The Week in Italian Startup

iGenius, Treccani Futura, Smartpricing, and others raised funding. Banca Del Fucino invested in Lumen Ventures. Some M&A deals. Q2 ‘22 in European VC fundraising.

Phononic Vibes, Themis, Qlash, Nextsense, and several others raised funding. Acquisitions for GEDI and Digital360. H1 2022 in Italian startups.

Cortilia, Energy Dome, Servitly, and Shop Circle raised funding. An exit for Pharmap. Crowdfundme acquired Trusters

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Newcleo raised more funding for its nuclear reactors. Serenis, Meeters, GrowishPay, Smace raised funding. Will Media was acquired by Chora Media, Silver Lake acquired Facile.it, Nextalia/Bain acquired Deltatre. New accelerators from Sella/dpixel and 34BigThings/OGR/Microsoft.

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Young Platform, Naturbeads, Wopta Assicurazioni, and Medics raised funding. Nexi sells assets. BOOM acquires LemonOne. 360Cp launched a new seed fund, and CDP VC launched a new accelerator.

Arduino, Rentuu, Marshmallow Games, OranGogo, and others raised funding. CDP VC announced a new fund. How to become a billionaire at 87 and other readings.

Kryptomon, Buddyfit, Tulips, Reiwa Engine, and others raised funding. Develhope acquired Uniwhere, BeMyEye acquired Metaliquid, and Nexi continues on its acquisition spree.

Apogeo Space, Bevy, To Italy Group, and others raised funding. Ulixes Capital announces Argo III. Acquisitions for Tinexta and Dedagroup Stealth.

Tulou, Ubiquicom, Akiflow, and others raised funding. Indaco Bio announced its first closing. Granarolo acquired White & Seeds.

Nanophoria, Flyted, and D4RE raised capital. M&A news from Nexi, Colvin, Alira Health, and Yapily. The Digital Transition and the Green Transition funds receive government approval. A new accelerator from CDP.

Artemest, Scalapay, Habacus, and Genuine Way raised funding. YOLO is planning an IPO. A new impact fund from AVM Gestioni, and the first closing for Kairos Ventures ESG One.

Sportclubby, Ecozema, KPI6, and others raised funding. More reports on Q1 2022 in Italian startups. New accelerators in Turin.

Bizaway, Hydraink, and others raised funding. Shopfully acquired a Spanish competitor. Acquisitions also for Namirial and Talent Garden.

Wsense and Aryel raised funding. Habyt merged with Hmlet. A review of Q1 2022 in Italian startups with Ubaldo Mafrici (Aster Capital) and Matteo Moscarelli (Plug and Play).

Vedrai, Soul-K, Insoore, WikiCasa, and others raised funding. Growens acquired ContactLab. New accelerators & call for startup programs from CDP, Baker Hughes, and Scientifica VC.

DoveVivo, Everli, Diadem, Newlisi, and more. Exor Seeds’ new investment strategy. The standard VC term sheet.

Boom, Heqet Therapeutics, Elaisian, and others raised funding. First closing for Primo Digital. Roomie was acquired by Habyt.

Kither Biotech, Flyingbasket, Ogyre raise funding. P101 invests in Spain (again!). Stellantis announces a CVC fund. Sezamo announces its opening in Milan. Ugly Duck 2021 is out. The Next Unicorn Awards.

Epicode School and Strive School merge and raise funding. First closing for The Techshop. Acquisitions for Up Day and Endurance Technologies Group.

ViteSicure, Kama.sport, Test1 Solutions, and others raise funding. ItalGas and Edison invest in startups. Acquisitions for Poste Italiane, Airtime Partecipazioni, Investcorp, DoveVivo, and others. Women CTOs in Europe.

Scalapay reaches unicorn status; Jointly, Wallife, Vitesy, and others raise funding. CDP invests in Cysero. The Venture Capital Monitor 2021.

Giffoni Innovation Hub raises funding, while P101 and Intesa invest abroad. New capital for LIFTT, Startup Bakery, Magic Spectrum, and Terra Next. Exits for Iubenda and Storeden.

Planet Farms, 1000Farmacie, GenomeUp, Serenis, and others raise funding. The EU Council wants to compete on the megafunds stage. Venice on the blockchain. The EY VC barometer.