Recently Funded Seed Startups in Italy
Updated Sep 2026
FundedIQ tracks 174 funded Seed startups in Italy, with their funding rounds, amounts, investors, industries, locations and company details. This page provides an overview of the Seed startup funding landscape in Italy, along with the 100 most recently funded Seed startups in Italy.
Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services and Commerce and Shopping hold the most companies by sector. Milan and Rome hold the deepest concentrations of these companies. Seed startups in Italy closed 91 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 47 of them in the last 12 months, and raised $305M in disclosed capital. The median disclosed round is $2.5M, with the middle half of rounds falling between $1.3M and $4.1M.
Seed activity centers on Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services. CDP Venture Capital and 360 Capital lead the funding. Small teams dominate the headcount. These companies spread across various cities. Working this segment means managing a wide geographic reach rather than focusing on a single urban center.
Seed funded startup statistics in Italy
Most recent funding round on record: Sep 2026. Investors appearing most often across Italy funding rounds: CDP Venture Capital, 360 Capital, Eatable Adventures, FoodSeed, Vento.
100 most recently funded Seed startups in Italy
100 of 174Ordered 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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Seed startup funding trends in Italy
Funding activity
Seed startups in Italy closed 91 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 47 of them in the last 12, adding up to $305M in disclosed capital.
Round sizes
The median disclosed round is $2.5M, with the middle half running from $1.3M to $4.1M. 85 of 91 rounds disclosed an amount.
Sectors
Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services and Commerce and Shopping hold the most companies, led by Artificial Intelligence at 38. The most common headcount band across the segment is 1-10.
Investors
CDP Venture Capital, 360 Capital and Eatable Adventures appear most often across funded Seed startups in Italy on record.
Industries with the most funded Seed startups in Italy
Sector counts across all 174 tracked companies in Italy. A company assigned more than one industry is counted in each.
Where are funded Seed startups located in Italy?
Where funded Seed startups in Italy are based, by the city on the company record.
Top investors in Seed startups in Italy
The investors named most often across funded Seed 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.
About the FundedIQ Seed 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 174 funded Seed 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 (6 of 91 in that period) are counted as rounds but excluded from capital totals and from the median. The most recent round on record for funded Seed 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 Seed startups are there in Italy?
FundedIQ tracks 174 funded Seed 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 Seed startups in Italy raised?
Seed startups in Italy tracked by FundedIQ have raised $305M in disclosed capital across 91 funding rounds over the last 24 months, including 47 rounds in the last 12 months. 85 of those 91 rounds disclosed an amount; undisclosed rounds are excluded from the capital total.
What industries have the most funded Seed startups in Italy?
Artificial Intelligence has the most, with 38 companies, followed by Financial Services (15), Commerce and Shopping (10) and Health Care (10). Sector counts include every company assigned that industry, and a company can carry more than one.
Which cities have the most funded Seed startups in Italy?
Milan leads with 63 companies, then Rome (16), Turin (12) and Bari (6).
Which investors back the most Seed startups in Italy?
CDP Venture Capital, 360 Capital, Eatable Adventures, FoodSeed and Vento appear most often across funded Seed 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 Seed startups in Italy?
The median disclosed round over the last 24 months is $2.5M, and the middle half of rounds fall between $1.3M and $4.1M. Round sizes vary widely by stage, so the seed and later-stage bands sit well either side of that figure.
How often is the Seed 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 Seed startups in Italy is dated Sep 2026. Counts and totals on this page are recomputed on every refresh.
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