Helbiz Inc, the US scooter sharing company that Italian entrepreneurĀ Salvatore PalellaĀ founded, raised 7.13 million US Dollars out of a 10 million round that will allow the firm to list on Milan Aim market and on Nasdaq (see here aĀ previous post by BeBeez). The company made such announcement on 8 August, while a on 14 AugustĀ Milan MunicipalityĀ suspended the circulation of scooters. However the company is already actrive in other cities in italy and in Europe and has a core business in car-sharing in the US.
Recrowd, an ItalianĀ real estate lending crowdfunding platform, raised 418,880 euros through an equity crowdfunding campaign onĀ OpstartĀ on the ground of a pre-money valuation of 3 million euros (see here aĀ previous post by BeBeez).Ā The company will invest 80% of these proceeds in online marketing activities, and 20% in its legal expenses.Ā Gianluca de SimoneĀ (ceo),Ā Simone PutignanoĀ (cfo),Ā Massimo TraversiĀ (coo),Ā Massimo MereghettiĀ (business influencer) founded Recrowd, which in February 2019 joinedĀ Speed MI UpĀ the business accelerator ofĀ Milan Bocconi University.
House4Crowd, the Italian real estate crowdfunding platform launched abut oneĀ year ago, hosted its first campaign (see here aĀ previous post by BeBeez).Ā Proptech,Ā an Italian real estate company that belongs toĀ Giuseppe Sansone, aims to raise 550k euros for refurbishing a 250 sqd meters flat based in Milan.
Bionit Labs, an Italian startup producer of bionic prosthesisĀ Adamās Hand, won theĀ TecnonidiĀ tender for aĀ 300k euros financingĀ (see here aĀ previous post by BeBeez).Ā Tecnonidi is a program of the Apulia region that has resources for 30 million.Ā Giovanni Zappatore, Matteo AventaggiatoĀ andĀ Federico GaetaniĀ founded Bionit Labs in February 2018
Italian financial services firmĀ In-LireĀ raisedĀ 500k euros through a capital increase that business incubatorĀ BeMyCompanyĀ led (see here aĀ previous post by BeBeez). BeMyCompany istself invested 100k euros in the business that Italian ā Japanese entrepreneurĀ Romi FukeĀ founded.
Italian International andĀ LazioĀ footballerĀ Ciro ImmobileĀ invested inĀ OFFLunch, a food delivery company that launched an equity crowdfunding campaign onĀ CrowdFundMe. This is just the last investment of a number in Italian startups by the Italian footballerĀ (see here aĀ previous post by BeBeez).