About GrantSpider
Company
GrantSpider took its first steps in march 2025, with the mission to unlock the potential of researchers and innovators in academia, NGOs, and tech companies alike, regardless of their organization’s size and resources.
Its Team counts top-notch AI Engineers from NASA, Canon, the Universities of Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Turin, and Trento, as well as experienced grant consultants and sales associates who collectively raised over 50 million euros in the last few years.
This unique combination of technical and domain expertise is the driving force beyond GrantSpider's ability to develop complex end-to-end solutions for grant applications.
Key partners
Founders
Matteo is an AI Engineer and PhD graduate from the University of Turin. He has previously worked for the University of Turin, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, and the Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development, partaking to national and European funded projects.
Aurelio is a business developer and innovation consultant with experience at scaleups like Oceans of Energy and the Catalyze Group. In these roles, he has secured over €30 million in grants and participated in dozens of international R&D consortia.
Both founders have long faced the frustrations of grant applications: complexity, tight deadlines, and fragmented workflows. In early 2025, a shared conversation revealed how widespread these struggles were and how much could be solved with better tools. That moment inspired their vision for GrantSpider.
