Italy’s Bending Spoons, a developer of mobile apps, raised equity for 100 million euros (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Clifford Chance assisted the company that attractded the resources of NB Renaissance which retained New Deal Advisors and Gatti Pavesi Bianchi Ludovici, Baillie Gifford (CMS advisor), Cox Enterprises, StartTip (part of Tamburi Invesment Partners), and Nuo Capital, a vehicle of Exor and of Pao Cheng.
LIFTT, a venture capital holding that Stefano Buono chairs, nearly closed its 62 milioni di euros capital increase (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The firm attracted 38 million (well above the 25 million initial target) from a club deal that Milan-listed Azimut led. Giovanni Tesoriere is the ceo of LIFTT. Giorgio Medda is the ceo of Azimut Holding and Global Head of Asset Management & Fintech.
Milan-listed Cube Labs, a venture builder for the healthcare & life sciences sector, closed a 0.5 million euros capital increase that started on 24 July, Monday (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The company attracted the resources of an undisclosed European institutional investor and issued 0.25 million shares at 2 euros each for a 13.31% public equity. Earlier in March, Cube Labs raised 4.1 million euros through an IPO at 2 euros per share with a market capitalization of 34 million.
