Top 15 B2B Startup Investors in Italy in October 2023

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• Caracol — Caracol - Large Format Additive Manufacturing for advanced industries. Discover more on our LFAM technology and solutions.
• Muscope — Revolutionize your organization's approach to cyber security with the Muscope CYSR platform's comprehensive risk assessment and rating
• Sidereus Space Dynamics — As an intern, you'll work alongside our talented team of engineers and professionals, gaining valuable experience and insight into the world of space vehicle design and manufacturing.

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• Picosats — PicoSaTs envisages a new generation of telecommunication systems for space applications dedicated to CubeSat pico-satellites. The key technologies at the core of this system are a software defined radio and a highly directive and configurable antenna, operating at higher frequencies (Ka band), and providing very high data rates.
• Leaf Space — Leaf Space aims to become a global leading service provider in the new, emerging microsatellite market by developing a technology platform providing all basic services required by microsatellite operators.
• Energy Dome — Energy Dome | Groundbreaking Long Duration Energy Storage. Using CO2 against climate change. Our Technology enables to store renewable energy efficiently.

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• Ecomate — The ESG Rating platform for every company
• BigProfiles — A deep understanding of customers let a company tailor marketing campaigns and CRM strategies, but companies have only basic data about customers (e.g. gender or age). External data sources like Social Networks, Public Registries and Socio-Demographic data contain rich information about billions of people, like job titles, levels of education,interests and habits.BigProfiles is a Customer Intelligence SAAS that leverages external information about persons to enrich customer profiling: it can profile a company's customers with previously unknown information about them. Thanks to its Identity Resolution algorithm (the result of a PHD), it identifies a person’s information scattered among external sources.Through this technology, BigProfiles provides customer base analytics and behavior predictions: using Artificial Intelligence on enriched profiles allows to predict churn, fraud and willingness to buy.
• Codemotion — Codemotion is the ecosystem devoted to innovation, focused on developers and coding, open to all programming languages and technologies. Pioneering spirits, it scout the future to deliver a first class experience to our people. Codemotion is one of the biggest tech-conferences in Europe, with an international network of 30.000 developers and 350speakers coming from all over the world and from the most important IT realities.Codemotion draw in its main conferences, thousands of attendees eager to discuss about hottest topics: it tailor for them disruptive proposals ranging from mobile to UX, develops, cloud, big data, gamedev, security, methods, languages, web, Internet of things. Codemotion is also a startup, providing a bunch of services and activities, for personal and business customers.

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• Scuter — NEXT GEN SHARING MOBILITY Introducing the ultimate sharing mobility service, designed to be much better than all the rest. The all-new website. Available so ...
• Newarc srl — With the help of technology, we simplify and improve the home buying and selling process.
• Green Independence — Green Independence is a startup committed in developing disruptive energy technology solutions, gradually leading the transition to a sustainable zero-emission-world powered by renewable sources. Our main technology is the New Artificial Leaf (NAL). NAL is a new technology that is able to efficiently store solar energy into chemical bonds,similarly to what happens in natural photosynthesis, converting water, CO2 and many other waste products. Currently, its main products are Green Hydrogen and Syngas (H2 + CO). NAL can guide the conversion of current energy production plants into low / zero emissions power-plants, without dismissing the current infrastructure.

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• CellPly — Cellply is a life-science company focused on developing next-generation analytical tools enabling a deep characterization of cancer immunotherapies, cell therapies and cell-based biotherapeutics. The company aims to support the development of novel cancer immunotherapies by accelerating R&D, automating the quality control and advancing theability to monitor the clinical response to these treatments.Through the use of proprietary microfluidic technologies with Co-Culture Array technology, highly-automated analytical instruments and AI-powered image and data analytics, Cellply products define the function of the immune system one cell at a time, combining functional data with other multiplex data and providing unprecedented single-cell analytical solutions.
• Test1 soultions — Test1 Solutions is an oil absorbent technique for hydrocarbons and their derivatives. They serve environmental clean up, oil spill clean up, hydrocarbon spills, geennovation, open cell oleophilic polyurethane foam with a hydrophobic effect, and hydrocarbon spills on water and land.
• Comptek Solutions — Comptek Solutions' novel passivation technology - Kontrox - promotes surface crystalline oxide reconstructions on the surface of the III-V compound semiconductor materials, enabling unprecedented efficiency of devices and a significant reduction in manufacturing costs

