Pietro Bezza

Pietro Bezza is the Managing Partner and co-founder of Connect Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm based in London, UK. He oversees investments across pre-seed to Series A stages, recently raising €110 million for the firm's third fund in March 2024 to manage a portfolio of over 30 companies with over €100 million in assets under management. His recent investment activity includes participating in the 2023 Series C round for the AI startup Synthesia, and he shares industry insights with his 10,000 LinkedIn followers and at events like Web Summit 2024. Before transitioning to venture capital, Bezza co-founded Qustomer, which was later acquired by Pipedrive, and held product management roles at Cisco. After studying computer science at University College London, his current focus remains on backing European founders building scalable B2B software and enterprise technology platforms.