D-Orbit, a scaleup for space infrastructures that Luca Rossettini, raised 50 milion euros as part of a 150 million Series C round through which it already raised 100 million at the end of 2023 (see here a previous post by BeBeez). BofA Securities and UniCredit acted as placement agents. Eversheds Sutherland advised D-Orbit. Gianni & Origoni assisted the lead investor Marubeni Corporation, a Japanese conglomerate. The company also attracted the resources of Iberis Capital, Phaistos Investment Fund (a fund that 5G Ventures manages and that the Greek Government and private investors sponsored), the European Investment Bank, the European Investment Fund, and investors that poured their resources throuth Club Deal Digital and CFO sim.
Anglo-Italian nuclear energy startup newcleo, a scaleup that Stefano Buono heads, said it closed its 135 million euros Series A Round in the UK and that moved its headquarter from London to Paris ahead of another investment round (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The company raised a total of 535 million since its foundation.
Italian biotech Genespire closed a Series B round of 46.6 million euros (62.6 million since its foundation in 2020) and attracted the resources of Sofinnova Partners, XGEN Venture, CDP Venture Capital, and Indaco (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Luigi Naldini, Alessio Cantore,, Fondazione Telethon, and Ospedale San Raffaele created the company. Marco Dieci, senior advisor of CDP Venture Capital and ceo of Simis, and Paolo Fundarò will join Generspire’s board while ceo Julia Berretta resigned and Karen Aiach-Pignet replaced her. The company will invest such proceeds in its drug pipeline.
BlackSheep MadTech Fund, a vehicle of Eureka! Venture, acted as co-lead investor for the 6.5 million euros round of Kleecks, a London-based SaaS enterprise startup that will invest such proceeds in its organic development (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The company also attracted the resources of Axon Partners Group, Azimut Digitech Fund and Azimut Eltif – Venture Capital – AliCrowd. Marco Bezzi (ceo), Marco Baricevic (cto), Omar Odino (chief operating officer), and Alex Giorgi (chief information officer) founded Kleecks.
TrueScreen, an Italian cybersecurity firm raised 2.4 million euros from CYSERO EuVECA, a vehicle of AVM Gestioni, Smeup‘s corporate venture capital S2Capital, Growth Engine, Fin+Tech Accelerator (part of CDP Venture Capital), Pathfinder Investor, Encelado Ventures e B-Yond Venture, Mariano Spalletti, Alessandro Petazzi, and other business angels (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Fabio Ugolini and Giuseppe Travasoni founded TrueScreen, in 2022. Growth Capital, Gianni & Origoni and Grimaldi Alliance acted as advisors.
Xbooks, a startup for the tax management of cryptocurrencies investments, raised one million euros from Primo Ventures (see here a previous post by BeBeez). ADVANT Nctm and Crowe Bompani Advisory provided support for the transaction. Federico Pacilli (ceo) founded the company in London and in 2022 raised pre-seed resources of 0.425 million GBPs from SFC Capital and Nexum stp.
Sestre, a startup for ladies weelbeing, raised 0.4 million euros from Cassa Depositi e Prestiti‘s acceleration programme Terra Next (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Sabrina Fiorentino is the ceo of Sestre, which will invest such proceeds in its organic development and in its expansion in Spain.
Mela Works, a startup born in 2020 for improving the construction companies activity, said it raised 2.4 million euros from CDP Venture Capital‘s Corporate Partners – InfraTech and Fondo di Co-Investimento MiSE, Terna Forward, the corporate venture capital of Milan-listed Terna, 360 Capital Partners, and Techstars (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Mela Works retained Chiomenti. Hogan Lovells assisted CDP Venture Capital and LCA Studio Legale advised Terna Forward. Riccardo Chiarelli, Francesco Putignano and Emanuele Zamponi founded Mela Works which will invest such resources in its proprietary technology and in expanding in Spain.
Jet HR raised 12 million euros from Picus Capital, Exor Ventures, Italian Founders Fund (IFF), and 2100 Ventures (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The company also attracted the resources of Proximity Capital, Diego Piacentini, David Clarke, Tony Jamous, and Felix Blossier.
Ephos, a chips producer based in Milan and San Francisco, raised 8.5 million US Dollars which include a 0.45 million grant of the European Innovation Council (EIC) and NATO accelerator Diana (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The company also attracted the resources of Starlight Ventures, Exor Ventures, Club degli Investitori, Collaborative Fund, 2100 Ventures, Unruly Capital, Green Sands Equity, Silicon Roundabout Ventures, Joe Zadeh, Diego Piacentini, and Simone Severini. Matilde Giglio and Andrea Rocchetto founded Ephos in 2022. The company will invest the raised proceeds in building a plant in Milano Innovation District (Mind).
French robotics scaleup Inbolt raised 15 million euros from Exor Venture, BPI France, Yann Fleureau, BNP Paribas Développement, MIG Capital and SOSV (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Inbolt will invest such resources in hiring further human resources and meet the demand of its products coming from Japan and USA. Exor retained Goodwin Procter. Rudy Cohen, Albane Dersy and Louis Dumas founded Inbolt in 2019.
Gruppo Banca Investis launched two club deal vehicles for investing in OpenAI and Groq, a chips producer (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The fund for OpenAI already investedn more than 100 million euros. Simone Alfredo Garofalo, is Banca Investis cio for alternative assets. Stefano Vecchi is the bank’s ceo.
Vitesy, a company that Paolo Ganis, Vincenzo Vitiello and Alessio D’Andrea founded in 2015 for producing smart items for air cleansing, raised 4 million euros from CDP Venture Capital, Mediaset and the current company’s owners (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The company raised 14 million since its foundation. Vitesy will invest such proceeds in expanding in USA, UK and Europe.
London-based Desia, a fintech Raffaele Terrone, Alessandro Amaro and Mehmet Öner Yalçin founded raised pre-seed resources worth 2.9 million euros (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Desia attracted the resources of DIG Ventures, Exor Ventures, 2100 Ventures, Octopus Ventures, Foreword Ventures, Plug & Play Ventures, LaunchBay Capital, Niccolo Maisto, Mark Ransford, and Massimo della Ragione. The company will invest such resources in its organic development and proprietary technology.
Carlo Tassi, the chairman of Italian Angels for Growth (IAG), received the 2024 Business Angel Award from the Turin’s Italian Tech Week, an event of Club degli Investitori, KPMG, UniCredit, UniCredit StartLab and the support of Italian Tech Alliance and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (see here a previous post by BeBeez).
VADO, an Italian startup for delivery, raised seed resources worth 0.444 million for the digitazion of the vending machine sector (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The company attracted 0.394 million in equity and 0.05 million from Banca Sella. Startup Wise Guys, Angels 4 Impact, Eberhard Schmidt, Gianni Tagliapietra, Hugo Valdivia, and Silvestro Russo poured resources in VADO, a company that Alessandro Ursino, Alberto Luison, Alessandro Bruno, and Francesco Pepe founded in 2020. VADO also said that Andrea T. Orlando joined the firm as late co-founder and that will invest the raised proceeds in its European expansion.
Shootify, an Italian startup for e-commerce generative AI, raised pre-seed resources of 0.3 million euros from Magic Mind, an acceleration programme of Zest and Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Luca Ambrosini, Felipe Cardoso and Andrea Ravano founded Shootify in 2023. The company will invest such proceeds in developing further its proprietary technology.
