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October 11, 2023

Milan’s BonusX raises €3.2m to take on Italy’s benefits bureaucracy

Growing up in Naples, BonusX’s cofounders saw how the complexity of making benefits and tax claims in Italy was making people poorer

Amy O'Brien

3 min read

Italy is just about as well known for its bureaucracy as it is for its burrata. It is fair to say the latter is more popular with Italians than the former. Mind-numbing bureaucracy is the reason many Italians say they will not found a startup in their home country, and it impacts just about any administrative task that they come across in everyday life.

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Amy O'Brien

Amy O'Brien is a freelance reporter covering Italian tech. She was previously Sifted's fintech reporter

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