European tech funding profile
1,081 startups in Italy have raised a combined €11B across 1,379 funding rounds and recorded 158 exits. Software is the most active sector, and CDP Venture Capital is the most active investor. Data as of 6 Aug 2026.
#11 in Europe by capital raised — 1.5% of all European startup funding.
| Fintech | €2.3B | |
| Software | €2.3B | |
| Energy | €846M | |
| Proptech | €815M | |
| Healthtech | €724M | |
| Transportation | €424M |
| Company | Stage | Date | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bending Spoons | Other | Oct 2025 | €615M |
| Bending Spoons | Debt | Aug 2025 | €500M |
| Plenitude | Other | Dec 2023 | €500M |
| Scalapay | Series B | Feb 2022 | €438M |
| CDP Venture Capital | 121 |
| LVenture Group | 62 |
| P101 | 49 |
| 360 Capital Partners | 46 |
| United Ventures | 46 |
| Italian Angels for Growth | 40 |
| Club degli Investitori | 29 |
| Club Italia Investimenti 2 | 27 |
| Cii2 | 26 |
| Vertis SGR | 25 |
| Software | ▲ +387.5% |
| Cybersecurity | ▲ +278.1% |
| Cleantech | ▲ +200.4% |
| HRtech | ▲ +80.8% |
| Cloud | ▲ +20.7% |
| Deeptech | ▲ +20.2% |
| Bending Spoons | Other | Sep 2022 | €355M |
| Inwit | Debt | Feb 2025 | €350M |
| Satispay | Series D+ | Sep 2022 | €320M |
| Casavo | Debt | Jul 2022 | €300M |
| Nexi Group | Debt | Sep 2024 | €220M |
| Casavo | Other | Mar 2021 | €200M |
| Milan | €7.7B | 521 | |
| Rome | €523M | 166 | |
| Turin | €272M | 84 | |
| Genoa | €171M | 13 | |
| Calci | €152M | 4 | |
| Trento | €110M | 6 | |
| Brescia | €101M | 17 | |
| Verona | €92M | 12 |
