Michelangelo Mantero joined Xenon in 2019 and is Co-Managing Director of the Xenon Small Cap Fund. He holds a degree in Monetary Economics from Bocconi University (1993). Prior to joining Xenon he spent 5 years at Ninja Investments, a club deal platform focused on direct equity investments into small innovative B2B service companies, which he co-led alongside Mr. Bruzzichesi. Previously, he worked as an Executive Director at Vestar Capital Partners, a US private equity fund. He began his career as an investment banker at Merrill Lynch, working in New York, London and Milan.