Nicola Pivaro
About Nicola Pivaro
Nicola Pivaro is based in Milan, Italy, and studied at Politecnico di Milano. Press coverage of the JustSolve round in September 2026 describes him as Head of Sales at Bending Spoons, the Italian app company. His LinkedIn activity includes a post about Bending Spoons beginning to trade on Nasdaq.
TheOrg lists earlier roles. These include Entrepreneur in Residence at Bending Spoons from January 2021, where he worked on ideating and validating new business concepts. They also include General Manager at Futurely and co-founder of Humamy, which promotes plant-based eating. TheOrg also lists him as a fractional co-founder at FounderGlass.
Founderglass is a program that works with early-stage founders. A LinkedIn post from co-founder Carlo Alberto Gaetaniello says he started it with Nicola Pivaro and Marco Castello. The post says every founder in its first batch raised a round.
Public databases show two angel investments, both in 2026. He took part in Zell's pre-seed round in April 2026 and in JustSolve's €3.7M pre-seed round in September 2026. In both rounds he invested alongside institutional investors and other angels. He is not listed as a lead investor in either. Tracxn and Fundable track only a small part of his activity, and he has not published a full list of his investments.
Both known investments are in AI software for business operations. JustSolve, founded in 2024 and based in Milan, builds agentic AI infrastructure for credit management and collection. Its round was led by Base10 Partners, with Entourage, 2100 Ventures, Vento Ventures and Ithaca also taking part. Zell uses AI to automate sales management workflows. It raised a round co-led by P3 Ventures, SkyDeck Europe, UC Berkeley SkyDeck, Lendlease and Cariplo Factory.
The two known deals are pre-seed and seed rounds in B2B software with AI at the core, one in Italy and one listed by Tracxn as German. His own background is in sales and product. Pivaro has not published a check size or a thesis, so none is stated here.
- JustSolve: Milan-based agentic AI platform for credit management and out-of-court debt collection. He joined its €3.7M pre-seed round in September 2026.
- Zell: AI tool that automates sales management workflows. He joined its round in April 2026.
- linkedin.com/in/nicola-pivaro
- x.com/NPivaro
- theorg.com/org/bending-spoons/person/nicola-pivaro
- finsmes.com/2026/09/justsolve-closes-e3-7m-pre-seed-funding.html
- forbes.it/2026/09/16/justsolve-37-milioni-digitalizzare-recupero-credi
- eu-startups.com/page/49/?ibsa=share&id=318
- seedtable.com/companies/zell/funding-rounds/pre-seed-2026-04
- tracxn.com/d/people/nicola-pivaro/__fekUL0-kTWda7sfEYDqBNhNFd60SlyKHuP
Investing activity
Nicola Pivaro appears in 1 AI deal tracked by the Lounge deals desk. The rounds are mostly Pre-seed, with a median round size of $4M. The most recent is JustSolve (Pre-seed, €3.7M, Sep 2026).
Nicola Pivaro most often invests alongside Base10 Partners, Joe Zadeh, Daniele Francescon and Matteo Frigerio, and the companies they back on Lounge are mostly in AI.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Nicola Pivaro
Who is Nicola Pivaro?
Nicola Pivaro is a Milan-based angel investor. Press describes him as Head of Sales at Bending Spoons, and he took part in the JustSolve and Zell rounds in 2026.
Does Nicola Pivaro invest in AI startups?
Yes. He is an angel in JustSolve, which builds agentic AI for debt collection, and in Zell, which uses AI to automate sales workflows.
What stage does Nicola Pivaro invest at?
His two known investments are a pre-seed round (JustSolve) and an early round that Seedtable lists as pre-seed and Tracxn lists as seed (Zell). He has not stated a formal stage preference.
What is Nicola Pivaro's check size?
It is not public. He has not disclosed how much he invested in JustSolve or Zell.
How can founders reach Nicola Pivaro?
He is on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/nicola-pivaro and on X as @NPivaro. He also works with early-stage founders through founderglass.
Is Nicola Pivaro an angel investor?
Yes. Nicola Pivaro invests personally as an angel.
What AI companies has Nicola Pivaro invested in?
Nicola Pivaro's AI investments include JustSolve. The 1 round on Lounge are listed on this page with amounts, dates and co-investors.
Who does Nicola Pivaro co-invest with?
Nicola Pivaro's most frequent co-investors on Lounge are Base10 Partners (1 deal), Joe Zadeh (1 deal), Daniele Francescon (1 deal), Matteo Frigerio (1 deal) and Ithaca Investments (1 deal).