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Nextalia Ventures extended to 100 million US Dollars (60 million in equity and 40 million in debt) the series B round of 60 million that London’s B2B AI-based software house Shop Circle launched between February and March 2025 (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The company will invest such proceeds in its M&A strategy. Shop Circle also attracted the resources of 645 Ventures, FNDX, FG2 Capital, Endeavor Catalyst, CDP Venture Capital – Corporate Partners I-ServiceTech Fund, Primo Capital, The Techshop, NFX, QED Investors, 645 Ventures, i80 Group, 3VC, and family offices. Shop Circle retained DLA Piper. Francesco Canzonieri is the ceo of Nextalia. Luca Cartechini and Gian Maria Gramondi are the founders of Shop Circle while Robin Hardt is the cfo. Allen Taylor is a partner of Endeavor Catalyst. Shop Circle was born in 2021 and since then raised 245 million in equity and debt. Vijay Shankar, Firstminute Capital, Avonmore Developments, Systema, BlackSheep Ventures, and TriplePoint Capital also invested in the company. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Nextalia and its portfolio companies. Find out here how to subscribe for one month or one year or Click here for booking a demo videocall with BeBeez database manager
Nextalia Ventures joined the Monkimun Inc. 120 million US Dollars financing round that Bullhound Capital and Customer Value Fund – General Catalyst led (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Monkimun is the interactive learning platform Lingokids developer. Nextalia received the support of Deloitte for the financial, fiscal and legal due diligence. Cristóbal Viedma is Monkimun’s founder and ceo. Francesco Canzonieri is the ceo of Nextalia. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Nextalia and its portfolio companies. Find out here how to subscribe for one month or one year or Click here for booking a demo videocall with BeBeez database manager
Tretau (fka TAU Group), a startup that develops high-performance, solvent-free magnetic wires, secured a Series C round of 20 million euros for its organic growth and attracted the resources of T2Y Capital (lead investor), CDP Venture Capital, Piemonte Next – FinPiemonte, Syensqo, Finindus, Santander Alternative Investments, and MITO Tech Ventures – MITO Technology (see here a previous post by BeBeez). T2Y Capital will become the company’s third largest shareholder and appoint a director. Forvis Mazars acted as deal advisor. In January and Octorber 2024, Tretau extended a Series B round and fetched 11 million and 1.5 million from MITO Tech Ventures, Santander Alternative Investments, CDP Venture Capital, and Piemonte Next. Between 2020 and 2023, Tretau attracted the resources of Solvay Ventures, Altana, Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), and other international investors. Filippo Veglia, Francesco Taiariol and Piero Degasperi founded Tretau in 2014. Andreas Haindl, Patrick Bettscheider and Andreas Haindl are the founders of T2Y Capital. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Tretau and its investors. Find out here how to subscribe for one month or one year or Click here for booking a demo videocall with BeBeez database manager
Pillar, a SaaS fintech platform for the construction sector, attracted 3.2 million euros pre-seed resources from Emblem (lead investor), Pareto, Plug and Play, Kima Ventures, B Heroes, Vento, Eden Ventures, IAG, Paola Bonomo, Ignazio Rocco Da Torrepadula, Enrico Pandian, and other investors (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Gabriel Guinea Montalvo (ceo), Paolo Tarsia Incuria and Lorenzo Demaio are the founders of Pillar. Guillaume Durao is the general partner of Emblem.
Pack – The People Development Platform, and Italian HR tech startup, secured a round of 3.5 million euros that Rialto – AVM Gestioni led (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Pack retained BonelliErede and will invest the raised proceeds in its proprietary technology and organic growth. Pietro Maria Picogna and Giacomo Gentili founded the company in 2022. Alessandro Profumo, Stefano Quintarelli and Simone Brunozzi are partners of Rialto VC. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Rialto EuVeca and its portfolio companies. Find out here how to subscribe for one month or one year or Click here for booking a demo videocall with BeBeez database manager
Baze, the platform that helps families select, hire and pay domestic helpers in a transparent way, said it fetched pre-seed resources of 0.65 million euros from an undisclosed Italian family office as lead investor, Nana Bianca, Fondazione CR Firenze, Donatello Bianco, Alessandro Cavallo, Lorenzo Fabris, Riccardo Mascagni, Jacopo Pertile, Alessandro Rimassa, Patrick Turchi, Augusto Valli, and Paolo Zanzottera (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Davide Lauria (ceo), Nicolò Gori, Matteo Pervan (cmo), and Dario Valastro founded Sicily-based Baze in 2023 and received the support of Fondazione CR Firenze and Nana Bianca, the startup studio that Alessandro Sordi, Paolo Barberis and Jacopo Marello created. In 2024, Baze joined Hubble, the acceleration programme of Fondazione CR Firenze and Nana Bianca.
