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BizAway, a traveltech company, raised €35m from Mayfair Equity Partners.
Hlpy, a roadside assistance startup, 🇮🇹raised €18m in a round led by Nextalia SGR and Alkemia Capital, with previous investors The Techshop, CDP VC, and Simest joining the round.
Ephos, a startup developing glass-based photonic circuits for quantum computing, raised $8.5m in a round led by Starlight.
Young Platform, a crypto exchange, 🇮🇹raised €2.65m from Azimut.
BHICA, a nutraceuticals startup, 🇮🇹raised €400k from business angels.
Forte! and Contents.com raised undisclosed rounds.
LIFTT led a GBP 2.5m round in UK-based Evolaris.
Magicblock, a US-based but Italian-founded crypto startup, raised $3m in a pre-seed round led by A16Z.
Neva SGR announced two new funds, Neva II and Neva II Italia, aiming to raise €500m in total.
Fabrizio Capobianco announced Liquid Factory, a venture incubator.
NextStep, NextEnergy Group’s VC fund, doubled its capital to €6.4m.
TeamSystem acquired Distrito K.
Fondazione Politecnico di Milano, Università Bocconi, ION and FSI established the Tech Europe Foundation. According to the announcement, there will be a €100 million fund to invest in start-ups based in its premises.
Hlpy, a roadside assistance startup, 🇮🇹raised €18m in a round led by Nextalia SGR and Alkemia Capital, with previous investors The Techshop, CDP VC, and Simest joining the round.
Ephos, a startup developing glass-based photonic circuits for quantum computing, raised $8.5m in a round led by Starlight.
Young Platform, a crypto exchange, 🇮🇹raised €2.65m from Azimut.
BHICA, a nutraceuticals startup, 🇮🇹raised €400k from business angels.
Forte! and Contents.com raised undisclosed rounds.
LIFTT led a GBP 2.5m round in UK-based Evolaris.
Magicblock, a US-based but Italian-founded crypto startup, raised $3m in a pre-seed round led by A16Z.
Neva SGR announced two new funds, Neva II and Neva II Italia, aiming to raise €500m in total.
Fabrizio Capobianco announced Liquid Factory, a venture incubator.
NextStep, NextEnergy Group’s VC fund, doubled its capital to €6.4m.
TeamSystem acquired Distrito K.
Fondazione Politecnico di Milano, Università Bocconi, ION and FSI established the Tech Europe Foundation. According to the announcement, there will be a €100 million fund to invest in start-ups based in its premises.
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