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cdpventurecapital.it

Investments

243

Portfolio Exits

5

Funds

16

Partners & Customers

3

About CDP Venture Capital

CDP Venture Capital is a venture capital firm. It focuses on fintech, deep tech, education, environment, life sciences, hospitality, e-commerce, and other sectors. It manages investment funds and offers acceleration programs and direct and indirect investments. CDP Venture Capital was formerly known as Invitalia Ventures. It was founded in 2015 and is based in Rome, Italy.

Headquarters Location

Via Alessandria 220

Rome, 00198,

Italy

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Latest CDP Venture Capital News

Italy’s angels&incubators and venture capital weekly roundup. News from Angelini Ventures, Utopia SIS, Italian Angels for Biotech, Agade, i-TES, Eureka! Venture, CDP Venture Capital, Rancilio Cube, and more

Jun 2, 2023

Venture, CDP Venture Capital, Rancilio Cube, and more  Angelini Ventures poured 6 million US Dollars in Cadence Neuroscience which raised a total of 26 million (see here a previous post by BeBeez ). Cadence also attracted the resources of Angelini Lumira Biosciences Fund, F-Prime Capital, LivaNova USA, Spectrum Financial Services, Mayo Clinic, and JAZZ Venture Partners. Gerry Brunk and Kevin Chu joined the company’s board. Angelini Ventures has resources of 300 million euros. Agade, an Italian medical devices startup, raised 4 million euros  (see here a previous post by BeBeez ). Cysero EuVeca, a vehicle of AVM Gestioni and Kilometro Rosso, invested 0.9 million euros. The company also attracted the resources of Brembo Ventures, CDP Venture Capital, EIC Fund, 360 Capital Partners, and Genera Imprese. Cysero and the investors will now own a minority of the company. Gianni Origoni & Partners and Studio OnePartner assisted the buyers while Studio Legale Garbagnati ha assisted the company. Lorenzo Aquilante, Daniele Ramirez and Mattia Tabaglio founded Agade in 2020. Utopia SIS, Italian Angels for Biotech, Enrico Pandian, Andrea Dusi, and Stefano Bernardi invested 1.8 million euros in CaSRevolution, a pharmaceutical startup (see here a previous post by BeBeez ). Studio Legale Lener Morrone & Partners assisted the investors while CaSRevolution retained Studio Legale Pellicanò. The company will invest the proceeds in its drug discovery process. Luca Benatti, Antonio Falcone, Mario Pellegatti (head of drug development and founder), and Gabriele Grecchi (founder) are the directors of CaSRevolution. Deeptech startup i-TES raised 1.4 million euros from Eureka! Venture and CDP Venture Capital which retained L&B & Partners Avvocati Associati (see here a previous post by BeBeez ). The founders of i-TES and the company hired Leading Law. Michele Santovito (chairman and ceo), Noemi Muscarà (head of R&D) and Roberto Semino created i-TES with the support of Turin Polytechnic University‘s Business Incubator 2i3T and Technology Transfer. Rancilio Cube Sicaf closed a 12 million euros capital increase with the support of Annunziata & Conso and Tremonti Romagnoli Piccardi e Associati (see here a previous post by BeBeez ). Andrea Conso (chairman), Sara Kraus, Paola Bonfranceschi, Luca Rancilio (ceo), and Francesco Dell’elmo are in the board of directors. The members of the auditing board are Stefania Trezzini (chairwoman), Laura Puddu and Marco Reggiori. Diego Dainesi (cfo), Massimo Ruffoni (head of investment), Irene Mastelli, and Francesco Ghedini make the management board. German Media Central Group acquired Italy’s ShopFully, the owner of marketplaces DoveConviene, PromoQui, VolantinoFacile, and Tiendeo (see here a previous post by BeBeez ). Stefan Hamacher and Highland Europe also invested in the transaction. Stefano Portu will invest for a minority and act as ceo of the group’s digital unit. ShopFully hired Rothschild & Co and Orrick. Newtwen (fka Hexadrive Engineering), a deep tech startup, raised 7 million euros from 360 Capital, Join Capital, CDP Venture Capital, and Vertis (see here a previous post by BeBeez ). The startup was born in 2020 as a spin-off of Padua University that Silverio Bolognani, Piergiorgio Alotto, Riccardo Torchio, Milo De Soricellis, and Francesco Toso (ceo) carried on. The company will invest such proceeds in R&D and the expansion of its international sales. Stellantis Ventures invested in Lyten, a producer of batteries for electric vehicles born in 2015 (see here a previous post by BeBeez ). Dan Cook, ceo, said that the company raised more than 160 million US Dollars. Lyten attracted the resources of Catalus Capital Management, Honeywell, National Science Foundation Innovation Corps Program, Prime Movers Lab, Doorga Capital, AiiM Partners, Pelican Products, Dallara, and  US Homeland Security Department. Swiss Data company Datamars announced the acquisition of Italy’s Kippy, a producer of IOT pet care devices  (see here a previous post by BeBeez ). Datamars retained CMS and Ernest & Young. Kippy appointed Alma Sta and Studio Corti&Fumagalli. Marco Brunetti and Simone Sangiorgi, the co-ceos and co-founders of Kippy, will join Datamars RE-Lender raised 0.354 million euros through an equity crowdfunding campaign that launched on Finnexta, a portal of Milan-listed Innexta, is in overfunding (see here a previous post by BeBeez ). The Italian lending crowdfunding platform that Paolo Manetta and Francesco Marella founded in 2019 set a fundraising target of 0.35 – 1 million for a pre-money value of 12.12 million ahead of a 2024 listing on London Stock Exchange. The investors in this campaign will get an Implied Premium Price in pre-ipo with a potential 25% capital gain. Novum Securities is advising Re-Lender for the IPO. Contents.com (fka Entire Digital Publishing) acquired Scribox, a provider of editorial services (see here a previous post by BeBeez ). Paolo Moro and Mara Alberti are the founders of Scribox. Crowdvillage, the owner of ITS Lending, appointed as directors Danilo Broggi, Fabio Allegreni (the ceo of EdiBeez, the publisher of BeBeez) and Nicola Portacci (see here a previous post by BeBeez ). The company also appointed for the advisory board Marco Cerri (head), Umberto Salinaro and Sebastiano Missineo.

