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Friulia
Trieste, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy
Friulia is the regional development finance and investment company of Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy, founded in1967 and headquartered in Trieste. Its legal name is Finanziaria Regionale Friuli Venezia Giulia – Società per Azioni – FRIULIA S.p.A., tax/VAT identifier00051580322. The autonomous region holds86.733% according to the current shareholder disclosure. Friulia takes minority equity stakes and provides financial and strategic support for companies developing operations in the region, including businesses headquartered elsewhere. It also coordinates strategic regional holdings. Its portfolio includes biotechnology, information technology and AI-related industrial businesses; a2021 subscription supported Neurala’s European subsidiary as part of the parent’s broader financing. Friulia itself is recorded as a regional investment company and institutional investor; its separate SGR/fund-manager subsidiaries are not merged. Corporate share capital, portfolio asset values and public programme budgets are not represented as venture-fund closes.
Founded 1967
Team
Alberto CappelChair, Board of Statutory Auditors |
 Alessandra RamaniVice Direttore Servizi Corporate |
 Alessandro MazziInternal Audit e Compliance |
 Alessandro VillatoraSenior Investment Officer |
 Andrea BertozTesoreria & Debt Advisory |
 Andrea CauzerDirettore Servizi Corporate |
 Andrea FioravantiSenior Investment Officer - specialista mercato |
 Andrea FoschiaAmministrazione e Servizi Generali |
Antonella LonciariStatutory Auditor |
Barbara BortolussiBoard Director |
Davide ScagliaStatutory Auditor |
 Elisa TiberioInvestment Analyst |
 Federica SegantiChair of the Board of Directors · Presidente e Amministratore Delegato |
 Gabrijel ZetkoInvestment Analyst |
 Lucia ArenaUfficio del Personale |
Luisa De MarcoBoard Director |
 Marco SignoriDirettore Generale |
 Massimiliano ViolaSistemi Informativi |
Paolo SantinBoard Director |
 Renzo ChervatinBoard Director |
 Riccardo DentesanoInvestment Manager |
 Roberta TerpinVice Direttore Investimenti |
 Samuele BurloInvestment Analyst |
 Sara SpogliarichSegreteria Generale e Comunicazione |
 Sarah BarbarossaInvestment Manager |
 Stefano ZonchInvestment Manager |
Investments
| €19M2025-11-30 | Friulia | 0 participations |
| €20M2025-08-06 | Friulia | 0 participations |
| $12M2021-06-25 |  Neurala | Pelion Venture Partners, Zebra Ventures, Draper Associates, 360 Capital Partners, Idinvest Partners, Friulia |