/ Who we are

Our Team

Giovanni Isoldi

(Co-founder & CEO)
  • 12+ years experience as a pharmaceutical chemist
  • Specializes in phytochemistry, medicinal plants, and pharmaceutical management
  • Extensive experience on extraction and purification of phytocomplex

Gerardo Di Francesco

(Co-founder & CFO)
  • 15+ years experience in business strategy, M&A, Insurtech and IT, and renewable energy insurance
  • Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Wide Group

Caroline Valois

(Co-founder)
  • 10+ years researcher in public health 
  • direct experience from the US
    cannabis industry
  • co-owner  of one of largest cannabis grows in Maryland (Washington, DC Area)

Pietro Paolo Crocetta

(CRO)
  • 10+ years in the European pharmaceutical and industrial hemp industry
  • Co-founder of Casa Italia, President and CEO of Crystal Hemp and BioHemp Farming, Chairman of the Board of BioHemp Trade, Co-Founder of Therahemp, Societa Agricola Eletta , IKHEMP and Delizie di Canapa

Mario Virtuani

(Senior Qualified Person)
  • 30+ years in pharmaceutical industry
  • Experienced senior chemist and certified QP
  • Specialties: Plant Manager, R&D Chemistry Development, GMP Production of bulk, Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API), Technology Transfer, Health Safety, Environment, Public Authority Relations

Matteo Chiavistelli

(Quality Assurance Manager)
  • 10+ years experience in pharmaceutical sector including GSK and Philogen

Chiara Libbra

(Quality Control Lab Manager)
  • 10+ years experience in quality control regulations

Paolo Etiope

(Sales)
  • 5+ years experience pharmacist and R&D specializing in galenic cannabis and plant medicine.

Our Team

Giovanni Isoldi

(Co-founder & CEO)
  • 12+ years experience as a pharmaceutical chemist
  • Specializes in phytochemistry, medicinal plants, and pharmaceutical management
  • Extensive experience on extraction and purification of phytocomplex

Gerardo Di Francesco

(Co-founder & CFO)
  • 15+ years experience in business strategy, M&A, Insurtech and IT, and renewable energy insurance
  • Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Wide Group

Caroline Valois

(Co-founder)
  • 10+ years researcher in public health 
  • direct experience from the US
    cannabis industry
  • co-owner  of one of largest cannabis grows in Maryland (Washington, DC Area)

Pietro Paolo Crocetta

(CRO)
  • 10+ years in the European pharmaceutical and industrial hemp industry
  • Co-founder of Casa Italia, President and CEO of Crystal Hemp and BioHemp Farming, Chairman of the Board of BioHemp Trade, Co-Founder of Therahemp, Societa Agricola Eletta , IKHEMP and Delizie di Canapa

Mario Virtuani

(Senior Qualified Person)
  • 30+ years in pharmaceutical industry
  • Experienced senior chemist and certified QP
  • Specialties: Plant Manager, R&D Chemistry Development, GMP Production of bulk, Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API), Technology Transfer, Health Safety, Environment, Public Authority Relations

Matteo Chiavistelli

(Quality Assurance Manager)
  • 10+ years experience in pharmaceutical sector including GSK and Philogen

Chiara Libbra

(Quality Control Lab Manager)
  • 10+ years experience in quality control regulations

Paolo Etiope

(Sales)
  • 5+ years experience pharmacist and R&D specializing in galenic cannabis and plant medicine.

       Merida Capital Partners

  • US based private equity firm specializing in the cannabis industry
  • $370 mm across 4 funds and co-investments focuses on cultivation technologies, products, and services associated with the evolution of cannabis as an agricultural use, pharmaceutical formulations, and recreational consumer product

        Kairos Partners

  • A part of the Julius Baer Group
  • Approximately 5.6 billion euros in assets under management as of December 2021 with offices in Milan, Rome, Turin and London