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D-Orbit, an Italian space tech, attracted 110 million euros from a club deal of investors that Azimut led (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Indaco Venture Partners sold its stake in D-Orbit, a company that ceo Luca Rossettini and chief commercial officer Renato Panesi founded in 2011. Giorgio Medda is the ceo of Azimut BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors D-Orbit 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
Sources said to BeBeez that HI Algebris PMI Innovative ELTIF acquired 10% of Massima Energia (ME), an AI customer-centric platform that operates in partnership with utilities which raised above 10 million euros in equity and debt financing (see here a previous post by BeBeez). BPER Corporate & Investment Banking and Cassa Depositi e Prestiti subscribed to a 4 million bond that ME issued in the frame of Basket Bond Emilia-Romagna, a 100 million programme for green investments. HI Algrebris PMI Innovative ELTIF is part of Algebris Investments, a firm that Davide Serra leads and that acts managing advisor of Finint Investments. Andrea Manfredi (ceo) founded ME in 2021 and for such a deal received assistance from Chiomenti and Studio Scgt. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors HI Algebris PMI Innovative ELTIF 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
On 23 January, Friday, Smart4Tech (part of Smart Capital), Milan-listed CrowdFundMe and WeAreStarting signed a binding agreement for a merger (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Tommaso Baldissera Pacchetti (chairman, ceo and 36% owner of CrowdFundMe), Carlo Allevi (chairman, ceo and 55.96% shareholder of WeAreStarting) will have 11.01% and 4.83% of the new Milan-listed entity. Andrea Costantini and Andrea Faraggiana are the ceo and coo of Smart Capital which will hold a 30.97% stake of the newco. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Smart 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
Jenia, an Italian AI Agency, attracted undisclosed seed resources from Mamisa, the holding of the Spezzani Family that acquired 15% of the business through a capital increase (si veda qui il comunicato stampa) (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Tommaso Simonini (chairman), Enrico Bellei, Simone Solignani (ceo), Luca Bortolato, and Kevin Ammendola founded Jenia in 2025 with the support of YF Studio. Mirco Spezzani is an executive director of Mamisa. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors 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
Robin Health, a firm that Giacomo De Lorenzo, Michele Giannotta and Nicholas Parini, secured a pre-seed round of 2 million euros from Step Fund, part of Alternative Capital Partners (ACP) (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Maria Imbesi is a partner of Step Fund.
Milan’s Bocconi University, Fondazione Politecnico di Milano, ION, and FSI launched Tech Europe Foundation (TEF) for supporting the birth and growth of new enterprises (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Ferruccio Resta (chairman) and Alberto Grando (vicechairman) will head TEF that will integrate PoliHub, a deep tech hub, Bocconi for Innovation (B4i) and venture capital B4i Fund SIS. Donatella Sciuto is the chancellor of Politecnico di Milano, while Francesco Billari is the dean of Bocconi.
