TWIS #215
TWIS #215
SkillVue, Involve Space, IdentifAi, and Pelomatto raised funding. Exits for The Digital Box and Buddyfit.
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 💰
SkillVue, an AI-based HR-tech startup, raised €2.5m in a round led by Italian Founders Fund and 14peaks.
Involve Space, a space-tech startup, raised €2.5m in a round led by Earlybird.
IdentifAi, a Milan-based startup developing a technology to identify AI fakes, raised €2.2m in a round led by United Ventures.
Pelomatto, a home grooming service for four-legged friends, 🇮🇹raised €430k in an angel round.
IPO 💫
Events.com to go public on NYSE through Business Combination with Concord Acquisition Corp. II.
M&A 🥩
Vection Technologies acquired The Digital Box in an all-shares transaction valueing the latter AUD$12m.
Oakley-backed 7NXT acquired online fitness platform Buddyfit.
Reading this week📚
12 Effective GTM Motions to Acquire Your First 1000 Customers.
🇮🇹Come andare più veloce (an interview with Francesco Scalambrino, JetHR co-founder).
🇮🇹WE ARE (PERMANENTLY) CLOSED (a post-mortem of a failed startup).
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N.