Italian Founders Fund (IFF)

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Last activity: 07.09.2026

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Italian Founders Fund backs entrepreneurs with Italian roots and global ambitions — a community-driven venture fund managed by Koinos Capital.

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Jun 2, 2026	„Wir haben über 2.000 Leute auf LinkedIn kontaktiert“	Die Jungfirma Invertix aus München, 2025 von Joseph Perrotta und Kaan Durmaz gegründet, entwickelt „autonome KI-Mitarbeiter, die den Betrieb erneuerbarer Energieanlagen übernehmen“. Vireo Ventures, Italian Founders Fund und Business Angels ...
May 12, 2026	Pillar secures €12M to build an AI-powered operating system for construction	Italian construction technology startup Pillar has raised €12 million in a seed funding round led by Earlybird Venture Capital and Base10 Partners, with participation from Italian Founders Fund. The round brings Pillar’s total funding to €1...
Apr 6, 2026	Sona: $45 Million Raised To Expand AI Platform For Frontline Workforce Operations	Sona, an AI platform focused on frontline and “real economy” businesses, has raised $45 million in a Series B funding round led by N47, with participation from Felicis, Northzone, Gradient, and Italian Founders Fund. This latest round bring...
Apr 3, 2026	Sona Secures $45M to Fuel AI Workforce Transformation	Sona raised $45M in Series B funding. Total capital now over $100M. This AI platform streamlines frontline business operations. It unifies scheduling, HR, payroll, and compliance. Sona replaces outdated, fragmented tools. The company is rap...
Apr 1, 2026	Sona raises $45M to help businesses manage frontline operations with AI Send us a News Tip EXTRACT THE SIGNAL FROM THE NOISE Cookies	Sona Technologies Ltd., an artificial intelligence platform helping enterprises handle frontline labor operations at large scale and deliver them more efficiently, today announced it has raised $45 million in early-stage funding led by N47....
Apr 1, 2026	Sona Raises $45M Series B Funding	Sona, a London, UK-based provider of an AI platform for real economy businesses, raised $45M in Series B funding. The round was led by N47, with participation from existing investors Felicis, Northzone, Gradient, and Italian Founders Fund. ...
Apr 1, 2026	Sona: $45 Million Raised For AI Platform Powering Frontline Business Operations	Sona, an AI platform focused on frontline and real economy businesses, has raised $45 million in a Series B funding round, bringing its total funding to more than $100 million. The round was led by N47, with participation from Felicis, Nort...
Jan 19, 2026	Milan-based BRUM closes €5 million round to steer Italy’s driving schools into the 21st century	BRUM, an Italian EdTech startup innovating the driver’s license process and disrupting a model unchanged since the 1980s – has announced the closing of a new €5 million round to accelerate its national expansion plan. The round was led Ital...
Jan 14, 2026	Klearly Secures $14M for European Payment Revolution	Amsterdam-based fintech Klearly secured $14 million in Series A funding, spearheaded by PayPal Ventures. The investment fuels its rapid European expansion. Klearly pioneers hardware-free payment solutions for restaurants, bars, and clubs. I...
Jan 13, 2026	Klearly: €12 Million Series A Raised To Expand Restaurant Payments Across Europe	Klearly, an Amsterdam-based payments platform built for restaurants, bars, and clubs, announced in a LinkedIn post that it has raised a €12 million Series A round led by PayPal Ventures as it pushes beyond the Netherlands into new European ...
Jan 13, 2026	Amsterdam’s Klearly raises €12 million to satiate its appetite for building Europe’s best restaurant payments system	Klearly, an Amsterdam-based FinTech startup focused on in-person payment solutions, today announced it has raised €12 million in Series A funding to fuel its mission to build Europe’s best payments system for restaurants. The round was led ...
Jan 13, 2026	PayPal Doubles Down on European Fintech with $14M Investment in Klearly	Image: Unsplash PayPal’s venture capital arm is spearheading a substantial funding round for a payments startup that helps businesses handle transactions. Amsterdam-based Klearly has secured $14 million in Series A funding. The round also a...
