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.

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.