Stellantis, the French-Italian automotive company, invested 150 million Dollars in the California-based scaleup Archer, a NYSE-listed producer of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircrafts, (See here a previous post by BeBeez). Stellantis aims to support Archer for the production of Midnight, an eVTOL cab. Stellantis made such resources available for a capital increase that Archer may launch between 2023 and 2024. Stellanti salso aims to purchase further shares of the company on the public market in the frame of a partnership aimed at the building a plant in Covington, Georgia, where the production of Midnight may start in 2024. Adam Goldstein and Brett Alcock founded Archer in 2020 and since then raised 857.6 million from PIPE (Private Investment in Public Equity) investors like Stellantis, Exor Seeds, Baron Capital Group, Federated Hermes Kaufmann Funds, Mubadala, Putnam Investments, Access Industries, United Arlines, and the Spac Atlas Crest which poured 257.6 million.
Iride Acque, an Italian company active in the field of the treatment of industrial waters, raised more than 0.66 million euros through an equity crowdfunding campaign on Opstart (See here a previous post by BeBeez). The company is close to reaching a 0.7 million target for a pre-money value of 9.6 million. In 2021, Iride raised 0.7 million on CrowdFundMe for a pre-money value of 3.5 million. The company will invest the proceeds of the last campaign in its sales and marketing activities and the acquisition of the majority of BiEmme Engineering, an Italian competitor. Matteo Folloni, Monica Casadei and Francesco Capoti are the founders of Iride Acque which aims to expand its operations in Europe, China, India, and USA.
Banca Valsabbina announced the acquisition of up to 10% of Italian fintech NYP Techfin (See here a previous post by BeBeez). The target is part of Gruppo Collextion, a credit management company and retained EY as advisor for the business plan. Terrin Associati assisted Banca Valsabbina.
Spiagge.it, a digital company for booking parasols at beach establishments, raised 1.4 million euros from Growth Engine, an investment holding that Michele Appendino, Marco Ariello, Andrea Marangione, and Fabio Mondini de Focatiis created (See here a previous post by BeBeez). Niccolò Para and Andrea Menghi created Spiagge.it which now aims to expand abroad, carry on acquisitions and invest further in its proprietary technology.
The second call for Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) proposal 2022 of Milano Hub, the innovation centre of Banca d’Italia, will end on 31 January, Tuesday (See here a previous post by BeBeez). The call started on 15 December 2022 and it will shortlist 10 fintech projects.
The scale up programme that Endeavor Italia, the Italian subsidiary of New York-based Endeavor Global, launched in 2018 with the support of Fondazione CRT, OGR Torino, EY, Growth Capital, K&L Gates Italia, MIDA, W Executive, and Amazon Aws, selected the companies that will receive a 6-month support (See here a previous post by BeBeez).
Bike-room.com is a marketplace for high-end bycicles that Matteo Maruzzi (CEO), Denis Moretti (CPO), Simone Matrone (COO), Piergiuseppe Isonni (CFO) founded.
DazeTechnology is a producer of smart recharging systems for electric vehicles that Giacomo Zenoni (Co-CEO) and Andrea Daminelli (co-CEO) created
Deliveristo, is a pure software B2B marketplace for the Ho.Re.Ca sector that Ivan Aimo (CEO), Luca Calia (CSO) and Gabriele Angeleri (COO) launched
Electra Vehicles, based in Boston (USA) and Turin (Italia), developed a proprietary software for optimising the performance of electric vehicles. Fabrizio Martini (CEO) created the business.
FABA is an edutech that Matteo Fabbrini (CEO), Chiara Gava (CVO), Alessio Polo (CSO), and Francesco Poloniato (Creative Director) founded.
Fitprime is an Italian marketplace for fitness and sport networks that Matteo Musa (CEO), Gianluca Mozzillo (CTO), Damiano Rossi (Head of Sport Partnerships), Laura Carpintieri (Director of Growth Marketing & Customer Success) founded.
Futura is an AI-based platform for education that Andrea Chirolli (CEO), Lorenzo Pinto (CTO) and Francesco Salvatore (CPO) created.
Jobtech is a digital staffing and recruiting agency that Paolo Andreozzi (Co-CEO) and Angelo Sergio Zamboni (Co-CEO) founded.
L’Orto di Jack is an omnichannel (B2B, B2C, Retail) digital vendor of fruit and vegetables that Arturo Casale (Co-CEO), Pierluigi Giraudi (Co-CEO), Alessandro Della Nina (CFO), Jacopo Zucchi (CTO), and Emanuele Gallo (CTO) launched.
Meeters is an online social club that Davide Zanon created.
Mirta is a B2B platform for wholesale trading of high-end fashion that Ciro Di Lanno (Co-CEO) and Martina Capriotti (Co-CEO) founded.
Smartpricing is a provider of Revenue Management Software for the tourism and leisure sector. Luca Rodella (CEO), Tommaso Centonze (COO) and Eugenio Bancaro (CTO) created the business
Viceversa is a platform that supports digital business with equity-free investments and insights data-driven. Matteo Masserdotti (CEO) and Pedro Salvi (CFO) founded the firm.
