Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 2
Number of Founded Organizations 4
  • Primary Job Title Founder, CEO, and Chairman
  • Primary Organization 
    Noventi
  • Investor Type  Investment Partner

Giacomo Marini is Founder and Managing Director of Noventi Ventures, a technology venture capital firm, based in Silicon Valley.

He is also Board Member of PCTEL (NASDAQ:PCTI) and of NextLabs, Inc.

From 2013 to 2017 he was Chairman and CEO of Neato Robotics, Inc. From 2012 to 2020 he was Chairman of Velomat.

Earlier, Marini co-founded Logitech

(Nasdaq: LOGI). He was with the company for over a decade as a Director and member of the management team launching Logitech and driving it to become a world leader in computer peripherals.

Prior to Logitech, Marini was with IBM and Olivetti, where he was involved in the development of early relational database management systems.

Marini was Executive Chairman of Neato Robotics and Board Member until November 2018 and Director or investment lead of Aurora Biofuels, Celltick, Ecrio, Heliovolt, and Minerva Networks. He led Noventi investments in Easy Market (acquired by TUI), M7 (acquired by BEA), Sygate (acquired by Symantec) and Dynamicsoft/Teltier (acquired by Cisco).

Marini served as Executive Trustee of the University of California Davis Foundation and as Board Member of NIAF National Italian American Foundation.

Number of Current Jobs 2
Number of Past Jobs 3
Giacomo Marini has 2 current jobs as Founder, CEO, and Chairman at Noventi and Founder at Logitech G. Additionally, Giacomo Marini has had 3 past jobs including Co-Founder & Chairman at Velomat.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Velomat
Co-Founder & ChairmanMar 15, 2012Feb 19, 2020
Neato Robotics
Chairman and CEOFeb 26, 2013Dec 31, 2017
Logitech
Co-founder, Vice President of Engineering, Chief Operating OfficerMar 1981Mar 1993
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 2
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 14
Giacomo Marini holds 2 board and advisor roles as Board Member at NextLabs and Board Member at PCTEL.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
University of California Davis
UC Davis Foundation Executive TrusteeJul 1, 2014Jun 30, 2020
Neato Robotics
Board MemberDec 18, 2006Nov 30, 2018
Ecrio
Board Member19992015
Minerva Networks
Board Member20032013
National Italian American Foundation (NIAF)
Board Member20102013
Aurora Biofuels
Board Member20072013
TES Automation
Chairman19942012
Luxenti (fka Cosmo Industrie)
ChairmanDec 1, 20072012
Windspire Energy (fka Mariah Power)
ChairmanNov 1, 20092011
Sygate Technologies
Board Observer2003Oct 1, 2005
Giacomo Marini studied at University of Pisa.