# Cato

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/cato

- Industry: Software
- Headquarters: Milan, Italy
- Website: www.get-cato.com
- Total disclosed funding: $7M
- Latest round: Seed (Sep 7, 2026)
- Investors on record: 8

## About

Based in Lombardy, Italy, and co-founded in 2025, AZMB Srl doing business as Cato AI, an artificial intelligence platform for public tender management. The company was co-founded by Andrea Zorzetto (CEO) and Matteo Bossolini. In September 2026, the company raised EUR 6 million in seed funding led by Keen Venture Partners, with participation from Italian Founders Fund, Vento, Heartfelt, B Heroes, Alecla7, Nova Ventures, and Moonstone. The company works with sales teams, procurement teams, and organizations that participate in public tenders. Its platform monitors tender portals, identifies relevant bidding opportunities, extracts eligibility and evaluation criteria, analyzes tender requirements, drafts bid documentation, and pre-fills administrative and technical proposal sections. The platform supports public procurement workflows through artificial intelligence-driven automation. The company generates revenue through subscriptions and usage of its artificial intelligence platform for tender discovery, tender analysis, bid preparation, and procurement workflow automation.

## Funding rounds

- Seed, Sep 7, 2026, $7M — Keen Venture Partners, Vento, Alecla7, B Heroes, Heartfelt Capital Management, Italian Founders Fund, Moonstone, Nova Ventures

## Investors

- Keen Venture Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/keen-venture-partners) — Seed
- Vento (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/vento) — Seed
- Alecla7 (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/alecla7) — Seed
- B Heroes (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/b-heroes) — Seed
- Heartfelt Capital Management (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/heartfelt-capital-management) — Seed
- Italian Founders Fund (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/italian-founders-fund) — Seed
- Moonstone (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/moonstone) — Seed
- Nova Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/nova-ventures) — Seed