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#venturecapital #italy #startup

• IAMA Therapeutics, a neuroscience startup, 🇮🇹raised €15m in a Growth round from Indaco Venture Partners SGR, Fondazione Enea Tech e Biomedical, Claris Ventures SGR, and CDP Venture Capital SGR.

• WSense, a marine deep-tech startup, 🇮🇹raised €7.2m in an Early-stage round from CDP Venture Capital SGR, Blue Ocean, RunwayFBU, Axon Partners Group, Fincantieri, and Rypples.

• Tundr, an employee-benefits startup, 🇮🇹raised €7.2m in a Seed round from 360 Capital, CDP Venture Capital SGR, Azimut Libera Impresa SGR, Vento, Alecla7, and Vesper Holding.

• Keplera, a legal-tech startup, 🇮🇹raised €770k in a Seed round from Magic Mind, OpenT, and Frontech.

• San Marino-based BKN301 raised €21.5m in a series B round from CDP VC, Azimut, SIMEST, and other investors. (well, kind of international).

• Medicud, a medtech startup, 🇮🇹raised €1.3m in a Seed round from CHMBR Partners, 50 Partners Capital Health, and Business Angels des Grandes Écoles.

• Exsensia, a robotics startup, 🇮🇹raised €1m in a Seed round from RoboIT, Elettrocablaggi, and Pariter Robotics.

• Saturnalia, an agri-tech startup, 🇮🇹raised €600k in a Seed round from Farming Future.

• Prensilia, a robotics startup, 🇮🇹raised an undisclosed amount in a Early-stage round from RoboIT, Pariter Robotics, and Toscana Next.

• LIFTT 🇮🇹joined a €21.5m round in Sparrow Quantum.

• Nextalia Ventures joined a $75m Series B round raised by Rain, a fintech company.

• Arising Ventures 🇮🇹acquired Softgen AI.

• Neva SGR 🇮🇹invested €2.5m in Galaxia, the technology hub for space technologies.

• Stanford published the AI Index 2025.

• Jeff Bezos 🇮🇹will be the main guest at the Italian Tech Week 2025.

• The European Commission presented the AI Continent action plan. Italy to host one of the 13 supercomputers for AI.

• Blubrake, a bike-tech startup, 🇮🇹raised €12m in a Growth round from Algebris Climatech, Fundracer, and Tri-Star group, Growth Capital.

• Covision Media, a 3D AI startup, 🇮🇹raised €5m in a Early-stage round from CDP Venture Capital SGR, Redstone, The Techshop, and Business Angels.

• GenomeUp, a medtech startup, 🇮🇹🇮🇹raised €4.5m in a Early-stage round from The Techshop, CDP Venture Capital SGR, and OPES.

• Next Generation Robotics, a robotics startup, 🇮🇹raised €4.5m in a Series A round from CDP Venture Capital SGR, RIF-T, Cysero EuVeca, Kilometro Rosso, Simest, Pariter Robotics, RoboIT, and Toscana Next.

• Axyon AI, an AI-first asset management startup, raised €4.3m in a Growth round from CDP Venture Capital SGR, Green Sands Equity, Montage Ventures, Investment Opportunity 1, and SIMEST.

• Collecto, a marketplace for fractional ownership of luxuriy goods, 🇮🇹raised €2.8m in a Seed round from Business Angels.

• Arxax, a road transport decarbonization startup, raised €1m in a Seed round from CDP Venture Capital SGR, Zest, and EIT Urban Mobility.

• Memori, a conversational AI startup, 🇮🇹raised €500k in a Seed round from TreCuori.

• CamGraPhIC Srl, a photonics startup, 🇮🇹raised €25m in a Series A round from CDP Venture Capital, NATO Innovation Fund, Sony Innovation Fund, Join Capital, Bosch Ventures, Frontier IP Group, and Indaco Ventures.

• Novac, an energy storage startup, raised €3.5m in a Seed round from Eureka! Venture, CDP Venture Capital SGR, and Galaxia.

• Cassandra.app, a martech startup, raised €2m in a Seed round from Italian Founders Fund, PitchDrive, Webranking, Mana Ventures, and Business Angels.

• Compri, an AI-driven procurement startup, 🇮🇹raised €1.6m in a Pre-seed round from Italian Founders Fund, DFF Ventures, and Business Angels.

• HypeSound, a biotech startup, 🇮🇹raised €1.2m in a Pre-seed round from Eatable Adventures, CDP Venture Capital SGR, Nextup, Vento, Athena, and Ulixes SGR.

• Sicuro.it 🇮🇹acquired Chino.

• Bain Capital 🇮🇹acquired a controlling stake in Namirial from Ambienta.

• An 🇮🇹update about 360 Life II, a (C)VC fund launched in late 2024.

• 🇮🇹Ten space startups from Italy to follow.

• A 🇮🇹tool to drive AI coding assistants with user stories.

• Tether Invests in Be Water, Strengthening Its Commitment to Modern Media Innovation | Tether.io

• Baillie Gifford writes up investment in Bending Spoons by 89%🤯, as company raises further funding for acquisitions.

• Speaking of BS, Silver Point leads Financing of Acquisition of Brightcove Inc. by Bending Spoons.

• RESILCO, a waste management startup, raised €5m in a Series A round from 360 Capital, CDP Venture Capital SGR, and Tech4Planet.

• BRUM, an edtech startup, 🇮🇹raised €3.5m in a Early-stage round from Italian Founders Fund.

• Bevy, a drink delivery startup, 🇮🇹raised €2.5m in a Early-stage round from Linfa, FoodLabs, and Business Angels.

