U-Start is a professional advisory firm that invests in tech companies around the world, namely, Europe, Israel, and the United States. The firm was founded by Andrea Colombo in 2012, in Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland.
The company believes in investing in companies that are innovative. They offer the U-Star Club to members which allows members to gain exposure to global innovations. U-Start is interested in companies that provide shared-electric scooters, international digital money transfers, delivery networks for restaurants, and cashmere clothing products.
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Funded Companies
Finless Foods is a biotechnology company producing cultured marine animal food products through implementing cellular agriculture and manufacturing technologies.
TransferGo is a Canary Wharf-based company founded in 2012.
Soldo is a London-based company founded by Andrea Gerosa, Carlo D'Acunto, Carlo Gualandri and Andrea Gaudenzi.