Italy logged 4 verified funding rounds in the week ending 11 Oct 2026, totalling ≈$39.1M. Melius anchors the week with a ≈$20.0M Series A in Professional Services. Technology, Information and Media was the busiest sector with 2 deals.
| Country | Italy |
| Deals this week | 4 |
| Total raised | ≈$39.1M |
| Top sector | Technology, Information and Media (2) |
| Most common round | Pre-Seed (1) |
| Sources tracked | 14 |
| # | Company | Amount | Round | Sector | Announced |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Melius | $20.0M | Series A | Professional Services | 07 Oct 2026 |
| 2 | Circular Materials | $13.3M | — | Manufacturing | 09 Oct 2026 |
| 3 | TextYess | $4.5M | — | Technology, Information and Media | 05 Oct 2026 |
| 4 | SimpL | $1.4M | Pre-Seed | Technology, Information and Media | 06 Oct 2026 |
Melius$20.0M · Series A · Professional Services · Italy
Melius is a consultancy company in the field of education, training, guidance, human resources.
“Ex-Ramp Engineers Pivot to AI Ad Creation, Raise $25M 🚀 Melius has raised $25 million to build AI tools that turn ideas into ad campaigns, images, and videos.”
2 more sources tracked. Read the full press release and reporter coverage.
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Circular Materials$13.3M · Manufacturing · Italy
Circular Materials is an innovative company with a proprietary technology for the recovery of strategic metals from industrial wastewater through a sustainable and highly efficient process.
| # | Investor | Deals |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CRV | 1 |
| 2 | Italian Founders Fund | 1 |
| 3 | Techshop Capital | 1 |
| 4 | Vento | 1 |
Technology, Information and Media accounted for 2 of 4 verified deals in Italy this week. The stage mix was 1 early-stage (pre-seed to seed) against 3 Series A or later.
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TextYess$4.5M · Technology, Information and Media · Italy
TextYess is the Autonomous CRM for eCommerce brands: a CRM, and the AI agents that run it. CRM is one of the biggest revenue drivers in ecommerce, and one of the hardest to run well.
“Una startup milanese ha raccolto 4 milioni di euro per migliorare il marketing degli e-commerce con l'IA - Forbes Italia TextYess, 4 milioni per migliorare il marketing degli e-commerce F di Forbes.it La startup milanese TextYess , che sviluppa software per aiutare i brand di e-commerce nelle relazioni con i clienti, ha raccolto 4 milioni di euro i”
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Fintoil leads with ≈$118.2M · Manufacturing
