The Week in Italian Startup

This could stop Europe’s Talent Drain to Silicon Valley. Also This Week: UpSurgeOn, Alomana #197

24 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This episode breaks down the EU Inc proposal, stock option taxation in Europe, Delaware incorporation, and Italian startup fundraising rounds. The hos...

Cleafy Stops Bank Fraud 15 Days BEFORE It Happens; Also: Gyala, Mirai Robotics #196

19 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation opens with a sharp critique of how banks typically fight fraud too late, arguing that the real edge is detecting attacker infrastruct...

How Eight Sleep Became an AI Health Company; Also: Tether, Isaac raising 14M; Techvisory AI #195

16 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation opens with Eight Sleep’s €1.5 billion growth round and argues that the real asset is not the smart bed itself, but the company’...

Proxima: 400m on Nuclear Fusion; Axelera AI 250M Round; Agentic AI disrupting SaaS #194

03 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

he hosts analyze Proxima Fusion’s €400M growth round backed by Bavaria, RWE, and the Max Planck Institute, positioning stellarator-based nuclear f...

Contents raised €7M: orchestration beats AI models; Italian Incentives freeze #193

26 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The speakers unpack Contents’ €7M Series B and argue the market is rewarding workflow/orchestration layers more than “bigger models,” especial...

Inside Newcleo’s MOX-Fuel SMR Bet: Turning Nuclear Waste Into Power #192

13 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The episode breaks down Newcleo’s €75M growth round and why nuclear is inherently capital-intensive, with a bold timeline toward prototypes and op...

CrowdFundMe becomes a startup and SME financing player; TeamSystem in Spain; Genenta evolves #191

05 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The discussion opens with the Smart Capital, CrowdFundMe, and WeAreStarting reverse merger, highlighting how a publicly listed SME finance platform co...

110M for D-Orbit changing space logistics, BRUM, ITA VC Report 2025 #190

29 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

he discussion starts with early-year funding momentum in Italy, highlighting structured club deals and their role in smaller and mid-size rounds. A ma...

AI Materials Discovery Is the Real Engine Behind Climate Tech Innovation #189

21 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The discussion opens with fresh 2025 VC barometer data, highlighting Italy’s structural gap in VC funding per capita relative to GDP despite improvi...

Inside Italy’s 2025 VC Data: Growth, AI, Robotics, and Institutional Power #188

19 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

talian startup funding, venture capital trends, AI, biotech, robotics, and institutional investors define this episode’s deep dive into the 2025–2...

DeepTech in Italy is holding strong; Scale Up Debt as Source of Funding? #187

17 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode explores Italian startups, venture capital, deep tech, robotics, AI cybersecurity, and European scale-up financing at the close of 2025. ...

Bending Spoons and Shop Circle: Are Credit Deals Beating Venture Capital?; LLM Executing #186

11 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The hosts start by reviewing how Italian startup funding is rebounding toward €1.5B and why that matters versus previous years. They then dive into ...

Biocentis raising 11M, Finapp, Keen Ventures EU Defense Fund #185

26 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The hosts start by recapping Slush, explaining why it remains one of Europe’s top startup events and how to get real value by planning meetings and ...

Italy Surpassing 1B in Startup Investing, Nexi received TPG offer - #184

13 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The hosts discuss how Italy crossed the €1.2 billion equity fundraising threshold, driven by major players such as Bending Spoons and rapidly growin...

Inside Bending Spoons’ $11B Play; Hercle: $10M + Powering Stablecoin Settlement - #183

04 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode dives into Bending Spoons, venture capital, startup financing, and crypto infrastructure. The hosts analyze Bending Spoons’ massive $27...

Caracol raising $40M; Maia Ventures closing 55M new foodtech fund #182

24 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The episode discusses Caracol’s $40M Series B round, Europe-wide venture capital momentum, and deep-tech additive manufacturing. The hosts underline...

The Open-Hardware Deal No One Expected; Cyberwave, Eoliann, Italian Pension Funds and VC? #181

14 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode dives into the week’s biggest startup, tech, and venture-capital stories: Cyberwave, Eoliann, Arduino’s Qualcomm deal, and Italy’s ...

Vertical AI wins: Lexroom. Also: Serenis, Lupa and State of Italian VC - Oct 7, 2025 #180

10 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The episode focuses on a number of Series A rounds, spotlighting Lexroom’s €16M for AI-assisted legal drafting, Serenis’ €12M amid explosive r...

