Diego Palano

Active Investor

Professor of Entrepreneurship & Growth at SDA Bocconi

Milan, Lombardy

Diego Palano, Professor of Entrepreneurship & Growth at SDA Bocconi is an active investor based in Milan, Lombardy. This profile covers what Diego Palano backs, at which stage, and how founders can reach out in 2026.

Mr. Diego Palano serves as Limited Partner & Advisor at Italian Founders Fund. Mr. Palano served as a Digital Venture Partner at Innogest Capital. Previously, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Broker of Assicurazioni and Chief Executive Officer and President of Mediazione Creditizia at Facile.it. After graduating with honours in Automatic Engineering at the University of Rome La Sapienza, he specialized by obtaining a Master of Engineering in Manufacturing with honours at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston (MA), USA. After some brief experiences as an engineer, he joined The Boston Consulting Group in consultancy. At the end of 2011, he founded and then directed Westwing.it (previously Dalani.it), the first Italian online shopping club in the home sector. He joined Facile.it in 2017 as Managing Director of Insurance, managing its core business until 2020. Starting in January 2021, he assumes the role of General Manager of the Facile.it Group.

Investor type: Angel
Stages: Early Stage Venture
Invests in: FintechHealthcare & BiotechDigital Health & HealthTechSaaS & EnterpriseConsumer & RetailClimate & EnergyDeveloper Tools & DataEdTech
Location: Milan, Lombardy
Typical check: $500K
Past investments: 6

Notable investments

Italian Founders FundSpiaggeeWibeFacile.it40Jemz (ex Bonsai Ventures)MIT Alumni Club of Italy

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