The week in Italian startups - Issue #132
The Money
M&A
Moneyfarm acquired Profile Pensions and hits £3bn in assets
New funds for investments and research
Fondo Italiano di Investimento 🇮🇹announced the first closing of a €130m food and agritech fund.
The Italian Ministry of University 🇮🇹announced a new cybersecurity research center, funded with €116m from the RRP.
Reading this week
An 🇮🇹interview with Sara Lovato (United Ventures).
An interesting analysis of the academic performance abroad of Italian-trained researchers.
Investments in Italian deep tech have been picking up in recent years, 🇮🇹according to Stefano Peroncini.
I'm saving you from linking a gazillion tweets, posts, and interesting conversations about ChatGPT. Just letting you know. 😉
Fundraising tracker
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Ending Notes
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Have a great week,
N.