Are European VCs Quietly Matching U.S. DPI? The New Data Says Yes - Sep 30, 2025 #179

07 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Highly syndicated rounds with more international investors backing Italian and European startups. We discuss TIP’s markup implying Bending Spoons’...

Bending Spoons: 500M in Debt + Vimeo Acquisition Explained ; Nozomi; ShopCircle- Sept 23, 2025 #178

23 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We discuss Bending Spoons’ massive $500M debt financing led by JP Morgan and other global banks, and its headline-making $1.38B acquisition of Vimeo...

Exein Built a Digital Immune System for 1 Billion Devices, Tulum, Nuclidium - July 22, 2025 #177

22 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode kicks off with Exein, a cybersecurity startup building a “digital immune system” for IoT devices, which raised €70M and achieved 45...

Sibill Disrupting Italian Accounting, ZNEXT launching a 60M Initiative, LIFTT - July 1, 2025 #176

01 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sibill, a fintech startup, stands out for its innovative approach to automating accounting for Italian SMEs, saving business owners up to five hours a...

JetHR Making Payroll Sexy, Vikey Acquired, Investor-Founder Match - June 25, 2025 #175

26 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jet HR, an HR tech startup, just raised €25M in a growth round from Base10 Partners, Exor Ventures, and the Italian Founders Fund. Known for integra...

AI Index Outperforms FTSE Italy. Also: Nova raising 3.2M, DataMasters - June 17, 2025 #174

17 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We begin by discussing a new AI index comparing AI startups on Euronext Growth Milan (EGM) with Italy’s FTSE index—showing AI outperforming by 4...

Moneyfarm vs. Satispay: Is It a Fintech Arms Race? Also: Wetacoo, Novaterra - June 3rd, 2025 #173

04 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Subscribe to the channel for weekly updates.Niccolò's newsletter: http://dealflowit.niccolosanarico.com/Listen to all episodes on audio:Spotify: ...

Open Banking in Italy: what you need to know - News: BKN301, IAMA - April 24, 2025 #172

24 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

IAMA Therapeutics, a neuroscience startup, 🇮🇹raised €15m in a Growth round from Indaco Venture Partners SGR, Fondazione Enea Tech e Biomedic...

Europe’s $200B AI Bet? Latest Rounds in Medtech and Robotics - April 15, 2025

17 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Medicud, a medtech startup, 🇮🇹raised €1.3m in a Seed round from CHMBR Partners, 50 Partners Capital Health, and Business Angels des Grandes É...

Did Micromobility Just Make a Comeback? Blubrake 12M Round, Covision Media, Axyon AI - April 8, 2025

10 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Blubrake, a bike-tech startup, 🇮🇹raised €12m in a Growth round from Algebris Climatech, Fundracer, and Tri-Star group, Growth Capital.Covisi...

Bending Spoon 4.6B Valuation Decoded, CamGraPhIC, Italian Founders Fund - April 1, 2025

03 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

CamGraPhIC Srl, a photonics startup, 🇮🇹raised €25m in a Series A round from CDP Venture Capital, NATO Innovation Fund, Sony Innovation Fund...

Network Graph of the Italian VC Ecosystem , Bending Spoons + Komoot, Il Foglio AI - March 26, 2025

28 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

RESILCO, a waste management startup, raised €5m in a Series A round from 360 Capital, CDP Venture Capital SGR, and Tech4Planet.BRUM, an edtech sta...

Valo Therapeutics Oy, Lexroom.AI, Vento 75M fund - March 18, 2025

18 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Valo Therapeutics Oy, an immunotherapy startup, raised €19m in a Growth round from Indaco Venture Partners, CDP Venture Capital SGR, Fondazione ENEA...

'Mini' Corporate Venture: Samer and Nlcomp, Valuematic, Axelera AI and Techstars - March 11, 2025

11 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Valuematic, a cloud optimization startup, 🇮🇹raised €850k in an Early-stage round from CDP Venture Capital SGR, Progress Tech Transfer, and T...

ShopCircle and Unified B2B Platforms , Arsenale Bioyards raising 10M, Bancomat - March 4, 2025

04 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Arsenale Bioyards raised $10m in a Seed round from Planet A, byFounders, CDP Ventures, Acequia Capital, Plug N Play, Business Angels and Grey Silo V...

Enea Tech and Biomedical, Approxima, VST, Latest report in VC - February 25, 2025

25 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Newronika, a company specialising in advanced deep brain stimulation, raised €13.6m in a Series B round from Fondazione ENEA Tech e Biomedical, Inda...

