Delta Frontiersex-Kobe Partners
M&A Origination · New Ventures · Capital

The Differential
is the Edge

Precision advisory at the intersection of complex capital and uncharted technical frontiers. We bring capital architecture, structured thinking, and direct senior engagement to situations that don't fit existing formats. Deep tech, M&A, and institutional finance.

Senior-only engagement. Limited mandates by design. No delegation.

Milano · London · Buenos Aires
What the firm does

Three recurring areas: originating the opportunity, structuring the framework around it, and aligning capital and counterparties.

Deep Tech & Capital

Origination & raise advisory

We build the investment logic, investor narrative, and VDR architecture that allows complex projects to speak the language of institutional capital.

Fund & Institutional

Investor Relations Management (IRM)

Pipeline creation, deal-flow structuring, and ongoing investor relations management for family offices and institutional investors. Operational, not discretionary.

M&A

Cross-border transactions

Buy-side and sell-side advisory at the intersection of technical, regulatory, and capital variables. Experience built inside one of Italy's largest private holdings.

Selected by

Institutions, programmes
& contexts.

The clearest account of the work is the set of environments in which it has already taken place.

European Defence Tech

PwC Scale · Defence & Resilience

Selected in a European defence and resilience technology programme. Top 20 from more than 400 applicants across Europe.

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New Space Economy

Deloitte NextOrbit

Operating context in new space, deep technology, and institutional market access. Programme in collaboration with Politecnico di Bari.

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Institutional Shareholder

CDP Venture Capital · FAROS

Institutional presence within the Italian sovereign-backed deep-tech and defence fund. FAROS acceleration network.

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EU Innovation System

Seeds of Bravery · EU/EIC

Mentor in a 20M Horizon Europe programme under the European Innovation Council. Supporting Ukrainian deep-tech founders entering EU markets.

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Capabilities

What the firm does.

Structured capital work across origination, transactions, and fund architecture.

We operate in situations that require first-principles thinking rather than templated execution. Complex capital structures. Cross-border counterparties. Deep-tech ventures that don't fit standard VC frameworks.

The work is senior-only by design. No associates, no delegation. Direct engagement with founders, principals, and institutional decision-makers.

Origination & Capital

Venture & deep-tech raises

Investment thesis development, narrative architecture, and investor targeting for pre-seed through Series A. Particularly effective in dual-use, defence, and infrastructure contexts.

M&A & Transactions

Cross-border deal execution

Buy-side and sell-side advisory. Counterparty identification, process design, and transaction support. Built on experience inside a major European industrial holding.

Recognition

Further recognition.

A non-exhaustive set of institutional programmes, contexts, and public engagements.

UK Innovation

Innovate UK — High Growth Programme

UK innovation agency programme supporting scaling technology companies, 2023.

ukri.org
Defence · Speaker

EUDIS Defence Hackathon 2025

Speaker at the European Defence Innovation Support Office flagship hackathon. Kaunas, Lithuania.

eudis.eu
Industry Recognition

Fondazione USA-Italia

Best Innovative Company — recognised for innovation at the intersection of technology and capital markets.

Conference · Track Host

Digital Innovation Days Italy

Track host across five consecutive editions 2020-2024. Moderated sessions on Venture Finance & M&A, R&D & Open Innovation, AI & Automation. Senior executives from Oracle, Microsoft, Google, TIM, Accenture, and others.

digitalinnovationdays.com
Advisory · Academic

Politecnico di Milano — POLI.design

Business Advisor and Ambassador since 2017. International speaker including Buenos Aires event series.

Media · Press

Viceversa — Featured Partner Profile

Published partner profile as Managing Director of Kobe Partners. Revenue-based financing, OKR advisory, and LatAm expansion. 2022.

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Selected transactions & projects

Work context.

Forged inside one of Italy's largest private industrial groups — managing M&A in Aerospace, Defence, and Critical Infrastructure. Now operating as a trusted advisor to founders, family offices, and institutional counterparts navigating situations that standard, volume-driven advisory cannot handle.

Aerospace · Industrial M&A · Space

Angel Group / SITAEL / MERMEC / Blackshape

Experience built within one of Italy's largest private industrial groups. M&A analysis across space, satellite, railway infrastructure, and advanced manufacturing. Active during the Virgin Galactic × SITAEL framework agreements.

SITAEL × VirginMERMEC
Venture Finance · Advisory Platform

Kobe Partners (now Delta Frontiers)

Managing director role in a venture advisory boutique spanning Italy and Buenos Aires. 40+ portfolio companies. Capital raising, investor readiness, debt products, and founder-side strategic support. Portfolio companies raised in excess of 85M.

Deep Tech · Critical Infrastructure · Active

HyperAxes Ltd

Co-founding and capital strategy around AI-native subsea infrastructure intelligence. Backed by CDP Venture Capital. Selected by PwC, Deloitte, EUDIS, NATO DIANA. Patent-filed technology. Pre-seed stage.

hyperaxes.com
Ultra-High-Speed Transport

TransPod

Canadian hyperloop venture designing vehicles to travel at 1,000+ km/h in vacuum tubes. Backed by Angel Group ($15M USD seed). Advisory in the Angel Group ecosystem during European expansion phase.

transpod.com
Relevant contexts

Where the work
makes most sense.

The same operating logic applies across sectors when the problem is fundamentally one of structure, counterparties, and timing.

Technology

Deep tech, space, cyber, subsea intelligence

  • Early-stage technical ventures and pre-seed formation
  • Institutional and sovereign-backed environments
  • Capital narratives for non-standard products
  • Dual-use and defence-adjacent contexts
Transactions

M&A, strategic partnerships, cross-border execution

  • Industrial, aerospace, and infrastructure environments
  • Buy-side and sell-side analytical contexts
  • Counterparty and process alignment
  • Cross-border structuring IT · UK · AR
Capital

Funds, debt instruments, access architecture

  • Family offices and fund-of-funds structures
  • Investor relations management (operational)
  • Capital access and deal-flow architecture
  • Venture raises and debt instruments
Get in touch

Direct contact.

Write directly if the situation is non-standard. When a raise that doesn't fit a template, a transaction without an obvious counterparty, a fund that needs architecture before investors. We work with a small number of mandates at any time, by design.

Operating presenceMilano · London · Buenos Aires