Dear Reader,

we were in Palermo and Dubai, the Sicilian city hosted the first edition of the Mediterranean Startup World Cup and managed to attract startups and investors from all over the world, while in Dubai the 44th edition of Gitex and Expand North Star took place with numbers counting over 6500 exhibitors and 200,000 visitors, and the European edition is preparing to make its debut in Berlin in May 2025, I tell you about the two events with two reports. I then tell you about Europe with the Unite and Scaling Club programmes, energy, women's football with Como Women. There are also numerous investment rounds with xFarm and Lymphatica leading the ranking in terms of size and then Stellar, Radical Storage, Aiko, WithLess, i-Foria, Stema, Composite Research, WembraneX. There were also movements among the scaleups with BeDimensional inaugurating its new plant in Genoa, D-Orbit signing an important contract, Austria's Fiskaly arriving in Italy and ShippyPro going to France. And then there are the startup investment figures for the third quarter of 2024, which show growing numbers and restore optimism for the latter part of the year, and the launch of the new fund Digitaly by 360 Capital. Enjoy reading and may the Force be with you. 

The Dubai-born event has thousands of exhibitors and hundreds of thousands of participants and is preparing to expand to Europe, Africa and Asia

The first edition of the Mediterranean Startup World Cup brought investors and entrepreneurs from all over the world to Sicily

The three Italian scaleups join the club of the European Innovation Council aiming at the creation of unicorns

Innovative scaleup in agriculture receives investment from various investors and continues to grow in various European countries

Cybersecurity specialist scaleup receives capital from Riverside, Educapital, Adara and P101 Venures

Lausanne, Switzerland-based scaleup specialising in lymphoedema treatments also opens an office in Italy

French start-up raises new round from Spain’s Elewit and Italians Primo Space and Alchimia Investments

Start-up that innovates in the luggage storage sector receives funding from CDP VC Azimut, Opes Italia, Finint Investments, Vertis

The spacetech scaleup aims for expansion both in Europe, where it intends to strengthen its French office, and in the US in the coming year

The start-up optimises the purchase and management costs of business software, already chosen also by Italian scaleups

Start-up recycles personal absorbent product waste and receives funding from CDP VC and Mito Tech Ventures

The start-up receives investment from United Ventures together with Eden Ventures, Club degli Investitori and Octopus Ventures

Mito Technology’s fund renews commitment to support startup that improves water infrastructure efficiency

The new fund starts with an endowment of EUR 30 million, is participated by CDP VC and makes early stage investments

Report by Italian Tech Alliance and Growth Capital notes significant growth between Q2 and Q3

The scaleup operates in the field of graphene production with unique technologies and aims for exponential growth

The agreement announced at the IAC in Milan also involves other European entities and aims to make space cleaner and safer

Italian scaleup specialising in logistics solutions reports growing turnover and intends to grow internationally

Austrian scaleup expands into the Italian market by leveraging the need for companies to accelerate digitisation

The international event is dedicated to the future of work and how it is important to consider it from new perspectives

The tool facilitating investments in start-ups is now available in an updated version from a pool of organisations, law firms and associations

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