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In 2026, Italy’s producer of advanced materials BeDimensional could launch a 20 million euros round, ceo Vittorio Pellegrini said to BeBeez Live (see here the video and a previous post by BeBeez). Pellegrini, Francesco Bonaccorso and Andrea Gamucci founded the company in 2016 as a spin-off of Graphene Labs – Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia di Genova and since then they raised 35 million from EniNext, CDP Venture Capital, Eureka, Nova Capital (the holding of Paolo Merloni), Pellan Italia di Achille Costamagna e C., and other investors. BeDimensional also received 20 million venture debt from the European Investment Bank.
Sibill, an Italian SaaS fintech, said it secured a Series A round of 12 million euros from leading investor Creandum, Keen Venture Partners and others (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Such resources will finance the company’s organic growth. Sibill raised a total of 18.7 million since its foundation in 2021 and attracted the resources of Exor Ventures, Founders AS, Global Founders Capital, Not Boring, Banana Capital, Plug&Play Tech Center. Mattia Montepara (ceo), Lorenzo Liguori and Dario Prencipe are the founders of Sibill.
In 2026, Phononic Vibes, a deep tech spin-off of Milan Polytechnic University which develops and markets innovative technologies for noise and vibration reduction, could launch a 10 million euros round for its organic growth and M&A, Luca d’Alessandro, ceo and co-founder said to BeBeez Live (see here the video and a previous post by BeBeez). The company aims to hit the break-even and generate a 20 million euros turnover between 2025 and 2026. Phononic Vibes previously attracted the resources of Poli360, Eureka! Ventures, CDP Venture Capital, and others.
Italian deep tech investor LIFTT, a firm that Stefano Buono heads, is going to implement a multi-vertical strategy and focus on Energy Security & Industrial Automation, infrastructure for data revolution, Human Health & Aging, and Critical Resources (see here a previous post by BeBeez). LIFTT raised a total of 110 million euros since its birth in 2020 and attracted 78 million from 215 institutional and private investors. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors LIFTT and its portfolio companies. Find out here how to subscribe for one month or one year or Click here for booking a demo videocall with BeBeez database manager
Lighthouse Biotech, an Italian biotech startup born as a spin-off of Udine University with the support of Aviano Oncology Centre and Nijmegendel Stichting KatholiekeUniversiteit, aims to raise 2 – 3 million euros (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The company also launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on CrowdFundMe for fetching 0.8 -1.5 million on the ground of a 9 million pre-money value. Fabio Del Ben and Matteo Turetta founded Lighthouse in 2019. Gianluigi Meneghini (ceo) and Villi Scalzotto joined the company later.
