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Dear Reader, we write about big tech and their value on stock exchange, investments on startups by female founders in Europe, lifescience startups in Italy, and how snails breeding can become the next agrotech big thing. You have an overview on all investments on Italian startups and scaleups and on the deals involving Italian investors on international startups, and latest news such as acquisitions and expansion by Italian based startups and scaleups in different fields such as mobility, spacetech, biotech, agrotech, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, edutech. In the events section we write about an event by an Austrian government agency to promote the opportunities for companies that want to expand there and a preview of the next South Summit in Madrid, Startupbusiness is partner to both of them. Enjoy reading and may the Force be with you.
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Must Read
Tariffs and stock market capitalisation, US big tech loses value
The magnificent seven, the big tech companies that had been driving the market since October 2022, declined an average of 5.5 percent
Report
European start-up female founders raise EUR 10 billion in 2024
Pitchbook report finds female-led start-ups consolidating their position even though the presence of women in VCs remains low
Must Read
Snail revolution: the model that turns an ancient tradition into a start-up
Heliculture is the breeding of snails, which are an important source of protein and a new line of innovation for start-ups
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Funding News
Genenta Science, EUR 20 million funding from Enea Tech
Enea Tech and Biomedical Foundation underwrites a convertible bond to support scaleup development
Funding News
Factorial, $120m round to accelerate expansion in Europe
The scaleup that has achieved unicorn status aims to grow exponentially in the Italian market as well
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Vc voice
Vc Voice
OpenT is born, a joint venture between Tinexta and Zest to invest in early stage start-ups
The two entities create the investment vehicle with two already active operations in Crono and Keplera
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Start-ups and scale-ups
Scaleup
D-Orbit’s 17th ION mission launched
This is the third mission in 2025 for the spacetech scaleup and brings into orbit satellites from companies, universities, space agencies
Italian Startups
Arox presents low-power chip for IoT applications
The start-up from the Milan Polytechnic proposes a technology that reduces energy requirements by a factor of 10
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Startup kit
Legal
All regulatory news for innovative start-ups and SMEs
The start-up legislation in its most recent evolution provides new incentives but also new rigidities, here is all you need to know
Events
Events
Austria, a destination for international business development
Event organised by Austrian Business Agency, BIP with testimonials from Reinova and Accessiway takes place in Milan on 2 April
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
Must Read
Confimpreseitalia to support start-ups and SMEs for Expo 2025
The organisation together with the Commissioner General for the Osaka event focus on tourism, services and manufacturing
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