Italy 2020 raises the bar as the technology investment grows at total speed – and it is only August

Italy’s startup ecosystem is facing a significant enthusiasm in investment activities, showing the new data record breaking at 2025. So far this year, startups across the country have collected total € 655 million dollars-over 2020, the entire year has exceeded the total € 623 million.

This is a 5% increase, and we are not even at Q4.

This acceleration spread across several vertical. The standout rounds of 2021 till today include a huge € 88 million raised by the production company Prime industry, € 70 million protected by Cyber Secure-Focused AxenAnd Energy Player Innovo is $ 29 million by renewable.

Among the sectors, HealthThecs is leading the charge with $ 107 million already raised – at the speed of the last year’s total of $ 216 million matches or exceeding. Fintecs are also performing strongly, so far € 78.2 million dollars are pulling dollars, and the track is possible to exceed $ 123 million raised in 2024.

Meanwhile, the power sector is playing an important role in the technical story of Italy. With the date of the € 67.3 million years, it is displaying both the country’s long -term promise for hunger and green transitions in investors. It made an impressive € 135 million dollars raised by Energitech Startups in 2021. In parallel, the Enterprise Software section is gaining real speed – the € 77.4 million raised marks this year have doubled more than $ 38.6 million in 2021, it is an indicator of Italy’s growing impact as a European technical center.

Also contributed to this speed is the Italian Founder Fund (IFF), Which recently secured $ 35 million from the CDP Venture Capital’s Digital Transition FundIts resources under management are upgraded to $ 90 million. The IFF, which was launched in June 2021, has become the basis of the ecosystem in Italy, already invested in five Italian-established startups operated across Italy, the United Kingdom, the United States and Singapore. According to partner Lorenzo Franzie, the expanded capital will allow the IFF to support the founders throughout the life cycle throughout the early stages and will continue to attract top -level international talent to form Italy.

As the funds of the funds grow in size and frequency, global interest in the technical scene of Italy is increasing. Founders, investors and ecosystem makers are seeing a serious contestant in Europe’s Startup Landscape, not just as the destination of ideas towards Italy.

Dial D’VennyCEO VentoVC, mentioned in the early stages: “The significant data we see this year proves that Italy is a growing center of innovation. Italian technology is not only growing separately; it is an integral part of a rich and dynamic European technology ecosystem. (…) We Italian founders aim to inspire not only the next generation, but also the entire European technology community and beyond it. “

The feelings of investors are also changing. From Green Energy to AI-powered Enterprise Solutions, the latest innovation waves in the sectors are raising attention from European and International VCS. This shift not only drives the amount of investment but also helps Italian startups to tap the deeper worldwide networks.

This latest enthusiasm also emphasizes the importance of Italy’s growing support infrastructure for startups. The Italian technology scene does not seem to work anymore, starting with the advanced access to Venture Funding in a mature pool of the accelerator, co-worker hub and talent networks. There is a clear push towards greater connection – both across the country and Europe.

It is worth noting that many of these themes will come down to the spotlight Italian Technology Week When the event returned to Turin from October 1-3 of 2025.

Last year’s version attracted more than 1.5 participants, and it contains Sam Altman, Peter Thiel and Daniel, along with one of the speakers. This year’s lineup is featured in images such as Jeff Bezos, Kevin Scott and Luciana Lixandru.