TWIS #266
Cyberwave, Eoliann, Tuidi, and Digital Brokerage Europe raised funding. Sella announced Sella Direct Ventures. Qualcomm acquired Arduino 🔥.
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 💰
Cyberwave raised €7m in a Seed round from United Ventures, The TechShop, Vento (Exor), Pi Campus, and Business Angels.
Eoliann raised €4.25m in a Seed round from Montage Ventures, CDP Venture Capital, Primo Capital, Terna Forward, and OpenEconomics.
Tuidi raised €3m in a Seed round from Vertis SGR, Azimut Libera Impresa SGR, and QBerg.
Digital Brokerage Europe raised an undisclosed amount in a Seed round from CDP Venture Capital SGR and Leonardo Srl.
New Funds 💫
Sella launched Sella Direct Ventures.
M&A🥩
Qualcomm acquired Arduino.
Reading this week📚
Metreecs closed €2.7 million funding round and plans to launch operations in Italy | StartupBusiness.
Vedrai 🇮🇹announced WhAI, a decision support AI | AdKronos.
The European Commission launched two strategies to speed up AI uptake.
A 🇮🇹brief interview with yours truly | StartupItalia.
An 🇮🇹interview with Vincenzo Di Nicola | Il Sole 24 Ore.
Can a 🇮🇹push to Italian VC come from pension funds? | Il Sole 24 Ore.
The State of AI Adoption in Engineering Teams 📊 | Refactoring.
The AI Collaboration Canvas: How to Map Workflows and Delegate Tasks to Artificial Intelligence | Radical Curiosity.
Bending Spoons Looks to Buy Typeform, Elysium, Messaggero Says | Bloomberg.
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N.