Andrea Cinelli - CEO & Founder, Foolfarm

CEO & Founder @Foolfarm

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Entrepreneur, serial founder, investor and executive advisor with over 30 years of experience in building digital products, AI-native companies and large-scale technology platforms. Specialized throughout his career in business transformation, corporate turnarounds, strategic relaunches and renewal of products, offerings and business models, supporting CEOs and boards in moments of discontinuity, growth and reinvention. Operates at the intersection of strategy, technology, execution and capital, with a strong focus on artificial intelligence and deep tech. In the early 1990s, gained hands-on experience in the Silicon Valley, working with leading U.S. technology companies during the formative years of the internet and digital platforms. In 1999, part of the founding leadership team of Libero.it, which became Italy’s largest internet portal with over 10 million users, contributing to the country’s early digital ecosystem. Later involved in the creation of iconic consumer digital products such as Alice at Telecom Italia and among the European pioneers of mobile value-added services at Omnitel–Vodafone. Serial entrepreneur with multiple successful exits, including Takeacoder (acquired by H-Farm) and Inventia (acquired by CRIF Group), demonstrating a solid track record in building companies to industrial scale and market maturity. Founder and scaler of several AI ventures across voice technology, biometrics, cybersecurity and generative AI, including IIO, AidaGPT, Fragmentalis and VoiceMe, combining product vision with execution discipline. Author of more than 25 patents, including the “Online Method for Customer Identification” (2015), foundational intellectual property underlying the SPID digital identity system. In 2024, founded FoolFarm Corp (US) to launch an AI-focused venture capital and venture building model in the United States, bridging European innovation with U.S. scale and capital markets. Serves on multiple boards and advises CEOs, boards and investment funds on AI strategy, governance, new busin