TWIS #258
IdentifAI, Bikeroom, Easyrain, and others raised funding. Amazon acquired Bee. Domyn is closer to raising its 650m round. Invitalia and Bpifrance join forces to support ITA+FRA startups.
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 💰
IdentifAI raised €5m in a Series A round from United Ventures.
Bikeroom 🇮🇹raised €3m in a Series A round from ALIcrowd 1 (Gruppo Azimut), and Vesper Holding.
Easyrain 🇮🇹raised €2.6m in an early-stage round from Indaco Venture Partners SGR, MITO Tech Transfer, and Easyrain Invest.
Surety Shield 🇮🇹raised €2.25m in a Early-stage round from Banca Valsabbina, additional industrial investors.
SunCubes 🇮🇹raised €1.1m in a Seed round from RoboIT, CrossConnect, Plug and Play Tech Center, and ELIS.
VisioNing raised €1m in a Seed round from Farming Future, National Technology Transfer Hub for Agrifood Tech, CDP Venture Capital, ToSeed & Partners, and MiSE co-investment fund.
Recornea raised €450k in a Seed round from Fondazione ENEA Tech and Biomedical.
The Money International 🌎
Freename raised €6.5m in a Series A round from Entrée Capital, Polymorphic Capital, Sparkle Ventures, Blockchain Founders Fund, Golden Record Ventures, and Business Angels.
M&A 🥩
Amazon is acquiring Bee, maker of a wearable AI assistant that listens to conversations.
Reading this week📚
Domyn is 🇮🇹close to complete the €650m round announced a year ago.
Bpifrance and Invitalia 🇮🇹announced a joint program for the development of startups.
Fondazione Roma 🇮🇹committed €2m in Deep Blue Ventures.
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N.