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• nexoya — Performance Marketing optimized with AI. Leverage the power of agile portfolio management. Allocate budgets by using AI technology and reach +70% ROAS
• Connected-Stories — HyperTV's Connected-Stories is the first integrated platform for creating personalized sequences of consumer-journey-minded marketing and advertising content formats. The platform is able to distribute the content experience across the broader digital advertising ecosystem. Easy to use tools and platform services empower content creators toscale up their productivity and effectiveness
• AdTonos — AdTonos is a programmatic audio advertising platform that connects advertisers with publishers. The marketplace offers multiple ad placements from well-known pre-rolls, through to mid-rolls and real-time ad replacement for live streaming. This provides advertisers with vast reach across digital audio channels, while radio stations, podcasters ormusic streaming services profit from the use of an effective tool that supports them in growing their revenues from online advertising. Brands have, at their fingertips, an easy-to-reach audience of more than 15 million unique online audio listeners from the UK and worldwide and potential of at least 200 million ad playouts a month. AdTonos is supported by the UK’s Department of International Trade, helping the company to scale globally, and is a member of IAB UK, IAB Europe and the European Association of Commercial Radios, which represents commercial radio at the European Parliament.

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• Macai — Macai offers thousands of high-quality products delivered at your doorstep in a few minutes.Macai is the first Italian company active in the Q-commerce space. Founded by Giovanni Cavallo, serial entrepreneur with a deep background in food delivery, the project is now live in Milan and Turin. Compared to other players in the industry, Macai ismore focused on providing a wider offer than on the speed variable. We aim at building an online full grocer, with more than 7000 skus delivered in less than 45 minutes.
• GenomeUp — GenomeUp is an AI platform (SaaS) to enabling doctors and clinical institutions to diagnose and treat rare genetic diseases in less than 24h. GenomeUp is involved in international research projects and clinical trials in partnership with universities and research centers.
• Insoore — Insoore is a platform that helps insurance companies to improve the claims management process, thanks to on-demand photographic inspections and damage estimates provided by a community of experts.

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• WORA — Wora is integrated with the main e-commerce platforms. For in-store purchases or via alternative channels (e.g., Instagram, WhatsApp, telephone), they make their app available to retailers to be able to send their requests easily.
• Viceversa — Viceversa provides capital to European digital businesses to support companies in sustainable and ethical growth. The company was founded in 2021 and has locations in Milan and Dublin.
• Resalis Therapeutics — Resalis Therapeutics sviluppa un farmaco in grado di inibire un micro-RNA per il trattamento di alcune malattie metaboliche

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• Gamindo — Customized Video Games for Engagement, Education, Lead Generation, CSR and Training.
• HiNelson — HiNelson an Italian-based online store for nautical accessories. HiNelson is the first nautical online store about high-level boating components. They select the best and successful brands in the nautical worldwide market, such as Veleria San Giorgio to guarantee maritime safety with their life jackets, moving through Polyform’s boat fenders foryacht protection, or the best anchoring and docking system by Lofrans’, Max Power and Quick and finishing with the most famous Plastimo’s compasses or and Bartomarine sail’s accessories.
• Wall Street Football — Wall Street Football - Leveraging first-class machine learning to provide the most accurate football players performance predictions

