TWIS #170
BeDimensional and CarX raised funding. Intesa and BPER take control of Homepal.
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
BeDimensional raised €5M in funding, led by EUREKA! Venture SGR through the Eureka! Fund I – Technology Transfer.
CarX, a startup developing off-grid charging solutions for electric vehicles, 🇮🇹raised €500k in a seed round. The funding was led by Camfin Alternative Assets S.p.A.
Intesa Sanpaolo and BPER 🇮🇹invested €15m in Homepal. Intesa got 49% of the company in the deal.
Reading this week
A video interview of Luca Ferrari, CEO of Bending Spoons. Which, by the way, 🇮🇹appears (paywall $) to be close to unicorn valuation.
Italy: A Rising Star with Significant Contributions to the Space Industry.
Visa and Scalapay 🇮🇹entered into a partnership.
A 🇮🇹profile of Eventboost in the words of its CEO and founder, Franco Bondi.
🇮🇹Claris, Moonstone, PranaVentures, and the other young Italian VCs.
Mino Zucchetti, the founder of Zucchetti, 🇮🇹passed away at 85.
🌟Jobs in Italian Startups🌟
After a few requests received in the past months, I decided to reboot the Jobs in Italian Startups section. If you want to have one or more job positions relevant to the Italian ecosystem listed, just fill out this form. As soon as I approve the position it will remain visible for 30 days at this link.
New this week:
Senior Sales Assistant at Endelea.
Startup Events in Italy
This week I am launching a new initiative: similar to the jobs section above, I am introducing an events section to TWIS. Feel free to add an event through this form. Events will be available at this link and I’ll make sure to list them here.
The following events are welcome:
Demo days
Call for startups
Startup fairs, events
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.
Ah! Giacomo and I are going to TechChill Milano - if you are around just ping us!
Have a great week,
N.