TWIS #283
Contents, NANDO, Kampaay, and others raised funding. eBay to acquire Depop from Etsy.
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 💰
Contents, a mar-tech startup, 🇮🇹raised €7m in a Series B round from Qatar Development Bank, and Alkemia Capital.
NANDO, an AI waste monitoring startup, raised €3.3m in a Growth round from Maia Ventures, CDP Venture Capital SGR, Fondo Piemonte Next, Club degli Investitori, LA4G, and EMBA Capital Partners.
Kampaay, a corporate events startup, 🇮🇹raised €2m in a Series A round from CDP Venture Capital, Kairos Partners, and Doorway.
K3RX, a new materials startup, raised €1.65m in a Seed round from Deep Ocean Capital and RoboIT.
GenoGra, a genomic analysis startup, raised €1m in a Pre-seed round from Maia Ventures (Praesidium SA) PM Holding, and Terra Next.
Intuos, an AI-IoT software platform, raised €720k in a Seed round from Argo, Techstars, Ventive, and business angels.
Xference.ai, an inference-as-a-service platform, 🇮🇹raised €700k in a Pre-seed round from Bastiano Sanna, Niccolò Perra, and other business angels.
M&A 🥩
eBay to acquire Depop from Etsy.
Reading this week📚
FT ranking: Europe’s leading start-up hubs 2026 | FT.
AI: The Wrong Kind of Bubble | Sameer Singh.
The Due Diligence Playbook: What VCs Actually Analyse Before They Invest | Chris Tottman.
Tech Transfer Academy - Powered by ITA
Starting March 11, Italian Tech Alliance launches the first edition of the Tech Transfer Academy: a program designed to bridge the gap between research and the market by providing a roadmap to transform discoveries into enterprises and fostering dialogue among key ecosystem players.The program includes 6 sessions (Wednesdays, 12:00–14:00 CET): 4 online and 2 hybrid (in-person in Milan + streaming) for the Opening and Closing. The journey concludes on April 29 with an exclusive site visit to the Human Technopole Foundation in Milan (limited seats, registration required).Apply by March 6 EOD. You can find all the details, download the full program, and submit your application here.
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N.