An Agentic AI startup · Hong Kong

AI agents, built
between Hong Kong
and Italy.

Gaja Ventures is an Agentic AI startup based in Hong Kong, AI-native in its own organization. We build products that automate workflows and reshape how businesses, consumers, and producers interact — starting in the Italian and Asian markets.

ElevenLabs Grants Gaja Ventures is an ElevenLabs Startup Grants recipient.
Operating map HK ⇄ IT
Base Hong Kong
Market Italy & Hong Kong
Active ventures SegretarIA · Nexo · GAS 2.0
Our mission

We believe the next decade of software won't just use AI — it will be built around AI agents that take action, automate work, and reshape how people and businesses interact. Gaja Ventures is our home for those products: an Agentic AI startup, AI-native in its own organization, building agents and automation for the people, businesses, and communities of Italy and Asia.

Where we operate

A bridge between two markets we know well.

Our founders bring native fluency in both regions. We design products with that dual perspective at the core, rather than as an afterthought.

HK

Hong Kong & Greater China

Incorporated and operating from Hong Kong, we tap into the city's role as a launchpad for Greater China and Asia — a fast-moving environment for AI agent deployment, regional partnerships, and cross-border opportunities across services, commerce, and trade.

IT

Italy & Europe

With deep roots in Italy, we focus on building agentic AI products genuinely tailored to Italian language, culture, and economic structure — from voice agents for everyday users to platforms automating workflows for Italy's cooperative and small-business ecosystem.

What we are building

Three ventures in active development.

We are currently building three AI-native products, each automating workflows or reshaping interactions in our home markets.

01
Coming Q3 2026
ElevenLabs Startup Grants recipient

SegretarIA — an AI receptionist for Italian clinics.

A native Italian voice agent that answers inbound calls 24/7 for dental and aesthetic clinics — booking appointments directly into the clinic's calendar, confirming via WhatsApp, and handling routine patient questions with the cultural and linguistic fluency global assistants lack. SegretarIA is supported by ElevenLabs Startup Grants as we test professional-grade voice infrastructure for the first Milan pilot.

First pilot clinic: Milan dental practice
Voice agent · B2B SaaS · Italy
02
In development

Nexo — an AI hiring coordinator for Italian SMEs.

Nexo helps hospitality operators turn urgent staffing needs into clear roles, screens candidate chats, suggests replies, and surfaces the best people to interview. The first wedge is Milan multi-location food and beverage groups, where Nexo aims to replace scattered WhatsApp referrals, job boards, and manual follow-ups with qualified candidate chats within 24 hours and interview-ready leads within 72.

AI hiring · B2B SaaS · Italy
03
In development

GAS 2.0 — solidarity buying, made simple.

GAS 2.0 turns Italy's grassroots food-buying groups — families pooling orders to buy bio and local from small farmers — into a Glovo-simple mobile experience. No more spreadsheets, cash envelopes, or WhatsApp chaos for the volunteers running them. We don't replace these communities: we plug into them, keeping their identity, producers, and trust intact while removing the volunteer burnout that's stopping them from scaling. On the supply side, we give small producers AI-powered analytics on demand, pricing, and seasonality — turning fragmented community orders into the kind of insight only the largest food retailers have today.

Mobile app · Community commerce · AI analytics · Italy
The team

Founded by two partners across Italy and Hong Kong.

Gaja Ventures was founded in 2025 as an equally-held partnership between its two founders, who together cover the full Italy–Hong Kong corridor.

IT

Co-founder · Italy

Strategy, operations & European markets

Extensive leadership experience in the retail and consumer industry, with CFO and COO roles in businesses with turnover in excess of US $400M per year, and operating expertise spanning both Asia and Italy. At Gaja, leads product, agentic AI strategy, and the Italian-market ventures — driving the product roadmap and partnerships across Italy and Europe.

HK

Co-founder · Hong Kong

Commercial, investor relations & Asia partnerships

Background in venture capital across Hong Kong and Greater China, with experience at funds managing in excess of US $1.5B in AUM and at a prominent Swiss family office. Leads commercial development, regional partnerships, and the company's Asia footprint — and serves as Gaja's primary point of contact for investors and capital partners. Holds the Company Secretary role for the Hong Kong entity.

Contact

Investors, partners, builders — we'd love to hear from you.

We're actively meeting with investors, strategic partners, and collaborators interested in AI for the Italian and Asian markets, and we'd be glad to discuss our projects in the pipeline in more detail. Investor inquiries are warmly welcomed — please reach out by email.

Registered office
Hong Ning House
17 Po Yan Street
Mid-levels, Hong Kong