TWIS #253
Nova, Lionhealth, Fixxy, AI4IV, and others raised funding. Data Masters published a report on the demand for AI and data science roles. Radical Partners is a new FoF to invest in innovation.
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 💰
Nova, a talent-tech startup, raised €3.2m in a Early-stage round from CDP Venture Capital SGR, BY Venture Partners, and Doha Tech Angels.
Lionhealth Società Benefit, a health-tech startup, 🇮🇹raised €3m in a Seed round from Vikivi, Doorway, Lenny Delligatti, and Emilbanca.
Fixxy, a mobile devices insurance startup, 🇮🇹raised €1.8m in a debt-based Pre-seed round from Medio Credito Centrale and Invitalia.
AI4IV, a startup developing on-silicon vision devices, raised €1.755m in a Seed round from Deep Blue Ventures, Magic Spectrum, and CDP Venture Capital.
Vivaio Ventures, a startup supporting content creators in launching their business, 🇮🇹raised €500k in a Pre-seed round from Growth Engine.
Mangofit raised €180k in a Pre-seed round from CDP Venture Capital, Iconico Srl, and Lorenzo Fanelli.
The Money International💰
Proxima Fusion (Italian founders) Raises €130M Series A to Build World’s First Stellarator.
Angelini Ventures joined a €11.25m seed round raised by Elkedonia.
Enterome raised $19 million and Primo Capital, an existing investor, joined the round.
Reading this week📚
An 🇮🇹analysis of the state of AI in Italian micro caps (listed on the EGM) and startups.
Radical partners, a new Fund of Funds, 🇮🇹is raising €400m to sustain innovation in EU and Italy (paywall).
Data Masters (a Primo Capital portfolio company) 🇮🇹published a research about the demand for AI & data science talent based on 18.000 open positions on Linkedin across Q1 2025: Southern Italy is actually alive and looking for talent!
Freeda is 🇮🇹shutting down.
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Fundraising Tracker 📈
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Ending Notes📝
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Have a great week,
N.