Country: Italy

Sifted

Italian defence prime Leonardo ‘hungry like a wolf’ to acquire more startups

Italian defence prime Leonardo tells Sifted it is on the hunt to acquire more startups as it looks to inject more innovation into its organisation and […]
November 28th, 2025
EU-Startups

European startups helping reduce the risk of outages like today’s Cloudflare disruption

The internet experienced significant disruption today after a major outage at Cloudflare, one of the most widely used infrastructure providers globally. Critical services including Spotify, X, […]
November 18th, 2025
EU-Startups

New €30 million Step Fund targets early-stage Italian startups with international growth potential

Milan based VC Step Venture has announced the first closing and operational launch of its Step Fund at €30 million, continuing its focus on Seed-stage investments […]
November 11th, 2025
EU-Startups

Adaptive grippers allowing robots to grasp any object drives €3.15 million investment in Italy’s Adaptronics

Adaptronics, a Bologna-based DeepTech startup specialising in electro-adhesive grippers for robotic systems with industrial automation and space applications, today announced the closing of a €3.15 million […]
November 5th, 2025
Sifted

Italian LPs poised to invest more in VC

Italian LPs are poised to invest more capital in VC as local investors report increasing interest and government initiatives offer incentives to back the asset class, […]
October 31st, 2025
Sifted

Bending Spoons raises $270m at $11bn valuation

Bending Spoons has raised $270m in equity at a pre-money $11bn valuation, a day after the Italian software unicorn announced it had secured $2.8bn in debt […]
October 30th, 2025
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Defence startups 'getting their foot' in the door with Italian primes — but the ecosystem still lags

Italian primes are increasingly looking to work with defence startups as the country eyes tech focused on European security and sovereignty.  PUu ib pan dmjtkjm mqoaoe […]
October 30th, 2025
EU-Startups

European startups get serious about deepfakes as AI fraud losses surpass €1.3 billion

The cost of creating convincing synthetic media has collapsed – and so has society’s ability to distinguish between real and fabricated information. So what are Europe’s rising […]
October 22nd, 2025
EU-Startups

Italian SpaceTech startup Titan4 lands €4 million to scale its Earth Intelligence platform through satellite data

Rome-based SpaceTech startup Titan4 has closed a €4 million Series A round to advance its Earth Intelligence platform, which integrates satellite data, ground sensors and AI-powered […]
October 14th, 2025
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