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About Us

From Consulting to Venture Studio

RETALIUM was founded in 2026 as the evolution of GTaviani Consulting, after more than thirty years of experience by founder Gabriele Taviani in Digital Marketing & E-Commerce and emerging technologies such as Mobile and AI, as well as multiple startup projects in Italy and abroad.

Building on this experience with retailers, e-commerce businesses and international SMEs, RETALIUM adopts a more advanced model: a vertical Startup Studio that creates new ventures dedicated to the Retail & E-Commerce sector, through an integrated approach that combines strategy, technology, product development and AI.

Our Vision

The 2026 market marks the end of the old “startup model” built on fundraising without traction. Companies now demand innovation that is concrete, validated and easy to integrate.

RETALIUM was created to respond to this new reality by building startups around real retail problems, validated quickly and designed to minimise risk.

  • Turning retailer needs into new vertical startups.
  • Rapidly validating new business models, channels and technologies.
  • Enabling fast exits thanks to the retailer’s right of first refusal.
  • Offering founders and investors a more solid, predictable and data-driven path.

Startup Studio

For Retail & E-Commerce

A Startup Studio is an advanced incubator that builds startups from scratch, developing in-house ideas and selecting only external projects aligned with its vision. It works with a structured model grounded in hands-on experience gained over the years in creating, running and validating startups.

RETALIUM applies this approach in a fully vertical way to Retail & E-Commerce: each venture is born from concrete industry insights and relies on proven methods, data and technologies. The goal is to turn retail challenges and opportunities into real startups, validated quickly and ready to scale or plug into the operations of our retail partners.

What It Offers

  • Generation and selection of Retail-focused ideas.
  • In-house creation of teams, MVPs and technology.
  • Fast validation using real data and real customers.
  • A complete infrastructure: Cloud, development and AI.

Goals

  • Cutting time, cost and risk.
  • Quickly validating solutions and new channels.
  • Building scalable, integration-ready startups.
  • Enabling fast exits with the retailer at the centre.

Retail & E-Commerce

Venture Studio

In the RETALIUM model, each startup receives seed funding directly from the retailer, who acts as lead investor and has a right of first refusal on the exit.

This creates a stronger pathway: the startup is born with a natural potential buyer already in place and a clearly identified demand to serve.

Key Advantages

  • Immediate validation on the retailer’s customers, channels and processes.
  • Structured growth based on clear milestones.
  • Reduced risk for founders and investors.
  • Integrated, fast and low-risk exits.

Our Ecosystem

RETALIUM brings together all the capabilities needed to create, launch and scale retail-focused startups.

Internal Business Units

  • Strategy & Retail Expertise (GTaviani Consulting)
    Vision, business models and strategic direction.
  • Cloud & Data Integrations
    Google Cloud architectures, BigQuery, APIs, data-driven flows and Vertex AI.
  • Web & Mobile Development
    Creation of MVPs, apps, platforms and digital tools.
  • Generative AI & Automation
    AI agents, personalisation, automation and operations optimisation.
These units operate as a single engine, ensuring startups are market-ready from day one.

Roadmap 2026 → 2028

  • 2026 — Foundation & Pre-Acceleration
    • Training future CEOs. Collecting and selecting startup ideas.
    • Engaging retailers, e-commerce players and tech partners.
    • “Year 0” programme: early validation and preparatory phase.
  • 2027 — Launch of the First Startups & Seed Rounds
    • Creation of the first vertical startups.
    • MVPs and testing with retail partners.
    • Launch of seed / pre-seed rounds using the Retail-Lead Investor model.
  • 2028 — Launch of the “RETALIUM SPV”
    • Proprietary investment vehicle.
    • Management of co-investments and equity stakes.
    • Scaling ventures and consolidating exits.