Investing Profile

Lorenzo Thione(1936)

VCInvestorFormer CEOFounder
Managing Director at Gaingels, Investor in 500+ companies
gaingels.com/teamChicago, Illinois
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Lorenzo Thione's investing connections

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69 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), David Samuel (Freestyle Capital), and 66 other investors on Signal.

Networks Lorenzo is a member of
Microsoft Network
153 CONNECTIONS
The University of Texas at Austin Network
62 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Gaingels Managing Director
Investment Range
$100K - $5.0M
Sweet Spot
$500K
Investments On Record
42

Lorenzo Thione is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

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Lorenzo Thione's Investments On Record (38)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Ashby
Series DJul 2025$50M
$120M
Co-investors: Lachy Groom (LGF), Mark McLaughlin (Alkeon Capital), Justin Ziebell (Indeed.com), Konstantin von Unger
Turing
Series EMar 2025$110M
Series BSep 2020$32M
$280M
Co-investors: Karen Page (B Capital Group), Anton Simunovic (Alumni Ventures ), Ellen Ma (UpHonest Capital), Ariel Jaduszliwer (BrainStorm Ventures), Bryan Ciambella (Peak State Ventures), Seva Zakharov (Peak State Ventures), Eddie Thai (Ascend Vietnam Ventures), Daniel Ibri (Mindset Ventures), Faizan Khan (Unchained Capital, Inc.), Xavier Ponce de León (Ideas & Capital), Kelly Graziadei (F7 Ventures), Luigi Bajetti (LombardStreet Ventures), Chris Moreno (Infinite Niches), James Conigliaro (Array Ventures), Nader Motamedy (Safar Partners), Jeff Morris, Jr. (Chapter One Ventures), Greg Back (FreeSky Capital), Frank Taylor (Virginia Venture Partners), Keisuke Honda (Dreamers VC), Huican Zhu (AMINO Capital), Qiang "Larry" Li (AMINO Capital), Marat Kichikov, Siqi Chen, Kintan Brahmbhatt, Jed Ng
Openmart
SeedAug 2024$3M
$3.5M
Co-investors: Gaurav Jain (Afore Capital), Jared Heyman (Rebel Fund), Rachel Lam (Imagination Capital), Gustaf Alströmer (Y Combinator)
Ceemo
Pre SeedJun 2024$1M
$1M
Limbic
Series AMar 2024$14M
$14M
Co-investors: Andrew Gault (7percent Ventures)
Leap AI
SeedJan 2024$1M
$1M
Co-investors: Furqan Rydhan, Hubert Thieblot
SpecCheck
SeedOct 2023$4M
$4M
Co-investors: Jennifer Wolf
Paxton
SeedSep 2023$6M
$6M
Co-investors: George Damouny (Plug & Play Ventures), Lars Albright (Unusual Ventures), Diane Fraiman (Voyager Capital), Andrew Ng (AI Fund)

Lorenzo Thione's Experience

Member Board Of Directors Kenzen2017 - 2019
Member Board of Directors Algebraix Data Corporation2014 - 2017
Co-Founder, President & Chairman Artify It2012 - 2014
Principal Program Manager, Powerset/Bing Microsoft2008 - 2010
Founder & Product Architect Powerset, Inc.2006 - 2008
CoFounder and Chief Architect PowerSet2005 - 2008
Sr. Research Scientist Commercenet Consortium2006 - 2006
Research Scientist FX Palo Alto Laboratory2003 - 2006
Research Assistant University of Texas2001 - 2002
Managing Director Gaingels2019 - Present
Co-Founder & Chairman of The Board The Social Edge2013 - Present
Co-Founder & Chairman Emeritus StartOut2009 - Present
Managing Partner Sing Out, Louise! Productions2008 - Present

Lorenzo Thione's Education

University of Texas at Austin MSE Computer Engineering
Politecnico di Milano BSE Equivalence Computer Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin Master of Science in Engineering Electrical & Computer Engineering