D-Orbit closes 100M, Contents.com raises 18M, Sqim, Indigo.ai - January 16, 2023

The Week in Italian Startup

17-01-2024 • 17 mins

  • D-Orbit confirmed the closing of the €100m announced back in November 2023 (seed issue #177). Marubeni led, with Avantgarde, CDP VC, United Ventures, Primo Ventures, Neva SGR, Indaco Venture Partners, and Seraphim Space Investment Trust following.

  • Contents.com, an AI-based content generation platform, raised USD$18m in a Series B round led by Alkemia Capital and Thomson Reuters Venture.

  • SQIM, a biotech startup, raised €11m in a round led by CDP VC, with participation from ECBF VC, Kering Ventures, and Progress Tech Transfer.

  • Indigo.ai, an AI-first startup, 🇮🇹raised €2.5m from its controlling shareholder Vedrai.

  • Your Personal Trainer, a sports-tech startup, raised 723k from CDP VC and Lazio Innova.

  • Fedrigoni Group invested in Sharpend, an IoT startup.

  • Neosperience Health, controlled by Neosperience, raised 1m and plans to go public on the Nasdaq.

  • Bending Spoons acquired Meetup.

  • Bending Spoons also acquired Mosaic Apps (for allegedly more than $100m).🤯

  • L’Orto di Jack, a fresh groceries company, 🇮🇹acquired Ristoking (and is preparing to raise €10m).

  • LuisaViaRoma announced the acquisition of Holding It.

  • Almawave 🇮🇹acquired Mabrian Technologies.