Recently Funded Startups in Italy
Updated Oct 2026
FundedIQ tracks 618 funded startups in Italy, with their funding rounds, amounts, investors, industries, locations and company details. This page provides an overview of the startup funding landscape in Italy, along with the 100 most recently funded startups in the country.
Artificial Intelligence, Commerce and Shopping and Financial Services hold the most companies by sector. Milan and Rome hold the deepest concentrations of funded startups in the country. Startups in Italy closed 300 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 171 of them in the last 12 months, and raised $4.7B in disclosed capital. The median disclosed round is $3.5M, with the middle half of rounds falling between $1.3M and $8.2M.
Artificial Intelligence leads the mix, followed by Commerce and Shopping. This technical tilt makes Financial Services and Energy secondary filters for those seeking non-software plays. With CDP Venture Capital and 360 Capital appearing frequently, the focus shifts toward professional venture backing. Users should prioritize sub-sector filters to isolate specialized tech from general commerce.
Italy funded startup statistics
Most recent funding round on record: Sep 2026. Investors appearing most often across Italy funding rounds: CDP Venture Capital, Vento, 360 Capital, Vertis, Club degli Investitori.
100 most recently funded startups in Italy
100 of 618Ordered 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.
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Italy startup funding trends
Funding activity
Startups in Italy closed 300 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 171 of them in the last 12, adding up to $4.7B in disclosed capital.
Round sizes
The median disclosed round is $3.5M, with the middle half running from $1.3M to $8.2M. 249 of 300 rounds disclosed an amount.
Sectors
Artificial Intelligence, Commerce and Shopping and Financial Services hold the most companies, led by Artificial Intelligence at 89. The most common headcount band across the segment is 11-50.
Investors
CDP Venture Capital, Vento and 360 Capital appear most often across funded startups in Italy on record.
Industries with the most funded startups in Italy
Sector counts across all 618 tracked companies in Italy. A company assigned more than one industry is counted in each.
Where are funded startups located in Italy?
Where funded startups in Italy are based, by the city on the company record.
Top investors in Italy startups
The investors named most often across funded startups in Italy.
Counts companies in this segment that name the firm as a backer. Investor names entered the pipeline in July 2026, so they cover the companies funded since.
Funding stages in Italy
How the last 24 months of funding rounds for funded startups in Italy break down by stage.
A further 113 rounds in this period were announced without a stage label and are not ranked above.
About the FundedIQ Italy startup funding data
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 618 funded 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 (51 of 300 in that period) are counted as rounds but excluded from capital totals and from the median. The most recent round on record for funded startups in Italy is dated Sep 2026.
The table above shows the 100 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 startups are there in Italy?
FundedIQ tracks 618 funded startups in Italy. This page lists the 100 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 startups in Italy raised?
Startups in Italy tracked by FundedIQ have raised $4.7B in disclosed capital across 300 funding rounds over the last 24 months, including 171 rounds in the last 12 months. 249 of those 300 rounds disclosed an amount; undisclosed rounds are excluded from the capital total.
What industries have the most funded startups in Italy?
Artificial Intelligence has the most, with 89 companies, followed by Commerce and Shopping (61), Financial Services (44) and Information Technology (40). Sector counts include every company assigned that industry, and a company can carry more than one.
Which cities have the most funded startups in Italy?
Milan leads with 236 companies, then Rome (65), Turin (45) and Bologna (11).
Which investors back the most startups in Italy?
CDP Venture Capital, Vento, 360 Capital, Vertis and Club degli Investitori appear most often across funded startups in Italy in the FundedIQ dataset. The count is the number of tracked companies naming each firm as a backer, so it reflects the companies on record rather than every deal a firm has ever done.
What is a typical funding round size for startups in Italy?
The median disclosed round over the last 24 months is $3.5M, and the middle half of rounds fall between $1.3M and $8.2M. 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 startups in Italy?
Seed is the most common labelled stage, with 96 rounds in the last 24 months, ahead of Pre-Seed (49) and Series A (25). A further 113 rounds were announced without a stage label and are not counted here.
How often is the Italy startup funding data 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 startups in Italy is dated Sep 2026. Counts and totals on this page are recomputed on every refresh.
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