Bending Spoons latest 100M round, LIFTT, MIP. Is the AI wave lagging in Italy? - August 29, 2023

Bending Spoons 🇮🇹announced a €100m capital injection from Baillie Gifford, Cox Enterprises, and NB Renaissance.Wikicasa 🇮🇹raised €800k.LIFTT 🇮🇹announced a new capital increase, led by Azimut, bringing the total capital raised to €103m. NYP Techfin, a fintech startup, 🇮🇹raised an undisclosed amount from Banca Valsabbina, for 11% of the company.Milano Investment Partners joined a $3.5M Seed investment in Jellatech, a biotechnology company based in Raleigh, NC.H14 Spa 🇮🇹joined a $12m round in Qualifyze, a German start-up that provides audit services for the pharmaceutical industry.DoubleVerify will acquire Scibids Technology SAS (Blacksheep is an investor) for $125m in a cash and stock transaction.Teamsystem, a digital business management solutions provider based in Pesaro, Italy, 🇮🇹raised funds from Google's CapitalG and Abu Dhabi's Adia.Newcleo 🇮🇹acquired Rütschi, a Franco-Swiss group, for €68.9m.