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Mangusta Capital

San Francisco, CA · Invests in US; Europe; MENA · Website

SeedSeries ASeries BGrowthConsumer Apps & SocialB2B SaaSAI & Machine LearningCybersecurityFintechHealthcare & BiotechEnterprise SoftwareHealthcare & Digital HealthSecurity & CybersecurityFintech & PaymentsLogistics & Supply Chain

Thesis

Mangusta backs founders building mission-critical capabilities at the intersection of vertical AI and consumer disruption. Three investment filters: Domain Depth (vertical-specific expertise), Defensibility (proprietary data + systems integration), and Distribution (embedded GTM). The firm believes vertical AI co-pilots that augment domain experts — rather than generic AI — represent the most durable and defensible category.

Likely not a fit for

Generic horizontal AI tools without clear vertical depth; companies without proprietary data moats; pure consumer lifestyle plays without AI defensibility

How they invest

Lead or follow
Leads or follows
Typical decision
~1 month
Warm intro
Preferred
Involvement
Takes a board seat
Fund status
Actively deploying
Assets under mgmt
$50M
Decision process
Partnership vote

Partners & team

10 contacts on file

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Natoli Farber

PartnerInvestment Partner · Primary contact

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n•••@ma•••.com

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Kevin Jiang

General PartnerCo-Founder & Managing Partner

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Tommaso Chiabra

General PartnerCo-Founder, General Partner

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Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio

General PartnerCo-Founder

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Louis Jin Diesel

PartnerInvestment Partner

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August Johnson

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Marco Talarico

Platform & OpsOperating Partner

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Luigi Giacomo Mascellaro

Platform & OpsOperating Partner

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Andrea Bertini

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Andrea Picchi

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Portfolio

x.aiEnterprise Software

x.ai is a company focused on advanced AI, known for its Grok product and recently raised $20B in Series E funding. It offers an API and has a careers section.

Eight SleepHealthcare Digital

Eight Sleep offers a smart sleep system designed to enhance sleep quality through personalized temperature control, elevation, and sound integration.

SapienEnterprise Software

Sapien provides AI analytics solutions tailored for finance and operations teams, enabling businesses to derive insights from complex data across various ERP systems.

Function HealthHealthcare Digital

Function Health offers advanced health checkups with over 100 lab tests annually, focusing on early detection of diseases and personalized health insights.

LifeforceHealthcare Digital

Lifeforce offers advanced diagnostic testing and health tracking services, measuring over 50 biomarkers to provide actionable health insights and expert clinician support.

Caliwater
Marqvision
TaxGPTEnterprise Software

TaxGPT is an AI-powered tax assistant that helps tax professionals streamline their workflows by providing instant answers to complex tax questions, drafting tax memos, and analyzing tax documents. It uses authoritative sources to ensure accuracy and offers features like client intelligence and document management.

GAILFintech Payments

Gail is an AI platform dedicated to financial services, providing specialized solutions for sales, marketing, and customer support across insurance, banking, and finance.

CyberGrant
Omnifold
Letter AIEnterprise Software

Letter AI reimagines revenue enablement from the ground up with generative AI at the core, providing personalized training, realistic roleplay, and management of sales collateral.

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Mangusta Capital Research Investment Thesis Mangusta Capital is a venture capital and growth equity firm founded in 2024 by Kevin Jiang, Tommaso Chiabra, and Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio. The firm's name derives from the Italian word for "mongoose," symbolizing its swift, precise, and unrelenting approach to identifying and backing transformative companies. The firm focuses on three primary investme

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