ASCARI

The principal

Matteo Nardini, Principal

Matteo Nardini

Principal

15+ years of executive leadership in corporate finance and M&A. Group CFO for SeSa S.p.A. (foreign subsidiaries), Managing Director of Sesa GmbH, Board Member of Var Group España.

Much of my career has been spent inside Italian family businesses very similar to the ones we now look for: profitable, built over time, founder-led. I speak their language — products, long-term customers, cash that has to add up — not just finance jargon.

Cross-border M&A across Italy, Spain, France, Germany. Buy-and-build experience and post-merger professionalization of SMEs in transition.

Executive MBA, Bologna Business School (with module at San José State, California). Certified CFO under UNI Pdr 104:2021. Senior Member of ANDAF.

Board of Directors

Experience around the table.

Board profiles will be announced at the round's closing.

To be announced

To be announced

Strategic Advisor

Value through networking.

Giovanni Polidori, Investment & Strategic Partnerships

Giovanni Polidori

Investment & Strategic Partnerships

15+ years in venture capital, technology transfer, and open innovation. Partner & Investment Manager at A11 Venture (Lucca, since 2014).

Co-founder of SAMBA (Scuola Sant'Anna accelerator in Pisa). Extensive network across Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna. Degree in Economics, University of Pisa (1990).

Network & Education

Where we come from.

View of Lucca's red rooftops with the Tuscan hills in the background

Personal

From Lucca.

Matteo was born and lives in Lucca with his family. Deeply embedded in the cultural and economic fabric of Central Italy — a strategic advantage in building trust with local entrepreneurs.