Gemma Zaino

It is with great pride that I announce the closing of FunniFin - Financial Wellbeing's €850K funding round participated by CDP Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, Syscon Srl and Marco Costaguta. During university, I co-founded FunniFin with four friends. While three of us chose different paths, Lapo Nidiaci and Leonardo Capotosto decided to dedicate themselves fully to the journey 👏 Working on the other side of the table as a VC, I immediately advised that those not going full-time should transfer their shares to Lapo and Leonardo to ensure a clean cap table for future fundraising. However, Leo and Lapo kindly asked me to retain a small equity stake to support them with my network and advices. Today, my friends, former roommates and co-founders have completely transformed what started as a playful B2C project for financial education (FantaTrading) into a robust B2B solution with the same mission: improving financial literacy, which remains alarmingly low in our country. I’m incredibly happy to have the chance to witness and contribute to the growth of a startup from the inside. It has given me a whole new perspective—very different from what we discuss on paper. Leonardo and Lapo have faced countless challenges, embraced pivots, and never gave up. Now, they’ve finally found the elusive product-market fit. FunniFin helps and educates employees to save money through gamification, while also offering workshops and one-on-one sessions with financial advisors. Now it’s time to accelerate! Our vision is to provide employees with all the financial tools they need, all in one platform. If you're a corporate leader interested in implementing financial wellness programs for your employees, reach out to us through our website. Let’s make financial literacy a reality for everyone! 🚀 (link to the article in the first comment)

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🚀 The State of Italian VC 2024 is out! Our latest report highlights a decade of growth in Italian venture capital, with investments increasing tenfold and nearly €7B invested in startups over the past five years. However, Italy still lags behind Europe in per capita funding, limiting scalability and global expansion. Key insights:  🔹 €1.1B invested in Italian startups in 2024. 🔹 Italy is emerging as a frontier tech hub, with DeepTech attracting €693M. 🔹 Italian startups generated €8.6B in revenue and employed 60,000+ people in 2024. 🔹 Italian VCs raised €837M, with a significant portion of fundraising coming from domestic sources (68.5%). 🔹 Exits in 2024 follow the 2020-2024 trend, mostly via acquisitions and buyout, while public listings are yet to take off. Italy is proving its potential, but to compete at European levels, we need to scale funds, build a dynamic exit market, and embrace cultural and structural change. What’s your take on this? 📥 Download the full report now 👉 https://lnkd.in/dajj8uNB #SoIVC #VentureCapital #VC #Startup #Innovation #Ecosystem

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PRIVATE EQUITY ∙ Italy’s highly fragmented entrepreneurial fabric and the strong presence of specialised SMEs make it the ideal landscape for buy & build strategies in PE. Our Giulia Bianchi Frangipane, from the Private Equity Focus Team, moderated a panel on this very topic. The session, entitled ‘Italy: A Market for Buy & Builds’, was held in Milan this morning at the Private Equity Insights Italy Conference – one of the industry’s leading events. She was joined by Marzia Bartolomei Corsi (Fondo Italiano d'Investimento SGR), Francesco Orsi (Eurazeo), Michele Semenzato (Wise Equity) and Marco Tugnolo (FSI) in a discussion on the strategic opportunities the Italian market offers – from sector consolidation to value creation through scalable growth.

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🌞 Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking is pleased to announce it has acted as Financial Advisor for GreenIT, supporting the Italian joint venture co-owned by Plenitude and CDP Equity in securing a non-recourse Project Finance loan agreement totaling approximately €370 million.   🌱 The financing, compliant with the Green Loan Principles, is designed to support GreenIT's investments in the development of greenfield onshore renewable energy projects in Italy.   ⚡The operational phase of these projects is set to commence by 2028, in accordance with GreenIT’s industrial plan which aims for 1 GW of installed capacity by 2030.   🤝Natixis CIB’s expertise in structuring complex financial transactions has been instrumental in facilitating this significant financing.  

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