Bending Spoons acquires WeTransfer; Wise and brain-machine interface; Rotonium - August 7, 2024

Wise, a neuro technology startup, raised €25m in debt and equity in a round led by Wallaby. The EIB provided the debt facility. Rotonium, a quantum-tech startup, raised €1m from CDP VC and Obloo. Spiagge.it, a travel-tech startup, 🇮🇹raised €1m from CDP VC. Syrto.ai, a company intelligence startup, 🇮🇹raised €580k from a syndicate of investors including Zest. Alps Blockchain, a bitcoin-mining and energy startup, 🇮🇹raised €105m in a bond from a club-deal syndicated by Azimut. VC Partners SGR S.p.A. – Gestore EuVECA 🇮🇹announced the first closing of its VC Partners Fund I, at €65m. Bending Spoons announced the acquisition of WeTransfer. Altea Federation acquired OOBE-XR.

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The Week in Italian Startup discusses and analyzes the latest news from the Italian startup ecosystem. Giacomo Mollo is a former academic in philosophy turned tech investor. He is co-founder and partner of iN3 Ventures, a corporate innovation and VC firm. Niccolò Sanarico is an Oxford MBA and a software engineer with a passion for innovation and startups. He is currently an Investment Manager at Primo Ventures SGR, a venture capital firm based in Italy.