A journey through the voices of Emotion Network
On November 26, 2025, the Tech.Emotion Club’s Christmas Cocktail offered a dynamic and collective evening, built around a simple yet powerful idea: the other. The other as a story to listen to, as a voice that inspires us, as a relationship that can generate impact.
The Tech.Emotion Club is Emotion Network’s membership program, created to foster authentic connections within an international community of people who believe in the power of inspiration and valuable relationships.
The Christmas Cocktail gathered Club members and friends of Emotion Network: people passionate about business, innovation, finance, culture, and social impact, who have been contributing to our projects and events for five years.
The evening was opened by Karin Fischer, Co-founder and Board Member of Emotion Network, who introduced “THE OTHERS” as the key theme for 2026 and the upcoming Tech.Emotion Summit.
The invitation to those in attendance was to share a part of their own story: “It’s impossible to build relationships except through sharing”. This created a natural connection with Emotion Network and the Club: a place where stories do not end on stage, but continue in conversations, collaborations, and in the projects that are born ‘afterwards‘.
Creativity, audiences and new communication strategies
The first speaker to kick off the evening was Iginio Straffi, founder and CEO of Rainbow, who brought the power of storytelling to the forefront: “As a profession, we tell stories”. He highlighted the value of relationships and the global fan community, which is now a true asset of the company. With the entry of the Tech fund, Rainbow is building a strategy focused on disintermediation and direct dialogue with the audience, combining creativity and organizational rigor.
Speaking through others: the new media
Pierfrancesco Petrosillo, Chief Agency Officer of Corax, shared the company’s vision, a social media company that helps brands “cross the line” and speakthrough others. YouTube, podcasts, and talent thus become strategic narrative spaces. He also announced that new shared editorial projects are already under development with Emotion Network.
An inspiring movement
Angelo Moratti, Anchor Investor and Board Member of Emotion Network, brought the vision of the Tech.Emotion Club to the forefront as a movement, rather than just a project: “It is about inspiring people in a world where people no longer get inspired”. Citing Nelson Mandela, the Dalai Lama, and Warren Buffett, he invited the community to make space for those who can contribute to improving the world. Regarding AI, he expressed a clear vision: “It will give even more importance to emotions and storytelling. This is our time, so please believe it”.
Investing in people
Massimiliano Magrini, Founder and Managing Partner of United Ventures, recalled that the heart of early-stage venture capital is not technology, but people. He spoke about investments that began when only 15% of a project existed, which later became Italian deep tech excellences. His guiding principle? The “airport test”: investing only in those who inspire confidence and true dialogue.
Thinking European
Arriving from Munich for the evening, Christian Teichmann, Managing Director of Burda Principal Investments, offered an international perspective: “We must think much more in a European way” . He recalled the example of Airbus as a model of collaboration capable of retaining talent and competing globally. He underscored the importance of network effects and concluded with a message perfectly aligned with Emotion Network: “Investors do not only finance technologies, but the stories they believe in”.
The invisible heart of markets
Giovanna Melandri, economist and President of Human Foundation, brought the vision of impact investing as a global movement to the stage. She cited the report The Invisible Heart of Markets: “Markets can have an invisible heart”. Measuring impact, she explained, is the key to driving change and building a new model of responsible capitalism.
Impact that becomes life
The testimony from Fondazione Piatti showed the concrete impact on the lives of children and families. “We don’t operate with a mindset of assistance, but of developing all of life’s potential” , explained General Director Franco Radaelli. Anna Piccinocchi, head of the Milan center, spoke of the Foundation as a place of welcome and listening. The most touching moment was the story told by Lucrecia Jachap, mother of an 11-year-old autistic child: “When my son asked me ‘Mom, what are you doing?’ , it was like coming back to life”.
Emotion Network’s vision for 2026
Wrapping up the event, Mattia Mor, Founder and CEO of Emotion Network, conveyed the meaning of the evening and the year’s journey: Emotion Network as an ecosystem that unites technology, innovation, and storytelling to expand human potential. He also presented the upcoming schedule of the Club and the Tech.Emotion Summit 2026, which will take place at the Triennale di Milano on May 27 and 28, 2026.
The evening demonstrated the power of what happens when a voice is given to the other and authentic relationships are built. This is the starting point for Emotion Network going forward: the strength of the community that believes, alongside us, in human potential as the true lever for change.
