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 💰
Compri, an AI for procurement startup, 🇮🇹raised €3.2m in a Early-stage round from Picus Capital, Shapers, Italian Founders Fund, and DFF Ventures.
Kalipso, a regtech startup, raised €3.2m in a Early-stage round from Vento, Varsity, Lanai, Plug and Play, and Kima Ventures.
Oversonic Robotics, a robotics startup, raised an undisclosed amount from STMicroelectronics, Fondazione ENEA Tech Biomedical, and SpotInvest.
The Money - International 🇮🇹🌍
Seltz, an agentic web search startup, raised €12.5m in a Seed round from Speedinvest, B Capital, Italian Founders Fund, United Ventures, and Future Back Ventures.
IPO
Bending Spoons S.p.A. announced launch of initial public offering; expected share price between $26 and $28 | BusinessWire.
M&A🥩
Reading this week📚
RarEarth, an rare earths recycling startup, 🇮🇹raised €2.5m grant from the European Innovation Council.
The ‘tech cricca’ – will Italy’s new millionaires invest in start-ups? | StartupBusiness.
Trenitalia 🇮🇹hacked, millions of customers' data breached: cell phones, emails, loyalty cards, and documents.
Neva SGR exits from Phosphorus, a US startup.
StartupItalia's 🇮🇹report on funds raised in H1 2026 by Italian startups: €643m. | StartupItalia.
Claude Tag is a trojan horse:
Ashwin Gopinath@ashwingopClaude Tag is a Trojan horse. Not because Anthropic is doing anything evil. Because the incentives are obvious. Day one, this looks like a great feature: tag Claude in Slack, let it follow the thread, remember context, connect to tools, break down tasks, chase work, and act
Claude @claudeaiIntroducing Claude Tag, a new way for teams to work with Claude. In Slack, Claude joins as a team member with access to the channels and tools you choose. Tag Claude in and delegate tasks to it while you focus on other work.4:05 PM · Jun 24, 2026 · 1.45M Views469 Replies · 525 Reposts · 4.94K Likes
Jobs in Italian Startups🌟
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Startup Events in Italy🎪
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Last chance to apply to the Lake Como Venture Lab program.
Fundraising Tracker 📈
Ending Notes📝
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