CDP Venture Capital Investments

243 Investments

CDP Venture Capital has made 243 investments. Their latest investment was in NEWTWEN as part of their Series A on May 5, 2023.

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CDP Venture Capital Investments Activity

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Date

Round

Company

Amount

New?

Co-Investors

Sources

5/26/2023

Series A

NEWTWEN

$7.51M

Yes

2

5/25/2023

Seed VC - II

AGADE

$5.29M

Yes

2

5/22/2023

Series A - II

Axelera AI

$23M

Yes

7

5/8/2023

Series A

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$99M

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10

4/20/2023

Seed VC

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$99M

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10

Date

5/26/2023

5/25/2023

5/22/2023

5/8/2023

4/20/2023

Round

Series A

Seed VC - II

Series A - II

Series A

Seed VC

Company

NEWTWEN

AGADE

Axelera AI

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Amount

$7.51M

$5.29M

$23M

$99M

$99M

New?

Yes

Yes

Yes

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Co-Investors

Sources

2

2

7

10

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CDP Venture Capital Portfolio Exits

5 Portfolio Exits

CDP Venture Capital has 5 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Eligo on December 28, 2022.

Date

Exit

Companies

Valuation
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Acquirer

Sources

12/28/2022

IPO

$99M

Public

1

3/18/2022

Corporate Majority

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$99M

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10

1/26/2022

Corporate Majority

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$99M

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10

1/3/2022

Acquired

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$99M

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10

3/2/2020

Acquired

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$99M

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10

Date

12/28/2022

3/18/2022

1/26/2022

1/3/2022

3/2/2020

Exit

IPO

Corporate Majority

Corporate Majority

Acquired

Acquired

Companies

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Valuation

$99M

$99M

$99M

$99M

$99M

Acquirer

Public

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Sources

1

10

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CDP Venture Capital Fund History

16 Fund Histories

CDP Venture Capital has 16 funds, including Corporate Partners I Fund.

Closing Date

Fund

Fund Type

Status

Amount

Sources

2/15/2023

Corporate Partners I Fund

$300M

3

12/19/2022

Argo Accelerator

$4.78M

1

12/14/2021

Forward Factory

$9.76M

1

9/13/2021

Fondo Corporate Partners I

$99M

10

5/28/2021

Technology Transfer Fund

$99M

10

Closing Date

2/15/2023

12/19/2022

12/14/2021

9/13/2021

5/28/2021

Fund

Corporate Partners I Fund

Argo Accelerator

Forward Factory

Fondo Corporate Partners I

Technology Transfer Fund

Fund Type

Status

Amount

$300M

$4.78M

$9.76M

$99M

$99M

Sources

3

1

1

10

10

CDP Venture Capital Partners & Customers

3 Partners and customers

CDP Venture Capital has 3 strategic partners and customers. CDP Venture Capital recently partnered with Evotec SE, and Angelini Ventures on October 10, 2022.

Date

Type

Business Partner

Country

News Snippet

Sources

10/28/2022

Partner

Germany, and Italy

Evotec, CDP Venture Capital and Angelini Ventures Launch Translational Partnership 'Extend' with Leading Italian Academic Institutions. EXTEND AIMS TO DEVELOP DRUG DISCOVERY PARTNERSHIPS WITH LEADING ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS FROM ITALY TO ACCELERATE THEIR PROMISING THERAPEUTICS FOR COMMERCIALISATION.

Extend is a joint venture between Evotec , CDP Venture Capital and Angelini Ventures to develop translational drug discovery partnerships with highly renowned universities and research centres in Italy .

1

10/28/2022

Partner

Germany, and Italy

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10

9/12/2022

Partner

Italy

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Date

10/28/2022

10/28/2022

9/12/2022

Type

Partner

Partner

Partner

Business Partner

Country

Germany, and Italy

Germany, and Italy

Italy

News Snippet

Evotec, CDP Venture Capital and Angelini Ventures Launch Translational Partnership 'Extend' with Leading Italian Academic Institutions. EXTEND AIMS TO DEVELOP DRUG DISCOVERY PARTNERSHIPS WITH LEADING ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS FROM ITALY TO ACCELERATE THEIR PROMISING THERAPEUTICS FOR COMMERCIALISATION.

Extend is a joint venture between Evotec , CDP Venture Capital and Angelini Ventures to develop translational drug discovery partnerships with highly renowned universities and research centres in Italy .

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CDP Venture Capital Team

11 Team Members

CDP Venture Capital has 11 team members, including current Chief Executive Officer, Enrico Resmini.

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Work History

Title

Status

Enrico Resmini

Chief Executive Officer

Current

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Enrico Resmini

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