TWIS #280
Postura Ergonomics and Bandosubito raised funding. A big merger in the crowdfunding space. Tether reports mind-blowing profits.
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 💰
• Postura Ergonomics, an AI health-tech startup, 🇮🇹raised €2.75m in a Early-stage round from CDP Venture Capital SGR and Indaba.
• Bandosubito, a fintech platform for grants, 🇮🇹raised €2m in a Early-stage round from Zest, CDP VC, OpenT, Apside, Fin+Tech accelerator, and Andrea Piol.
🤝 M&A
Smart Capital, CrowdFundMe, and WeAreStarting 🇮🇹signed a merger agreement to create a new listed group for SME finance.
TeamSystem 🇮🇹acquired AIG Classic.
Reading this week📚
Tether Delivers $10B+ Profits in 2025, $6.3B in Excess Reserves, and Record $141 billion Exposure in U.S. Treasury Holdings | Tether.io.
Genenta Announces Strategic Transformation into a Biotech, Defense, Aerospace, and National Security Industrial Consolidator | Genenta Science.
The hubs to pay more attention to in 2026 (Milan is the Italian city among them) | Sifted.
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