Atlante Ventures is a leading Italian VC fund, operated by IMI Fondi Chiusi SGR, part of Intesa Sanpaolo Group. Totalling, together with its companion funds Atlante Ventures Mezzogiorno (AVM) and Atlante Seed, 60 mio euros in funds under management, Atlante Ventures only supports truly innovative startups, in Italy and abroad. Since inception from 2007, Atlante Ventures, AVM and Atlante Seeds have invested in more than 20 seed and early stage companies across all the innovation spectrum, among which Silicon Biosystems, the leading single-cell genomics company, Icoolhunt, the online trend forecasting startup, Admantx, the semantic-based advertising optimization platform Through its dedicated team of 8 professionales, Atlante Ventures sifts through hundreds of startup companies per year, using the following as key investment criteria: existence of a clearly innovative product or method, strong IP and Know how where applicable, an entrepreneurial team possessing dynamism, common sense, selling skills and in general, the will to make their mark