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Paolo Privitera

Founder of 1521 Ventures

San Francisco, California

Overview 

Paolo Privitera is a highly accomplished serial entrepreneur with six successful startups and four exits, including one acquired by Events.com. He is currently the General Partner and Founder at 1521 Ventures, where he has raised over $300M and invested in 150+ companies across various sectors including MarketingTech, AR/VR, and FinTech. Paolo's career highlights include his role as the Executive Vice President of Corporate Development at Events.com and his successful track record of founding and exiting multiple companies, showcasing his expertise in entrepreneurship, venture capital, and corporate development.

Work Experience 

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Events.com

  • Executive Vice President Corporate Development

    2020 - Current

  • Investor and Shareholder

    2020

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1521 Ventures

  • Investor and General Partner

    2021

1521 Ventures is a venture capital and private equity company.

1521.vc
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Evensi (acquired by Events.com)

  • Co-Founder

    2016

  • CEO

    2016 - 2020

    The world's largest events discovery and promotion platform, with more than 200 million events, 60 million users, 10 million event organizers. Evensi Vision Help people to live the experience they love. Evensi Mission The ultimate and easiest platform to ideate, promote, discover and experience events.

  • Board Member

    2016 - 2020

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Lombardstreet Ventures

  • Limited Partner Investor and Visiting Partner

    2021

Lombardstreet Ventures operates as a pre-seed/seed venture capital firm.

lombardstreet.vc
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Smart Society Ventures

  • Limited Partner Investor

    2024

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NEXT4

  • President of the Advisory Board

    2024

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Create Cures Foundation

  • Member of the Advisory Board

    2021

Create Cures Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the purpose of promoting creative, educational & scientific programs.

createcures.org
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Pachamama Ventures

  • Limited Partner Investor

    2024

Pachamama Ventures is a venture capital firm.

pachamamavc.com
VL

VC Lab

  • GP Cohort 15

    2024

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Summit

  • Member

    2023

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