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CoMind secured a round of 60 million US Dollars (102.5 million since ceo James Dacombe founded the company in 2018) that Plural led while LocalGlobe and Angelini Ventures joined (see here a previous post by BeBeez). CoMind is developing non-Invasive neurotechnology and non-drill brain monitoring systems. Elia Stupka is a managing director of Angelini Ventures. Michael Tarnoff is a director of CoMind. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Angelini Ventures and its Italian 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.
Caracol, an Italian provider of services of the 3D printing sector, raised 34.4 million euros from lead investors Omnes Capital and Move Capital Fund, CDP Venture Capital – Large Venture Fund, Primo Capital, Eureka! Venture, and Neva (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Caracol retained Growth Capital and Fieldfisher. Legance advised CDP Venture Capital, Omnes Capital and Move Capital. Portolano Cavallo assisted NEVA while Primo Capital and Eureka! Venture appointed Target Law. Francesco De Stefano, Jacopo Gervasini, Paolo Cassis, and Giovanni Avallone are the founders of Caracol which will invest the raised proceeds in its proprietary technology and international expansion. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Caracol and its investors. Find out here how to subscribe for one month or one year or Click here for booking a demo videocall with BeBeez database manager.
DMAT, an Italian deep-tech startup for the constructions chemical sector, raised 4.5 million US Dollars from Primo Capital, Safar Partners, PeopleFund, Deep Future (a vehicle of Pablos Holman), Corbites, and other investors (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Paolo Sabatini (ceo), Carlo Andrea Guatterini, Admir Masic, Nicolas Chanut (former cto that left the firm in 2023) founded DMAT in 2021 through a spin-off from Massachusetts Institute for Technology-MIT. The company will invest the raised proceeds in its international expansion and organic growth. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Primo Capital 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.
Gevi, an Italian startup developer of intelligent vertical micro wind turbines, attracted seed resources of 2.7 million euros from lead investor 360 Capital – Poli360, CDP Venture Capital, Fondo Co-Investimento MiSE, Fondo ToscanaNext, and NextSTEP One (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Emanuele Luzzati (ceo & Head of Engineering), Edoardo Simonelli (Head of Products) and Soufiane Essakhi (Head of Operations) founded Gevi in 2022. The company appointed Giuseppe Imburgia as general manager and will invest the raised proceeds in the development of its product. Alessandro Zaccaria is a Partner of 360 Capital. Stefano Molino is the head of CDP Venture Capital Acceleration funds.
Sources said to BeBeez that in the next 24 months Utopia SIS, a venture capital firm for the healthcare and biomedical sectors, aims to raise 50 million euros through a capital increase for allowing further investors to join its platform (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The capital increase can be multitranched. Fondazione Golinelli, Fondazione di Sardegna and Utopia’s ceo Antonio Falcone are the current firm’s investors. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Utopia SIS 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.
Maia Ventures, an AgriFoodTech vehicle for early stage investments that Luxembourg’s Praesidium manages, invested in Biorsaf, Cappellini Veg Lab, Exo Lab italia, Foreverland Food, Genogra, and Lembas (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Maia Advisors is the advisor of the fund that already attracted 55 million euros from European Investment Fund (EIF), CDP Venture Capital, Teseo Capital sicav-sif, Cereal Docks – Grey Silo Ventures, Andriani, and other investors. Sources said to BeBeez that by 1Q26, the fund may raise a further 5 million and reach the final closing. David Bassani and Andrea Galassi are founding partners of Maia Ventures. Claudia Pingue heads the Tech Transfer Fund of CDP Venture Capital.
TaDa, an Italian startup for the energy smart metering, raised 1.9 million euros from Italian Founders Fund (IFF) – Koinos Capital, Nextalia Ventures, Vesper Holding, and other business angels (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Legance assisted Nextalia. Orrick advised IFF while TaDa’s founders Stefano Fumi, Giuseppe Teatino and Federico Ungolo retained Russo De Rosa. Matteo De Brabant and Valerio Camerano are non-operative co-founders of TaDa. Lorenzo Franzi is a founding Partner of IFF. Sergio Zocchi is a senior partner of Nextalia Ventures. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Italian Founders Fund, Nextalia Ventures and their 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.
Poleepo, a provider of AI solutions for optimizing the operations of multichannel e-commerce platform that Marco Agostini and Marco Cerquozzi founded in 2020, raised one million euros from lead investors Octopus SS and Open Venture, part of Open Advisory which received the acceleration support of Startup Wise Guys, Andrea T. Orlando, Alessandro Niglio, Roberto Toscani, Michele Bianchi, and Mario Messuri (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Poleepo retained LA&P and also attracted the resources of Doorway and Capital Venture Consulting. The company will invest the raised proceeds in its proprietary technology. Fulvio Andriolo is the ceo of Open Venture.
CDP Venture capital launched Novagria Ventures, a venture building vehicle that has resources of 5.65 million euros for the agrifood production chain (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The fund attracted the money of Boost Innovation – CDP Venture Capital, Gellify, Mutti, Sipcam Oxon, and Crédit Agricole Italia. In the next 3 years, Novagria Ventures aims to support up to 6 new companies which will receive the subsequent equity investments of Boost Innovation Fund for to 25 million and attract further resources of 45 million. Further partners of the projects are Regione Emilia-Romagna, Clust-ER Agroalimentare and Aretè. Michele Giordani is the managing partner & founder of Gellify and ceo of Novagria Venture. Francesco Mutti is the ceo of Mutti. Nadia Gagliardini is the chairman of Sipcam Oxon. Roberto Ghisellini is the co-coo of Crédit Agricole Italia. Vincenzo Colla is the Vice President of Emilia-Romagna Region.
