Get to know us
Smartbridge is a team of international management consulting specialists in all of the digital technology
sectors, as well as IoT, med tech and clean tech. In the last few years we worked with several successful players in the ad tech and marketing tech segments, where we have gained extensive specialised knowledge.
We add senior strategy,
corporate finance, business development, marketing/product and operational expertise to the existing talent mix, working with
entrepreneurs, managers and investors on domestic and international projects. Since 2010
we work extensively with
private companies in their growth phase (startup, scaleup), supporting them with fundraising, business development,
business transformation and product management as well as market entry strategy/plans and hands-on
change.
Antongiulio La Corte
Anton since 2010 started and leads the active acceleration practice for Smartbridge in London. He has got management
consulting and industry experience in the Telecommunications, Digital Media and Marketing & Advertising space,
gained at Accenture, Bain & Company, GroupM/WPP.
He worked on 20+ projects with startups and scaleups on behalf of Smartbridge in the last decade across the UK, Italy and India.
Currently part of the
Elite Experts
network and a non-executive director / advisor for several companies in the UK. Elite is London Stock Exchange Group's international business support and capital raising programme for ambitious and fast growing companies.
Martin Stockman
Martin has previous experience with Merrill Lynch, Lehman Brothers, Salomon Smith Barney, then Head of Ventures at Compaq Computer
and a 20 year history assisting early stage
digital businesses as an investor, fundraiser, mentor and consultant.
His team at Smartbridge and his own Stockman Ventures associates have collated and curated an extensive and addressable database of angels and angel groups, as well as institutional investors with appetite for digital projects.
He has successfully assisted over 100 early stage businesses through structured fundraising initiatives and pop-up pitching events.
Attilio Cheso
Attilio comes from a family of entrepreneurs in the North East of Italy. He has been a business lawyer for 20+ years and holds a Master in International Commerce.
He leads international business development
for Smartbridge in Italy and India
as an entrepreneur, manager and consultant. He assists small and medium enterprises with international growth, the creation of new companies abroad, the selection and engagement of business partners, organisational change and extraordinary transactions (M&A, JV's).
We are currently experiencing strong demand for international development on the outbound route to the UAE.