The week in Italian startups - Issue #120
The Money
Connected-Stories, an ad-tech startup, 🇮🇹raised €2m from Blacksheep.
Aptus, Flowbe, and Cents 🇮🇹raised €500k from CDP VC each as a follow-on investment from the Fin+Tech acceleration program.
BPER Banca and CDP VC (through the Boost Innovation fund) 🇮🇹announced Gility, a training platform for SMEs. CDP invested €12.4m in the joint venture.
M&A
Reading this week
Neva SGR officially announced its 250m flagship fund.
Vincenzo Elifani on his experience starting a probono incubator.
Nexi is collaborating with the BCE on designing the "digital euro".
The deck Adobe used to explain its Figma acquisition.
Fundraising tracker
Every week, I update my fundraising tracker based on the news I publish.
Ending Notes
Giacomo Mollo and I comment on the latest news every week: subscribe to our podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcast, and other podcast platforms to get additional insights on what is happening in the Italian ecosystem.
Have a great week,
N.