As previously reported, CDP Venture Capital will allocate one billion euros for Artificial Intelligence investments (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The financial arm of the Italian Government will invest 500 million in AI and cybersecurity through CDP VC Deep Tech AI/Cyber and 500 million in six funds with a focus on AI for the sectors of space economy, infrastructures and transports; environmental technologies and clean energy; industry; health and life science; agrifood. Agostino Scornajenchi, the ceo of CDP Venture Capital, said the the firm aims to manage resources worth 8 billion by 2028.
Proxima Fusion, a German startup for nuclear energy that Francesco Sciortino (ceo), Lucio Milanese (coo), Andrea Merlo, Martin Kubie, Jorrit Lion, and Jonathan Schilling created, raised seed resources of 20 million euros (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The unsolicited seed round attracted the spontaneous interest of Swiss redalpine (leading investor), Bayern Kapital, DeepTech & Climate Fonds, Max Planck Foundation, Plural, UVC Partners, High-Tech Gründerfonds, Wilbe, and Tomorrow (part of Visionaries Club). The company will invest such proceeds in shortening the time-to-market.
Italian equity and lending crowdfunding platform Opstart, a firm that Giovanpaolo Arioldi (ceo and 19.35% owner) and Alessandro Arioldi (cio – 15.76%) created in 2015, said it acquired the majority of Italian competitor BackToWork (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The target was born in 2012 and attracted the investment of Intesa SanPaolo that now will be a shareholder of Opstart. BacktoWork may have sold a 60% stake. In 2022, Banca Valsabbina acquired 9% of Opstart. Further owners of the company are Warrant Hub (8.21%), Andrea Cantù (15.76%), Diego Zanchi (head of global compliance – 15.76%), and PMI TOP (5.84%). CrowdfundingBuzz data say that at the and of 2023 Opstart financed 158 crowdfunding projects worth in the region of 68 million euros.
Roberto Bossi, the managing partner of Luxembourg Global Tech Ventures, Davide Livio, Fabio Cotti, Jacopo Tola, and Swiss Clinica Psiche launched Italian ilmiopsi, a platform for mental wellbeing (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The company aims to expand in Italy in 2024 and open an European bureau in 2025 while reaching the operative break even in the firt year of activity that will adopt a hybrid model of interaction with patients.
TES Pharma, an Italian biotech that developes drugs for metabolic and oncological diseases, attracted an undisclosed amount of resources from the Cucinelli Family and XGEN Venture (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Roberto Pellicciari founded Tes Pharma in 2010 and will now act as Chief Scientific Advisor while Luca Benatti will lead as ceo.
Kilogram, an Italian foodtech and wellness startup, raised 0.15 million euros from Archangel AdVenture, a venture builder that Ciro Di Carluccio co-founded in 2020 (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Kilogram was born in 2022 and is part of I3P, Turin Polytechnic University‘s incubator. Victor Osorio is the ceo and founder of the company that will invest such proceeds in its organic growth and proprietary technology.
IH1, the investment holding of Italian startup studio Mamazen, raised a total of 6.3 million euros since its foundation in 2018 (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Farhad Alessandro Mohammadi is the ceo & co-founder of Mamazen.
FidoCommercialista, a provider of accountancy services, raised 1.2 million euros in equity and debt from 40Jemz Ventures, X-Equity Venture Club, i3Charter, Alecla7, Vesper, and Fabio Nalucci (see here a previous post by BeBeez). FidoCommercialista also received undisclosed resources from Invitalia‘s grant Smart & Start. Luca Primieri , Nicola Primieri and Filippo Primieri founded the business in 2020. FidoCommercialista will invest the raised proceeds in its organic growth and proprietary R&D.
