Graduated in Electronic Engineering from the University of Padua. Andrea is a serial entrepreneur who started in 2001, founding the gaming software company CadWare and PubCompany (from which he exited 8 years later). In parallel, he founded Marketshare, which offers marketing and sales services to tech companies, from which he exited 2 years later. In 2020, he founded Brenta Care in the field of sales consulting for medical devices. A long-time Business Angel, he was a member of the Investment Committee of Italian Angels for Growth, and sits on the boards of several companies in which he has invested. Since 2022 he has been a Managing Partner of the GMTC Family Office between Dubai and London, and since 2023 he has also been an investor and Venture Partner of Ventive, an investment and advisory company for innovative startups and SMEs. He is an advisor and evaluator of startups for European Commission funded programmes. He is co-founder and partner of Italian Brand Factory, with a focus on early stage and Open Innovation investments, and of LoveItaly, a non-profit initiative dedicated to the preservation, promotion and valorisation of Italy’s unique cultural heritage.