Niccolò Sapio.

Career

What I have done and where I have done it.

Education

2014 – 2017Milan, Italy

Università Bocconi

BSc, International Economics and Management

2016Dunedin, New Zealand

University of Otago

Study abroad, during the bachelor

2017 – 2019Milan, Italy

Università Bocconi

MSc, Economics and Management of Innovation and Technology

Consulting

Feb – Jul 2019Milan, Italy

KPMG Advisory

Analyst

A functional analyst on strategic advisory engagements. I turned what clients needed into processes, then kept engineering, design and the business aligned on what was actually being built.

Clients

KME Campari

Jan 2020 – Jan 2022Milan, Italy

Deloitte Digital

Strategy Consultant, Customer Strategy

Process design, business operations and go-to-market strategy for large industrial and travel brands, moving between defining the strategy and executing it.

Towards the end I moved onto a venture building project and built the operational flywheel for a telco startup from scratch. It was later acquired by Virgin.

Clients

MSC Cruises Lamborghini Pirelli Virgin

Plug and Play  ·  2022 to now

Jan 2022 – Jan 2023Munich, Germany

Plug and Play

Partner Success Manager

A portfolio of more than ten insurance enterprise clients. My job was to read what each of them actually needed, then find the startups worth putting in front of them.

  • 5+pilot programmes in year one
  • 110%+net revenue retention
  • 10+enterprise accounts owned

Clients

Generali UnipolSai Irish Life Swiss Re

Jan 2023 – May 2024Munich, Germany

Plug and Play

Ventures Associate, Insurtech

Where the ventures career starts. I moved onto the investment team and took the insurtech vertical: investments, thesis creation and investor relations.

May 2024 – Jan 2026Africa

Plug and Play

Senior Ventures Associate, Africa

I moved to Egypt to lead the ventures expansion across Africa, and built the investment motion for the continent from scratch.

  • 100%+year over year growth
  • 2xteam size
  • 10+investments a year

Clients

Technopark ITIDA National Bank of Egypt Equatorial Coca-Cola Bottling Company Visa GIZ Vodafone

Jan 2026 – presentSan Francisco, USA

Plug and Play

Principal

The most recent move. I run the same work from San Francisco now.

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