Pietro Bezza is a co-founder and Managing Partner of Connect Ventures, the London seed firm, and has been a designated member of Connect Ventures LLP since its incorporation on 24 August 2011. His firm bio describes him as "a founder turned VC, focusing predominantly on B2B software". Before Connect Ventures he was co-founder and CEO of Neo Network, a mobile communication platform started in 2001 and acquired in 2008, and before that spent five years in product and marketing management at Kraft Foods. His firm bio states that he "led the seed round and serves on the board of category defining companies like Typeform, TrueLayer, Oyster, Purple Dot, Aikido and Plain". Companies House records show he resigned as a director of TrueLayer Limited on 4 March 2021, of TrueLayer Group Holdings Limited on 17 September 2021 and of Purple Dot Technologies Limited on 4 April 2024, so those board seats are former rather than current, and his only current UK directorships are Connect Ventures fund and general partner entities plus a residential management company. No education is published by the firm.
Previous Experience
Product and Marketing Management (five years), Kraft Foods
Co-founder and CEO, Neo Network
Co-founder and Managing Partner, Connect Ventures
Notable Investments
TypeformTrueLayerOysterPurple DotAikidoPlainDessn
Career Timeline
2001
Starts Neo Network, a mobile communication platform, as co-founder and CEO; his Connect Ventures bio says it was bootstrapped up to 25m ARR.
2008
Neo Network is acquired, per his Connect Ventures bio.
2011
Appointed a designated member of Connect Ventures LLP on 24 August 2011 and a director of Connect Ventures One (GP) Ltd on 25 August 2011, per Companies House.
2016
Appointed a director of TrueLayer Limited on 1 August 2016 (resigned 4 March 2021), per Companies House.
2019
Appointed a director of Purple Dot Technologies Limited on 26 September 2019 (resigned 4 April 2024), per Companies House.
2020
Appointed a director of Citymapper Limited on 21 September 2020 (resigned 15 March 2023) and of TrueLayer Group Holdings Limited on 4 November 2020 (resigned 17 September 2021), per Companies House.
2025
Appointed a director of Connect Ventures Five (England) Limited on 25 September 2025 and Connect Ventures Five (Scotland) Limited on 30 September 2025, per Companies House.