TWIS #281
Newcleo raised another round. LianeCare and Omney raised capital. Alpha Impulsion receives the Game-Changing Innovation prize.
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 💰
Newcleo, a French and Italian startup working on nuclear power, raised €75m in a Growth round from Kairos, Indaco Ventures, Azimut, CERN pension fund, Walter Tosto, Danieli & C, Cementir Holding NV, Orion Valves, and NextChem.
LianeCare, a platform for caregivers, raised €1m in a Seed round from Zest, Apside, and Italian business angels.
Omney, a financial education startup, 🇮🇹raised €510k in a Pre-seed round from undisclosed investors.
Reading this week📚
Retelit invested €100 million in two new AI-ready data centers in Milan Bisceglie | Retelit.
Space start-up Alpha Impulsion receives the European “Game-Changing Innovation” prize worth €950,000.
The 7 Deadly Sins of Venture Capital in Italy (with a bonus map of the Italian VC ecosystem 🗺️) | Startup Wise Guys.
Baby VC is opening applications to their next bootcamp campus.
Protocol Agent: What If Agents Could Use Cryptography In Everyday Life?
What’s in store for European deeptech in 2026, according to investors | Sifted.
The hubs to pay more attention to in 2026 (featuring Milan) | Sifted.
YC’s Spring shopping list | YCombinator.
Watching this week 🎥
A 🇮🇹video interview with Giulio Michelon and myself discussing how a VC fund works | Youtube.
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Ending Notes📝
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N.