P101 founder Andrea Di CamilloP101 founder Andrea Di Camillo

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June 30, 2026

More VC mergers are coming, says P101 founder

The Italian VC just acquired a fellow seed investor in what it says is the first such consolidation deal in the country

Anne Sraders

3 min read

Milan-based VC firm P101 has become one of the few VCs to not only encourage portfolio companies to participate in M&A, but to go through the process itself — acquiring Italian seed investor PranaVentures.

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Anne Sraders

Anne Sraders is a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covers the VC industry and deeptech startups. She also writes Sifted's weekly VC newsletter Up Round. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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