They deal with sportswear for cyclists, but also luxury and second-hand women’s clothing, events, biotechnology and the development of Artificial Intelligence technologies for data analysis: this is the operational scope of the eight new startups. today in the Italian Tech Startup Database launched last September 23 (who the explanation of the motivations and objectives). Here’s in more detail who they are and what they do.
Passion is a startup that has created a clothing brand for cyclists and sells directly online. It closed an investment round for an undeclared amount with Milano Investment Partner (MIP), Club Italia Investimenti 2, Digital Club, Cyclo Club e due business angel, Alberto Grignolo (ex-Coo of Yoox) e Andrea Tonti (former professional cyclist). The company was founded in 2013 by Giuliano Ragazzi and Lurica Marchetti.
Lampoo has developed an online platform to sell and buy second-hand luxury women’s clothing. It raised 6 million euros from entrepreneurs of the fashion world. The company was founded by Enrico Trombini in 2019.
Kampaay is a startup that offers an as a service event service: it has closed an investment round of 1.5 million euros led by 360 Capital. The company was founded in 2019 by Daniele Arduini, Marco Alba, Stefano Brigli Bongi and Enrico Berto.
AAvantgarde Bio develops gene therapies for hereditary diseases of the retina. It raised 3.7 million euros through a seed investment from Sofinnova Partners (through his Sofinnova Telethon Fund). The company was founded in 2021 by Professor Alberto Auricchio, full professor of Medical Genetics at the Federico II University of Naples.
Alia Therapeutics is a startup that develops innovative treatments for incurable genetic diseases using genome editing. It raised one million euros through a seed investment from Sofinnova Partners (through his Sofinnova Telethon Fund). The company was founded in 2018 by a group of researchers from CIBIO, the Department of Biotechnology of the University of Trento: Anna Cereseto, Antonio Casini, and Gianluca Petris.
Borea Therapeutics develops next generation viral vectors for targeted gene therapies. It raised 1.5 million euros through a seed investment from Sofinnova Partners (through his Sofinnova Telethon Fund). The company was founded in 2020 by Professor Paul Heppenstall and EMBLEM, a technology transfer partner of EMBL (European Molecular Biology Laboratory).
Resalis Therapeutics is a biotech startup. It closed a 6 million euro seed investment round led by the fund Claris Biotech I (from Lost Ventures SGR) and participated by Investors Club. The company was founded in Turin in 2021 by Eva Castagnetti, Riccardo Panella and Pietro Puglisi.
Datrix, a startup that develops software based on Artificial Intelligence for data analysis, raised 2.5 million euros from 8a+ Real Innovation (fund of 8a + SGR investments) e OCS. The company was founded in 2018 by Fabrizio Milano d’Aragona and Mauro Arte.
The Italian Startup Database, the numbers of the Italian Tech db. To date, the Italian Tech database has 179 startup files.
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