• Cyberating, a cybersecurity startup, 🇮🇹raised €1.85m in a Pre-seed round from FNDX.

• Quickfisco, a tax management startup, 🇮🇹raised €1.5m in a Seed round from Albemarle asset management.

• Genenta Science, a biotech company listed on the Nasdaq, raised €20m through a mandatory convertible bond from ENEA Tech and Biomedical Foundation.

• AQUILA.is, a sustainable finance startup, raised an undisclosed amount from Vento.

• Pangea Aerospace, a Spanish space tech startup, raised €23m in a Series A round from Hyperion Fund, Primo Capital (through Primo Space Fund), and CDTI Innvierte.

• Bending Spoons acquired Komoot.

• Primo Climate (a Primo Capital fund) 🇮🇹raised an additional €5m from Fon.Te.

• Italian newspaper says it has published world’s first AI-generated edition.

Valo Therapeutics Oy, an immunotherapy startup, raised €19m in a Growth round from Indaco Venture Partners, CDP Venture Capital SGR, Fondazione ENEA Tech e Biomedical, and Freeman Road.Matix, a hardware startup, 🇮🇹raised €2.1m in a Seed round from auxiell, B-Heroes, and Business Angels.Lexroom.ai, an AI legal-tech startup, raised €2m in a Seed round from Entourage, Verve Ventures, Banyan Ventures, Vento, X-Equity, and FNDX.Biorsaf, a food safety startup, 🇮🇹raised €1.4m in a Early-stage round from Maia Ventures, Farming Future, CDP Venture Capital SGR, ToSeed & Partners, and Toscana Next.Augmenta, an automated building design platform, raised $10m in a Seed round from Prelude Ventures, and Montage Ventures.Neuromod Devices Ltd. raised €10m in a Series B round from Fountain Healthcare Partners, Panakès Partners.Vantis, a Munich-based healthcare company, raised €10m in a Series A round from Angelini Ventures, Bayern Kapital, Twip Impact Ventures, firstminute, and b2venture.Jaipur Robotics 🇮🇹raised €800k in a Pre-seed round from Swiss investors.Vento rolled out new €75M fund for Italian founders, no matter where they live | TechCrunch.

• Valuematic, a cloud optimization startup, 🇮🇹raised €850k in an Early-stage round from CDP Venture Capital SGR, Progress Tech Transfer, and Toscana Next.

• Nlcomp, a composite materials startup, 🇮🇹raised €600k in a Seed round from Samer & Co Shipping, CDP Venture Capital SGR, and Zest.

• Klear, a fintech startup, 🇮🇹raised €500k in a Pre-seed round from Business Angels.

• Searcode, a consumer electronics startup, 🇮🇹raised €400k in a Early-stage round from Intesa Sanpaolo.

• Relief, a medtech startup, raised an undisclosed amount in an Early-stage round from Panakès Partners SGR, Vento, and Club degli Investitori.

• Axelera AI Secures up to €61.6 Million Grant to Develop Scalable AI Chiplet for High-Performance Computing | BusinessWire

• Arsenale Bioyards raised $10m in a Seed round from Planet A, byFounders, CDP Ventures, Acequia Capital, Plug N Play, Business Angels and Grey Silo Ventures.

• Mopso raised €1m in a Seed round from Apside, Fin+Tech, CDP Venture Capital, Centro Istruttorie, and Business Angels.

• Lilac-Centro DCA raised €693k in a Seed round from Personae, CDP Venture Capital, SocialFare Seed, Sullivan Venture, Generaimprese, and Milano Venture.

• Shop Circle raised €60m in equity and debt in a Series B round from Nextalia Ventures, Endeavor Catalyst, NFX, QED Investors, 645 Ventures, 3VC, CDP Venture Capital, The Techshop, Primo Capital, GS Futures, and i80 Group.

• Fedrigoni invested in France-based Papkot, alongside Square Capital and previous investors.

• Bancomat 🇮🇹acquired FlowPay

• Facile.it 🇮🇹acquired Italfinance Group

• TeamSystem 🇮🇹acquired Golden Soft in Spain and Cle’mentine in France.

Newronika, a company specialising in advanced deep brain stimulation, raised €13.6m in a Series B round from Fondazione ENEA Tech e Biomedical, Indaco Venture Partners SGR, Innogest Capital SGR, Wille Finance, TNBT Capital, and F3F.NOB 4.0 Srl (Imatra) 🇮🇹raised €8m in an Early-stage round from CDP Venture Capital, and Fintech Partners.Approxima, a biotech startup, 🇮🇹raised €7.3m in a Series A round from ENEA Tech and Biomedical Foundation, Panakès Partners, Club degli Investitori, and Business Angels.ExoLab Italia, a biotech company, raised €5m in a Series A round from dsm-firmerich venturing, CDP Venture Capital, Linfa, and Maia Ventures.TimeFlow, an IT-supplier management company, raised €4m in a Early-stage round from Vertis, Azimut, CDP Venture Capital, Growth Engine, FNDX, and Duccio Vitali.Drivesec, an IOT cybersecurity startup, 🇮🇹raised €3m in a Series A round from LIFTT and Levante Capital.VST Srl 🇮🇹raised €3m in a Early-stage round from ENEA Tech and Biomedical Foundation.Focoos AI, an AI-vision startup, 🇮🇹raised €2.65m in a Seed round from Galaxia, CDP Venture Capital, PiemonteNext, VC Partners SGR, Vertis SGR, Vento, and Exor Ventures.Bnbkit raised €1.5m in a Seed round from business angels.