TWIS #255
Sibill, PhotonPath, Tuduu, Loto Biotech raised funding. ZNEXT from Zanichelli, a new fund for human potential tech. LIFTT becomes a multi-vertical VC. MAIRE and Newcleo create a joint venture.
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 💰
Sibill, a fintech startup, 🇮🇹raised €12m in a Series A round from Creandum and Keen Venture Partners.
PhotonPath, an integrated photonics startup, raised €5.1m in a Series A round from Join Capital, Deep Ocean Capital, Levante Capital, and CDP Venture Capital.
Tuduu, an Italian food brands aggregator, 🇮🇹raised a €1m SEed round in equity and debt from Business Angels.
LOTO Biotech Platform raised €0.6m in a Seed round from Scientifica VC.
New Funds 💫
Reading this week📚
LIFTT transforms into multi-vertical venture capital - LIFTT.
MAIRE and Newcleo created a joint venture to build new generation of commercial -scale nuclear plants.
EIF to launch online portal enhancing transparency in Europe’s private markets.
2025: The State of Consumer AI | Menlo Ventures.
2025 Europe EdTech 200 | Holoniq. (Nice to see several Italian players in the list).
Agentic Misalignment: How LLMs could be insider threats | Anthropic.
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N.