TWIS #198
Tes Pharma, Proxima Fusion, and others raised funding. Bending Spoons acquired Hopin. The 2024-28 industrial plan of CDP VC is finally unveiled.
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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.
The Money 💰
Tes Pharma, a biotech company, 🇮🇹raised €10m from XGen Venture.
FidoCommercialista, a tax-tech startup, 🇮🇹raised €1.2m from 40Jemz Ventures, X-Equity Venture Club, i3Charter, Alecla7, and Vesper.
Kilogram, a food-tech and wellness startup, 🇮🇹raised 150k from Archangel AdVenture.
Proxima Fusion, a nuclear fusion startup based in Germany, raised €20m. The startup is a spin-out of the Max Planck Institute and is led by Italian founders.
M&A 🥩
Oops, they did it again: Bending Spoons announced the acquisition of StreamYard Top Corp (a.k.a. Hopin).
Impresoft 🇮🇹acquired Ribes Solutions.
Cloud Care 🇮🇹acquired Crea.re Digital.
OpStart 🇮🇹acquired a majority stake in BackToWork.
Almaviva 🇮🇹acquired Magna Sistemas Consultoria Sa.
Reading this week 📚
🇮🇹The new 2024-28 industrial plan by CDP VC.
Mamazen IH1 🇮🇹raised further capital to invest in its startups.
Startup partnerships: 🇮🇹Takyon with Nexi, 🇮🇹Cloov with Rinascente.
Vento, the Italian branch of Exor Ventures, 🇮🇹sums up its first two years of operations.
Higgs passed away at 94. Yes, THAT Higgs.
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