TechItalia:Lab is a London based incubator with an intensive 10-week mentor-led programme supporting Italian-speaking startups get their project off the ground, accelerate their growth, and conquer English-speaking markets.

Tech London Advocate

2017 - 2020

Tech London Advocates is a private sector-led coalition of over 15,000 tech leaders, experts, investors and the broader community uniting to form the most influential group in Tech. TLA members have committed to championing London’s potential as a world-class hub for tech and digital businesses, and supporting London’s start-ups in finding new investment, new talent and continued growth. With no government backing, this is the voice of the private sector in London. The group also has Overseas Advocates from 20 countries and territories across the world.