Akamas: AI that Optimizes Cloud, Tethis , Krill Design, Vitruvian-1 - February 19, 2025

19 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Akamas, a cloud optimization startup, raised $10m in a round led by United Ventures.Krill design, a sustainable materials startup,🇮🇹raised €6m...

This Personality Trait Helps Founders Raise Millions: A Deep Dive

07 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A deep dive into Freiberg and Matz’s 2023 Paper ‘Founder personality and entrepreneurial outcomes' This episode dives into groundbreaking res...

Never Buy Another Device: Subbyx; Tensive; Indigo AI - February 5, 2025

05 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Subbyx 🇮🇹raised €15m in a Series A round from Azimut Digitech Fund, Azimut Alicrowd. Tensive S.r.l. raised €14m in a Series A round ...

High-Debt pre-seed: Qomodo. Also: Faba , Complaion and more! - January 28, 2025

28 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Qomodo, a BNPL startup, raised €13.5m in a Series A round from RTP Global, LMDV Capital, Proximity Capital, Primo Capital. Faba, a kids-tech s...

Italian VC investing abroad, Bikeflip, Algebris Climatech, Colosseum 355B - Jan 21, 2025

21 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Bikeflip, a bike ecommerce, 🇮🇹raised €1.6m from undisclosed investors.Onepix Academy, a chatbot startup, raised €500k from Edizioni Simone.V...

EssilorLuxottica acquired Pulse; Wellhub acquired Fitprime; New VC in 2024 - January 17, 2025

17 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

EssilorLuxottica acquired French Startup Pulse Audition for Smart Glasses Tech. | Glass AlmanacVertis 🇮🇹announced Vertis Venture 6 Digital Sud, ...

Inside the $5 Billion MoneyFarm Expansion, AutoConnexa, iGenius and Sovereign AI - December 12, 2024

12 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

AutoConnexa, an insuretech startup, raised €2.2m from CDP VC and business angels.Kinsect, a startup producing insect-based sustainable proteins, 🇮...

Bending Spoons Paid Millions for a Cloud Video Pioneer, Volta, Reefilla - December 4, 2024

06 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Volta, a French / Italian Shopify for B2B transactions, raised €6m in a pre-seed round led by Emblem and participated by Robin Capital, Founders Fut...

Cardo AI and the role of PE in AI, Eye2Drive, Kong - November 26, 2024

29 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Cardo AI, a fintech startup, announced a $15m Series A funding co-led by Blackstone, FINTOP Capital and JAM FINTOP.Eye2Drive, a startup developing ima...

Startup growth strategy: the back-expansion, Naturbeads, Rubedo, Techshop - November 19, 2024

19 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Naturbeads, a UK-based startup developing cellulose microbeads, raised a £7.8m round led by Eos Advisory and participated by Progress Tech Transf...

Satispay raising 60M: a deep dive , Restorative Tech , Primo Capital - Nov 12, 2024

13 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Satispay, a payment-tech startup, 🇮🇹raised €60m in a round participated by existing investors Addition, Greyhound Capital, and Lightrock. ...

2024 Accel’s Euroscape; Tau group on magnet wires, Cyber Guru raising 20M - November 5, 2024

05 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Resalis Therapeutics raised an undisclosed amount from Sanofi. Tau Group raised €1.5m from MiTo Tech Ventures in a Series B extension. Nuvola Zero...

XFarm raises 36M, AIKO Space, AI in 2024 - October 15, 2024

17 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

xFarm Technologies raised €36m in a round led by Partech, with Mouro Capital and existing investors Swisscom Ventures and United Ventures partic...

TrueLayer killing credit cards, Inventio, Foreverland and its carob chocolate - October 9, 2024

15 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Lifeed, an edtech startup, 🇮🇹raised 3.5m from CDP VC, Opes Italia Sicaf Euveca, SEFEA Impact SGR, and Impact Ventures. Foreverland, a food-...

D-Orbit closing a 150M Series C, JetHR raising 12M, Data Masters: AI education - October 1, 2024

01 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

D-Orbit, a spacetech company, 🇮🇹announced the completion of the Series C from December 2023. The company raised a total of €150m in the round....

TravelTech Revamp, PE Helping VCs, A new life for blockchain? - September 27, 2024

27 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

BizAway, a traveltech company, raised €35m from Mayfair Equity Partners. Hlpy, a roadside assistance startup, 🇮🇹raised €18m in a round led ...

