🥕 Cortilia keeps growing, some interesting deals 🤝 and, as is often the case, abroad Italian founders are able to raise capital faster than in Italy 🙄

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🥕 Cortilia keeps growing, some interesting deals 🤝 and, as is often the case, abroad Italian founders are able to raise capital faster than in Italy 🙄 What happened this week in Italian Tech? a news thread 🧵↓

1/11 Italian fresh-food online retailer @cortilia raised €20 million round led by Red Circle Investments together with Indaco Venture Partners, Five Seasons Venture and Primo Ventures 👇 linkedin.com/pulse/cortilia-nuovo-aumento-di-capitale-da-20-milioni-per-una-spesa-/?trackingId=trzOnYEZ8GIOGbV6jk7UcA%3D%3D

2/11 @shopcircleco, a UK-based startup (with Italian founders), raised $65 million round led by @NFX and @QEDInvestors, togheter with 645 Ventures, FirstMinute Capital and Triple Point Capital 👇 finsmes.com/2022/06/shop-circle-raises-65m-in-funding.html

3/11 Milan-based provider of long-duration energy storage solutions Energy Dome raised €10 million bridge round led by CdP Venture Capital Sgr together with existing investors 👇 finsmes.com/2022/06/energy-dome-closes-11m-bridge-funding-round.html

4/11 Themis, a commodities trading platform, raised €6 million from industrial investor Ori Martin Group 👇 ilsole24ore.com/art/crisi-materie-prime-themis-facilita-trading-grazie-blockchain-AEFOu6hB

5/11 manufacturing servitization startup #Servitly raised € 2.2 million round led by #PrimoVenture together with two business angels 👇 servitly.com/en/blog/announcing-our-e-22m-funding-round/

6/11 Nextsense, developer of a technology that kills germs from environment and surfaces thanks to non-uv light, raised €2,1 million round in a mix of equity and debt. Ulixes Capital Partners led the round. 👇 advisoronline.it/strumenti-finanziari/hedge-fund-e-private-equity/65998-azimut-direct-supporta-lo-sviluppo-di-biovitae.action

7/11 @Digital360Group, listed on Euronext Growth Milan, has signed a binding agreement to acquire 51% of @Methodos_Italia, a leading group in the market for advisory services and change management platforms 👇 marketscreener.com/quote/stock/DIGITAL360-S-P-A-35787125/news/DIGITAL360-binding-agreement-signed-for-the-acquisition-of-51-of-the-shares-of-Methodos-a-leading-40851088/

8/11 Digital360 Group, signed a binding agreement for acquiring 75% of #cybersecurity company CryptoNet Labs for €9,6 million. 👇 corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/digital360-accordo-per-acquisire-il-75-di-cryptonet-sprint-alla-cybersecurity/

9/11 CompuGroup Medical Italian branch has acquired drugs delivery startup Pharmap 👇 millionaire.it/cgm-acquisisce-la-maggioranza-di-pharmap-il-delivery-dei-farmaci/

10/11 Soon Italian Goverment could invest up to €90 million in a fund of funds, managed by CdP Venture Capital, in order to deploy capital to #spacetech startups 👇 aifi.it/it/private-capital-today/Pubblicata-in-GU-la-conversione-in-legge-del-DL-PNRR-2

11/11 📃 a summary of the news (in Italian) available on @BacktoWork24 magazine 👇 backtowork24.com/news/news-dall-ecosistema-startup-e-innovazione-25-giugno-1-luglio