The Week in Italian Startup

Our discussion with Umberto Milano and Gianmaria Sbetta.

OlivYou, Celery, Coverzen, Bike-room, and other startups raise funding. Acquisitions for Young Platform and Ecosfera Servizi SpA. Innovation made in Italy. A boom in “.it” domain registrations.

InnovHeart, Moneyfarm, Apparound, HAL, and many others raise funding. D-Orbit to become a unicorn in a SPAC deal. Cazoo acquires Brumbrum, while FACEIT merges with ESL Gaming in a $1.5Bn deal. CDP gets 2.5b to invest in the Italian startup ecosystem. And much more.

Thinkinside, Tecne, Albicchiere, and others raise funding. Poké is back in the news. New acquisitions by Glovo, Ardian, Assist Digital, and others. Nestlè invests in Eureka! Fund 1, Credem joins Fin+Tech. News from the wine market.

Skinlabo, Credimi, BKN301, Blubrake, and others raise funding. OCS acquired Redo. Qonto bets heavily on Italy. YC new terms. I3P’s record year.

D-Orbit issued a 100m convertible bond, CheckSig, Feat Food, Exo Lab Italia, and others raised funding. Azimut took control of Mamacrowd, Mooney changed hands, and more acquisitions from Almawave, Tier, EY.

Termo, Cellply, Mirta, and many others raise funding. Genenta and Sababa go public. Acquisitions for Moneyfarm, CY4gate, BusForFun. New funds from Neva and the Ministry of Economic Development.

Easyrain, Cashinvoice, StartupGym, VoiceMe, and others raise funding. Azimut’s DAO invests in Coinhako. FNM acquires a minority stake in SportIt. The State of European Tech 2021.

Aindo, Scuter, Twinone raise funding. A2A invests in three startups. ENI doubles down on nuclear fusion. Talent Garden acquires Hyper Island. Datrix goes public. A new VC fund from Kairos, while Berkeley’s SkyDeck is opening up in Milan. Italian startups will raise a record amount of capital in 2021.

Macai and Qodeup raise funding. Luiss invests in Digital Magics. Epipoli and Lifeanalytics acquire Dotcom and Abich. Alfonsino raises 4m in its IPO. Icona Technology completes a direct listing. Satispay and crypto. PlanetWatch and the Planet. Fund.

Wetacoo, Aryel, Algor, and others raise funding. Epsilon Bio was acquired by Chroma, Keyless was acquired by Sift, Alira Health acquired PatchAI, and more M&A. CDP Venture Capital launches Tech4Planet. Oltre Impact launches Oltre III.

BionIT Labs, TOT, Deesup, Neuron Guard, Endurance Group, and Random Power raise funding. Genenta files for an IPO. Acquisitions by Teamsystem, Lutech, and Datrix. The EU launches Cassini. The FT on Investing in Italy.

Viceversa, Sibill, and Emotiva raise funding. Namirial, Gada Group, IBM, and Amilon go shopping. Reading or listening to this week: the IAG index, Let’s Venture, and a call for bigger VCs. The Harmonic Innovation Hub.

Midori, Step4Business, Herbolea raise funding. The Italian government funds CDP Venture Capital with €2bn. IPOs (Defence Tech, Alfonsino) & liquidations (Vetrya). AppQuality, Hippocrates Holding, and ISEO go shopping

Join our discussion on what is happening in the EU in the Early Stage ecosystem; SWG strategy and how they grew B2B companies in the past two years.

Credem invests in the USA. 3DNextech raises funding. Atida acquires efarma.com. An interview with Claudia Pingue. Azimut and Gellify move East.

WeRoad, Sidereus, Divinea, WelMed, and others raised funding. Seco acquired a German IoT company. Doctolib acquired dottori.it. MotorK plans an IPO before the end of the year.

Matchplat, Endu, Mylab Nutrition, and others raise funding. MotorK shops in France and Spain. New funds: Five Seasons launches Fund II; Azimut launches a crypto fund.

Join me and Niccolò Sanarico from Primo Ventures in our discussion on the latest updates in the Space Economy. We talk with Raffaele Mauro, GP of Primo Space, one of the first VC funds launched in Italy focused on Space tech.

Futurely, MDOTM, Lithium Lasers, and others raised funding; ITATech 2.0; reports from Startup Wise Guys, Legal Tech Italy, and other readings; the State of the European Tech 2021.

Treedom, Exein, and others raise funding; lessons learned from TrueLayer’s new unicorn status.

Caracol, Epicura, and 4Securitas raise funding; CDP VC announces a new fund; Objectway shops in Germany; the relevance of Italian crowdfunding.

Scalapay raises $155m; BlackSheep Ventures announces the first closing at €40m; MiScusi opens in London, Wallapop launches in Italy; Piacentini joins Exor Seeds.

Italian founders raising funding abroad (Heroes, Eight Sleep); Newcleo raises capital for nuclear energy; My Solar Family and Kyklos are acquired; Renovacor in a SPAC merger.

New funds for Oversonic Robotics, Tau Group, and Corticale; Exor invests in India; Telepass launches Telepass Digital; Neva SGR opens its fund to private investors; CDP Xjobs.