Jun 28, 2021

The week in Italian startups - Issue #62

By Niccolò Sanarico • Issue #62 • View online

Hello,

I am Niccolò and this is my digest of what happened last week in Italian startups.

In this issue: new rounds for Young Platform, Datrix, and others; MeglioQuesto goes public and Spindox plans to do the same; Elon Musk in Italy.

Enjoy the reading, see you on the other side,

The Money

Young Platform, a Turin-based crypto exchange, raised €3.5m from United Ventures, Ithaca Investments, and business angels.
Datrix, an AI for business startup, 🇮🇹raised €2.5m in a round led by 8a+, the CVC arm of Banca Generali.
Sixth Sense raised an undisclosed amount from Gellify, Azimut Libera Impresa, and i-RFK.
Biomadre, an artisanal bakery startup, raised €350k from Fondazione Cariplo and A|Impact.
Club degli Investitori invested $740k in Israeli agritech startup Tevel Aerobotics Technologies, within a $20m series B round.
TAS Group invested an undisclosed amount in fintech startup Flywallet.

Liquidity events

MeglioQuesto, a customer experience startup,🇮🇹 went public on the AIM market, raising €17.25m for a total EV equal to €73m.
Spindox, a digital transformation and innovation company, 🇮🇹is planning to go public later this year, with the goal to raise €8m with an EV between €43m and €50m.

Elon Musk

🇮🇹Elon Musk will be the special guest of the Italian Tech Week, an innovation event taking place in Turin on the 23rd and 24th of September. The news is interesting because it makes a point that Musk will participate in person at the event.

Jobs in Italian startups

You can explore 🔍 open positions here. Feel free to share the link with your contacts.
You are welcome to add new open positions using this form 📥 . Or, forward the link to your CEO or HR person - the more open positions, the more relevant the list, the more it will travel across the web, the more candidates will see it. Thank you! 🙏🏻

Ending Notes

The Week in Italian Startups goes Live on Clubhouse! Join Giacomo Mollo and myself discussing the deals of the week. Every Monday, from 6:30 pm to 7:00 pm CEST (9:30 am PDT). In case you miss the episode, you can subscribe to the podcast on Spotify.

Have a great week,

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By Niccolò Sanarico

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