Akeron, a software house born out of the merger with Nubess and the contextual entry into the capital of White Bridge Investments, said it raised 12 million euros (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The company will invest these resources in its international expansion and its proprietary artificial intelligence technology. Akeron raised 30 million in two years.
Spiagge.it, a platform for digital management of reservations at beach establishments, raised 1 million euros from CDP Venture Capital (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The company will invest these resources in launching its activities in France with the domain Plages.fr. Niccolò Para and Andrea Menghi founded Spiagge.it in 2021 and said they want to implement the company’s activities in the Balearic Islands and Greece.
Rotonium, an Italian startup that aims to decentralize the use of quantum computers, raised 1 million euros in seed resources for its organic growth from Galaxia, Polo Nazionale di Trasferimento Tecnologico per l’Aerospazio (a vehicle that CDP Venture Capital launched in partnership with Obloo Ventures, Politecnico di Torino, Sapienza Università di Roma, Università degli Studi di Padova, Politecnico di Bari and other leading Italian universities) (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Roberto Siagri (managing director) and Fabrizio Tamburini founded Rotonium in 2022 that received the incubation support of Le Village by CA Triveneto of Padua.
Italian Fine Food, a EuVECA B-Corp of AVM Gestioni that invests in regional excellence in Italian food, signed a loan converting to Heallo (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The company patented a process for extracting special soluble fiber that reduces peak blood sugar levels after meals. Francesca Varvello (CEO) and Franco Varvello founded Heallo in 2018. Giovanna Dossena is the principal and co-founder of AVM Gestioni. Sources said to BeBeez that Italian Fine Food raised in the region of 30 million euros ahead of a target of 100 million.
VC Partners – Manager Euveca announced the first closing of raising 65 million euros for VC Partners Fund, a PIR-compliant vehicle operating in the consumer tech and enabling platforms sector (see here a previous post by BeBeez). CDPVenture Capital – VenturItaly and another fund of funds acted as cornerstone investors. Greenberg Traurig Santa Maria assisted VC Partners. Gianni&Origoni assisted CDP Venture Capital. Partners Alberto Grignolo, Stefano Siglienti and Roberta Vercellotti and operating partners Maria Letizia Zuffi and Gabriele Tazzari manage VC Partners Fund.
Boost Innovation, a corporate venture building sub-fund of CDP Venture Capital, is leading a venture building project for the digital transition of Italian SMEs operating in the nautical and logistics-port sectors that required an investment of 8.7 million euros (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Rhe goal of the Nautical and Logistics-Port Sector Venture Builder project is to create 10 new companies in the next three years that may attract equity investments from CDP Venture Capital’s Boost Innovation Fund that allocated 30 million resources. Bridgemaker, Cariplo Factory, Fincantieri, PSA Italy, Fondo Sei (part of Intesa Sanpaolo’s Neva), Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo, and Friulia are the further investors in such initiative.
