The Week in Italian Startup

Codemotion, a developer community platform, raised €8m in a round led by Sinergia Venture Fund and participated by existing investors (note: including Primo).  Agricooltur, an agri-tech startup, raised €5m in a round led by Sinergia Venture Fund.  181Travel, a travel experiences startup, raised €2.5m in a round led by CDP VC, Sefea SGR, and Primo.  Approxima, a medtech startup, rais...

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Tau Group raised €9m in a series B round led by Solvay Ventures.  FTnet, a marketplace startup specializing in the pharma sector, raised €3m from private investors.  Harg, a silver-tech startup, raised €2.5m from CDP VC, A|Impact, Etica SGR, and others.  Superlayer, a London-based startup founded by Italian entrepreneurs, raised $1.3m in a pre-seed round.  Wora, a same-day deli...

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Unguess, a crowd-testing startup, raised €10m in a round led by FITEC.  MgShell, a biotech startup, raised €500k from Bios Line Holding and business angels.  Ener2Crowd, a crowdfunding platform for energy projects, raised €1m from business angels.  Strava acquired Fatmap, a startup in P101’s portfolio.  A profile of Mattia Barbarossa, the 21 years-old founder of Sidereus Space...

Sysdesign, a robotics startup, raised €3m from Cysero.  Diamante, a biotech startup, raised €595k from Arieli Capital and a group of business angels.  MindAhead, an Italian/German digital health startup, raised €500k from a syndicate of investors including CDP VC.  FlowPay, a fintech startup, raised an undisclosed amount from Credit Agricole and AGOS.  Zanichelli Ventures inves...

Spiagge.it, an ERP and booking engine for beach resorts, raised €1.4m from Growth Engine and a group of business angels.  EvenFi, a peer-to-peer lending platform, raised €2.2m from Pacific Capital Partners.  Sardexpay, a credit & payment network, raised €4m and appointed Paolo Galvani as its new president.  KaraokeOne, a karaoke startup, raised €1.5m from CDP VC and other invest...

Nyp Techfin, a fintech startup, raised an undisclosed amount from Banca Valsabbina.  Satispay acquired a controlling stake in Onyon, a restaurant payments startup, for an undisclosed amount.  Unicredit offered €20m to acquire Credimi.  An analysis based on Crunchbase data of the startups created in 2022 (vs 2021), by sector.  The 50 Italian startups that are participating at CE...

Jobtech, a recruiting tech startup, 🇮🇹raised €6m in a round led by Oltre Impact and participated by Lumen Ventures.  Académia.tv, a cooking video courses platform, 🇮🇹raised €1.3m from a syndicate of business angels.  Didimora, a proptech startup, 🇮🇹raised €1m from StarTIP and Lio Factory.  DoctorApp, a health-tech startup, 🇮🇹raised €400k from Zungri Capital.  Blubrake, develope...

Hlpy, a roadside assistance startup, raised €7.5m in a round led by Synergo Capital.  Babaco Market, an e-groceries startup, 🇮🇹raised €6.3m in a round led by United Ventures.  Cosaporto, a premium food delivery startup, 🇮🇹raised €5m in an equity crowdfunding campaign.  Eoliann, a climatic risk startup, 🇮🇹raised €1.5m in a round led by Primo Space and Exor Seed.  TAC, a digital...

Zerynth, an industrial IoT startup, raised €5.3m in a round led by United Ventures.  Synergy Flow, an energy transition startup, 🇮🇹raised €1.8m in a seed round led by 360 Capital.  DDC, a biotech startup, 🇮🇹raised €1.5m in a round led by Utopia Sis.  Medicud, a health-tech startup, 🇮🇹raised €500k from Innova Venture.  FidoRent, a proptech startup, 🇮🇹raised €400k from Exor Ventu...

Faba, Barberino’s, Medea, and others raised funding. CDP launched a new late-stage VC fund.

Serenis, A-World, WeShort, and others raised funding. FoolFarm raised funding, as well. Cazoo sold Brumbrum to Stellantis. Azimut invests in EV charging columns.

Bridge, Switcho, and PhotonPath raised funding. Neva launched a fund of funds. Angelini and Brembo announced their venture arms. And more news from Founders Factory, IAG

Faire.ai, QodeUp, Materia Medica Processing, and others raised funding. Soisy was acquired by Compass. Spotify opened its new hub in Milan.

Sybilla, Axyon AI, AvvocatoFlash, Green Future Project, and other startups raised funding. CDP joins InvestEU. Casavo shops in France.

Satispay is a new unicorn, Bending Spoons announced a record financing round, and other startups announced rounds. Two major startup events in the same week took place. And a few interesting articles and news from the interwebs.

Connected Stories, Aptus, Flowbe, and Cents raised funding. Aulab was acquired by Multiversity.

ProntoPro merged with Turkish competitor Armut, and the newco raised €15m from existing investors. Dove.it, a proptech startup, 🇮🇹raised €3m in a round led by Azimut Alicrowd Eltif.  Aria Sensing 🇮🇹raised €500k from LIFTT.  Var Group 🇮🇹invested an undisclosed amount in Airspot. Cazoo announced it will abandon its business in EU, including the Italian operations from the acquisition of Br...

Netfintech, Impossbl, and others raised funding. Exor invested in Ultraviolette. Mutuionline Group shops abroad. Evensi was acquired by Events.com. MaticMind acquired Cloudtec.

Deliveristo, ItalianWay, and ParkingMyCar raised funding. Blacksheep invested in the UK. Vedrai acquired Indigo.ai.

X-Farm, Lipogems, Neuranix, and others raised funding. IAG invested abroad (again). Intel to invest in Italy. Eniverse Ventures. YOLO went public.

MusixMatch received an investment from TPG. Gyala and Macingo raised funding. IAG invested abroad. An acquisition for Caffeina. The launch of the Italian Space Venture fund.

More than €200m in new capital was raised by Casavo, Medical Micro Instruments, Unobravo, Wallife, and others. Yolo announces its IPO price range. Acquisitions for SAP and Jakala. CDP announces a new accelerator and a new fund.

A quick review of the major events in Q2 2022 with Ubaldo Mafrici (Aster Capital) and Matteo Moscarelli (Plug and Play). 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...