Francesco is a computer scientist, the co-founder of the 15,000 member strong Silicon Roundabout tech meetup community, and has been featured as a writer on the likes of Sifted and Forbes, and as a speaker on conferences and universities such as London Tech Week, The London Institute of Banking and Finance, ASP (Politecnico di Milano), and the European GNSS Agency amongst others.

Francesco is also General Partner of Silicon Roundabout Ventures, a SuperAngel VC fund investing in deeptech companies across Europe. The fund backers include angels, exited founders and listed VC fund Molten Ventures.