Startupbusiness Review EN 8 april 2025

Start-ups and scaleups, acquisitions, investments, deals, tech and digital between the US and Europe, events: Milan Design Week, Automatic, South Summit, Reflect Festival
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Emil-Abirascid
Dear Reader,
great movements by Italian start-ups and scaleups with acquisitions, agreements and investment rounds, also at an international level, we tell you all about what has happened in the last few weeks. Opportunities for startups with the call for the Munich automatica Fair, the South Summit in Madrid and the Reflect Festival in Cyprus, and then this week there is Milan Design Week with all the Play3D events at Designtech's CoFactory. We interviewed US attorneys from Wilson Sonsini to learn about the latest dynamics related to investment and tech industries on both sides of the Atlantic and I bring you an in-depth look at European regulations affecting digital businesses. Enjoy reading and may the force be with you.

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Scaleup

D-Orbit acquires Planetek and forges a strategic union for space innovation

The two spacetech companies sign the agreement at the Ministry of Enterprise and Made in Italy
tecnologia spaziale europa
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Interviews

Wilson Sonsini, lawyers specialising in tech companies born in Silicon Valley

The US law firm is also increasingly active in Europe where Labriola, Lieto and Padman see more and more opportunities
tech legale
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Events

The Start-Up Arena within automatica 2025, European opportunity

The event takes place in Munich from 24-27 June and is aimed at start-ups in robotics, automation and photonics
startup robotics photonics
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Must Read

Additive manufacturing, from prototype technology to production solution

Here is how 3D printing is changing the world of manufacturing, applications, advantages, evolutions, criticalities
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Innovation and perspectives in insect breeding

It is a promising alternative to dietary protein, needs regulation, investment and market maturation
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Startups and Rearm Europe, from green to dual use to develop innovation

Between the green funding crisis and geopolitical pressures, European start-ups reinvent themselves by focusing on defence and AI
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Design and innovation between Hong Kong and Italy

Emerging designers and fashion creators from Hong kong exhibit in Milan, Italy is a partner of Business of design week 2025

Investments

Funding News

Covision Media’s 3D scanners raise €5 million

The Brixen-based company raises funds from CDP VC, Redstone, The Techshop and several international business angels
intelligenza artificiale 3D
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Genenta Science, EUR 20 million funding from Enea Tech

Enea Tech and Biomedical Foundation underwrites a convertible bond to support scaleup development
biotech tumori
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African fintech Djamo closes a $17 million round

Startup develops banking app serving consumers and SMEs based in Francophone African countries
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Blubrake’s ABS for e-bikes closes €12m round

The investment is led by Algebris Calimatech with the participation of Fundracer and Tri-Star group and the support of Growth Capital
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Resilco, start-up that recycles industrial waste receives EUR 5 million

The company has developed technology to recycle industrial waste and store CO2, the round is led by 360 Capital
Funding News

EUR 4.5 million round raised by GenomeUp

Start-up that collects and manages genetic data for diagnosis receives capital from The Techshop CDP VC and Opes Italia
Funding News

Next Generation Robotics, Closes 4.5 Million Euro Series A

The start-up develops robotic systems to support railway operations, the round is led by CDP Venture Capital
Funding News

Axyon’s asset management AI receives new EUR 4.3m investment

CDP Venture Capital and the US funds Green Sands Equity and Montage Ventures as well as Investment Opportunity and Simest are participating in the transaction
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Novac’s supercapacitors raise €3.5 million

The start-up from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia is financed by Eureka! Venture and CDP Venture Capital
Funding News

Cassandra.app, EUR 2 million round for intelligent online advertising

The investment is led by Italian Founders Fund together with Belgian, Swiss, US and Italian funds and business angels
Funding News

EUR 1.2 million pre-seed round for HypeSound

The start-up has developed a patented technology based on sound waves and acoustic modulation that improves bioproduction
Funding News

Cleantech, Arxax closes EUR 1 million round

Start-up develops low-emission refuelling network, invests CDP VC, Zest and EIT Urban Mobility
Funding News

Memori’s IA agents receive 500,000 euro investment

Investing in the company is the benefit company TreCuori, which already uses the solutions and training that the start-up offers the market

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Funding News

NATO Innovation Fund invests in the EUR 25 million round of CamGraPhic

The start-up based in Pisa and Milan also receives funding from CDP VC, Sony, Join Capital Bosh, Frontier IP and Indaco
grafene investimento
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Vc Voice

Fon.Te pension fund enters Primo Climate’s capital with €5 million

Fon.Te joins existing investors in the fund managed by Primo Capital, bringing total funding to EUR 45.5 million
investimenti sostenibilità
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Funding News

LIFTT participates in Lumai’s USD 10 million round

The British start-up is developing optical systems to accelerate computational capacity for AI systems
Scaleup

A-Road, opportunities for scale-ups ready for the Series A round

The acceleration programme created by Growth Capital is now in its sixth batch to which you can now apply
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Minimum entrepreneurial vocabulary

Startup Wise Guys’ new map of the Italian innovation ecosystem and the meaning of entrepreneurship (up to the letter F)

Start-ups and scale-ups

Scaleup

K-Sport acquires majority stake in Australian SPT

Italian scaleup specialising in sports performance monitoring technologies strengthens in Asia and the US
tecnologie sport
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Italian Startups

Molteni chooses Deesup for its Resale-as-a-Service platform

Startup and designer furniture company collaborate to support the development of the circular economy
economia circolare design
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Scaleup

Busforfun becomes sponsor of Milan Cortina 2026

The scaleup active in Italy, Switzerland and Spain with its transport services becomes a partner of the major sporting event
Scaleup

Komoot is the new addition to Bending Spoons

Italian scaleup completes new acquisition deal, this time involving German start-up Komoot
Scaleup

Sicuro.it buys Chino strengthening business software activities

The takeover creates a group targeting EUR 10 million by 2027 and expanding European presence

Startup kit

Startup Kit

The European Digital Strategy, the document explaining regulations

The Italian Tech Alliance document produced with the law firms Hogan Lovells, K&L Gates, PedersoliGattai and Withers
europa digitale
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Events

Events

Play3D, the future of design between technology, shapes and experiences

Designtech’s CoFactory hosts a series of events and initiatives during Milan Design Week 2025
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Events

Reflect Festival 2025, Cyprus at the crossroads of innovation

The event in Limassol is a meeting point for investors and entrepreneurs in the area between Europe, the Middle East and Africa
innovazione cipro
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Events

Hoffman of Nike and Hong of UCLA among the speakers at the South Summit 2025

The tech event taking place in the Spanish capital presents content that looks at creativity, sustainability, humanism
south summit madrid
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Events

PugliaTechs, the community for technological and sustainable innovation

The initiative aims to give the regional ecosystem an increasingly dynamic and international role
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