10.11.2025

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 45 |

2025

Italian biotech AAVantgarde adds $141M series B to fund retinal disease gene therapy trials

Founded: 2021

Investment Raised: USD 141m €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: The raise was led by Atlas Venture, Forbion and a new backer in the form of Schroders. Other new investors who participated in the round include Amgen Ventures, Athos Capital, CDP Venture Capital, Columbia IMC, Neva SGR, Sixty Degree Capital, XGen Venture and Willett Advisors.

25.07.2025

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2025

PX3 inks €330m deal with cybersecurity firm BV Tech

Founded: 2005

Investment Raised: EUR 330m €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Fondo Italiano d'Investimento, Px3 Partners

24.06.2025

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2025

Jet HR soars and closes a maxi round of 25 million. All the details on the tech company’s operation

Founded: 2023

Investment Raised: EUR 25m €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Base10 Partners

10.06.2025

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2025

ALTÉRRA Backs Absolute Energy to Develop Gigawatt-Scale Renewable Energy Capacity in Italy

Founded: 2009

Investment Raised: EUR 50m €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: ALTÉRRA, I Squared Capital

07.03.2025

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2025

Carlyle and Arcmont provide €470 million financing package to Bianalisi

Founded: 1968

Investment Raised: EUR 470m €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Arcmont Asset Management, Natixis, The Carlyle Group

19.02.2025

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2025

Newronika Closes €13.6 Million Series B Financing to Accelerate Development of Adaptive DBS Platform

Founded: 2008

Investment Raised: EUR 13.6m €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: ENEA Tech e Biomedical, Indaco Venture Partners, Innogest Capital, Wille Finance

05.02.2025

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2025

Azimut backed 20 million euro raise for Subbyx

Founded: 2023

Investment Raised: EUR 15m €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: ALIcrowd, Azimut Digitech Fund

13.11.2024

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2024

Satispay secures €60m to expand mobile payment and investment services

Founded: 2013

Investment Raised: EUR 60m €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Addition, Greyhound Capital, Lightrock

20.09.2024

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2024

BizAway, with the support of Mayfair Equity Partners, leads the business travel revolution with a €35M investment

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: EUR 35m €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Mayfair Equity Partners

28.11.2023

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2023

WeRoad Closes €18M Series B Funding

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: EUR 18M €

EUR 18M

Valuation

Investors: H14

22.11.2023

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2023

Italian startup Planet Farms raises $40M for its vertical farming tech

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: 40M USD €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: France 2030 (https://www.gouvernement.fr/france-2030)

07.11.2023

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2023

Italian fintech startup Qomodo raises EUR 34.5 mln

Founded: 2023

Investment Raised: 34.5M EUR €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Andrea Gennarini Attilio Mazzilli Benedetta Arese Lucini Christer Holloman Exor Ventures (https://www.exor.com/pages/companies-investments/ventures) Fasanara Capital (https://www.fasanara.com/) Freddy Kelly Giorgio Tinacci Giuseppe Lacerenza Ithaca Investments (https://www.ithacacapital.com/) Kai Hansen Luca Ascani Lumen Ventures (https://lumen.ventures/) Mark Ransford Notion Capital (https://www.notion.vc/) Octopus Ventures (https://octopusventures.com/) Pietro Invernizzi Plug and Play Tech Center (https://www.plugandplaytechcenter.com/) Primo Ventures (https://www.primo.vc/) Proximity Capital (https://www.proximitycapital.it/en/) Raffaele Terrone Serge Chiaramonte Simone Mancini Stiven Muccioli The Techshop (https://techshop.capital/en/techshop/) Will Neale

07.11.2023

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2023

ShippyPro Secures $15 Million in Series B

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: 15M USD €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Five Elms Capital (https://www.fiveelms.com/)

23.10.2023

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2023

WSense raise €9M for underwater wireless communication ‘harnessing the ocean’s untapped potential’

