Cassa Depositi e Prestiti signed a partnership with the European Commission as part of the programme InvestEu, which aims to invest 370 billion euros by 2027 in the EU (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The European Commission will provide Cp Equity with a warranty of up to 260 million and Cdp with up to 312 million.
AvvocatoFlash, an Italian legaltech, raised 594k euros from Fondo Rilancio Startup, a vechicle of CDP Venture Capital, LVenture Group, Biz Angels, and other investors (see here a previous post by BeBeez). AvvocatoFlash is born in 2019.
Sibylla Biotech, a spin-off of INFN (the Italian Institute of nuclear physics), Perugia University and Trento University that Fondazione Telethon supported, raised 23 million euros for developing its proprietary drugss (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The company attracted the resources of V-Bio Ventures, Seroba Life Sciences, 3B Future Health Fund, Claris Ventures, CDP Venture Capital’s Evolution Fund, VI Partners, Indaco Bio, and Vertis. Ward Capoen, Bruno Montanari di Seroba, Ciro Spedaliere di Claris Ventures, and Marianne Bjordal will join the board of Sibylla.
RoundCapital, an investment company with a portfolio of 21 startup companies, that Giuseppe Scapola and Denis Stella founded in 2021, launched an equity crowdfunding on WeAreStarting for raising 50,000 euros – 0.15 million euros on the ground of a pre money value of 0.714 million (see here a previous post by BeBeez).
Roundabout, a start-up for SMEs influencer marketing, raised 0.3 million euros from investors that supported Startup Wise Guys and Pinto Ventures (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Ilaria Di Lecce and Antonio Montemurro founded Roundabout in 2019
Irec, an Italian credit management company, launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on CrowdfundMe (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The company raise 39.200 euros ahead of a target of 0.120 – 0.3 million euros ahead of a pre-money value of 3.2 million euros. Investors may acquire at least 3.6% of Irec, a company that Victor Khaireddin founded in 2016.
Axyon AI, a provider of AI solutions for the asset management sector, attracted 1.6 million euros from Fondo Rilancio Startup, part of CDP Venture Capital, ING, UniCredit, Geminea, and Metes (see here a previous post by BeBeez). In early 2021, the company’s founder and ceo Daniele Grassi said to BeBeez that he wanted to acquire 2-3 million
Rimoda Lab, an Italian sustainable fashion startup that owns the brand Laura Strambi, attracted the resources of Sigma Finanziaria who purchased the majority of the business (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The company’s equity now amounts to 0.3 million euros. Sources said to BeBeez that Rimoda Lab was born earlier in June and that Sigma Finanziaria, Franco Gervasio and Paola Pedrazzini were even shareholders.
R5 Labs, a Silicon Valley joint venture of Leonardo Rocco and River Capital Group, a New York-based private equity that Mario Monello and Vincent Puma founded, acquired the majority of Edgemony, a software and digital marketing company (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Marco Imperato and Daniele Rotolo founded Edgemony in 2020. The company also attracted the resources of Ugo Parodi Giusino.
CB Digital, the owner of the brand Chiamarsi Bomber, a vertical media for sport, raised 0.5 million on the ground of a post-money value of 5 million euros, sources said to BeBeez (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Wall Street Bomber, a vehicle of private investors, subscribed the round and previously committed to acquire the majority of CB Digital, which is born in 2010.
LGR Holding, the head company of Ferrarelle Società Benefit, acquired 30% of Sanidrink, a packaging company born in 2021 that received the support of the accelerator Materias (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Luigi Nicolais is the chairman of Materias. Caterina Meglio is the chairwoman of Sanidrink.
Italian venture capital Open Seed, an investor in pre-seed startups born in 2016, opened a virtual bureau in Over the Reality, an Ethereum-based open source metaverse in Augmented and Virtual Reality (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Lorenzo Ferrara, the company’s chairman and founder, also launched its second equity crowdfunding campaign on CrowdFundme and raised 0.182 million euros, above the target of 0.15 million for a 6.1% stake on the ground of a pre-money value of 2.3 million. The company will invest the proceeds in new startups. Francesco Maggio is the company’s co-founder.
Cicero Experience, an Italian digital tour operator, raised 1.1 million euros from 93 investors through an equity crowdfunding campaign on Mamacrowd on the ground of a pre-money value of 4.9 million (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The company set a fundraising target of 0.4 – 1.2 million and extended to 27 October, Thursday, the deadline for investing. Cicero attracted the resources of AZ Eltif Alicrowd II, an Eltif venture capital that Azimut Investment SA manages and committed for 0.6 million. Chiara Redaelli and Francesco Cappoli created Cicero Experience in 2020.
Italian consumer credit fintech Faire.ai raised 3 million euros from lead investors Francesco Beraldi and Lorenzo Lamberti Sagliano, Fabrick, Cristiano Esclapon, Matteo de Brabant, Marco di Dio Roccazzella, Paolo Barberis, Paolo Griffo, Francesco Marini, Gianandrea Streklej, Massimo Ferro, Jan Sprengnetter, Guido Polesello, Edi Polesello, Davide Marmondi, Enrico Angella, and Tommaso Mascetti (See here a previous post by BeBeez). Faire will invest the proceeds in the distribution of its products Data Analytics and lending as a service tool FairePay. In 2020, Gianluigi Davassi, Gilberto Taccari, Giorgio Fiorentino, and Cristina Bonacina founded the company.
