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Recently Funded Hardware Startups in Italy

Updated Sep 2026

FundedIQ holds 21 funded Hardware startups in Italy and keeps their funding rounds, amounts, investors, industries, locations and company details up to date. This page provides an overview of the Hardware startup funding landscape in Italy, along with the 21 most recently funded Hardware startups in Italy.

The median disclosed round is $5.9M, with the middle half of rounds falling between $4.1M and $8.5M. Milan and Brescia hold the deepest concentrations of these companies. Hardware startups in Italy closed 10 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 4 of them in the last 12 months, and raised $85M in disclosed capital.

Milan leads a segment of mid-sized teams. These companies possess enough staff to handle complex procurement but remain small enough for direct access to founders. This profile favors vendors selling scalable infrastructure or specialized components. Most firms operate as established small businesses rather than tiny seed teams, making them reliable targets for enterprise contracts.

Hardware funded startup statistics in Italy

Funded Hardware startups in Italy
21
tracked in the database
Funding rounds, last 12 months
4
10 over 24 months
Disclosed capital raised, 24 months
$85M
9 of 10 rounds disclosed an amount
Median round size
$5.9M
middle half $4.1M to $8.5M

Most recent funding round on record: Jun 2026.

21 most recently funded Hardware startups in Italy

21 shown

Ordered by the date of the latest funding round. Each row gives the company, its location and industry, what it does, the stage and date of that round, and the disclosed amount.

O
Oversonic Robotics
Lombardi, Italy · Hardware
Oversonic provides cognitive computing systems for robots. Oversonic supplies businesses with intelligent…
Series Unknown ·
Undisclosed
C
Milan, Italy · Hardware
CareGlance provides photonic devices for real-time biomedical and industrial applications.
Seed ·
$4.1M
W
Roma, Italy · Hardware
WSENSE is a Rome-based spin-off from Sapienza University that specializes in monitoring and communication…
Series B ·
$12M
C
Barlassina, Italy · Hardware
Caracol offers highly developed 3D printing services through additive manufacturing. The company has…
Series B ·
$40M
P
Milan, Italy · Hardware
Photonpath designs and produces integrated photonic devices to obtain, transmit and process information using…
Series A ·
$5.9M
V
Pisa, Italy · Hardware
In today’s industrial mature market , service revenue have is as or more important that the revenues from…
Series Unknown ·
$5.5M
S
Catanzaro, Italy · Hardware
Series Unknown ·
$430k
Q
Grisignano Di Zocco, Italy · Hardware
Quindi is a Smart manufacturing startup that leverages the power of AI to turn data into manufacturing…
Seed ·
$550k
E
Milan, Italy · Hardware
Ephos uses glass technology to create integrated photonic circuits that improve computing abilities. The…
Seed ·
$8.5M
F
Rome, Italy · Hardware
FibreConnect creates and constructs high-capacity fiber optic networks in Industrial and Artisanal Areas…
Series Unknown ·
$54M
M
Pisa, Italy · Hardware
We believe that all patients deserve the most innovative, open surgical treatment options so they can live…
Series C ·
$110M
N
NUBO
Milan, Italy · Hardware
NUBO provides subscription access for space needs. It supports local businesses through a partnership model…
Pre-Seed ·
Undisclosed
T
Latina, Italy · Hardware
To Be creates LiFi solutions to fulfill the need for transmitting data and facilitate the transition. They…
Series Unknown ·
$910k
E
Eximia
Milan, Italy · Hardware
Eximia, an RFId company established in 2003, specializes in providing comprehensive RFId solutions for…
Series Unknown ·
Undisclosed
L
Milan, Italy · Hardware
Leaf Space has a goal of becoming a top service provider on a global scale in the emerging microsatellite…
Series B ·
$22M
A
Milan, Italy · Hardware
AS.CAR.I enhances high performance driving experience by providing on-track assistance to optimally control…
Seed ·
$4.9M
A
Brescia, Italy · Hardware
Apogeo Space is a company that builds a constellation of nanosatellites that can give internet access.
Seed ·
$5.3M
I
Milan, Italy · Hardware
INWIT (Italian Wireless Infrastructures) operates in the sector of infrastructures for electronic…
Post-IPO Debt ·
$296M
C
Bologna, Italy · Hardware
Cubbit is a hi-tech startup founded in 2016 on a worldwide mission to shape the cloud as it should always…
Series A ·
$7.0M
I
Brescia, Italy · Hardware
Inxpect is a hardware company based in Italy.
Series B ·
$21M
W
Milan, Italy · Hardware
WISE (Wiringless Implantable Stretchable Electronics) is a start-up company created in 2011 with the mission…
·
$15M

Where are funded Hardware startups located in Italy?

Where funded Hardware startups in Italy are based, by the city on the company record.

City
Funded startups
Barlassina
1
Catanzaro
1
Grisignano Di Zocco
1
Latina
1
Lombardi
1

Funding stages of funded Hardware startups in Italy

How the last 24 months of funding rounds for funded Hardware startups in Italy break down by stage.

Stage
Rounds, last 24 months

A further 3 rounds in this period were announced without a stage label and are not ranked above.

About the FundedIQ Hardware startup funding data in Italy

FundedIQ tracks announced startup funding rounds and organises them by company, funding date, stage, amount, industry, location and investor. The dataset is refreshed weekly, and new rounds are normalised and de-duplicated before they are published, so the same round reported twice on different dates is recorded once.

Figures on this page cover the 21 funded Hardware startups in Italy currently tracked. Round counts, capital totals and the median round are computed over a trailing 24 months. Rounds whose amount was not disclosed (1 of 10 in that period) are counted as rounds but excluded from capital totals and from the median. The most recent round on record for funded Hardware startups in Italy is dated Jun 2026.

The table above shows the 21 most recently funded companies. Full funding histories, investor lists and founder contacts across the whole dataset open on a FundedIQ plan.

Frequently asked questions

How many funded Hardware startups are there in Italy?

FundedIQ tracks 21 funded Hardware startups in Italy. This page lists the 21 most recently funded of them, ordered by the date of their latest round, and the full set is available on a FundedIQ plan.

How much funding have Hardware startups in Italy raised?

Hardware startups in Italy tracked by FundedIQ have raised $85M in disclosed capital across 10 funding rounds over the last 24 months, including 4 rounds in the last 12 months. 9 of those 10 rounds disclosed an amount; undisclosed rounds are excluded from the capital total.

Which cities have the most funded Hardware startups in Italy?

Milan leads with 9 companies, then Brescia (2), Pisa (2) and Rome (2).

What is a typical funding round size for Hardware startups in Italy?

The median disclosed round over the last 24 months is $5.9M, and the middle half of rounds fall between $4.1M and $8.5M. Round sizes vary widely by stage, so the seed and later-stage bands sit well either side of that figure.

What is the most common funding stage for Hardware startups in Italy?

Seed is the most common labelled stage, with 3 rounds in the last 24 months, ahead of Series B (3) and Series A (1). A further 3 rounds were announced without a stage label and are not counted here.

How often is the Hardware startup funding data in Italy updated?

The dataset is refreshed weekly. New rounds are normalised and de-duplicated before they are published, and the most recent round currently on record for funded Hardware startups in Italy is dated Jun 2026. Counts and totals on this page are recomputed on every refresh.

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