Founder & CEO at Coreo (AI-Powered Sales Infrastructure) - Milan

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Founders Factory builds and funds startups together with exceptional entrepreneurs and the world's leading companies.

Headquartered in London, with partnerships and presence across Milan, Berlin, NY and Singapore; Founders Factory backs visionary founders with capital, dedicated support from a team of expert operators, and unrivalled access to a coalition of industry leading corporate partners.

Since 2015, our 400+ portfolio companies have raised over $4bn follow-on funding from leading technology investors in five continents.
Our Studio partners with entrepreneurs at day one, developing new ideas, technologies and business models into high growth companies.
About the Venture
Alongside our corporate partner Fastweb, we've signed off COREO solving a critical, unsolved problem. Enterprises can find SMEs but they struggle to book meetings with the real decision-maker and convert intent into revenue.

This is a chance to build a category-defining B2B platform at the intersection of AI, sales infrastructure, and compliance with real customers, pilots, and revenue pathways already in motion.

Read about the concept in full here.
COREO combines AI agents + human sales orchestration to:
Detect real-world and digital SME signals
Identify true decision-makers
Trigger compliant, timely, multi-channel outreach
Route meetings to the best human agent (field, agency, call centre)
Govern the flow from quote → contract → activation

About the Role
As founder and CEO, you'll own vision, traction, and execution. You'll be the voice of the customer, the driver of product-market fit, and the architect of our go-to-market strategy.

You'll lead conversations with early enterprise clients, sales agencies, and advisors while shaping the broader strategy and culture of the company.

Our offer
Co-found a company with Founders Factory's team of IPO-exited founders and entrepreneurs to develop a new venture

A dedicated expert squad through our 6 month Venture Studio and 6 month accelerator programme. We are your champions

Seed-stage capital plus hands-on operator support from our experienced venture-building team

A dedicated budget (including the founder stipend, specialist resource and infrastructure budget)
A validated concept and intellectual property with you in the driving seat from day 1

As Founder / CEO for COREO, you will:
Venture Leadership & Strategy
Own the end-to-end vision, strategy, and execution of COREO from spin-out to scale
Translate the current solution hypothesis into a commercially robust, scalable businessDefine ICPs, pricing, GTM strategy, and expansion roadmap (Italy → wider Europe)

Product & Market Execution
Lead product development alongside Founders Factory venture builders, designers, and engineers
Prioritise features that drive meetings booked, conversion, and revenue, not vanity metrics
Ensure the platform is enterprise-grade: compliant, auditable, and partner-ready

Commercial & GTM
Work directly with enterprise customers, agencies, and channel partners
Run pilots (starting with Fastweb + Vodafone), convert them into long-term contracts
Shape COREO's evolution from SaaS → outcome-aligned, AI-powered sales services

Team & Company Building
Build and lead the founding team post-spin-out

Set the culture:
fast, commercial, accountable, and deeply customer-led
Fundraise with Founders Factory support when the business is ready


You're likely someone who:
Has founded, scaled, or held a senior leadership role in a B2B SaaS, sales tech, marketplace, or services-enabled software business
Is deeply commercial comfortable owning revenue, pipelines, and enterprise relationships
Understands complex sales motions (multi-stakeholder, partner-led, regulated environments)
Is excited by AI as an orchestration layer, not just automation
Thrives in ambiguity and enjoys turning messy problems into executable systems
Is hands-on: you build, sell, test, iterate — not just present decks


Bonus points if you have:
Experience in telco, energy, financial services, payments, or SME-focused products
Familiarity with European / Italian SME markets or regulated outreach environments
Built or operated alongside agencies, call centres, or distributed sales networks