Marco D'Angelo — CEO *beeco | AgriFoodTech

With *beeco I built Italy's largest AgriFoodTech ecosystem.

Venture building, incubation, acceleration — from research to the field.

CEO @ *beeco Venture Partner @ ToSeed Promoter @ X Combinator Comm Lead @ Farming Future Ambassador @ InnovUp Module Leader @ ESCP Facilitator @ Startup Weekend Board @ LADi

Where I operate

Eight roles, one mission: moving scientific research from lab to field through startups that work.

*beeco

CEO

Venture builder, incubator, accelerator. Italy's largest AgriFoodTech ecosystem. Supporting startups from research to field with hubs in Maremma, Puglia, Emilia and Albania.

ToSeed & Partners

Venture Partner

Hands-on support for early-stage agrifood projects: scouting, due diligence, venture building and academic connections.

Farming Future

Communications Lead

Italy's National Technology Transfer Hub for AgriFood Tech, backed by CDP Venture Capital. Turning Italian scientific research into agritech startups.

InnovUp

Thematic Ambassador Agritech

Connecting startups, corporates, investors and policy-makers to grow Italy's agricultural innovation ecosystem.

Techstars Startup Weekend

Facilitator

10+ editions across organizing, mentoring, facilitating and judging. Rome, Siena, Parma, Grosseto, Milan.

LADi

Board Member

Italy's first association for entrepreneurs and professionals with disabilities. Training, networking, advocacy.

X Combinator

Promoter

Among the promoters of Italy's first vertical agritech incubator, launched in April 2026.

ESCP Business School

Module Leader

Tech-Driven Innovation in F&B — MSc DEAMIE, Turin. 15 hours, 5 sessions. Real business cases from my ecosystem.

From the field to the classroom

I don't teach theory. I bring to the classroom what happens in the field — real cases from the startups I work with every day.

University course

Tech-Driven Innovation in F&B

ESCP Business School — MSc DEAMIE, Torino

15 hours, 5 intensive sessions. From evidence-based innovation to technology scouting, from PoC design to sustainability. Real business cases from my ecosystem.

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Guest lectures

University lectures

Various Italian universities

Lectures on agrifoodtech innovation, technology transfer and entrepreneurship. Each talk starts from real ecosystem cases.

ITS

ITS Teaching

ITS and other sectors

Modules on sustainable agriculture, business communication, market analysis, soilless farming and agrifood product development.

High schools

Student workshops

High school institutes

Innovation and entrepreneurship labs for high school students. Hands-on approach, no slides.

The field's perspective

I bring the field's perspective where there are usually only slides.

When I step on a stage or sit at a table, I'm not there to agree. Disagreement without data is noise. Disagreement with data is contribution.

COP28 · COP29 · COP30 — Reports & Speaking

Speaker COP28 Dubai · Co-author COP28-29-30 reports

Report COP28 · COP29 · COP30 · Video ▶

New York Climate Week 2025

Speaker

Video ▶

AI Festival 2026

Speaker

TEDxTaranto

CMO & Organizer

A4OI — Agritech for Open Innovation

Creator and organizer · Siena, Bari, Bologna, Milan, Padua, Naples

Italian Tech Week

Side Event

WMF

Agritech Ambassador and track curator

Topics

Technology transfer: from lab to market — what works, what doesn't

Open innovation in agrifood: how to avoid innovation theatre

AgriFoodTech & sustainability: metrics, supply chains, adoption

Startups & research: TRL, pilots, readiness, go-to-market

Ecosystems: how to build partnerships that last

Formats

Keynote15–25'

Fireside chat30–40'

Moderated panel45–60'

Workshop / working table90–180'

With *beeco I built Italy's largest AgriFoodTech ecosystem.

Where I operate

*beeco

ToSeed & Partners

Farming Future

InnovUp

Techstars Startup Weekend

LADi

X Combinator

ESCP Business School

Three rules, no exceptions

Evidence First

Lean Pilots

Operator Alignment

Published on Startup Business

Vertical farming, autopsy of a bubble: what it teaches startup founders

Agritech and dual use: defending a wheat field like a border

Startup World at Fruit Logistica: 18 startups tell the story

Four Italian startups at Fruit Logistica: few, concrete, alone

Fruit Logistica 2026: who stays when everyone leaves

Fruit Logistica 2026: products don't lie

Fruit Logistica 2026: agriculture is the world's infrastructure

Agentic AI and food supply chain: starting is what matters

Glutensens: rapid gluten identification

Alt-protein 2.0: startup opportunities

From the field to the classroom