2B in Italian Startups, Jobtech, Blubrake, Up2You, Fondo Italiano AgriFood - December 13, 2022

Jobtech, a recruiting tech startup, 🇮🇹raised €6m in a round led by Oltre Impact and participated by Lumen Ventures.  Académia.tv, a cooking video courses platform, 🇮🇹raised €1.3m from a syndicate of business angels.  Didimora, a proptech startup, 🇮🇹raised €1m from StarTIP and Lio Factory.  DoctorApp, a health-tech startup, 🇮🇹raised €400k from Zungri Capital.  Blubrake, developer of an ABS brake for e-bikes, raised €10m in a venture debt round from the EIB.  Campari, LVMH’s Moët Hennessy acquired 100% of Tannico.  Aidexa, a neo-bank, signed a deal with Poste Italiane to distribute fast digital loans to Poste’s SME customer base.  Credimi is 🇮🇹looking for acquirers, after a reportedly rough 2022.  Terna, the Italian company managing the energy grid, 🇮🇹launched Terna forward, a €50m corporate VC program.  Up2You, a green tech startup, 🇮🇹raised €3.5m from CDP VC and Azimut Digitech.  Moneyfarm acquired Profile Pensions and hits £3bn in assets  Fondo Italiano di Investimento 🇮🇹announced the first closing of a €130m food and agritech fund.  The Italian Ministry of University 🇮🇹announced a new cybersecurity research center, funded with €116m from the RRP.