Serial Entrepreneur and Startup Investor, Author, Advisor, and Faculty at the University of California Berkeley, Tommaso has built four tech startups from scratch and has two exits under his belt.
Tommaso is passionate about sharing his lessons learned from nearly two decades of entrepreneurial tech expertise as a frequent global keynote speaker and as an advisor to some of Silicon Valley's most renowned startup accelerators such as Google Launchpad, Draper University, and The Alchemist.
What is Tommaso currently involved with?
Tommaso is faculty at UC Berkeley where he teaches entrepreneurship in Blockchain, and previously Robotics and Autonomous Systems. He also serves the role of guest lecturer at Stanford University.
Based in Silicon Valley, Tommaso is part of the management team of Upland, one of the globally most vibrant metaverses, where he is responsible for Global Strategic Alliances and Partnerships. He is General Partner at Awesm Ventures, an early-stage investment firm. In his role as philanthropist Tommaso is Chair of the ProteinX Foundation, a non-profit organization fostering next-gen proteins and sustainable packaging.
Tommaso speaks 6 languages and keynotes in 4. He is the author of two books. His most recent one. Navigating the Metataverse was published in 2022 by Wiley, and his first one published in 2019, Creative Traction.
He actively shares curated content on his Linkedin profile.
And Tommaso in private?
He is married, father to two boys, and a passionate gourmet foodie.