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Giacomo Pratesi

@giacomopratesi

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CTO and AI-driven digital health founder scaling clinical products and go-to-market.

Italy

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What I'm looking for

I seek a leadership role building regulated AI-driven healthcare products with cross-functional teams, impact-focused culture, and opportunities for clinical validation and market scale.

I am a physicist-turned-entrepreneur with 3+ years applying AI to digital health, medical devices, and startup growth, serving as Co-Founder & CTO of Paperbox Health. I lead product development, regulatory strategy (MDR/CE/GDPR), and go-to-market execution while raising venture and grant financing.

I designed and delivered DINO, an AI-powered early childhood neurodevelopment platform (TRL 0→7 in under three years), reached thousands of early users, and established partnerships with universities, healthcare providers, and patient associations. I have represented the company at 25+ international conferences and contributed to academic publications and a patent in fetal brain volumetry.

I combine technical fluency in AI and software engineering with agile product leadership, market access experience, and teaching/advisory roles to translate clinical needs into regulated, scalable health products.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Co-Founder & CTO

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Paperbox Health S.r.l

Jan 2018 - Present (7 years 9 months)

Co-founded and scaled a digital health startup across Italy and the UK, securing >€500K in venture, grants, and EU funding and advancing an AI-powered neurodevelopment platform (DINO) from TRL 0 to 7 in under 3 years with 1K+ pilot adopters.

& AI Python Azure Product Development Partnerships Fundraising Agile Design Thinking

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Vento – Venture Builder

Jan 2021 - Dec 2022 (1 year 11 months)

Selected among top 30 of 500+ applicants to a venture acceleration program; co-created the Paperbox concept and secured a €32.5K equity-free grant while applying design thinking and agile methodologies.

Design Thinking Agile Product Strategy Fundraising Prototyping Stakeholder Management

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Warwick University

Visiting Professor Fellowship, Health / Digital Health

2024 - 2025

Activities and societies: Industrial co-supervision of PhD/MSc theses; seminars and university lectures.

Visiting Professor Fellowship at Warwick University focused on health, product innovation, regulatory compliance, and market strategy during 2024–2025.