Soul-K raising 20M, BonusX disrupting Italian PA, Data Masters - October 17, 2023

Soul-K, a food-tech startup, 🇮🇹raised €20,5m in equity (€13m) and debt (€7.5m) from CDP Venture Capital, LIFTT, Azimut, Simest and existing investors (Innogest, Tan food, Levante Capital SIS). BancaTer acted as the debt provider.BonusX, a startup helping customers receive tax and other bonuses, 🇮🇹raised €3.2m from Giant Ventures, Exceptional Ventures, 2100 Ventures, and business angels.Zakeke, a Visual AI commerce startup, 🇮🇹raised €2m in a SAFE round led by Berrier Capital.ViteSicure, an insuretech startup, 🇮🇹raised €2m in a bridge round from existing investors (CDP VC, Reale Mutua, Apside).Inta Systems, a lab-on-chip startup, 🇮🇹raised €2m from Eureka! Venture, LIFTT, and Deep Ocean Capital.Hoopygang, an influencer marketing startup, 🇮🇹raised €1.25m from CDP VC and Nana Bianca.Bug’s Life, a startup producing insect-based proteins, 🇮🇹raised €552k from Sici and Business Angels.Gevi, a clean energy startup, raised €400k in a pre-seed round participated by 360CP and CDP.Data Masters, an AI-focused edutech startup, raised an additional €200k in its seed round from Primo Ventures, for a total raise of €950k to date.Banca Valsabbina 🇮🇹acquired a 15% stake in ID Defend. The amount invested is undisclosed.Barcelona-based Workfully raised €1.2m.P101 🇮🇹acquired a 24% stake in CityNews, in a secondary transaction.360CP, Indaco and United Ventures 🇮🇹raised €40m in aggregate from Lombardia Ventures, a fund-of-funds initiative from the Lombardia region.