About Scientifica
Scientifica is a venture capital firm located in Rome, Italy. As of Jan 2026, Scientifica is an active investor, having invested in 23 companies, with 1 new investment in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Seed round in Italy based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from High Tech to Life Sciences and Enterprise Applications. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Small Pixels A lot of funds co-invest with Scientifica, with names like Galaxia sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Scientifica has team of 22 people including 6 partners.Key Metrics
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Scientifica's List of Top Investments
Scientifica has a portfolio of 23 companies. Their most notable investments are in SENSE4MED and RECORNEA.Their portfolio spans across Italy, Sweden, United Kingdom and 1 more locations. They have invested in High Tech, Life Sciences, Enterprise Applications and 13 other sectors, across stages such as Seed stage. Here is the list of top investments by Scientifica:
1. Prem
Platform for integrating generative AI into applications. The platform allows users to train and fine-tune generative AI models on its data, with on-premise deployments. It enables users to experiment with multiple models, compare performances, and transition between models in production without code edits. It provides JS and Python SDKs for integration, autonomous fine-tuning for continuous quality improvements, and to connect multiple data sources.
Key facts about Prem
- Founded Year: 2023
- Location: Middletown (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $19.5M
- Employee Count: 113 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Scientifica and 1 Other
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Nov 23, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. OhmSpace
Provider of spacecraft propulsion technology for the satellite market. The company develops propulsions that uses low pressure water propellant for spacecraft propulsion made through metal 3D printing. It is involved in the designing, engineering, production, and consulting of space products and components.
Key facts about OhmSpace
- Founded Year: 2021
- Location: Southampton (United Kingdom)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $4.21M
- Employee Count: 14 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Plug and Play Tech Center, Galaxia and 3 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Nov 10, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. SPiN
SPiN (Space Products and Innovation) is trying to adopt the plug and play technologies in the space industry. They are developing universal adapter which can be installed in satellites. It includes hardware and software which connects existing satellite subsystems and integrate their software. It helps to minimize the time of designing and manufacturing satellites by connecting satellite subsystems to on board computer with out installing any software or hardware connectors. They won first prize in INNOspace masters ESA BIC challenge 2016.
Key facts about SPiN
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: Frascati (Italy)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $1.8M
- Employee Count: 24 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Techstars, Innova.ventures and 4 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Jan 15, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Small Pixels
Machine learning platform offering video enhancement. It allows users to enhance videos and restore the quality lost with compression or other artifacts.
Key facts about Small Pixels
- Founded Year: 2020
- Location: Firenze (Italy)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $1.94M
- Employee Count: 15 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: CDP Venture Capital, Vertis SGR and 4 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Jan 16, 2026, $*****
5. RECORNEA
Provider of corneal implants devices for the treatment of eye diseases. It offers minimally invasive surgery with biocompatible and bio-enhanced devices for treating diseases of the cornea such as keratoconus and corneal transplants. The product includes GROSSO Implant, the first nitinol corneal implant to restore the physiological curvature of the cornea with clear and predictable clinical outcomes.
Key facts about RECORNEA
- Founded Year: 2019
- Location: Udine (Italy)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $412K
- Employee Count: 7 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Entrepreneurs First, B Heroes and 5 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Jul 05, 2024, $*****
Scientifica's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Scientifica has invested in 23 companies over the last 5 years, with an average of 3 new investments annually in the last 5 years. In 2025, it made 2 investments, while as of Jan 2026, it has made 1 investment in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Small Pixels and most recent follow-on round was in OhmSpace.Year | No. of Investments | ||
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1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2025 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2024 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2022 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Scientifica's Investments by Stage
Scientifica has made 14 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $648K.Scientifica's Investments by Sector
Scientifica has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Sustainability Tech, Enterprise Applications, Environment Tech, High Tech and Life Sciences. Notably, it has invested in 19 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 19 Tech companies, 7 Tech hardware companies and at least 6 companies focusing on Software.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Sustainability Tech | 6 |
Enterprise Applications | 4 |
Environment Tech | 4 |
High Tech | 4 |
Life Sciences | 4 |
Others | 13 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Scientifica's Investments by Geography
Scientifica has made most investments in Italy (12), followed by Sweden where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Italy | 12 |
Sweden | 1 |
United Kingdom | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Scientifica's recent investments
Scientifica has made 1 investments in 2026 so far - Small Pixels.Here are the most recent investments by Scientifica:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Jan 16, 2026 | Italy | Seed | 1293 | [+2] | |
Nov 10, 2025 | United Kingdom | Seed | 2207 | [+3] | |
2025 | Sweden | Seed | 8821 | [+3] | |
Dec 23, 2024 | Italy | Seed | 4339 | ||
Jul 26, 2024 | Italy | Seed | 3912 | [+3] |
Team profile of Scientifica
Scientifica has a team of 22 members including 6 Partners and 1 Principal located in Italy, United Kingdom and 1 more location. Scientifica's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of top team members in Scientifica:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
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Partner | United Kingdom | - | ||
Partner | Italy | - | ||
Partner | Italy | - | - | |
Partner | Cagliari | - | - | |
Partner | Naples | - | - | |
Partner | Rotterdam | - | - | |
Principal | Rome | - | - |
Co-investors of Scientifica
Over the past 5 years, 22 investors have co-invested in Scientifica's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Scientifica: Techstars, Europa and 1 other have invested in rounds before Scientifica. There is 1 company where Techstars has invested before Scientifica and 1 company where Europa has invested before Scientifica.
- Top Co-investors of Scientifica: 15 investors entered a company along with Scientifica. These include investors like Galaxia (2 companies).
- Invested after Scientifica: A total of 4 investors have invested in Scientifica's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Takeoff Accelerator (1 company), Plug and Play Tech Center (1 company) and Deep Blue Ventures (1 company).
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Scientifica Venture Capital invests 510 thousand euros in Sense4medAzienda Banca•Feb 08, 2024•Scientifica, SENSE4MED, Innova.ventures
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SPiN Secures €1.6m Seed Funding To Simplify Space ManufacturingSilicon Luxembourg•Jan 22, 2024•SPiN, Galaxia, CDP Venture Capital, Obloo and 3 others
