Bending Spoons, an Italian startup among the international leaders in the application market (created Immune between April and May 2020), closed an investment round in 2021 with Red Circle Investments by Renzo Rosso, the founder of Diesel. IS one of the eight new startups entered today in the Italian Tech Startup Database which debuted last September 23 (Who the explanation of the motivations and objectives). Here are the details and who they are and how other startups grow.
Bending Spoons is a startup founded in 2013 in Copenhagen and moved to Milan in 2015, which develops apps. It has more than 60 million active users and over 400 million downloads. Founded by Francesco Patarnello, Luca Ferrari, Luca Querella, Matteo Danieli and Tomasz Greber, the startup was involved in the development of Immune, the app for tracking positive cases at Covid. In 2021, for the third consecutive year, it was voted the best workplace for young people in the ranking drawn up by Great Place To Work.
Aindo is a startup of SISSA – International School of Advanced Studies of Trieste, which deals with the development of Artificial Intelligence solutions. Founded in 2018 by a group of researchers among the world’s leading experts in the generation of synthetic data based in the Trieste Science Park, in 2021 it closed a round of 2.8 million with the Fondo Vertis Venture 3 Technology Transfer.
Bowlpros is a startup based in Milan that markets salads in bowl made with 100% natural products and all the ingredients to make them online under its own brand. Founded in 2020 by Davide Petruzzi, Ioannis Stivis and Carlo Eroini, in 2021 it closed a round of 500 thousand euros led by Investors Club.
VoiceMe is a startup that deals with payments by voice. In 2021 it raised 560 thousand euros from a consortium of over forty investors, both Italian and international, of the community Foolers Club.
Scooter is a startup that develops vehicles for urban mobility. Founded in 2015 by Gianmarco Carnovale, Gabriele Carbucicchio, Carmine Nuzzo and Luca Ruggeri, the company raised 3 million in 2021 in a round including equity, debt and grant: in detail, the incentive Smart & Start by Invitalia, a loan from Intesa Sanpaolo, an investment by the Startup Relaunch Fund of CDP Venture Capital SGR, with LVenture Group and other Business Angels.
Qodeup is a startup from Brescia, founded in 2018 by Fabio Marniga and Stefano Allegra that deals with foodtech. In 2021 it closed a seed round of 260 thousand euros led by Ventive.
GimmeLike, is a startup that has developed an app that connects SMEs with Millennials through market surveys. Founded in 2018 by Francesco Mondonico, in 2019 it closed a round with Seed Money.
Scytale is a startup (established in 2018, with operational headquarters in Mantua and commercial in Milan) specialized in the development of advanced cryptography solutions, electronic signature and authentication on the Blockchain protocol. In 2019 it closed a round (for an undeclared amount) with Gellify.
The Italian Startup Database, the numbers of the Italian Tech DB: today the Italian Tech database counts 489 startup cards.
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