TWIS #248
Hotiday, Skillvue, ReportAid, Xbooks, and others raised funding (€19m total last week). Another acquisition for TestBusters.
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 💰
Hotiday, a travel-tech startup, raised €5.5m in a Early-stage round from P101 SGR and 40Jemz.
Skillvue, an HR-tech startup, raised €5.5m in a Early-stage round from 360 Capital, Italian Founders Fund, 14Peaks Capital, and Orbita Verticale.
ReportAId, a health-tech startup, raised €2.2m in a Pre-seed round from Italian Founders Fund, Heartfelt, Exceptional Ventures, 2100 Ventures, Vento, Ithaca, B Heroes, Vesper Holding, Luca Ascani, Enrico Giacomelli, Francesco Zaccariello, and Luca Foschini.
Xbooks, a crypto-tax startup, raised €1.9m in a Early-stage round from Primo Capital, Vertis, Rigel Ventures, Avvio Capital, and Angels4Impact.
Brainyware, a private AI startup, 🇮🇹raised €1.3m in a Early-stage round from SEAC, Fabrick.
Direct from Italy, a winetech startup, raised €1m in a Early-stage round from Marvit.
Tutornow, an ed-tech startup,🇮🇹raised €1m in a Seed round from Techstars, Invitalia, Kf-invest, and Mario Peveraro.
Pelomatto, a startup offering a home-grooming service for cats and dogs, 🇮🇹raised €600k in an early-stage round from IH1
The Money International💰🌎
Angelini Ventures 🇮🇹led a €45m round in Singapore-based Nuevocor.
M&A 🥩
Reading this week📚
Eureka! Ventures sgr launched ETA Fund, the first Italian institutional fund focused on search funds.
In the chapter “AI and Italy”, Wordlift (a portfolio company) released SEOcrate 01, a reasoning model specifically trained on a SEO ontology.
The most active investors in EU in Q1 2025 | Sifted [paywall].
Requests for Startups, Summer 2025 | Y Combinator. Just to let you know what are they thinking in YC.
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