The week in Italian startups - Issue #94

The Money

• ViteSicure, an insuretech startup, 🇮🇹raised €1.75m from a syndicate of angels and corporates.

• Kama.sport, a sports tech startup, raised €1.5m for a €21m post-money.

• A|Impact 🇮🇹invested €500k in Test1 solution, a startup developing technologies for cleaning the environment from pollutants.

• I usually do not talk about crowdfunding rounds, but we have been talking about the Italian leadership in pokè startups and it seems the trend is growing strong: Ami Pokè, another player in the field, raised €1.3m on Mamacrowd, a crowdfunding platform.

Corporate VC

• Italgas, an Italian gas distribution company, invested USD$15m in Picarro, a US-based monitoring solution for gas infrastructure.

• Edison 🇮🇹announced an investment in Condeo, a condominium management startup.

• Mediobanca Private Banking launched a VC fund focused on investing in American startups and funds.

M&A

• Poste Italiane announced the acquisition of LIS Holding for €700m, to expand its payment offering.

• Airtime partecipazioni 🇮🇹acquired 🇩🇪Engy Solutions for €30m.

• Investcorp acquired cybersecurity company HWG.

• DoveVivo acquired Altido.

• OneDay Group 🇮🇹acquired 30% of Chef in Camicia, a food media startup.

• Healthware Group acquired Argon Global Healthcare network

• Reload SpA 🇮🇹acquired Intermatica SpA, a telecommunication company.

Women CTOs in Europe

Sifted compiled a list of European women CTOs: of the 155 women on the list, only two are from Italy and working in Italian startups: Pamela Gotti and Chiara Petrioli. Anybody else?! 🤔

FT 1000

The Financial Times published its ranking of the 1000 fastest-growing European companies. Italy has only one company in the top ten (Winelivery #9) but it is the most represented country (235 entries!).

Incubators and Accelerators in Italy

Ilaria Cavalleri published e quick fact sheet from the Social Innovation Monitor 2021 regarding Italian incubators and accelerators.

Driverless vehicles

Estrima, the maker of Birò, a tiny 2-seats / 4-wheels electric vehicle, 🇮🇹announced it is teaming up with Imperium Drive to experiment with a driverless car service in Milton Keynes (UK), based on its cars.

Fundraising tracker

Every week, I’m posting a fundraising tracker based on the news I publish.

Recent job positions from XJobs

• Gyala is looking for a Sviluppatore PHP and for a Sistemi di sicurezza ICT

• Altilia is looking for a ML Engineer

• The Data Appeal Company is looking for a Lead Data Scientist

• Indigo.AI is looking for a Growth Manager Intern

About XJobs:

• The XJobs platform is a free portal listing open job positions from the Italian startup ecosystem, managed by CDP Venture Capital. If you desire, you can apply for free and have your job positions posted on the platform by following this link.

Ending Notes

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Have a great week,

N.