Italy’s bioinformatics startup enGenome, a spin-off of Pavia University, is one of the 65 European startups and smes appointed for the first 2021 call of the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The company will receive a total of 3.7 million euros of equity and grants. Susanna Zucca (cso), Ettore Rizzo (ceo) and Ivan Limongelli (cto) founded enGenome in 2016.
Voiseed too, a Milanese startup that has developed software that can easily create unique and expressive virtual voice content, starting from texts, won the call of the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator and will receive a totale of more than 3 million euros in equity and grants (see here a previous post by BeBeez).
Biogenera, an Italian pharmaceutical company, raised 2.8 million euros from 644 investors through an equity crowdfunding campaign on CrowdFundMe (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The company attracted such resources on the ground of a pre-money value in the region of 70 million ahead of a listing on Euronext Paris.
Milan-listed firms Azimut and Gellify officially launched their awaited venture capital fund of 50 million US dollars for B2B software developers based in the Mena region, except Abu Dhabi (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The fund will target startups operating in the sectors of smart city, healthcare, e-commerce, fintech, industry 4.0, and tourism with proprietary technology in the fields of Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things (IoT), blockchain, and cybersecurity.
Alfonsino, a food delivery company that previously had raised capital through equity crowdfunding campaigns, aims to list on Milan market and fetch 5 million euros (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The company already filed for the launch of an IPO. Camillo Iodice, Domenico Pascarella and Armando Cipriani founded Alfonsino in 2016.
Midori, an Italian smart metering company, raised 1.7 million euros from FairConnect, an Italian provider of insurance services that since 2018 belongs to private equity Palamon Capital Partners; Club degli Investitori and Club Acceleratori, an investment vehicle of SiamoSoci (See here a previous post by BeBeez). Midori was born in 2011 .
Kippy, an Italian provider of items for monitoring pets, raised 1.2 million euros through an equity crowdfunding campaign on Mamacrowd and attracted the resources of ALIcrowd, the Eltif that launched Milan-listed Azimut (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The fund poured one million in Kippy, rumours say. The company set a target of 1.1 – 2 million (10.38% – 17.39%) on the ground of a pre-money value of 9.5 million. Kippy raised more than 3.3 million since Simone Sangiorgi and Marco Brunetti founded it in 2015. The company has sales of 2.3 million and will invest the raised proceeds in R&D and Marketing.
Italy’s 3DNextech, a 3D printing company, attracted 750k euros from Cdp Venture Capital, A11 Venture and other investors (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Andrea Arienti founded 3DNextech in 2014 after having carried on a spin-off of Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna di Pisa.
The Perfect Cocktail, an Italian producer of single-portion ready to drink cocktails, raised more than 433k euros through an equity crowdfunding campaign on Mamacrowd (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The company set a target of 300-800k on the ground of a pre-money value of 4.3 million and attracted the resources of ALIcrowd, the Eltif of Milan-listed Azimut, and Carlo Francesco Dettori. In 2016, Gianni Merenda, Max and David Razionale founded The Perfect Cocktail which will invest the raised proceeds in marketing and in hiring further professionals, including a global cmo.
Osteocom, a provider of e-learning courses for dentists, aims to launch a further investment round in 2022, sources said to BeBeez (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The company has sales of 2.3 million euros (1.2 million in 2019, 1 million in 2018 and 1.3 million in 1H21). Alessandro Dentoni founded Osteocom in 2013.
