Hello,
Welcome back to The Week in Italian Startups. This is Niccolò from Primo Capital: every week, I publish my curated list of the latest news from the Italian startup ecosystem.
The Money 💰
IAMA Therapeutics, a neuroscience startup, 🇮🇹raised €15m in a Growth round from Indaco Venture Partners SGR, Fondazione Enea Tech e Biomedical, Claris Ventures SGR, and CDP Venture Capital SGR.
WSense, a marine deep-tech startup, 🇮🇹raised €7.2m in an Early-stage round from CDP Venture Capital SGR, Blue Ocean, RunwayFBU, Axon Partners Group, Fincantieri, and Rypples.
Tundr, an employee-benefits startup, 🇮🇹raised €7.2m in a Seed round from 360 Capital, CDP Venture Capital SGR, Azimut Libera Impresa SGR, Vento, Alecla7, and Vesper Holding.
Keplera, a legal-tech startup, 🇮🇹raised €770k in a Seed round from Magic Mind, OpenT, and Frontech.
The Money International💰🌎
San Marino-based BKN301 raised €21.5m in a series B round from CDP VC, Azimut, SIMEST, and other investors. (well, kind of international).
M&A 🥩
Reading this week📚
A 🇮🇹profile of Ithaca Investments (from the original Sifted article here).
Area Science Park 🇮🇹announces a €1m investment program for deep tech projects.
An 🇮🇹interview with United Ventures’ Massimiliano Magrini.
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N.