Founding team

Andrea Venturelli
Board Chair

Founder and former CEO and CTO of Invatec, a leading medical device company headquartered in Brescia known for development and supply of innovative cardiovascular devices that was sold to Medtronic in 2010. Investor in and board member of multiple medical device companies.

Emidio Zorezella
Board Member

Co-founder and CEO of Antares Vision, a Brescia-based technology firm focused on digitalization solutions for products and supply chains. Chairman of the CSMT Innovative Contamination Hub fostering public-private partnerships to promote economic, environmental and social sustainability.

Cristian Fracassi
Board Member

Founder and CEO of Isinnova, a provider of innovation services for public and private organizations. During the height of Covid, Isinnova became known for an invention to adapt conventional snorkeling masks into ventilators to assist respiratory patients. Other inventions include a low-cost prosthesis for persons who lost lower limbs in the war in the Ukraine.

Riccardo Trichilo
Board Member

CEO and General Manager of CSMT Innovative Contamination Hub, a technology transfer, project funding and start-up accelerator center in Brescia. President of AQM Srl, a non-profit company providing laboratory testing, consultancy and training for metal product and process improvements.

Martin Schachenmayr
Board Member & CEO

Former managing shareholder of Contract Medical International, a company specializing in regulatory, engineering and manufacturing services for medical device start-ups that was successfully sold to Heraeus in 2020. CEO of Kapto Medical, a technology company focused on new thrombectomy solutions.