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Surging homegrown talent and VC spark Italy’s tech renaissance

TechCrunch

However, while many startups exist in cities like Turin, Bologna, Naples and Rome, Milan is generally seen as a bigger ecosystem because of its mercantile culture and a significant share of VC funds. The good news: VC funding in Italy has grown. It has an estimated 67 VC funds, with 18 of them started since 2015. More than 50%?

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UK report spotlights the huge investment gap facing diverse founders

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VC has been invested over the past decade according to race, gender and educational background makes for grim reading — with all-ethnic teams and female entrepreneurs receiving just a fraction of available funding versus all-white teams and male founders. female entrepreneurs face in accessing VC funding versus male counterparts. .”

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Free Money for Student Tech Founders

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How can you get free money and other support for your business idea? . We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. You could also live in a local “hacker house” for community support, e.g., Edyfi , The Garden , or Womxn Ignite. Right here.

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StudentFinance nabs $41M to help Europeans upskill for in-demand jobs

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“We also use data from analyzing systemic and market changes such as government incentives for companies to become ‘greener.’ ’ This gives us data on future growth — or declining — sectors.” The Series A round constitutes a mix of equity and debt, though the company declined to disclose the split.

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TravelPerk adds $115M to equity and debt Series D, discloses unicorn valuation

TechCrunch

That said, it’s not clear how much of the $115 million tranche is equity versus debt — a spokeswoman for the startup declined to provide a break down or a clear answer when we asked, saying only: “This round is a mix of equity and debt funding.” The final tranche of the D round was led by U.S. based rival NexTravel.

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Telemedico gets $6.6M to grow the reach of its digital health SaaS

TechCrunch

The round is led by Flashpoint Venture Capital, Uniqa Ventures, PKO VC, Black Pearls VC (an existing investor) and Adamed. The platform has been used by more than 900,000 patients to date, w hile more than 600 doctors currently provide remote consultations for Telemedico. Expanding supported languages is part of that plan.

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Pina Earth gets seed backing to grow sustainable forestry carbon credits

TechCrunch

The seed is led by Franco-German VC XAnge, with participation from London-based VC firm Nordstar, as well as a number of business angels and serial founders, including Gustaf Alstromer (partner at Y Combinator), Sundeep Ahuja (partner at Climate Capital), Lea-Sophie Cramer (founder at Amorelie) and Anselm Bauer-Wohlleb (Alasco, Stylight).