The week in Italian startups - Issue #108

The Money

• Arduino raised $32m in a Series B round participated by Robert Bosch Venture Capital, Renesas, Anzu Partners, and Arm.

• Rentuu, a UK-based equipment rental startup, raised €3m from a syndicate of investors including Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou and Fabio Cannavale

• Marshmallow Games, an edtech company, 🇮🇹raised €2m from CDP Venture Capital and Sefea Impact SGR.

• OranGoGo, a sports-tech startup, 🇮🇹is raising €1.5m in a round joined by Banca Sella.

• Green Independence, a cleantech startup, 🇮🇹raised an undisclosed bridge round from Scientifica Venture Capital.

New funds

• CDP Venture capital 🇮🇹announced the first closing of its €60m "service tech" fund.

Reading this week

• How to become a billionaire at 87.👴🏼

• Poke House 🇮🇹opened its 100th store.

• Jack Dorsey launched Web5.

Fundraising tracker

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

Ending Notes

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Have a great week,

N.