On 5 March, Tuesday, BeBeez Networking Cocktail – Healthcare Investments, an event that Utopia SiS will sponsor with Fondazione Golinelli and Fondazione di Sardegna. Sign up here or write to info@edibeez.it or info@utopiasis.it. Click here for the agenda.
Medical Microinstruments (MMI), a startup for medical robotics that was born in Pisa and later moved to Jacksonville, Florida, raised 110 million US Dollars from lead investor Fidelity Management & Research Company, Deerfield Management, RA Capital Management, Biostar Capital, Andera Partners, Fountain Healthcare Partners, Sambatech, and Panakès Partners (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The company will invest such proceeds in and will invest the commercialization of Symani, a robotic surgery device, and its organic growth. Carlo Alberto Marcoaldi, Giuseppe M. Prisco, Hannah Teichmann, and Massimiliano Simi founded MMI in 2015 and raised more than 200 million since the firm’s birth.
Italian digital supermarket Everli sold to Palella Holdings, the family office of Salvatore Palella (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The buyer subscribed to a 21 million euros capital increase and retained Deloitte Legal and Studio Legale Rappazzo.
Italian 3DNextech raised 1.5 million euros from Eureka! Venture (lead investor), CDP Venture Capital, Toscana Next, and a pool of business angel that Alpeggiani Avvocati Associati coordinated (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Toscana Next is a vehicle that CDP Venture Capital manages and that attracted the resources of Fondazione CR Firenze, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Lucca, Fondazione Caript, and Fondazione Monte dei Paschi di Siena. Andrea Arienti, ceo, founded 3DNextech in 2014 after a spin-off from Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna di Pisa. The company will invest such proceeds in its organic development.
CaSRevolution, a startup that Mario Pellegatti and Gabriele Grecchi founded for developing drugs for the Alzheimer disease, raised 1.3 million euros (18.1% of its equity) through a crowdfunding campaign on CrowdFundMe that set a 1.2 – 2.5 million target on the ground of a pre-money value of 6 million (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Gabriele Grecchi (ceo), Mario Pellegatti (head of drug development) and Mario Varasi (head of drug development) head the company, while Luca Benatti, Antonio Falcone and Andrea Pellacani are part of the board. CaSRevolution will invest such proceeds in developing further its drugs.
Shopfully, an Italian tech company that belongs to Media Central Group since May 2023, acquired Spain’s marketplace Ofertia for an undisclosed value (see here a previous post by BeBeez). ShopFully has sales of 54.8 million euros, an ebitda of 10.5 million and net cash of 11.6 million.
FoodSeed launched Call4Startup, an acceleration programme of Rete Nazionale CDP Venture Capital that Eatable Adventures manages (see here a previous post by BeBeez). FoodSeed has resources of above 15 million euros (12 million from CDP Venture Capital, Fondazione Cariverona and UniCredit and 3.24 million from Eatable Adventures). The programme’s corporate partners are Amadori, Cattolica, Business Unit of Generali Italia, and Veronafiere. Università degli Studi di Verona, and Accelerate for Impact Platform (A4IP) act as scientific partners. CGIAR and A4IP will support Eatable Adventures for shortlisting the ten early-stage startups that will join the programme. The startups that will go through the first call will receive up to 0.5 million euros and a 6-months acceleration support.
