Antonio Angelo Gatti Balsarri is shareholder and Chief Executive Officer of the lemonblood group. He combines longstanding, international experience in C-Level management with a passion for supporting new innovative companies and start-ups. From the initial founding to the growth phase, Antonio has provided seed investments for many successful businesses. Until November 2015, he held the post of Chief Sales & Marketing Officer at Peppermint Holding GmbH in Berlin. This corporate group, with 700 employees, develops innovative textiles for various stages of the value creation chain. It also runs two venture capital funds. Before Antonio was Head of Business Unit and a member of the management team at Schoeller Textil AG, a globally active textile and technology company. Antonio was born and raised in Switzerland, speaks 7 languages and holds an MBA in International Management from the University of Applied Sciences in St. Gallen, Switzerland.