Franco Gonella is a Director and Partner at Primo Capital who helped build Italy's early-stage tech ecosystem alongside co-founder Gianluca Dettori, evolving the firm from Primo Ventures into a broader platform that now includes the health-focused private equity fund Primo Health. He operates with a dual role spanning both governance and hands-on investing, serving as Partner at Primo Digital where he focuses on structured, early-stage tech investments in the low-single-digit millions range while maintaining responsibility for the firm's strategic evolution.