Is AI-Powered Corporate Learning the Future of Employee Upskilling? - September 20, 2024

24 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Intrauma, a developer of orthopedic medical devices, raised €10m from FITEC II.Renewcast, a renewable energy forecasting startup, raised €2m from ...

SkillVue, Involve Space, IdentifAi raised funding; Buddyfit acquired - September 12th, 2024

13 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

SkillVue, an AI-based HR-tech startup, raised €2.5m in a round led by Italian Founders Fund and 14peaks.Involve Space, a space-tech startup, raised ...

Bending Spoons acquires WeTransfer; Wise and brain-machine interface; Rotonium - August 7, 2024

07 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Wise, a neuro technology startup, raised €25m in debt and equity in a round led by Wallaby. The EIB provided the debt facility. Rotonium, a qu...

HBI and CDP Green Transition Fund, Atlas SGR, Contents, Mondadori - July 30, 2024

31 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

HBI, a cleantech startup focusing on industrial waste, 🇮🇹raised €15m in a round led by CDP VC through its Green Transition Fund.CyLock, a cybe...

Nextalia raising 150M, Primo Climate, Rancilio Cube 2, Cubbit, Satispay, latest M&A - July 23, 2024

23 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Cubbit, a distributed enterprise storage startup, raised $12.5m in a round led by ETF Partners and LocalGlobe, with participation from existing an...

Muffin raising 3.2M, Axelera AI and edge AI, Terna and M&A Activity - July 5, 2024

16 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Muffin, a fintech startup, 🇮🇹raised €3.2m from a syndicate of business angels. Recornea, a medtech startup, 🇮🇹raised €150k in a round ...

Avaneidi raising 8M, Exor investing in Sava, 2024 H1 in VC - June 25, 2024

26 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Avaneidi, a cybersecurity startup, announced an €8m Series A funding round from United Ventures. Brandplane, an AI-driven marketing startup, 🇮...

iGenius, Aidexa, Italian Founders Fund - June 18, 2024

26 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

iGenius, a GenAI startup, announced the goal to raise €650m in funding. The round is open, but Angel Capital Management and Eurizon Asset Management...

BetaGlue Technologies, Sibill, Prem AI raise capital. Unruly dashboard. Italia 9B - June 12, 2024

13 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

BetaGlue, a clinical-stage radiotherapy company, raised €8m in a round led by Neva SGR, with participation from LIFTT and FinPosillipo. Sibill...

Revolv.space raising 2.6M, Zefi.ai, Rialto 55M fund - June 6, 2024

10 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Revolv.space, a space tech startup, raised €2.6m from Primo Space and Takeoff. Zefi.ai, a SaaS for collecting user feedback, raised €1.6m ...

Futura raising 14M, Loquis, Checksig, Glaut AI - May 15, 2024

18 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Futura, a Milan-based edtech startup, raised a €14m series A round from Eurazeo, United Ventures (already an investor), and Axon Partners Group....

Cryptosmart, BOEM, Lithium Lasers, Ecosmic - May 2, 2024

04 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Cryptosmart, a crypto exchange, 🇮🇹raised €3.5m and announced the acquisition of IBX AG, a bitcoin mining company. BOEM, a startup launchi...

Cosmico, Liftt, Visma, Q1 2024 in Italian Startups - April 24, 2024

24 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Cosmico, a talent-tech startup, 🇮🇹raised €4m from Prana Ventures, 40Jemz, Intesa Sanpaolo, and business angels. LIFTT joined the $26m r...

Tes Pharma, Proxima Fusion, Bending Spoons acquiring StreamYard, CDP VC plan - April 16, 2024

17 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Tes Pharma, a biotech company, 🇮🇹raised €10m from XGen Venture. FidoCommercialista, a tax-tech startup, 🇮🇹raised €1.2m from 40Je...

BookRepublic raising 1.5M, NExT, Amalia Care, CAC Payback and Churn - April 9, 2024

09 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

BookRepublic, a digital e-book library, raised €1.5m from Mondadori, with a commitment for an additional €1.5m investment in 2025. They two wi...

Casavo raising 19M, Nouscom, Quantonation, DataKrypto and homomorphic encryption - April 3, 2024

03 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Casavo 🇮🇹raised so far €19.5m out of the €30m in convertible debt as it executes its turnaround plan. Nouscom raised an additional €7m in...

