Hello,

Welcome back to The Week in Italian Startups. This is Niccolò from Primo Ventures: every week I publish my curation of the latest news from the Italian startup ecosystem.

The Money

• Codemotion, a developer community platform, raised €8m in a round led by Sinergia Venture Fund and participated by existing investors (note: including Primo).

• Agricooltur, an agri-tech startup, 🇮🇹raised €5m in a round led by Sinergia Venture Fund.

• 181Travel, a travel experiences startup, 🇮🇹raised €2.5m in a round led by CDP VC, Sefea SGR, and Primo.

• Approxima, a medtech startup, raised €1.6m in a round led by Panakes Partners, with Club degli Investitori and other business angels.

• Medendi, a medtech startup, 🇮🇹raised €1.4m in equity and debt from a pool of business angels.

• Voiseed, a generative AI startup, raised €1m in a round led by LIFTT.

• Metacasa, a VR-for-real-estate startup, 🇮🇹raised €425k from business angels.

• X-Farm Technologies 🇮🇹received €1m in a debt financing round from EIC Accelerator.

• Meeters 🇮🇹received a €0.5m debt financing round from Intesa San Paolo and nominated a new CEO.

M&A

• Teamsystems acquired Growens’ email service Mailup in a €70m deal.

• BV Tech Group 🇮🇹acquired Arturai, a cybersecurity company, for an undisclosed amount.

Italian founders’ office hours

• More than 130 🇮🇹 VCs from international funds came together to offer office hours to Italian startup founders. This is a great opportunity to talk to fellow Italian investors that are working around the world and might provide excellent advice on fundraising, strategy, and more.

• Here is the link to apply: https://foundersfactorystartups.typeform.com/to/hjJhTDMB

Fundraising Tracker

Interviews from TechChill Milan 2022

During the last edition of TechChill Milan 2022, Giacomo and I interviewed a few friends. We are now releasing these videos, one per week: please enjoy our conversation with Belka’s founder Giulio Michelon!

Ending Notes

Giacomo Mollo and I comment weekly on the latest news: subscribe to our podcast on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcast, and other platforms to get additional insights on what is happening in the Italian ecosystem.

Have a great week,

N.