TWIS #289
Wearable Robotics and Capsule Corporation raised funding. Exit for Factanza and Tractive. P101 releases the State of Italian VC.
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 💰
Wearable Robotics, a robotics startup, raised €5m in a Series A round from CDP Venture Capital, MITO Technology, LIFTT, SIMEST, RoboIT, and Toscana Next.
Capsule Corporation, a space-tech startup, 🇮🇹raised €0.8m in a Seed round from Cdp Venture Capital Sgr (Takeoff Accelerator), kopa ventures, Moonstone Venture Capital, and business angel.
The Money - International 🌎
Depthfirst, a cybersecurity startup, raised €80m in a Series B round from Meritech Capital, Forerunner Ventures, The House Fund, Accel, Box Group, Liquid 2 Ventures, Alt Capital, and Mantis VC.
NEOH, an Austrian foodtech startup, raised an undisclosed round from Linfa (Riello Investimenti Sgr), and international partners.
M&A🥩
Reading this week📚
P101 released the State of Italian VC report.
An 🇮🇹interview with Alessia Paccagnella, founder of VibeFlow.
WhatsApp notifies hundreds of users who installed a fake app made by government spyware maker | TechCrunch.
TIM and CDP Venture Capital sign a MoU to promote innovation and development of italian startups and technologies.
2026 Market Overview | Hamilton Lane.
Logan Bartlett (Redpoint Ventures): "Reflections on the State of the Software and AI Market" | X.com
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N.