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 💰
WSense, a sea connectivity startup, 🇮🇹raised €10m in a Growth round from Indico Capital Partners, SIMEST, CDP Venture Capital, Blue Ocean di SWEN, RunwayFBU, Axon Partners Group, Fincantieri, and Rypples.
Sizable Energy, an energy storage startup, raised €8m in an Early-stage round from Playground Global, Exa Ventures, Verve Ventures, Satgana, EDEN/IAG, and Unruly Capital.
Volta Software, a B2B distribution platform, raised €5m in an Early-stage round from RTP Global, Emblem, Robin Capital, Founders Future, and Pascal Houillon.
DMAT, a sustainable concrete startup, 🇮🇹raised €4.5m in a Seed round from Primo Capital, Safar Partners, PeopleFund, Deep Future, and Corbites.
Titan4, a spacetech startup, raised €4m in a Series A round from CDP Venture Capital and Vertis.
Freedome, a traveltech startup, 🇮🇹raised €2m in a Series A round from Opes Italia Sicaf Euveca, SocialFare Seed, and Bios Line Holding.
The Money - Italians Abroad💰
CoMind raised €60m in a Series B round from Angelini Ventures.
Streetbeat raised €15m in a Series A round from CDP Venture Capital, TTV Capital, P101, Monte Carlo Capital, 3Lines VC, Azimut, and Evolution VC
M&A🥩
TeamSystem 🇮🇹acquired Normo.ai.
Reading this week📚
The Venture Capital Report Q3 2025 (with a SpaceTech deep dive) | ITA & Growth Capital.
The Liquid Factory 2025: Ten Founders, Four Continents.
“🇮🇹Space Economy: Opportunità e prospettive per i capitali privati“ | AIFI.
🇫🇷la startup franco-italienne Volta à l’assaut de l’Europe avec l’appui de l’IA.
🇮🇹The 10 fastest growing startups according to LinkedIn | Corriere della Sera.
Public Markets Update | Coatue.
State of Crypto 2025 | A16Z.
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Have a great week,
N.