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: EUR 9M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Axon Partners Group (https://axonpartnersgroup.com/) CDP Venture Capital COREangels Climate (https://www.coreangels.com/angel-groups/climate) Katapult Ocean (https://katapult.vc/ocean/) Moonstone RunwayFBU (https://runwayfbu.com/) Swen Capital Partners (https://www.swen-cp.fr/en)

13.09.2023

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2023

Brandart Spa raises 100M Euro

Founded: 2022

Investment Raised: EUR 100M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Bpifrance (https://www.bpifrance.com/) CMA CGM Ventures (https://www.cma-cgm.com) Credit Agricole Assurances (https://www.ca-assurances.com/en) EIT InnoEnergy (https://www.innoenergy.com/) EQT Ventures (https://eqtventures.com/) Government of France (https://www.gouvernement.fr/) Macquarie Group (https://www.macquarie.com/at/en.html) Meridiam (https://www.meridiam.com/) Renault Group (https://www.renaultgroup.com/en/)

25.07.2023

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2023

Italian spacetech Leaf Space snaps €20 million to make the sky not the limit for satellite connectivity

Founded: 2014

Investment Raised: EUR 20M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: CDP Venture Capital (https://www.cdpventurecapital.it/cdp-venture-capital/en/home.page) Neva SGR (https://www.nevasgr.com/content/neva/en.html) Primo Ventures (https://www.primo.vc/) RedSeed Ventures (http://www.redseed.it/) SIMEST (https://www.simest.it/) Whysol Investments (http://www.whysol.com/)

29.05.2023

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2023

i-TES Closes €1.4M Capital Increase

Founded: 2007

Investment Raised: EUR 1M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Eureka Venture (https://www.eurekaventure.it/) Tech4Planet (https://www.tech4planet.com/)

15.05.2023

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2023

Miscusi raised a new €10 mn round for pasta startup from historical partners

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: EUR 10M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Kitchen Fund (https://kitchenfund.com/) Milano Investment Partners SGR (https://www.milanoinvestment.com/) Picus Capital (https://www.picuscap.com/)

02.05.2023

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2023

Dog Heroes has raised a total of €3.2M in funding over 3 rounds.

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: EUR 3M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Existing shareholders

24.04.2023

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Calendar Week # 17 |

2023

Energy Dome Closes 40 Million Euro Series B Financing Round

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: EUR 40M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: 360 Capital (https://www.360cap.vc/) Barclays Sustainable and Impact Banking (https://www.cib.barclays/solutions/esg-sustainability-transition.html?cid=paidsearch-textads_google_google_business_branded_uk-we_brand_esg_capabilities_1392745704913&gclid=Cj0KCQjw3a2iBhCFARIsAD4jQB1iCEPDfyxQZGXEDk46FCixebALy9HiQW4ywQbM46VDTtQXp8FpurQaAhRZEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds) CDP Venture Capital (https://www.cdpventurecapital.it/cdp-venture-capital/en/home.page) Elemental Excelerator (https://elementalexcelerator.com/) Eni Next (https://www.eni.com/eninext/en-US/home.html) Invitalia (https://www.invitalia.it/) Japan Energy Fund (https://www.japanenergyfund-ventures.com/) Neva SGR (https://www.nevasgr.it/) Novum Capital Partners (https://www.novumcapital.com/en/)

20.04.2023

Deal of the Month |

April |

2023

Energy Dome Closes 40 Million Euro Series B Financing Round

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: EUR 40M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: 360 Capital (https://www.360cap.vc/) Barclays Sustainable and Impact Banking (https://www.cib.barclays/solutions/esg-sustainability-transition.html?cid=paidsearch-textads_google_google_business_branded_uk-we_brand_esg_capabilities_1392745704913&gclid=Cj0KCQjw3a2iBhCFARIsAD4jQB1iCEPDfyxQZGXEDk46FCixebALy9HiQW4ywQbM46VDTtQXp8FpurQaAhRZEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds) CDP Venture Capital (https://www.cdpventurecapital.it/cdp-venture-capital/en/home.page) Elemental Excelerator (https://elementalexcelerator.com/) Eni Next (https://www.eni.com/eninext/en-US/home.html) Invitalia (https://www.invitalia.it/) Japan Energy Fund (https://www.japanenergyfund-ventures.com/) Neva SGR (https://www.nevasgr.it/) Novum Capital Partners (https://www.novumcapital.com/en/)

