Always owes its beginning to the passion of a group of managers and entrepreneurs with a significant international experience in business start ups and strategic developments.

We support the founders’ team on a day by day basis, delegating to them the leadership while cooperating in defining and executing strategic and operative road map to the market.

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Carlo CAIAFFA

aged 45, has been operating in technology markets in international contexts for over 20 years. After having contributed to the establishment -on behalf of Valeo, a major global Automotive Tier1 supplier- of the UK electronics engineering operations, CC has moved to various Marketing & Sales positions accountable for USA, Brazilian and UK Automotive Electronics OEM markets. Between 1997 and 2002 he has managed, on behalf of few multinational companies, over 50m€ yearly sales of Electronics Components in the Consumer Electronics and Automotive global markets (Nafta, Japan, China, Korea, Europe), serving its major CE an OEM brands. In 2002 he has founded a CE Company (MediaEnabling) active in the design and manufacturing of branded PMDs (Personal Media Devices), leveraging an investment of 3m€ backed by SarasLab Venture Capital. Since 2004, he has contributed as managing partner -since its early-seed stage incubated by Saras group- to the successful creation of Akhela, a top-100 Italian Consulting & Engineering ICT group specialized in Finance, Automotive and Energy Markets. CC operates today in the ICT System Integration domain as Partner of Finsa. 

Alessandro ROVERA
aged 47, electrical master engineer, AR has developed, in the 90s, an international business management career in the Automotive Market in cross-european contexts, as part of the management team of Comau S.p.A. (Fiat Group), Since 2002 AR has acted as Business & Strategic Development Advisor joining Strampel&Partners in Milan, focusing his professional activities on Corporate Finance and M&A operations in the ICT, Energy, Avionics and Automotive segments. Additionally, AR has followed -as CFO and Member of the Board of Directors- several high-tech innovative start-up operating in the above mentioned market segments, directly managing their Fund Raising, Business Planning, Strategic Development and R&D Public Funding programs. Recently (2009/2011) he has covered various R&D and Special Project Senior Advisory roles for Akhela (Saras Group) cooperating in establishing the company presence within the “Piedmont ICT innovation pole” and its Public Funded R&D Programs. AR operates, since 2010, as Investment Advisor to the leading Turin-based VC fund (Piemontech), where he handles the ICT, Energy and Mechanics investment verticals.

Paolo PARI
aged 47 and Electronics Engineering Master in 1990, PP has started his professional carer within Sorin Group, developing life-critical biomedical implantable devices, moving afterwards to various management positions in both private and public hospitals in charge of their Clinical & Technology Engineering.
In 1998 PP acts as CEO and executive on behalf of few large companies operating in high-complexity contexts in the Energy and Biomedical industries. In 2004 PP founds and leads one of the leading existing Italian companies operating in Clinical Engineering, with specific focus at the integration of its proprietary diagnostic and therapeutic devices into hospitals. Since 2007 PP operates, backed by the Innovation Incubator of Politecnico di Torino, as serial-entrepreneur, having co-founded few start-up in the Avionics, Green Economy and ICT segments.

Maurizio GILI
aged 42. Professional accountant in Turin. After a brief stage in an important firm in Turin, worked in the law firm associated with Ernst & Young as tax consultant where he acquired a significant experience in M & A. Actually, he is auditor in a few important companies and member of the business committee for a small private equity. He owns his professional office since 2005.