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The Week in Italian Startup

By: Giacomo Mollo
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  • The Week in Italian Startup discusses and analyzes the latest news from the Italian startup ecosystem. Giacomo Mollo is a former academic in philosophy turned tech investor. He is co-founder and partner of iN3 Ventures, a corporate innovation and VC firm. Niccolò Sanarico is an Oxford MBA and a software engineer with a passion for innovation and startups. He is currently an Investment Manager at Primo Ventures SGR, a venture capital firm based in Italy.
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  • Nextalia raising 150M, Primo Climate, Rancilio Cube 2, Cubbit, Satispay, latest M&A - July 23, 2024

    Nextalia raising 150M, Primo Climate, Rancilio Cube 2, Cubbit, Satispay, latest M&A - July 23, 2024
    Jul 23 2024
    Cubbit, a distributed enterprise storage startup, raised $12.5m in a round led by ETF Partners and LocalGlobe, with participation from existing and new investors including Primo Ventures, CDP VC, 2100, Azimut, Growth Engine, and Moonstone. Subbyx 🇮🇹came out of stealth with a €5.5m pre-seed round. Illuminem, a data-for-sustainability startup, 🇮🇹raised €2m from Techstars, Blackwood Venture, Fortino Capital, Genesis Venture, and other investors. Fluid Wire Robotics, a startup developing robotic arms for hostile environments, raised €0.8m from RoboIT, Scientifica VC, and Pariter Partners. While I was offline, we had quite a few other rounds announced: LimoLane (€35m), HUI (€25m), Exein (€15m), BionIT Labs (€5.5m), Wopta (€4.1m), 🇮🇹Rent2Cash (€3m), 🇮🇹Starting Finance (€1.5m), 🇮🇹Newarc (€0.8m) Vaire Computing, a reversible computing startup, raised $4.5m in a round led by 7percent Ventures. Brembo Ventures 🇮🇹invested in US-based Spoke Safety. Nextalia announced the final closing of its €150m VC fund. Primo Ventures announced its new climate-tech fund, with a €40m first closing. Rancilio Cube announced a second international VC fund-of-funds with an allocation of €50m. Bending Spoons acquired Issuu. Mavriq 🇮🇹acquired Switcho at a €20m valuation. Contents acquired Zulla. Cosmico 🇮🇹acquired a majority stake in Flatmates. Qaplà 🇮🇹acquired Transactionale. What does the perfect seed round look like? [Adam Shuaib] Conio and Mesh teamed-up to 🇮🇹launch the first bitcoin-based open banking platform in Europe [Blockchain4innovation]. How to go from Seed to Series A to Series B funding [Medium]. Status of Italian Life Sciences VC [Pierpaolo Padula]. Satispay to 🇮🇹expand into offering investment products [Forbes]. D-Orbit launched a new US-based joint venture [SpaceNews]. Neva SGR invested in Bio4dreams, a startup incubator. An 🇮🇹interview with Alessandra Mazzilli [StartupItalia]. Coatue’s EMW 2024 conference presentation on the state of the markets [Coatue]. The State of Enterprise Tech [Insight Partners]. The valzer of the fundraising numbers for H1 2024 has begun: Growth Capital / ITA, VeM.
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    30 mins
  • Muffin raising 3.2M, Axelera AI and edge AI, Terna and M&A Activity - July 5, 2024

    Muffin raising 3.2M, Axelera AI and edge AI, Terna and M&A Activity - July 5, 2024
    Jul 16 2024

    Muffin, a fintech startup, 🇮🇹raised €3.2m from a syndicate of business angels. Recornea, a medtech startup, 🇮🇹raised €150k in a round led by Scientifica Venture Capital.PhotonPath announced an undisclosed round. Axelera AI, a Netherlands-based AI-chip design company led by Fabrizio Del Maffeo, raised $68m. CDP VC also participated in the round.Terna Forward invested in Spain-based Unusuals. Yolo Group acquired Kalibo Correduria de Seguros. Unguess acquired Ferpection. TeamSystem 🇮🇹acquired Change Capital. TXT Group acquired I MILLE and Uasabi. GeneralFinance acquired Workinvoice.
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    19 mins
  • Avaneidi raising 8M, Exor investing in Sava, 2024 H1 in VC - June 25, 2024

    Avaneidi raising 8M, Exor investing in Sava, 2024 H1 in VC - June 25, 2024
    Jun 26 2024

    • Avaneidi, a cybersecurity startup, announced an €8m Series A funding round from United Ventures.

    • Brandplane, an AI-driven marketing startup, 🇮🇹raised 460k from StyleIT, CDP VC, and business angels.

    • Recuperiamo, a circular economy startup, 🇮🇹raised 460k from SICI Sgr, Impact Hub, XEquity Venture Club, and other business angels.

    • Hubique, a proptech startup, 🇮🇹raised an undisclosed amount from Apside.

    • Spill, a ready-to-drink-cocktails startup, 🇮🇹raised an undisclosed round from Vesper Holdings and other business angels.

    • Talking about ready-to-drink cocktails… Also Mixum, another startup in the market, 🇮🇹raised an undisclosed round from Avvio Capital, Archimede Capital Partners, and other investors.

    • Soplaya, a foodtech startup, 🇮🇹raised a new undisclosed round from Linfa, Finint Investments, and Kostanza Investments.

    • Exor Ventures co-led a $8m Series A round in UK-based Sava.

    • London / Milan / New York-based Xtribe agreed to go public through a business combination with WinVer Acquisition Corp.

    • Spain-based NOBA Ventures joins the GELLIFY Innovation Factory.

    • DGS S.p.A. acquired Ariadne Group.
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    24 mins
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