The Money

Macai, a quick commerce startup, raised a $3m pre-seed round from a syndicate of investors.
Qodeup, a digital menu startup, 🇮🇹 raised €260k in a syndicated round.
LUISS, a leading Rome-based business university, 🇮🇹 invested €2.5m in Digital Magics, a publicly listed business incubator.

Liquidity events

Epipoli 🇮🇹 announced the acquisition of Dotcom, a digital transformation company.
Lifeanalytics 🇮🇹acquired Abich, a lab analysis company, for €12m.
Alfonsino went public, raising €4m, with a market cap of €20m post-IPO.
Icona Technology, a company offering augmented reality solutions for remote assistance, 🇮🇹 went public on the Wien stock exchange with a direct listing at a €28.2m market cap.

Satispay & Young Platform

Satispay and Young Platform joined forces, announcing a partnership allowing Young users to instantly charge their wallets using Satispay.

PlanetWatch

Planetwatch is a decentralized platform based on Algorand, launched at CERN, recording air pollution data from all over Europe. Borderless Capital just led the launch of a $10m fund investing in the ecosystem surrounding PlanetWatch, aiming for a greener planet.

Ending Notes

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Have a great week,

N.

The Week in Italian Startups

The week in Italian startups - Issue #82