TWIS #272

Biocentis, Finapp, ALBA Robot, and others raised funding. An acquisition for limolane. Keen Venture Partner launches European defence-tech fund.

Nov 24, 2025

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 💰

Biocentis, a UK and Italy based biotech startup, 🇮🇹raised €11m in a Seed round from Algebris Climatech, Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment, Grantham Environmental Trust, and Neurone.
Finapp, a water measurement startup, raised €8.64m in a Series A round from Linfa, MITO Tech Transfer, Crédit Agricole Italia, and Tech4Planet.
ALBA Robot, an autonomous micro-mobility startup, raised €4.985m in a Series A round from CDP Venture Capital, Next Investments, and Enthofin.
Guidoio, a next-gen driving school, raised €3.5m in a Seed round from 360 Capital, Azimut Libera Impresa SGR S.p.A.
Klaaryo, an HR-Tech startup, 🇮🇹raised €2.1m in a Seed round from The Techshop, Frontech, Ottavio Maria Campigli, Paolo Fois, Business Angels.
Overlab, a cleantech startup, 🇮🇹raised €450k in a Pre-seed round from Zero (CDP Venture Capital), COESA Group, and Business Angels.

M&A🥩

LimoLane announced acquisition of Driven Worldwide..

New Funds💫

Keen Venture Partners launched the European Defence and Security Fund.

Reading this week📚

🇮🇹An interview with Luca Ferrari (Bending Spoons) | Repubblica.
Group Chats, Collective Intelligence & the Future of AI-Fueled Collaboration | Luigi Congedo.
AI eats the world | Benedict Evans.
The State of European Tech 2025 | Atomico.

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