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el investors and ventureĀ capital firms had quite an active 2018 year end as well as a good 2019 begin.Ā In 2018 Italian equity crowdfunding platforms raised three times as much what they did in 2017 and successfully concluded twice of the campaigns, according toĀ CrowdfundingBuzzĀ (see here aĀ previous post by BeBeez). The total fundraising for 2018 was of 36 million of euros (11.7 million yoy) for 114 campaigns (50 yoy) and 9500 investors (3.300 in 2017).Ā Such figures beaten the estimates of a research thatĀ EdiBeezĀ (the publisher ofĀ BeBeezĀ and ofĀ CrowdfundingBuzz) carried on withĀ AIEC, the Italian association of equity crowdfundingĀ Ā platforms.
GrowishPay, a fintech and social payments company, will launch on February an equity crowdfunding campaign onĀ 200CrowdĀ platform (see here aĀ previous post by BeBeez). GrowishPay aims to raise funds for developing in 2019Ā ScuolaPay, a payment solutions provider for 6 million of potential users that have to invest 2.8 billion of euros for their kidsā education.Ā SisalPay, the payment network of listed Italian gaming companyĀ Sisal, will invest in the project together with Parma basedĀ SpaggiariĀ Group.Ā Claudio CubitoĀ andĀ Domingo Sarmiento Lupo, ceo and cto of the company, founded GrowishPay in 2011.Ā The company owns the brandsĀ GrowishĀ andĀ ListaNozzeOnline.com. GrowishPay has more than 65,000 users and since its start has raised 1,29 million euros from investors.
Vintag, an Italian marketplace of second hand vintage goods, received a one million of euros investment fromĀ Hatcher +, a Singaporeās venture capital firm adopting a strategy based on big data and artificial intelligence, andĀ Piquadro MyStartupFunding Program, the open innovation programme of Milan listed apparels producerĀ PiquadroĀ (see here aĀ previous post by BeBeez). Piquadro will leverage on Vintag for developing its leather apparels brandĀ The Bridge.Ā Francesca TonelliĀ founded Vintag in May 2017. In November 2018, Vintag joinedĀ Fashion Technology Accelerator, an international hub for the digital innovation of the fashion industry.Ā Marco Palmieri, Piquadro’s ceo, andĀ Gabriele Tazzari, research and development director ofĀ Yoox Net-Ć -Porter Group, are part of FTA advisory board.
Diadem, an Italian startup that develops diagnostics instruments for the Alzheimer disease, raised 1.5 million of euros fromĀ PanakĆØs PartnersĀ and other investors (see here aĀ previous post by BeBeez).Ā Daniela UbertiĀ andĀ Maurizio Memo, both Professors atĀ Brescia University, are the companyās cofounders, whileĀ Simona PiccirellaĀ andĀ Andreas BallisĀ act as managing directors.Ā After PanakĆ©s capital injection, industry veteransĀ Francesco Granata; Antonio Boniolo; Antonella Fassio; Jeff Cummings; andĀ Robert Dean.
Altheia Science, an Italian biotech startup, raised 19.3 million of US Dollars (17 million of euros) from private investors, beating the target of 11.4 million of US Dollars (10 million of euros) (see here aĀ previous post by BeBeez).Ā Paolo RizzardiĀ is the ceo and chairman Altheia Science thatĀ Alessandra BiffiĀ andĀ Paolo FiorinaĀ with the support ofĀ AurorA-TT.Ā Guido GuidiĀ (former Head of Pharma ofĀ NovartisĀ for the Europe Region),Ā Paolo RizzardiĀ (former General Manager ofĀ MolMed),Ā Pierluigi ParacchiĀ (chairman and ceo ofĀ Genenta Science),Ā Gabriele CampiĀ (researcher and venture capitalist), andĀ Edoardo NegroniĀ (pharma entrepreneur).