27.02.2023

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2023

ANGIODROID ANNOUNCES CLOSURE OF GROWTH-ACCELERATING €7M CAPITAL INCREASE

Founded: 2013

Investment Raised: EUR 7M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: 8a + INVESTMENTS Air Liquide ALIAD (https://www.airliquide.com/) CDP Venture Capital (https://www.cdpventurecapital.it/en/)

22.02.2023

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2023

Resalis closes $11M seed round to develop miR inhibitor for metabolic disease

Founded: 2021

Investment Raised: USD 11M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Claris Ventures (http://www.clarisventures.com/) Club degli Investitori (http://www.clubdeglinvestitori.it/it/) Italian Angels for Growth (https://www.italianangels.net/)

01.02.2023

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2023

F2A (Ardian) secures unitranche financing of over 100 million euros from Capza

Founded: 1962

Investment Raised: EUR 100M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: CAPZA (https://www.capza.co/)

20.10.2022

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2022

Italy’s biggest utility, Enel SpA, said on Thursday it reached a deal to sell 50% of its grid service unit Gridspertise to private equity firm CVC for about 300 million euros

Founded: 2021

Investment Raised: EUR 300M €

EUR 150M

Valuation

Investors: CVC Capital Partners (https://www.cvc.com/)

04.10.2022

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2022

Sibylla Biotech Raises €23 Million Series A to Advance Protein Degradation by Folding Interference Pipeline and Expand Technology Platform

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: EUR 23M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: 3B Future Health Fund (https://3bfuturehealth.com/) CDP Venture Capital (https://www.cdpventurecapital.it/cdp-venture-capital/) Claris Ventures (http://www.clarisventures.com/) Indaco Venture Partners (https://www.indacosgr.com/) Seroba Life Sciences (https://seroba-lifesciences.com/) V-Bio Ventures (https://v-bio.ventures/) Vertis SGR S.p.A. (https://www.vertis.it/) VI Partners (https://www.vipartners.ch/)

28.09.2022

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2022

Satispay raises EUR 320 million and becomes a fintech unicorn

Founded: 2013

Investment Raised: EUR 320M €

EUR 1B

Valuation

Investors: Addition (https://www.additioncapital.com/) Block (https://block.xyz/) Coatue (http://www.coatue.com/) Greyhound Capital (https://greyhoundcapital.com/) Lightrock (https://www.lightrock.com/) Mediolanum Gestione Fondi SGR (https://www.mediolanumgestionefondi.it/) Tencent (https://www.tencent.com/)

27.09.2022

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2022

After being bootstrapped for almost a decade, Bending Spoons raises €355.6M from Ryan Reynolds, others

Founded: 2013

Investment Raised: EUR 355.6M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Banco BPM (https://www.bancobpm.it/) Creator Partners (https://www.creatorpartners.com/) Gabrielle Union Intesa Sanpaolo (https://www.intesasanpaolo.com/) Keisuke Honda Maximum Effort (https://www.maximumeffort.com/)

06.09.2022

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2022

Oakley Capital invests GBP45 million in Facile.it

Founded: 2011

Investment Raised: GBP 45M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Oakley Capital (https://www.oakleycapital.com/)

21.07.2022

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2022

Therapist platform Unobravo raises €17m Series A

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: EUR 17M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Insight Partners (https://www.insightpartners.com/) Olivier Bonnet Rika Christanto Thomas Plantenga