TWIS #206
BetaGlue Technologies, Sibill, Talet-e raised funding. New acquisitions for Accenture. Unruly dashboard. Italia, the foundational GenAI model, was released.
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 💰
BetaGlue, a clinical-stage radiotherapy company, raised €8m in a round led by Neva SGR, with participation from LIFTT and FinPosillipo.
Sibill, a treasury management startup, announced a €6.2m round from Keen Venture Partners, Exor Ventures, and Founders.
Talet-E, a startup offering a kit to electrify scooters, 🇮🇹raised €2.6m (€1.7m in debt, €0.9m in equity from RA.MO.CAR, a family office).
Prem AI, a Switzerland-based AI startup, raised $14m in a seed round featuring several high-profile business angels and entrepreneurs.
M&A 🥩
Accenture closed the acquisition of Customer Management IT and SirfinPA.
Reading this week 📚
iGenius introduced Italia, its First Open Foundational Italian LLM.
250 European Data Infrastructure startups and what we learned from them | MMC.
InSilicoTrials won the prize of startup of the year for AI at the Startup Grind Global 2024.
A navigator of Italian developer salaries, by role and seniority, by DataPizza.
Unruly VC released a full dashboard of their investments. Bold move, and possibly the first I have ever seen.
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Fundraising Tracker 📈
Ending Notes📝
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Have a great week,
N.