WordLift e Folks Finance are the new startups that entered the Italian Tech Startup Database which debuted on 23 September (Who the explanation of the motivations and objectives). In the foreground the new rounds of Moneyfarm, CreationDose, Roboze, Cellply e Where I live. Here’s who they are and how they grow.
WordLift is a startup founded in 2017 that has developed a platform based on Artificial Intelligence for the optimization of websites on search engines. In January, it closed an investment round of 800 thousand euros with the venture capital fund Primo Ventures SGR, which invested through the Barcamper Ventures and Barcamper Ventures Lazio funds.
Folks Finance is a fintech startup based in Milan that deals with loans based on the Algorand blockchain protocol. It closed a $ 3 million round led by Borderless Capital.
Moneyfarm is a company, founded by Paolo Galvani and Giovanni Daprà in 2012, which deals with savings management, using Artificial Intelligence, Big Data Analytics and biometric recognition solutions. Born in Italy, in Milan, since 2016 it has also been operating in the United Kingdom. In 2018 it closed a round (among the most significant) of 46 million euros. In 2019, Poste Italiane and Allianz invested 40 million euros in the company. A 53 million investment round led by has just closed a new round Italian post e M&G. For the company owned by Giovanni Daprà and Paolo Galvani, total deposits thus increased to 166 million.
CreationDose is a startup that has developed a system that puts in
communication of big brands with micro influencers, people with a good following on social networks. Founded in Catania in 2018 by Alessandro La Rosa, Antonio Puleo, Raffaele Barone and Jacopo Paoletti, in 2019 it closed a round (for an undeclared amount) with Friendz. In 2020 and 2021 it closed two rounds of 200,000 euros and this year raised 1 million euros in a round led by Startup Relaunch Fund managed by CDP Venture Capital SGR.
Roboze, an Italian-American 3D printing company founded in Bari in 2013 by Alessio Lorusso, has closed a million-euro round with a pool of international investors.
Cellply, a startup founded in Bologna in 2013 by Massimo Bocchi and Roberto Guerrieri and specialized in solutions in the field of medical bioengineering, has closed a new capital increase of 810 thousand euros led by Schia Ventures. In December 2021 it had closed a € 2 million round led by LIFTT and by the shareholders of Italian Angels for Growth.
Where I live, a co-living company founded in 2007 by Valerio Fonseca and William Maggio (it has a portfolio of about 10 thousand beds in 15 cities in Europe), has closed a round of 50 million euros led by Starwood Capital Group, an investment fund specializing in the real estate sector.
The Italian Startup Database, the numbers of the Italian Tech DB: today the Italian Tech database counts 520 startup cards, 615 round e 332 investor cards.