The Week in Italian Startup Giacomo Mollo

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 from 360 Capital, 14Peaks Capital, B-Heroes, BIT, Secways, Aticco Ventures, Growth Engine, Vento and Halo.


Micthera, a biotech startup, raised €1m from Indaco Venture Partners.


IAG and Italians in VC partners invested in XTRA, a digital health startup based in USA.




Rialto Ventures announced reaching €55m in capital raised. The fund has already completed 8 investments to date.


A2A and 360 Capital 🇮🇹announced 360 Life II, a €200m climate-tech fund aimed at European startups.


CDP VC announced VentureItaly II, its second fund of funds aimed at venture capital operators. According to the announcement, the FoF has a €500m target and has already received €475m from the Italian Ministry for Economic Development and CDP Equity. Since the first installment of the fund attracted 3X the capital deployed, we can hope this fund will mobilize €1-1.5b in additional capital for Italian startups.

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


Loquis, a travel podcasting startup, raised €3.78m from P101, Innova Venture, PiCampus, and CDP VC.


Checksig, a crypto custody and trading startup, 🇮🇹raised €2.7m from undisclosed investors.


J4ENERGY, a climate-tech startup, 🇮🇹raised €1m from RoboIT, Tech4Planet, and Pariter Robotics.


Domethics, a proptech startup, 🇮🇹raised €725k from CDP VC.


Wishew, a UK-based social network, 🇮🇹raised €10m from LMDV Capital.




NextUp 🇮🇹acquired Sweet Lilium → investment vehicles merging, a new quick way to enhance portfolio diversification? ;-)


JAKALA announced the acquisition of France-based ClaraVista.


Maticmind 🇮🇹acquired GDMS-Italy.

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


BOEM, a startup launching a low-alcohol drink, 🇮🇹raised €3m from LMDV Capital, an existing shareholder.


Lithium Lasers, a deep-tech startup specializing in femto-lasers, raised €2m from Primo Space and 360CP. Primo Space also invested €1.1m in Ecosmic, a space-tech startup.


Qlhype, a second-hand clothes startup, 🇮🇹raised €700k from business angels.


Drinkme, a B2B wine and spirits startup, 🇮🇹raised €580k in a crowdfunding campaign.


Neva SGR 🇮🇹joined a $100m Series D in Coro, an Israeli cybersecurity company.




xFarm Technologies merged with Greenfield and Spacesense to hone its Geospatial AI.


Edflex, a French edtech startup, acquired OfCourseMe.

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


LIFTT joined the $26m round raised by Evergreen Theragnostics, a life sciences startup.




CDP Venture Capital launched Frontech Accelerator, with Algorand and Microsoft as technical partners




Visma acquired Fiscozen: exit for United Ventures and Keen Venture Partners.




The first quarter has concluded, and we now have the initial assessments of the Italian startup landscape, as detailed in the VeM report and the Venture Capital Report by Growth Capital / ITA.

Tes Pharma, a biotech company, 🇮🇹raised €10m from XGen Venture.


FidoCommercialista, a tax-tech startup, 🇮🇹raised €1.2m from 40Jemz Ventures, X-Equity Venture Club, i3Charter, Alecla7, and Vesper.


Kilogram, a food-tech and wellness startup, 🇮🇹raised 150k from Archangel AdVenture.


Proxima Fusion, a nuclear fusion startup based in Germany, raised €20m. The startup is a spin-out of the Max Planck Institute and is led by Italian founders.




Oops, they did it again: Bending Spoons announced the acquisition of StreamYard Top Corp (a.k.a. Hopin).


Impresoft 🇮🇹acquired Ribes Solutions.


Cloud Care 🇮🇹acquired Crea.re Digital.


OpStart 🇮🇹acquired a majority stake in BackToWork.


Almaviva 🇮🇹acquired Magna Sistemas Consultoria Sa.

BookRepublic, a digital e-book library, raised €1.5m from Mondadori, with a commitment for an additional €1.5m investment in 2025. They two will launch Narae, a joint venture focused on webnovels.


NExT, a modular electric vehicles startup, 🇮🇹raised €1.25m from Cysero.


Amalia Care, a health-care startup, 🇮🇹raised €1m from Personae (a CDP-powered accelerator), A|Impact, Social Fare, and business angels.