Geographies/Italy/2012

Italy startup funding in 2012

European tech funding raised by Italy startups during 2012.

In 2012, 39 startups in Italy closed 39 funding rounds and raised €65M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants). Marketing was the most active sector, and Italian Angels for Growth was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€65M

excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

Companies

Top sector

Marketing

Italy: last three years

change vs the year before

Year	Equity	Change	Rounds	Change	Debt
2010	€13M	+2250.6%	10	+150.0%	—
2011	€29M	+124.9%	23	+130.0%	—
2012	€65M	+124.5%	39	+69.6%	—

Break down 2012 by period

Half-year

H1 H2

Rank in Europe

#10

1.7% of European funding

Top-10 round share

82.2%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Jan	€4.9M	5
Feb	€2.9M	3
Mar	€500k	1
Apr	€0	1
May	€21M	5
Jun	€6.3M	2
Jul	€8.2M	6
Aug	€4.2M	3
Sep	€396k	1
Oct	€2.0M	3
Nov	€425k	2
Dec	€14M	7

Top sectors

by € raised

Data table

	Italy — top sectors by capital, 2012
Fintech	€26M
Software	€15M
Marketing	€6.3M
Media	€5.4M
Cybersecurity	€5.0M
Edtech	€2.4M
Healthtech	€1.7M
Hardware	€1.6M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Italy — stage mix, 2012
Early VC	€29M
Growth/Late	€15M
Series A	€8.0M
Series C	€6.3M
Seed	€5.6M
Series B	€467k
Grant	€25k

Largest equity rounds

by disclosed amount, 2012

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
EXTRABANCA	Growth/Late	May 2012	€15M
ObjectWay	Early VC	Dec 2012	€10M
Superb	Series C	Jun 2012	€6.3M
Antares Vision	Early VC	Jul 2012	€5.0M
DBA Group	Early VC	Jan 2012	€4.0M
Cubeyou	Series A	May 2012	€3.5M
MoneyFarm	Early VC	Aug 2012	€3.0M
Docebo	Early VC	Feb 2012	€2.4M
Mosaicoon	Series A	Dec 2012	€2.4M
AppsBuilder	Early VC	Oct 2012	€1.5M

View all 39 Italy deals in 2012 →

Top investors

most active in 2012, by deal count

Source: Tech.eu Funding Explorer · data as of 6 Nov 2026 · licence CC BY 4.0 · Methodology

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