THE FOOLERS CLUB

+140 ANGEL INVESTORS INVITATION-ONLY INVESTMENT CLUB

Helping early-stage founders reach scalability through capital, counsel, and connections

WHO WE ARE

WE ARE A GROUP OF 140+ ACTIVE ANGEL INVESTORS, A MEMBERS-ONLY PAN-EUROPEAN INVESTMENT CLUB FOR BUSINESS ANGELS, HIGH-NET-WORTH INDIVIDUALS, FAMILY OFFICES AND CORPORATES VENTURE CAPITAL UNITS.

WHAT WE DO

WE INVEST IN PRE-SEED AND SEED ROUNDS OF SELECTED DEEP-TECH STARTUPS BUILT THROUGH VENTURE BUILDING PROCESSES THROUGH 3 HIGHLY SPECTACULAR ANNUAL INVESTOR DAYS IN ITALY.

HOW WE INVEST

OUR MEMBERS COMBINE THEIR INDIVIDUAL FINANCIAL STRENGTH, NETWORK AND KNOW-HOW TO INVEST IN HIGH-GROWTH EUROPEAN STARTUPS IN ROUNDS OF €150K-€2,5M.

WHAT WE OFFER

WE SCOUT AND CAREFULLY PRE-SELECT DEEP-TECH INVESTMENT-READY PAN-EUROPEAN DEALS FOR YOU.

OUR CLUB MEMBERS TYPICALLY SYNDICATE THEIR INVESTMENTS THROUGH OUR SPECIAL PURPOSE FUND VEHICLE AND LEVERAGE THEIR COMBINED FINANCIAL STRENGTH AND KNOW-HOW TO POOL RISK AND GAIN ACCESS TO YOUNG PROMISING DEEP-TECH EUROPEAN TOP COMPANIES.

OUR MEMBERS DECIDE ON A DEAL-BY-DEAL BASIS WHILE ALSO PARTICIPATING IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THE FULL PORTFOLIO. TOGETHER WE COMBINE OUR FINANCIAL STRENGTH AND KNOW-HOW TO INVEST IN HIGH-GROWTH EUROPEAN STARTUPS.

CLUB BENEFITS

ACCESS ONLY BY INVITATION: we want to create a selected environment but also free from subscriptions and constraints.

NO YEARLY SUBSCRIPTIONS: We only ask for a minimal yearly investment commitment that you can distribute over the 3 investor days in dozens of opportunities.

DIVERSIFIED STARTUP DEALFLOW : Opportunity to get access to carefully pre-selected and investment-ready pan-European deals created through venture building criteria that make it possible to minimize risk.

INTERNATIONAL EVENTS & NETWORK: Tear down artificial barriers and connect with fellow investors throughout Europe.

DUE DILIGENCE AND ANALYSIS Thanks to the high specialized FoolFarm Investment team we take care of fund management but the investment decision is in your hands.

PRE-SEED AND SEED INVESTMENTS: We make you invest in the best highly selected opportunities in the initial stages of companies, minimizing the risk thanks to the adoption of venture building criteria.

EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES: Lower your risks of failure and achieve higher returns on your investments with various programs and training sessions.

DEALUM PLATFORM Invest and participate in the community through the dedicated Dealum platform

ADDITIONAL MEMBERS-ONLY BENEFITS Special offers, exclusive invitations and discounts in the startup ecosystem

BECOME A CLUB MEMBER, BECOME A FOOLER!

how to apply

STEP 1

Submit your application to join the club here

Step 2

Subscribe to our rules digitally

STEP 3

Create your profile on Dealum

STEP 4

Participate in our investor days

STEP 5

Start investing in our Startups

WHY US

+70% success rates

+70% success rate

Our Startups have less chance of failing than traditional ones (which fail 9 times out of 10)

FASTER EXIT TIME 4,3Y vrs 8Y

The zero-to-exit time is around 4.3 years instead of 8 years of traditional ones.

FASTER EXIT RATE 16% vrs 8%

The exit rate is around 16% (with a range from 9% to 30%), for VC is around 8%.

HIGHER IRR 53% vrs 21%

The average internal rate of return for a Studio is 53%, for a traditional startup 21.3%.

HIGHER EVALUATIONS €74M vrs €50M

The average valuation is estimated at 74 million dollars against a standard 50 million

SPECTACULAR INVESTMENT EVENTS

3 HIGHLY SPECTACULAR INVESTOR DAYS DEDICATED ONLY TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY

our events

IIO

IIO is the first Empathic and Secure Voice-as-a-Service platform to give voice to each application. It’s Open: vocal editing to create no code vocal conversations templates named Versa and to sell them into a marketplace of templates (“IIO Store”); It’s Empathic & Intuitive: an AI engine using technologies like NLP/NLU capturing emotions from words thanks to the ACE (Adaptive Conversational Engine) technology; It’s Secure & Private: thanks to the FoolFarm’s data pulverization technology to guarantee the full respect of privacy, based on Self Sovereign Identity.

Presented at Investor Day Q4 2021

CEO: Pasquale Bombino

COO: Marco Orifici

Foolers Mentors: Carola Salvato, Vittorio Giusti

Investment Manager: Michael Cimino (michael.cimino@foolfarm.com)

Company: IIO Srl

Status: Pre-Seed

Round: €300k

Status: Closed

VOICEME

Voiceme is the first B2B2C Decentralized Trustability platform that allows Voice Secure Customer Authentications to use a person’s voice in their identity card, their payment tool and their digital signature.

Presented at Investor Day Q2 2021
CEO: Nicolas Musikas

COO: Giuseppe Audino

Foolers Club Mentors: Andrea Friio, Gianluca Galletti

Investment Manager: Michael Cimino (michael.cimino@foolfarm.com)

Company: Voiceme Srl

Status: Pre-seed

Round completed €569k