Stefano Pavignano

Stefano Pavignano is CEO of Bakeca.it, one of Italy’s leading online classifieds platforms with around 4 million monthly users. Under his leadership, Bakeca is evolving from a horizontal classifieds into a new ventures incubator, leveraging its traffic and brand equity to launch and scale vertical sites. The first success story is Profetum.com, an astrology and cartomancy marketplace that grew from launch to €250K revenues in just two years and is now preparing for international expansion. Several other verticals — from pets to service professionals — are in the pipeline, with the goal of diversifying revenues and unlocking new growth opportunities.