Umberto Bottesini

Umberto Bottesini, Co-Founder & General Partner at BlackSheep Ventures is an active investor based in Milan, Lombardy. This profile covers what Umberto Bottesini backs, at which stage, and how founders can reach out in 2026.

Mr. Umberto Bottesini is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Partner at Blacksheep Ventures. He is also the Chief Executive Officer at Qreative Srl. Before co-founding Blacksheep Ventures, he worked as an entrepreneur and manager, handling executive assignments for several international companies. His career began at technology consulting firms like IBM and Teradata. In 2005, he managed roles at Fullsix Group, part of the WPP Group. In 2008, he co-founded and led Simple Agency, which, within a few years, became the largest digital marketing agency in Italy. He served as CEO until its acquisition by Dentsu, a global leader in media & communications services. Starting in 2017, he concurrently held the positions of Chief Data Officer of the Group and General Manager of Amnet, the business unit dedicated to programmatic advertising. In November 2018, he was appointed Chief Digital and Data Officer of the Group, a position he held until February 2020. Since 2014, he has been the Founder and CEO of Qreative, a private investment vehicle creating, identifying, and investing in start-ups or scale-ups with a shared mission: applying emerging technology and deep automation to solve real-life or business problems today. Additionally, he is a contract professor of Digital Communication at ALMA - Università Cattolica of Milan. He also serves as an Managing Partner BlackSheep Fund at EUREKA! Venture.