Italy-based humanoid robotics startup Generative Bionics raised €70M led by CDP Venture Capital, with participation from Tether, AMD Ventures, and others
Stablecoin giant Tether has joined a €70 million ($81.6 million) funding round for Italy-based Generative Bionics …
Amsterdam-based neobank Finom raised €92.7M from General Catalyst and says it serves 100K+ SMBs across Germany, France, Spain, the Netherlands, and Italy
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Dutch chip manufacturer STMicroelectronics plans to invest €730M to build a chip materials plant in Italy for a more self-reliant supply chain amid shortages
Lauly Li / Financial Times : Tweets: @chengtingfang Tweets: Cheng Ting-Fang / @chengtingfang : STMicroelectronics is to invest €730mn to build a SiC chip substrates materials plant in Italy -the firs...
Milan-based BNPL startup Scalapay raises a $497M Series B led by Tencent and Willoughby, bringing its total funding to $1.2B, becoming Italy's first unicorn
It's been a long time coming, but Italy now has its first unicorn in Scalapay as the buy-now-pay-later company raises $497 million in a Series B round.
European startup Everli, which lets customers order from local supermarkets for delivery, raises $100M Series C led by Verlinvest
Everli, the European marketplace for online grocery shopping that started in Italy but now also operates in Poland, Czech Republic and France, has raised a $100 million in Series C funding.
Russian e-commerce giant Wildberries, which controls 14% of the market, has recently expanded into France, Germany, Italy, and Spain
Polish parcel locker company InPost, widely used by sellers on Allegro, says it is planning an Amsterdam IPO as early as February
* Advent-backed firm could be valued at 7-8 bln euros — * Wants to expand in France, Italy and Spain — * Says first listing possible in February (Adds InPost CEO comments)
Satispay, which offers a mobile payments service in Italy, raises €93M at a €248M valuation; sources: Square invested $18M
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Patreon says 30,000+ creators signed up in the first three weeks of March; average new patron growth in 6 countries, including US and Italy, was 36.2% over Feb.
> https://blog.patreon.com/... @om : I would love if @gofundme would be decent enough to donate all the commissions on the COVID-19 related donations to the charities. https://twitter.com/... Rani Mol...
Refurbed, an online marketplace selling refurbished electronics in Austria, Germany, Poland, and Italy, raises $17M Series A to expand into additional markets
Renewed phones, laptops and tablets can be as much as 40% cheaper than their brand new cousins, working equally as well and …