At Bleeding.Technology we track over 100,000 web 3.0, NFT, DeFi & crypto startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Italy based CEO’ operating in the Blockchain space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Claudio Parrinello
CEO of PlanetWatch
Serial entrepreneur. Former research physicist, international consultant and manager @CERN, Geneva. Currently leading a blockchain company which decentralizes and incentivizes environmental monitoring.
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About PlanetWatch, Terabee: Decentralizing and incentivizing environmental monitoring

Riccardo Donadon
Founder & Chairman, CEO of H-FARM
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About H-FARM: H-FARM is an innovative platform set up in 2005 to help entrepreneurs launch new initiatives and support the digitalisation of Corporates

Maurizio Rossi
Founder & CoCEO of H-FARM
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About H-FARM: H-FARM is an innovative platform set up in 2005 to help entrepreneurs launch new initiatives and support the digitalisation of Corporates
Stiven Muccioli
CEO of BKN301
Tech Entrepreneur and investor. The Financial Technology Report awarded him as one of the Top 25 CTOs of the world in the FinTech industry and he was selected as one of the Top 150 FinTech Leaders and Influencers in Italy. Founder and CEO of the Banking-as-a-Service startup BKN301 and founder of the VC firm SM Capital. Founder of Ventis, Fintech company sold to Iccrea Banca Group and co-founder of the multi-awarded SportTech startup Golee and the sustainable fashion startup KNIIT Milano. He founded Libertas, the first widely used news App in the Republic of San Marino and founded and later sold the e-commerce company Tippest. Early investor in SpaceX and Palantir (NYSE: PLTR) and Angel Investor of the Founder Institute of San Francisco, the world’s largest pre-seed startup accelerator, based in Silicon Valley, through which he invested in startups like Realty Mogul, Andalin and MallIQ.
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About BKN301: BKN301 is a Service platform based on international payment schemes and blockchain technology.

Fabio Pezzotti
Founder, CEO of ICONIUM
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About ChupaMobile, ICONIUM, Mauj Mobile, Wanderio: ICONIUM is backing the best Blockchain-based token sales and invest in digital assets Worldwide.
Andrea Ferrero
Co-Founder and CEO of Young Platform
Andrea Ferrero is the co-founder and CEO of Young Platform.
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About Young Platform: Young Platform is a brand-new cryptocurrency exchange designed for the next generation of investors. It is safe, quick and easy to use.
Mattia Pintus
CEO & Founder of NovaMining
Mattia has a background of self-teaching developer, turned into entrepreneur as Founder of NovaMining in 2017 driven by the passion and interest gained since he discovered Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain technology back into 2014. Since then, he worked hard to improve his knowledge, skills and connections in this emerging industry, continually trying to put himself on the line to reach ever-increasing goals in order to expand his career in this industry. His current position as CEO of NovaMining makes him responsible for the company vision, working on project concept, designing and development leading the Core Team for the execution of our Roadmap.
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About NovaMining: Blockchain start-up building solutions to improve criteria of transparency, quality, usability and compliance in crypto mining and exchange.

Alessandro Ranaldi
CEO of Stonize
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About Stonize: Stonize is a digital platform that combines eIDAS digital identities and permissionless blockchain technologies.

Stefano Bargagni
Founder & CEO of Cynny
Founder & CEO of Cynny.
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About Cynny: Cynny develops MorphCast, a new adaptive video format that delivers face recognition in a smartphone without the need for an app or plugin.
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