1B to AI Investments from CDP, Wesii, Cynomys, Nozomi rasing 100M, Zest - March 19, 2024

19 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Wesii, a company deploying drones to monitor critical infrastructure, 🇮🇹raised €2.8m from Terna Forward and DXT Commodities sa.Cynomys, a Prec...

Kurbs Orbital raising 3.7M, WAO, This Unique, Bending Spoons and Vimeo?, GP Staking - March 13, 2024

13 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Kurbs Orbital, a space-tech startup, 🇮🇹raised €3.7m in a round led by Otb Ventures, joined by Credo Ventures, Galaxia, In-Q-Tel, and Inovo.Thi...

Akuis, 150M for AI and Cybersecurity, H-Farm Delisting - March 5, 2024

05 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Akuis, a fitness-tech startup, 🇮🇹raised €1.15m from ALIcrowd III (Azimut), Wemoove, and X-Equity (a club deal). The Italian government 🇮🇹...

Medical Microinstruments, Superfluid, 3DNextech - February 28, 2024

28 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Medical Microinstruments, a medtech company, raised USD 110m in a series C round led by Fidelity Management & Research.3D Nextech, a digital manuf...

Gabriele Venturi - PandasAI, Open Source models, defensibility and what is next in AI

23 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Gabriele Venturi is founder of PandasAI, a Python library that adds Generative AI capabilities to pandas, the popular data analysis and manipulation t...

Daze raising 15M, Bending Spoons 155M round - will they IPO? Feb 20, 2024

20 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Daze, a startup developing smart chargers for electric vehicles, 🇮🇹raised €15m in a Series A round led by CDP VC, with the participation of...

Sealence raising 7.5M, Underscore District, Addax, Sella Venture Partners FoF - February 13, 2024

13 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Sealence, a startup developing sustainable and innovative solutions for the marine industry, raised €7.5m in equity, debt, and grants.Underscore Dis...

Bending Spoons preparing to raise 200M, Tau Group, Zucchetti and Safilo - February 6, 2024

06 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Tau Group, an energy transition startup, raised €11m in Series B extension funding led by CDP Venture Capital and Santander Alternative Investments....

K-Sport World raised €5m, Axyon AI, Doorway, Italian LLMs - January 30, 2023

30 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

K-Sport World, a sport-tech startup, raised €5m in a round led by Rialto VC. Axyon AI, an AI fintech company, raised €3.9m in a round led ...

FTNet, SPiN, Panakes Partners, Lendit and Winelivery - January 23, 2024

25 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

FTNet, a sales-tech startup in the pharma sector, 🇮🇹raised €3m from angel investors. SPiN, a space-tech startup, raised €1.64m from G...

D-Orbit closes 100M, Contents.com raises 18M, Sqim, Indigo.ai - January 16, 2023

17 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

D-Orbit confirmed the closing of the €100m announced back in November 2023 (seed issue #177). Marubeni led, with Avantgarde, CDP VC, United Ven...

Resalis Therapetutics raising 10M, Vitesy, Algor Education, Excellis, IH1 - January 9, 2024

10 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Resalis Therapeutics, a biotech startup, announced a €10m round led by Sunstone Life Science Ventures with participation from existing investors.Vit...

Italy hitting 926M in 2023 in startup investing, Unobravo raising from Northzone - December 19, 2023

19 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Unobravo, a mental health and wellbeing startup, raised an undisclosed growth round from Northzone, with the participation of H14. CDP 🇮🇹sol...

How Generative AI is Revolutionizing Investment Management | Tommaso Migliore, Co-Founder MDOTM Ltd

13 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This episode features Tommaso Migliore, CEO of MDOTM Ltd. We cover a range of topics in AI including the impact of AI and Machine Learning in investme...

WeRoad raising 18M, Soplaya raising 12.5M, Banxware, Ammagamma - December 5, 2023

05 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Milan-based company WeRoad has secured €18m in a Series B funding round to revolutionize group adventure travel for millennials. H14 led the f...

Aptus.AI raising 3M, Step Ventures, Fleap Holdings - November 29, 2023

30 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Aptus.AI, a Pisa-based reg-tech startup, raised €3m in a pre-Series A funding round led by Programma 103, an investment fund managed by P101 Sgr. Th...

Nouscom raising 67M, Planet Farms raising 40M, Xnext, Kairos - November 21, 2023

21 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Nouscom, a clinical-stage immuno-oncology company, raised €67.5 million ($72 million) in an oversubscribed Series C financing round. The funding was...

