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Cyberwave, a startup developing a new infrastructure for AI-driven industrial automation, attracted 7 million euros from United Ventures, The TechShop (lead investors), Vento – Exor, Pi Campus, and other business angels (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The company will invest such resources in its proprietary platform and organic growth. Simone Di Somma and Vittorio Banfi founded Cyberwave in 2025. Massimiliano Magrini is a founder and managing partner of United Ventures. Aurelio Mezzotero is a founder and managing partner of The Techshop
Petco, an Italian pets’ fresh food startup that owns the brand Dog Heroes, attracted 5 million euros from VC Partners (lead), CDP Venture Capital, Albemarle Asset Management, and other business angels (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The investors poured fresh resources and converted financial instruments that previously acquired. Marco Laganà and Pierluigi Consolandi founded Petco in 2019 with the financial support of Grégoire Desforges and in 2021 raised 0.650 million through a crowdfunding campaign on Mamacrowd and 0.35 million from other investors on the ground of a 4 million pre-money value. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Dog Heroes and its investors 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
Italian B-Corp Eoliann, a provider of machine learning proprietary algorithms that esteem the impact of natural disasters, secured a 4.25 million euros round for R&D that Montage Ventures led and CDP Venture Capital, Terna Forward (the corporate venture capital of Terna), OpenEconomics, and Primo Capital joined (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Roberto Carnicelli (ceo), Chiara Mugnai, Giovanni Luddeni (cto), and Emidio Granito are the founders of Eoliann which attracted 1.5 million from Primo Space, Exor Seeds and Vento in 2022. On 8 October, Wednesday, the company received a reward from Italy’s President Sergio Mattarella with the special mention ENI Joule for Entrepreneurship. Todd Kimmel is a managing partner of Montage Ventures. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Eoliann and its investors 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
Metreecs, a French startup developer of AI solutions for the retail sector supply chain, said it raised seed resources of 2.7 million euros from Y Combinator, which joined the company’s 2024 pre-seed round of 0.5 million US Dollars, Monte Carlo Capital (ceo Ian Sosso), Kima Ventures, Bpifrance, Caisse des dépôts et consignations, Epic BPI-Groupe, and Founders Future (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Metreecs will invest such proceeds in its growth in Italy and accelerating its commercial development in France and USA. Bocconi University alumni Thibaut Pellegrin (ceo) and Martin Dimitrov (coo) founded the company with Elie Dufeu (cto) and Vittorio Levi (chief of staff).
Tuidi, an Italian AI-based foodtech startup that provides soluntions for increaseing the efficiency of stores, raised seed resources worth 3 million euros from Vertis, Azimut Eltif – Venture Capital ALIcrowd III and IV, Azimut Digital Equity Italy (Azimut Libera Impresa manages the vehicles), and QBerg (see here a previous post by BeBeez). In 2021, Giulio Martinacci and Vincenzo Morelli founded Tuidi which will invest such proceeds in its proprietary technology. Fabrizio Pavone is the founder and ceo of QBerg. Giacomo Giurazza is a partner of Vertis. Guido Bocchio is Azimut Libera Impresa Head of Venture Capital
US-based Qualcomm Technologies acquired Lugano-based scaleup Arduino, a producer of open-source cards for electronics projects (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Such a transaction will allow several investors to exit from the target that between 2022 and 2023 raised more than 50 million euros from CDP Venture Capital, Anzu Partners, ARM, Robert Bosch Venture Capital (RBVC), Renesas Electronics Corporation. David Cuartielles, David Mellis, Gianluca Martino, Massimo Banzi, and Tom Igoe founded Arduino in 2005 with the support of Ivrea’s Interaction Design Institute. Nakul Duggal is Qualcomm’s Group General Manager, Automotive, Industrial and Embedded IoT.
Paris-based Aster Capital launched Hydrogen Tech Fund (HTF) and set a fundraising target of 150 million euros. Italy’s UFI Hydrogen, a subsidiary of UFI, is a partner of Aster (see here a previous post by BeBeez). HTF aims to support start-ups and technology companies active along the entire hydrogen chain and the development of fuel cells for the mobility and stationary sectors. Fabio Lancellotti is a partner of Aster Capital. Luigi Crema is the chairman of Hydrogen Europe Research. Marco Lazzaroni is the ceo of UFI Hydrogen.
