Italy's innovation ecosystem continues to expand. In fact, the number is up 60% from the year before, which is when the total amount invested in startups went over one billion euros: In fact, 2022 ends with a net +68%, which brings the total investments to $2.3 billion, or 2,343,029,840 to be exact (data updated to 2 December 2022 source STARTUPITALIA). A number that shows the results of 192 operations involving Italian startups, which is up 16.3% from the number of operations in 2021, which was 165. A framework in which rounds that raise more than 100 million euros also grow, putting Italian startups on the podium: Scalapay, with 467 million euros (from two rounds), Casavo, with 400 million, and Satispay, with 320 million. Additionally, the number of rounds topping 10 million euros increased. If there were 15 in 2021, there are now 22 (+46.6%).
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