Jan 13, 2026	Klearly secures €12M for restaurant payments system	Amsterdam-based Klearly, a payments platform for restaurants, bars, and clubs, has raised €12 million in Series A funding, bringing its total capital raised to €20 million. The round was led by PayPal Ventures, with participation from Itali...
Nov 13, 2025	CommerceClarity completes €2.7M funding to power the agentic era of e-commerce	Italy-based CommerceClarity, a composable AI operating system for e-commerce, has closed a €2.7 million pre-seed round led by IFF (Koinos Capital) and Entourage, with participation from Redstone and Euregio+ (Alpine VC), Vento (Exor), Ithac...
May 6, 2025	Skillvue: The Future of HR in a Skills-Driven World	In the bustling heart of Milan, a revolution is brewing. Skillvue, an innovative HRTech startup, has just secured €5.5 million in seed funding. This investment, led by 360 Capital, marks a significant milestone in the company’s journey to r...
May 5, 2025	Italian HRTech Skillvue raises €5.5 million to enable companies to adopt a skills-based approach	Milan-based Skillvue, an AI platform for HR-related duties, announced today a €5.5 million Seed funding round to innovate how companies identify, measure, and develop skills across both candidates and employees. The funding round was led by...
May 5, 2025	Skillvue secures $6.3M to develop comprehensive skills assessment agents	Italian-based HR tech startup Skillvue has raised $6.3 million to transform how companies identify, measure, and develop skills in candidates and employees. This brings Skillvue's total funding to $9.5 million. As the job market faces unpre...
Sep 24, 2024	Jet HR raises €12M in Seed to transform payroll in Italy a year after launch	Just one year after launch, Jet HR has raised a Seed round of €12 million, bringing total funding to €16.7 million. The Italian startup was founded by Marco Ogliengo and Francesco Scalambrino. It aims to eliminate the bureaucracy surroundin...
Sep 24, 2024	Milan-based Jet HR gets €12 million to eliminate the bureaucracy surrounding payroll	One year after its launch, Jet HR, a startup founded by Marco Ogliengo and Francesco Scalambrino to eliminate the bureaucracy surrounding payroll, HR and generally running a company in Italy, has attracted a seed round of €12 million, bring...
Sep 4, 2024	Skillvue secures USD $2.8 million to expand AI skills platform	Italian HR tech startup Skillvue has announced it has secured USD $2.8 million in a funding round aimed at advancing its AI-based skills assessment platform. The platform is designed to help companies with recruitment, talent development, a...
Sep 3, 2024	Milan-based HR tech Skillvue gets €2.5 million for AI-based skills assessment platform	The skills gap crisis has been described by the World Economic Forum as one of the biggest challenges of our time, costing us roughly $11.5 trillion in potential GDP growth over the next decade. The world’s largest companies are starting to...
Jun 14, 2024	Mistral swings big, Italian founders in demand and Germany scores $273M for chips	This week our research tracked more than 60 tech funding deals worth over €1 billion, and 5 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe. In addition to this week's top financials, we've also indexed the most...
Jun 10, 2024	Italian Founders Fund launch debut €50M fund	Italian Venture Capital fund Italian Founders Fund (IFF) has raised its debut €50M fund, which launches today. Its strategy is to home in on founders at the the pre-seed and seed stage both operating in Italy and abroad. Founding partner Lo...
Jun 10, 2024	Milan-based VC Italian Founders Fund raises inaugural €50 million for seed and pre-seed startups	Italian Founders Fund (IFF), a first-ever Italian Venture Capital fund created by founders for founders, announced the launch of its debut €50 million fund. Backed by a diverse group of Italian entrepreneurs covering a range of generations ...

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Parsers VC has collected 25 articles mentioning Italian Founders Fund (IFF), among them “„Wir haben über 2.000 Leute auf LinkedIn kontaktiert“” (Jun 2, 2026) and “Pillar secures €12M to build an AI-powered operating system for construction” (May 12, 2026).

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Yes, Italian Founders Fund (IFF) is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Sep 7, 2026.