TWIS #200
Cryptosmart, BOEM, Lithium Lasers, Ecosmic, and others raised funding. xFarm Technologies made 2 acquisitions. Exit for OfCourseMe.
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 💰
Cryptosmart, a crypto exchange, 🇮🇹raised €3.5m and announced the acquisition of IBX AG, a bitcoin mining company.
BOEM, a startup launching a low-alcohol drink, 🇮🇹raised €3m from LMDV Capital, an existing shareholder.
Lithium Lasers, a deep-tech startup specializing in femto-lasers, raised €2m from Primo Space and 360CP. Primo Space also invested €1.1m in Ecosmic, a space-tech startup.
Qlhype, a second-hand clothes startup, 🇮🇹raised €700k from business angels.
Drinkme, a B2B wine and spirits startup, 🇮🇹raised €580k in a crowdfunding campaign.
Neva SGR 🇮🇹joined a $100m Series D in Coro, an Israeli cybersecurity company.
M&A 🥩
xFarm Technologies merged with Greenfield and Spacesense to hone its Geospatial AI.
Edflex, a French edtech startup, acquired OfCourseMe.
Reading this week 📚
Shetech founders list 2024: the 10 female-founded startups to keep an eye on in 2024.
Bending Spoons is offering 20 scholarships to women pursuing a degree in computer science, each one worth €5.000.
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Join us for a day of educational breakout sessions, customer speakers, MongoDB product demos, 1:1 “Ask the Experts” consulting sessions, an announcement-filled keynote, and more that will give you the tools needed to build and deploy mission-critical apps at scale.
Why should you attend?
Learn about the latest product release and experience the newest features in the opening keynote.
Experience educational technical sessions for all levels, delivered by MongoDB experts and customers.
Hear from customers and community members about how they’re transforming their industries with MongoDB.
When
📆 June 13, 2024 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM Teatro Arcimboldi Milano
Followed by closing reception
Who should attend?
Developers, architects, IT professionals, DevOps engineers, and anyone working with or learning MongoDB
Register today, visit https://www.mongodb.com/it-it/events/mongodb-local/milano, and use the special complimentary code MDBStartups100.
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N.
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