Stefano Bernardi is a junior venture capitalist, working as an investment analyst at dPixel, the leading italian early stage venture capital fim.

He is the founder and editor of theStartup.eu, a weblog that covers the european startup scene, focused on technology companies, web applications, social media, growth entrepreneurship and venture capital.

Stefano is also a contributor to TechCrunch Europe, covering the italian startup scene.

He sits on the Board of Directors of Startup Commons, is the Italian Ambassador for Startup School and collaborates with Mind The Bridge foundation.

Stefano graduated from his computer and software engineering degree at Roma Tre University (Rome, Italy) in December 2009, during which he founded Hosteeo LLC, a company providing design solutions to startups, hosting services and server management, and Roma3.net, the biggest online student community for any italian university.

He regularly speaks at events around Europe regarding entrepreneurship, startups, networking and venture capital. He was featured in many publications including Wired Italy and Il Mondo. Most recently, he won Startup Weekend Venice with GoWar.