TWIS #301
Compri and Kalipso raised funding. Bending Spoons set its IPO price range. Cato acquired Avvista.
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
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