TWIS #154

MiScusi, Kampaay, Poke House, and others raised funding. Newcleo will invest in France.

Hello,

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

The Money

• MiScusi, a fresh pasta restaurant chain, 🇮🇹raised €10m from Mip, Picus, Kitchen Fund, Amundi, and Gaetano Marzotto.

• Kampaay, an event tech startup, announced a €7.3m round from 360cp, SG Company, and Gellify.

• Poke House, a poke restaurant chain, 🇮🇹raised an undisclosed amount in a round including Red Circle Investments.

• Dscovr, a customer insights startup, raised €2m from Azimut Digitech, Exor, Bonsai Ventures, IAG, Growth Engine.

• Future Fashion 🇮🇹raised €1.5m in equity and debt from SICI.

M&A

• Blogmeter was 🇮🇹acquired by Shibumi Group.

• Bizplace was 🇮🇹acquired by Alchimia investments.

• White Bridge investments 🇮🇹launched a bid for Reevo, a listed cybersecurity company, at €17.6 per share.

• Three Hills Capital Partners 🇮🇹signed an agreement to acquire Digital360, a listed media company.

Reading this week

• Newcleo announced a €3Bn investment plan in France.

• Angelo Moratti 🇮🇹invested as an LP in Sound Ventures, Ashton Kutchner’s fund focusing on AI.

• AngeList: “After 18 Months, Your Investment Probably Isn’t Getting Marked Up“

• ROAD, the Rome Advanced District, was 🇮🇹inaugurated last week. Eni, Acea, and others among the partners.

• Takeaways from this year’s MIDAS list.

• A 🇮🇹report about several Italian e-commerce startups opening physical stores.

• Primo Ventures announced a strategic partnership with Lifegate.

Fundraising Tracker

Ending Notes

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

Have a great week,

N.