The European ‘boot’ is one of only four countries — the others being France, Switzerland and Belgium — that have maintained positive growth rates over the first three quarters of 2022. Some $1.8bn has been poured into Italian startups so far this year, just twelve months after investment surpassed the $1bn ceiling for the first time.
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Milan, Italy
2017
Series D
€100m
€219.1m
Milan, Italy
2014
Series C
€22m
€135.6m
Milan, Italy
2014
Growth Equity VC
€100m
€100m
Tuscany, Italy
2015
Series B
€68.2m
€88.2m
Turin, Italy
2011
Late VC
€20m
€70.5m
Milan, Italy
2015
Series C
€50m
€70m
Milan, Italy
2015
Early VC
€30.9m
€66.9m
Milan, Italy
2011
Series B
€9.2m
€65.3m
Milan, Italy
2020
Seed
€45m
€45m
Milan, Italy
2020
Series A
€40m
€45m
Milan, Italy
2016
Series A
€7m
€39m
Milan, Italy
2011
Series B
€30.9m
€38.6m
Milan, Italy
2013
Debt
€272.7m
€36.4m
Verona, Italy
2015
Late VC
€25m
€39m
Milan, Italy
2017
Early VC
€30m
€30m
Milan, Italy
2016
Series B
€14.6m
€27.6m
Milan, Italy
2014
Series B
€9.1m
€27.3m
Brescia, Italy
2016
Series B
€18.2m
€25.5m
Milan, Italy
2016
Series A
€10m
€25.4m
Milan, Italy
2015
Growth Equity VC
€15m
€24.6m
Italy
2011
Series B
€18.5m
€24.1m
Rome, Italy
2013
Series D
€22.7m
€23.6m
Italy
2017
Series A
€23m
€23m
Milan, Italy
2021
Seed
€23m
€23m
Turin, Italy
2018
Series A
€16m
€21.3m
Milan, Italy
2019
Convertible
€10m
€20m
Milan, Italy
2017
Series B
€17m
€20m
Prato, Italy
2017
Series B
€13.5m
€18.9m
Turin, Italy
2016
Early VC
€6m
€18.4m
Milan, Italy
2015
Lending Capital
€5.6m
€18m
Milan, Italy
2014
Series C
€7.7m
€17.8m
Casalnuovo di Napoli, Italy
2019
Series A
€17m
€17.2m
Turin, Italy
2015
Series A
€10.3m
€16.9m
Genoa, Italy
2019
Series A
€10m
€16.5m
Milan, Italy
2018
Early VC
€6.5m
€16.4m
Rome, Italy
2020
Series A
€12m
€16.4m
Milan, Italy
2020
Series A
€16m
€16m
Spilimbergo, Italy
2015
Series A
€10m
€15.4m
Milan, Italy
2020
Series A
€13.6m
€15.2m
Fino Mornasco, Italy
2011
Debt
€80m
€14.1m
Milan, Italy
2017
Early VC
€7m
€13m
Milan, Italy
2015
Early VC
€6m
€11.4m
Milan, Italy
2016
Early VC
€8.4m
€11.4m
Milan, Italy
2017
Seed
€4.1m
€11.2m
Rome, Italy
2017
Early VC
€5.5m
€10.2m
Muggiò, Italy
2016
Series B
€6.3m
€9.9m
Milan, Italy
2018
Early VC
€6m
€8.9m
Milan, Italy
2020
Seed
€8.5m
€8.5m
Milan, Italy
2020
Grant
€6.5m
€8.3m
Rome, Italy
2018
Series A
€6m
€8m
Genoa, Italy
2021
Early VC
€8m
€8m
Pisa, Italy
2015
Early VC
€5.3m
€7.3m
Milan, Italy
2014
Series A
€5m
€7.3m
Lomazzo, Italy
2014
Series A
€5m
€7.2m
Milan, Italy
2017
Early VC
€2.5m
€6.5m
Milan, Italy
2016
Series A
€6.4m
€6.4m
Milan, Italy
2017
Seed
€1m
€6.3m
Milan, Italy
2020
Early VC
€5m
€6.2m
Milan, Italy
2014
Early VC
€5m
€6m
Turin, Italy
2017
Late VC
€5.2m
€5.2m
Brescia, Italy
2015
Early VC
€5m
€5m
Milan, Italy
2019
Seed
€2.5m
€5m
Milan, Italy
2020
Seed
€3m
€4.5m
Milan, Italy
2021
Seed
€3.5m
€4.1m
Lecce, Italy
2018
Early VC
€3.5m
€3.9m
Milan, Italy
2016
Early VC
€2m
€3.7m
Rome, Italy
2017
Series A
€3.6m
€3.6m
Milan, Italy
2016
Seed
€2.1m
€3.5m
Milan, Italy
2019
Seed
€1m
€3.5m
Povo, Italy
2018
Seed
€2m
€3.4m
Bari, Italy
2014
Late VC
-
€3m
Milan, Italy
2022
Seed
€3m
€3m
Modena, Italy
2016
Early VC
€1.6m
€3m
Milan, Italy
2021
Seed
€2.4m
€2.9m
Italy
2018
Seed
€2.8m
€2.9m
Milan, Italy
2014
Series A
€2.7m
€2.9m
Milan, Italy
2021
Seed
€2.6m
€6.5m
Italy
2021
Seed
€2.7m
€2.7m
Turin, Italy
2019
Early VC
€2m
€2.7m
Cagliari, Italy
2017
Seed
€300k
€1.4m
Rome, Italy
2019
Seed
€850k
€960k
Rome, Italy
2021
Pre-seed
€620k
€620k
Milan, Italy
2021
Pre-seed
€535k
€535k