TWIS #189
Underscore district, Addax Biosciences, Voidless, and others raised funding. A new Fund-of-Funds by Sella Venture Partners.
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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.
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The Money 💰
Sealence, a startup developing sustainable and innovative solutions for the marine industry, raised €7.5m in equity, debt, and grants.
Underscore District, a fashion brands accelerator, 🇮🇹raised €4m in a round led by Kairos Ventures ESG One.
Addax Biosciences, a biotech startup, raised €2.5m from Fintech Partners.
Voidless, a packaging technology startup, raised €2.2m from CDP VC and 360cp.
Okapi, a green-tech startup, raised €1m from Digital Magics and Innova Venture.
Collecto, a luxury goods crowdfunding startup, 🇮🇹raised €750k in an angel round.
Develop-players, an educative gaming startup, 🇮🇹raised €600k from Opes Italia, 20 Fund, and Privilège Ventures.
Sense4med, a medtech startup, 🇮🇹raised €510k from Scientifica Venture Capital and Innova Venture.
Dafne, a sexual wellness startup, 🇮🇹raised 250k in a pre-seed round participated by Lifegate, Over Ventures, and Open Seed.
Paperbox Health, a startup addressing learning disorders in kids, raised €230k in a bridge round by VITA Accelerator.
New funds
Sella Venture Partners SGR 🇮🇹announced its second fund of funds dedicated to investing in international VC funds.
Reading this week 📚
Notion Capital’s Top 100 Cloud Challengers. (only 1 Italian startup mentioned 😩).
A survey: The state of engineering productivity.
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