D-Orbit working towards Circular Space Economy, Qomodo, ShippyPro, Yellow - November 14, 2023

14 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

D-Orbit, a space-tech startup, raised over €100m in Series C funding, with Marubeni Corporation as the lead investor. Qomodo, a Milan, Italy-b...

MotorK, EIC Accelerator, 2100 Ventures, Generali Ventures - November 7, 2023

07 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

MotorK, an automotive SaaS platform, raised a €5m debt facility from Atempo Growth. D-Orbit, 3Bee, and Nano-Tech are the three Italian startup...

Wsense developing underwater wifi, Out Of raising 7.6M, NextAI - Oct 31, 2023

31 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Wsense, a submarine connectivity startup, raised €9m from SWEN’s Blue Ocean and CDP Venture Capital SGR among others.Out Of, a sports glasses star...

Aindo raising 6M to work on synthetic data, Fantix, Qapla - October 24, 2023

24 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Aindo, a synthetic data startup, raised a $6m series A in a round led by United Ventures and participated by existing investor Vertis SGR. (note: the ...

Soul-K raising 20M, BonusX disrupting Italian PA, Data Masters - October 17, 2023

17 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Soul-K, a food-tech startup, 🇮🇹raised €20,5m in equity (€13m) and debt (€7.5m) from CDP Venture Capital, LIFTT, Azimut, Simest and existin...

The Circle, Hercle crypto trading, Test1, Habyt raising 40M - October 10, 2023

11 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Circle, an agritech startup, 🇮🇹raised €2.1m from Opes Italia and Sparviero Holding.Hercle, a Milan-based trading startup in the crypto wor...

Sidereus Space, Evja, Cellply, PandasAI - October 3, 2023

03 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Sidereus Space Dynamics, a company based in Salerno, Italy, raised €5.1m in Seed+ funding. The funding round was led by Primo Space and CDP Venture ...

ShopCircle raising 120M, Arduino raising 22M, QuantaBrain, Panakes - September 12, 2023

14 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Shop Circle, an e-commerce software startup based in London, has successfully secured $120m in Series A funding through a combination of debt and equi...

600M Italian AI Fund, Focoos AI, Yakkyo, Golden Power - September 5, 2023

06 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Focoos AI, an AI optimization startup, raised €335k from CDP and Obloo. Yakkyo, a dropshipping platform, is 🇮🇹considering an IPO. The platfor...

Bending Spoons latest 100M round, LIFTT, MIP. Is the AI wave lagging in Italy? - August 29, 2023

30 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Bending Spoons 🇮🇹announced a €100m capital injection from Baillie Gifford, Cox Enterprises, and NB Renaissance.Wikicasa 🇮🇹raised €800k...

LeafSpace raising 20M, 1000Farmacie, FITEC II, Getir - August 2, 2023

02 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Leaf Space, a space-tech startup, raised €20m in a round led by CDP VC and Neva SGR. 1000Farmacie, an e-commerce startup, raised a €10m extension ...

Energy Dome and the future of energy storage, BizAway, United Ventures UV3 - July 25, 2023

27 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Energy Dome raised an additional €15m into its Series B round announced back in April. New investors include Vopak Ventures, Sagana, 360CP, and CDP ...

Italian Tech Slowing? Euronext IPOs, JetHR, Digital Magics, Oversonic, OneTrading - July 18, 2023

20 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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Ermes Cyber Security, Muscope, Finapp, a pan-EU 100M fund from Azimut - June 26, 2023

29 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ermes Cyber Security, a browser security startup, raised €3m in a Series A round led by Sinergia Venture Fund. Finapp, a deep-tech startup, recei...

Develhope raising 6M, Crono, RedFish LT Capital, Stellantis Ventures - June 20, 2023

20 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Develhope, an edtech startup, 🇮🇹raised €6m from CDP VC, Opes, and Sefea. Crono, a sales-tech startup, raised €500k from SFC Capital, Aticco...

AAvantgarde BIO, ISAAC, Deep Blue Ventures - June 16, 2023

19 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

AAvantgarde Bio, a biotech startup, 🇮🇹raised €61m in a round participated by Atlas Venture, Forbion, and Longwood.ISAAC, a building integrity ...

Fabrick raising 40M, Datamasters, Italy's 150M AI Fund - June 9, 2023

14 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Fabrick, an open finance hub, raised €40m in a corporate round led by Mastercard. Datamasters, an ed-tech startup, 🇮🇹raised €650k. Zanichel...