About Cafelido
Cafelido Development is a boutique consultancy and project developer based in Berlin, with a love for Lugano. The company works with media, tech and pro-planet businesses. It takes on only a small number of engagements at a time. Areas of special interest include longevity, agetech and sustainability.

The Cafelido Name
A lido is a public beach set up for stylish, Italy-inspired Summer enjoyment with changing facilities, showers and, yes, also a café. You can find a lido on the Mediterranean, but also at a lake. One classic lido, and for our family a nostalgic favourite, is in the Italian part of Switzerland, in Lugano. "The Lido," however, is in Venice.

The name Cafelido was inspired by a long defunct Italian restaurant in the tiny financial district of Munich in the late nineties. Here, an early generation of Germany's venture capitalists met for cosy lunches. This is where everything started, also for us. Munich, by the way, is gaga about Italy. And that is perfectly understandable.

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