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• Macai — Macai offers thousands of high-quality products delivered at your doorstep in a few minutes.Macai is the first Italian company active in the Q-commerce space. Founded by Giovanni Cavallo, serial entrepreneur with a deep background in food delivery, the project is now live in Milan and Turin. Compared to other players in the industry, Macai ismore focused on providing a wider offer than on the speed variable. We aim at building an online full grocer, with more than 7000 skus delivered in less than 45 minutes.
• MAX — Metro Africa Express addresses the last-mile delivery and online-retail problems by using mobile and web platforms to connect consumers, retail businesses, and independent drivers in real-time. They are eliminating all logistics and technology barriers that have historically prevented retail businesses in Africa from realizing their full potential.
• Payflow — Payflow is an employee benefit that companies can offer to their employees. Payflow provides employees instant access to earned salary to improve their financial well-being. Companies benefit from improved productivity and engagement, with no impact on cash-flow.Payflow was founded in 2020, and it is a Rocket Internet backed venture based inSpain.

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• Pixies — Pixies is a Startup that design solutions for Autonomous Cities and a more sustainable future of our planet. Merging Urban Design, Robotics and AI, we believe that urban spaces can now become able to take care of themselves.
• Alokino Gelato — Alokino Gelato produces plant-based and preservative-less artisanal ice creams.
• Nimai Digital Company — Think. Create. Make it happen.

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• Convoy — Convoy uses technology to make freight more efficient, reduce shippers' costs, increase carriers' earnings, and eliminate carbon emissions.
• FinCompare - Smarter Business Finance — FinCompare was founded by Stephan Heller and is a fintech startup that helps businesses to find, compare, and close the financing solutions. Via the online platform, companies can access a wide range of financing options. They can independently compare offers from well-known banks, fintechs, and alternative financial services providers in Germanyand close the financing. The company also offers a convenient one-stop destination for all financing questions relating to the company.FinCompare financing solutions including corporate loan, factoring, company leasing/hire purchase, warehouse financing, fine trading/purchase financing, and mezzanine capital. It simplifies the financing process with its digital application process and can thus provide your company financing. The company allows SMEs to receive and compare various offers for loans.FinCompare was founded in October 2016 by Stephan Heller and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.
• Finom — Finom combines digital business account benefits with multiple services to provide financial solutions for entrepreneurs, self-employed, and freelancers. It pulls together accounting, financial management, and banking functions for early-stage businesses and SMEs into one mobile-first product.Founded in 2019, Finom is headquartered in Amsterdam,The Netherlands.

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• Miscusi — Fast-Gourmet freshly made pasta restaurant chain
• VitroLabs — The world's oldest material made new. VitroLabs Inc is a startup developing lab grown leather, through tissue engineering, as a solution to help fight climate change. All, while completely avoiding animal slaughter.
• Poke House — Explore Poke House and savor the healthy life. Order now for take-away or delivery and discover our unique bowls. Join the Poke House Squad for exclusive benefits. Learn more about our culture and career opportunities.

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• UNGUESS (formerly AppQuality) — UNGUESS is the crowdsourcing platform for effective testing and real insights. Take the guesswork out of your work.
• Paragraph — Powerful stories and powerful storytellers. Each week find seven of the world's best shorts in text, audio, and video: http://bit.ly/1usXQd5
• La Passione — High quality Italian Road and Urban cycling wear at fair prices. We use only the finest materials and sell direct to you with no middleman. Shop now!

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• Vikey — Self check-in Automatico e Domotica per Gestire da Remoto ogni aspetto dell'accoglienza in Hotel, Case Vacanze, Appartamenti e B&B.
• YoAgents — YoAgents is a Digital Service company that allows sales professionals to connect with startups and micro-companies and SMEs.Through the app, they can choose services, pitch themselves to companies, download sales documents, create deals, with companies in the fitness, ho.re.ca., retail, sectors, as well as visualize and require revenue. Theplatform currently hosts over 2,000 sales professionals in its lead generation door to door platform.It was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Milan, Italy.
• Metis Precision Medicine — Metis Precision Medicine is a B-Corp founded with the vision of bringing powerful cancer therapies to patients in need. Metis owns the intellectual property of a suite of anti-Met monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), with different and unique mechanisms of action, and is currently seeking investors, biotech or pharmaceutical companies interested inacquiring the relevant platform technology on a global basis.