Country: Italy

EU-Startups

From Milan to Liguria: 10 of the most promising Italian startups shaping the next tech cycle

Italy is often associated with its rich cultural heritage, strong industrial foundations, and globally recognised design and manufacturing sectors. From Milan’s role as a financial and […]
February 6th, 2026
EU-Startups

Milan-based BRUM closes €5 million round to steer Italy’s driving schools into the 21st century

BRUM, an Italian EdTech startup innovating the driver’s license process and disrupting a model unchanged since the 1980s – has announced the closing of a new […]
January 19th, 2026
EU-Startups

With a third of developer time spent on internal tools; Milan’s Bricks.sh raises €1.6 miliion to automate admin panels

Italy’s Bricks.sh, an AI-native internal tool builder, announces that it has raised €1.6 million in a pre-Seed round in order to continue building the core team […]
January 13th, 2026
EU-Startups

Milano-based automotive SaaS provider MotorK secures €3 million to bolster its financial position

Milano-based MotorK, an AI-centric SaaS provider to the automotive retail industry in the EMEA region, has secured an additional €3 million tranche of financing from its […]
January 6th, 2026
EU-Startups

How Sicily is reinventing itself through entrepreneurship: 10 Sicilian startups to watch in 2026

Sicily is an island known for its vibrant lifestyle, rich culture, and world-renowned cuisine. Yet beyond its heritage and charm, the island is steadily carving out […]
January 5th, 2026
EU-Startups

Italy’s embedded cybersecurity firm Exein adds €100 million in funding as global expansion continues

Exein, a Rome-based innovator in embedded cybersecurity for connected devices, today announced €100 million in new funding in order to accelerate product development and international expansion […]
December 18th, 2025
EU-Startups

Verona-based Equixly raises €10 million to scale its AI-driven platform for automated API security testing

Equixly, the Verona-based cybersecurity startup using agentic AI to automate API security testing, has raised €10 million in Series A funding to expand its team, advance […]
December 9th, 2025
EU-Startups

Italy’s Bending Spoons adds Eventbrite to portfolio in €430 million all-cash acquisition

Milan-based tech company Bending Spoons is acquiring global event platform Eventbrite in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately €430 million ($500 million). The definitive agreement will […]
December 2nd, 2025
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
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