--- title: Kruncher wins Best Team Award by The Ventures description: "The Kruncher team is proud to announce that we were selected as the Best Team Award in The Ventures' Global Startup Award: San Francisco!" image: https://blog.kruncher.ai/hubfs/The%20Ventures%20Best%20Team%20Thumbnail%20Blog.jpg --- [Skip to main content](https://blog.kruncher.ai/kruncher-wins-best-team-award-by-the-ventures#main) [![KRUNCHER BLOG LOGO](https://blog.kruncher.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/KRUNCHER%20BLOG%20LOGO.png?width=236&height=80&name=KRUNCHER%20BLOG%20LOGO.png) ![KRUNCHER BLOG LOGO](https://blog.kruncher.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/KRUNCHER%20BLOG%20LOGO.png?width=236&height=80&name=KRUNCHER%20BLOG%20LOGO.png) ![KRUNCHER BLOG LOGO](https://blog.kruncher.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/KRUNCHER%20BLOG%20LOGO.png?width=354&height=120&name=KRUNCHER%20BLOG%20LOGO.png) ![KRUNCHER BLOG LOGO](https://blog.kruncher.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/KRUNCHER%20BLOG%20LOGO.png?width=354&height=120&name=KRUNCHER%20BLOG%20LOGO.png)](https://blog.kruncher.ai/guides) - [Show submenu for Guides Guides](https://blog.kruncher.ai/guides) - [Getting Started](https://blog.kruncher.ai/master/getting-started-with-kruncher) - [Configuring Kruncher](https://blog.kruncher.ai/master/configuring-kruncher) - [Deal Screening](https://blog.kruncher.ai/master/kruncher-for-deal-screening) - [Due Diligence](https://blog.kruncher.ai/master/kruncher-for-due-diligence) - [Portfolio Management](https://blog.kruncher.ai/master/kruncher-for-portfolio-management) - [Alpha Generation](https://blog.kruncher.ai/master/kruncher-for-generating-alpha) - [IC Deck and Memos](https://blog.kruncher.ai/master/kruncher-for-ic-decks-and-memos) - [Advanced Features](https://blog.kruncher.ai/master/advanced-features-and-automations) - [Video Guides](https://kruncher.ai/videos/) - [Blogs & Essays](https://blog.kruncher.ai) Open main navigation Close main navigation - Show submenu for Guides Guides - Guides - [Guides](https://blog.kruncher.ai/guides) - [Getting Started](https://blog.kruncher.ai/master/getting-started-with-kruncher) - [Configuring Kruncher](https://blog.kruncher.ai/master/configuring-kruncher) - [Deal Screening](https://blog.kruncher.ai/master/kruncher-for-deal-screening) - [Due Diligence](https://blog.kruncher.ai/master/kruncher-for-due-diligence) - [Portfolio Management](https://blog.kruncher.ai/master/kruncher-for-portfolio-management) - [Alpha Generation](https://blog.kruncher.ai/master/kruncher-for-generating-alpha) - [IC Deck and Memos](https://blog.kruncher.ai/master/kruncher-for-ic-decks-and-memos) - [Advanced Features](https://blog.kruncher.ai/master/advanced-features-and-automations) - [Video Guides](https://kruncher.ai/videos/) - [Blogs & Essays](https://blog.kruncher.ai) - [Back to Home](https://kruncher.ai/) [Back to Home](https://kruncher.ai/) # Kruncher wins Best Team Award by The Ventures ![Kruncher](https://blog.kruncher.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/Kruncher%20Avatar.png?width=120&height=120&name=Kruncher%20Avatar.png) [Kruncher](https://blog.kruncher.ai/author/kruncher) October 11, 2025 The Kruncher team is proud to announce that we were selected as the Best Team Award in The Ventures' Global Startup Award: San Francisco! We were selected for this award for our powerful team and leadership, consisting of veterans and brilliant minds in the AI, technology, banking, and investment categories: Francesco De Liva: Founder & CEO, 20+ YoE in AI and finance. Ex-Microsoft, ex-Accenture. Stanford Business School. Serial Entrepreneur. Eugene Kim: CTO, 15 YoE of AI solutions for finance. Ex-VP of GIC (Singapore's sovereign wealth fund), ex-Accenture.  Laura Lugaresi: CDO, 10+ YoE of product design and user experience. Ex-Grab (Southeast Asia's $25B super-app) Andrea Gagliardi La Gala: Director of Customer Success, 20+ YoE in Software and Technical Architecture. Ex-Microsoft, ex-AWS, ex-IBM.  Simone Rizzetto: Senior AI Researcher, 15 YoE in data science, AI research, and Big Data. Serial Entrepreneur. 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