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Italian cyberscurity firm Exein attracted 70 million euros (a total of 93 million since its birth in 2018) from lead investor Balderton, Supernova, Lakestar, 33N, United Ventures, and Partech (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The company will invest such proceedes in M&A and its expansion in Europe, USA, Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea ahead of a listing between 2029 and 2030, ceo Gianni Cuozzo said. The manager also pointed out that in April 2025, the enterprise value of Exein amounted to 500 million. Elena Moneta is a principal of Balderton.
Clik app, the Italian owner of corporate welfare platform Toduba, attracted 3.5 million euros from P101, Azimut Eltif Venture Capital P103, a firm that Andrea Di Camillo created (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Clik app belongs to its founders Gianluca Enrietti and Bruno Cavigioli (37.91%), P101 (23.23%), CDP Venture Capital (5.59%), Azimut Investments (5.27%), and a trust of undisclosed owners that Simon Fiduciaria groups (14.41%). Azimut Eltif Venture Capital P103 is a vehicle that Azimut Investments manages and for which P101 acts as advisor. Alessandro Tavecchio is a partner of P101 Ventures. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors P101, CDP Venture Capital 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
Displaid, an Italian startup for monitoring and management of bridges and viaducts that received the incubation support of PoliHub, raised 1.2 million euros from, business angels, Club degli Investitori – Simon Fiduciaria; Growth Engine – A-Road, Sensible Capital, and CDP Venture Capital’s CrossConnect Accelerator, a programme in which also invested Plug and Play Tech Center and Elis (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Displaid received assistance from CII3 Advisors. PhD candidates at Milan Polytechnic University Lorenzo Benedetti (ceo), Francesco Morgan Bono (cto), Luca Radicioni (coo), and Giancarlo Donizzelli (cfo) founded Displaid in 2023. Carlo Ratti, the head of Massachusets Institute of Technology’s Senseable City Lab, is an advisor of the company that will invest the proceeds of this round in its international expansion and organic growth. Silvia Rovere, the chairwman of Poste Italiane, is a managing partner of Sensible Capital and part of Club degli Investitori. Stefano Molino is the head of Fondo Acceleratori – CDP Venture Capital. Fabio Mondini de Focatiis is the founder of Growth Engine. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Club degli Investitori, Growth Engine, Sensible Capital, CDP Venture Capital 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
Lighthouse Biotech (LHB) installed its analysis device at the Laboratory of Paediatric Oncohaematology of the AOU Meyer in Florence, directed by Dr Maura Calvani, a research centre where the clinical validation study will begin (see here a previous post by BeBeez). LHB, a portfolio company of Utopia SIS and Pariter Partners, is a spin-off of Udine University that received the support of Centro Oncologico di Aviano and Stichting KatholiekeUniversiteit of Nijmegendel. The company also signed similar partnerships with Milan’s INGM (Istituto Nazionale di Genetica Molecolare), Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Friuli Centrale – Udine, and Centro di Riferimento Oncologico di Aviano. Watch here the 26 June Caffé di BeBeez Web about Biotech Investments opportunities in Italy. The Lighthouse Biotech case. 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
FNDX, an advisory company that Fabio Nalucci founded, sold a majority stake in Hyntelo (fka Sixth Sense), a spin-off of Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna di Pisa that provides machine learning – based Data & AI solutions, to Assist Digital, a portfolio firm of Ardian (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Gellify, Azimut Digitech Fund and innovative-RFK (i-RFK) also carried on an exit from the company. FNDX also sold Jet HR (exit forI3Charter and X-Equity Venture Club) while Archiva Group which belongs to Progressio acquired DDM. Edoardo Guerrieri is a partner of FNDX. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors FNDX 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
Easyrain, an Italian developer of software and mechatronic solutions for the safety of conventional and self-driving vehicles, secured a 2.6 million euros round that Indaco Venture Partners led and Progress Tech Transfer di MITO Tech Transfer and Easyrain Invest joined (see here a previous post by BeBeez). LCA Studio Legale assisted Easyrain.
Sources said to BeBeez that Omnisyst, a portfolio company of Algebris Investments, acquired 20% of The Nest Company (TNC), a developer of digital platforms for blockchain tracking of waste and products (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Riccardo Parrini (23.7%), Stefano Chiaramonda (19.75%), Srinivasan Manikantan (14.54%), and GC Advisory (1%) are the further owners of TNCwhich retained Studio Legale Belloni and Cazzani-Studio Legale. Algebris hired PedersoliGattai. Luca Valerio Camerano is a managing director of Algebris Investments. Enrico Meacci is the CEO of Omnisyst.
