Italy startup funding in H2 2013

European tech funding raised by Italy startups during H2 2013.

In H2 2013, 42 startups in Italy closed 44 funding rounds and raised €21M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), down 26.1% versus H2 2012. Consumer was the most active sector, and Cii2 was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€21M

-26.1% vs H2 2012 · excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

+100.0% vs H2 2012

Companies

Top sector

Consumer

Rank in Europe

#14

0.8% of European funding

Top-10 round share

72.0%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Jul	€8.1M	11
Aug	€6.0M	8
Sep	€1.4M	6
Oct	€4.3M	9
Nov	€230k	2
Dec	€1.3M	8

Top sectors

by € raised

Data table

	Italy — top sectors by capital, H2 2013
E-commerce	€6.5M
Fashion	€3.3M
Consumer	€2.9M
Travel	€2.2M
Fintech	€1.6M
Healthtech	€925k
Media	€857k
Marketing	€663k

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Italy — stage mix, H2 2013
Series A	€9.2M
Seed	€8.1M
Early VC	€2.9M
Other	€1.1M
Grant	€105k

Exits & M&A

1 Acquisition

1 exit · €75M disclosed.

7Pixel

Acquisition

Dec 2013

€75M

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in H2 2013

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
DoveConviene	Series A	Jul 2013	€3.5M
StyleSaint	Series A	Aug 2013	€3.2M
D-Share	Early VC	Jul 2013	€1.8M
Chef Dovunque	Seed	Oct 2013	€1.2M
Affaredelgiorno	Early VC	Aug 2013	€1.1M
Siamosoci	Series A	Sep 2013	€1.0M
Klikkapromo	Other	Jul 2013	€1.0M
LOVEThESIGN	Series A	Jul 2013	€1.0M
Angiodroid	Seed	Oct 2013	€900k
Musement	Seed	Oct 2013	€666k
eboox	Seed	Aug 2013	€603k
PREstiamoci	Seed	Oct 2013	€600k
BioBeats	Seed	Aug 2013	€527k
Gourmant	Seed	Dec 2013	€525k
Pointstic	Series A	Aug 2013	€452k

View all 44 Italy deals in H2 2013 →

Top investors

most active in H2 2013, by deal count

← All 2013 Italy funding