Paolo heads the direct investing at BVV looking after deal flow, due diligence, and investment contracts. Paolo is also actively involved in building BVV ecosystem and co-investment model. Paolo has gained first-hand entrepreneurship experience, having co-founded and launched two businesses himself, and raised or helped to raise finance from private and institutional investors for various tech businesses. Paolo has worked in private equity (Privet Capital) and investment banking (Lehman Brothers) in London and previously spent almost ten years in management consulting (Gemini Consulting, Arthur D Little, and Value Partners). Paolo is a graduate of Bocconi University and holds an MBA from Chicago Booth.