Lodo Minelli Sarteri

Founder and scout for frontier innovation and culture, making life more humane.

I work on complex problems where technology, human behavior, and experience must function as a coherent system.

My focus is on building infrastructure and innovation-led projects that translate deep human signals into scalable products, platforms, and real-world impact.

Current Focus: EMOTITECH, the biotech and data company developing real-time hormone sensing from sweat and proprietary correlation software to establish a new layer of continuous human biodata.
ALPITRON, the special projects and innovation studio operating at the intersection of design, culture, and applied technology.

My background spans finance, technology, design, art, and international ecosystems across Europe, GCC, the United States, and Asia. This cross-domain experience informs how I approach innovation: with precision, restraint, and an emphasis on clarity over noise.

Based in the Alps. Operating internationally.

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  • Emotional Styling at Pacha Ibiza with Bob Sinclar

    Emotional Styling at Pacha Ibiza with Bob Sinclar

    In the vibrant summer of 2016, an extraordinary voyage beckoned us to the mesmerizing shores of Ibiza. With the sun-kissed Mediterranean as our backdrop, we embarked on a remarkable expedition to document a transformative odyssey in design and emotional styling for none other than the…

  • How I Ended Up Inside Google’s Most Secretive Wearable Project

    How I Ended Up Inside Google’s Most Secretive Wearable Project

    The most interesting wearable I’ve ever seen didn’t have a screen. It looked like a normal Levi’s jacket. Working with Google ATAP on Project Jacquard taught me that the future of wearables isn’t about adding features. It’s about disappearing into behavior.

  • Longest Residency in GCC: Dubai Loud, Abu Dhabi Deep

    Longest Residency in GCC: Dubai Loud, Abu Dhabi Deep

    We spent our longest stretch in the Gulf. Dubai exploded with streetwear for Sole DXB, while Abu Dhabi quietly built museums meant to last centuries. Between heat, concrete, and culture, the future took shape.

  • March in New York: No Time Wasted

    March in New York: No Time Wasted

    Flew to New York to close a deal and left with more than a signature. Between Emirates business class, sharp meetings, and a quiet visit to the Explorers Club, the city showed its two speeds.

  • Before crypto learned how to speak loudly, $ETH 1£

    Before crypto learned how to speak loudly, $ETH 1£

    Brighton by the sea, long brunches, quiet rooms where Ethereum was explained calmly at one pound an ether. Lewes burned with ritual fire. London moved too fast to listen. It was early. That was the advantage.

  • The Bridges of Serendipity

    The Bridges of Serendipity

    Venice does not knock. It drifts in. An invitation becomes a crossing, a случай meeting becomes a bridge. In a narrow alley, a photograph turns into destiny. Graffiti rises on rusted walls facing the lagoon, and history whispers through spray, water, and chance. In Venice,…

  • From Design to Governance: The Gulf Finds Its Shape

    From Design to Governance: The Gulf Finds Its Shape

    March 2014. Design Art Week revealed a calmer, more intentional Dubai. Between rising skylines, a second encounter with the Rotary Club, and parallel consultancies in Abu Dhabi, the region felt no longer in rehearsal, but in authorship.

  • Tokyo NYE 2014: One Month Before Mt. Gox Collapsed

    Tokyo NYE 2014: One Month Before Mt. Gox Collapsed

    We spent New Year’s Eve in Tokyo in early 2014, chasing mining hardware while Mt. Gox was quietly failing. The meetings were tense, the deal collapsed, and the party happened anyway. One month later, everything broke.

  • Art Basel HK, Skyscrapers, and Snowden Across the Street

    Art Basel HK, Skyscrapers, and Snowden Across the Street

    In May 2013, we moved between Shanghai and Hong Kong chasing work, art, and friendships. Only later did we learn that, across the street from where we slept, Edward Snowden was hiding in plain sight, while the city carried on as if nothing was happening.

  • VIP Corridors, Rising Towers, and a City Switching Back On

    VIP Corridors, Rising Towers, and a City Switching Back On

    March 2013. Art Dubai inside Madinat Jumeirah, VIP access everywhere, artists, press, and power intersecting. Between new metro stations, rising skyscrapers, and parallel talks in Abu Dhabi, it felt like a city reassembling itself in real time.

  • A City You Feel Before You Understand. Notes from Cape Town

    A City You Feel Before You Understand. Notes from Cape Town

    2012. We have just returned from Cape Town. A city experienced through the body before the mind. From the sharp air of Table Mountain to the shock of the Atlantic under bare feet, from the earthy calm of our first cup of rooibos tea to…

  • U.T.O.P.I.A. at Colette, Paris

    U.T.O.P.I.A. at Colette, Paris

    A brief moment inside Colette, Paris, 2012. Between racks of black silhouettes and limited pieces, conversations flowed faster than the crowd. Art, fashion, music, all compressed into a single frame. The kind of place where a meeting is never accidental, and a photograph quietly becomes…