The Week in Italian Startups

TWIS #289

Wearable Robotics and Capsule Corporation raised funding. Exit for Factanza and Tractive. P101 releases the State of Italian VC.

Apr 6 • Niccolò Sanarico

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March 2026

TWIS #288

Trifoglio (PopWash), Subbyx, Dronus, and Foreverland raised funding. A new Poli360 fund announced by 360 Capital.

Mar 30 • Niccolò Sanarico

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TWIS #287

UpSurgeOn, Alomana, and CiaoDott raised funding. Is the EU Inc becoming reality?

Mar 23 • Niccolò Sanarico

6

TWIS #286

Cleafy, Mirai Robotics, Gyala, and others raised funding. TeeamSystem acquired Nibol. Tether invested 1bn in Neura Robotics.

Mar 16 • Niccolò Sanarico

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TWIS #285

ISAAC, Techvisory, Qura, Roboze, Rent2Cash, and Flowy raised funding. Huge round for Eight Sleep led by Tether. Onetag acquired Aryel.

Mar 9 • Niccolò Sanarico

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TWIS #284

Sinergy Flow, AutoConnexa, Quido raised funding. Italians in deep tech raise big funds: €400m for Proxima Fusion and €250m for Axelera AI.

Mar 2 • Niccolò Sanarico

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February 2026

TWIS #283

Contents, NANDO, Kampaay, and others raised funding. eBay to acquire Depop from Etsy.

Feb 23 • Niccolò Sanarico

8

TWIS #282

BeNewtral, MON5, and EXE Engineering raised funding. Röko acquired Lambda.

Feb 16 • Niccolò Sanarico

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TWIS #281

Newcleo raised another round. LianeCare and Omney raised capital. Alpha Impulsion receives the Game-Changing Innovation prize.

Feb 9 • Niccolò Sanarico

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TWIS #280

Postura Ergonomics and Bandosubito raised funding. A big merger in the crowdfunding space. Tether reports mind-blowing profits.

Feb 2 • Niccolò Sanarico

6

January 2026

TWIS #279

D-Orbit, BRUM, Elai, and others raised funding. Travel Tech 2, a new fund in the B2B travel-tech space. ITA's Venture Capital Report 2025.

Jan 26 • Niccolò Sanarico

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TWIS #278

Carol, Rara Factory, Small Pixels, Bricks.sh, Butterfly Decisions, and Liv4 raised funding. The EY Venture Capital barometer.

Jan 19 • Niccolò Sanarico

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