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TWIS #171

New rounds for Sidereus, Evja, Cellply, and others. Acquisitions for Enovis, Jakala, and ToolsGroup. Roberto Marsella is the best Italian business angel in 2023.

Niccolò Sanarico
Oct 2, 2023
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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

  • Sidereus Space Dynamics, a company based in Salerno, Italy, raised €5.1m in Seed+ funding. The funding round was led by Primo Space and CDP Venture Capital Sgr, via the Italia Venture II – Fondo Imprese Sud fund.

  • Evja, an agritech startup, 🇮🇹raised €4.2m in a pre-Series A round. The funding was led by CDP Venture Capital sgr through Italia Venture II and SEFEA Impact sgr.

  • Cellply, a life sciences startup, raised €3.6m from Recomec, LIFTT, and Schia Ventures.

  • BeSafe Group 🇮🇹closed a Series A round of €3m, led by PranaVentures and Azimut Libera Impresa, on behalf of the Azimut Digitech Fund. The round also included CDP Venture Capital SGR and strategic business angels.

  • PandasAI raised $1.1m in a Pre-Seed round, with funding from Runa Capital, London-based Episode1, and Vento, the Italian arm of Exor Ventures.

  • Inflead, an influencer marketing intelligence platform, 🇮🇹raised €1m from Blacksheep.

M&A

  • Enovis to buy surgical implants maker LimaCorporate for €800m.

  • Jakala acquired Roibox.

  • ToolsGroup 🇮🇹acquired Evo.

Reading this week

  • Italy Startup Ecosystem Report 2023.

  • Runa Capital 🇮🇹opens an office in Italy.

  • Tech scaleup Italy.

  • Roberto Marsella 🇮🇹was elected best business angel in Italy in 2023.

  • B2B marketplace opportunities in Italy.

  • A profile of Timeflow.

  • AI ethics with Raffaele Mauro 🇮🇹(video).

  • An 🇮🇹interview with Luca Cartechini (ShopCircle).

  • Leonardo SpA and Cubbit entered into a partnership for an ultra-secure cloud.

  • Battery’s State of Enterprise tech spending, September 2023.

🌟Jobs in Italian Startups🌟

If you want to have one or more job positions relevant to the Italian ecosystem listed, fill out this form. As soon as I approve the position it will remain visible for 30 days at this link.

Latest positions:

  • Internship – Investment Analyst with STEM background at Primo Ventures.

  • Elearning Specialist at Data Masters.

Startup Events in Italy🎪

The events that are animating the Italian ecosystem: feel free to add an event through this form. All events will be visible at this link and I’ll list them below.

The following events are welcome:

  • Demo days

  • Calls for startups

  • Startup fairs, events

Latest events:

  • Bologna StartUp Day (6/10/2023)

  • Forest Valley Sandbox Demo Day (19/10/2023)

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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.

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