Startup growth strategy: the back-expansion, Naturbeads, Rubedo, Techshop - November 19, 2024

Naturbeads, a UK-based startup developing cellulose microbeads, raised a £7.8m round led by Eos Advisory and participated by Progress Tech Transfer, CDP VC, PI-NB, and Paragon Capital Management. LIFTT joined a €12m round in Berlin-based medtech startup Mediaire. CDP VC invested in Rubedo Life Sciences, a US-based startup that raised a Series A round back in April. Rubedo announced the opening of an operating branch in Italy. Cloudsome, a devops-as-a-service startup, raised €700k and nominated a new CEO. Forte!, a music-tech startup, 🇮🇹raised €320k from 40Jemz Ventures, B4i Fund and AFP Capital. CubeLabs 🇮🇹announced the launch of a new spinoff, Lipovexa. The Techshop 🇮🇹announced the final closing of its first fund, Techshop Primo, at €53m.