LVenture Group, a Rome, Italy-based investment holding company listed on the MTA managed by the Italian Stock Exchange which operates at international level in the sector of venture capital, closed on 25 July the subscription of 96.52% of the share capital increase of LVenture, announced on April 30, for a total of over €4.79M. The venture capital firm that controls the LUISS EnLabs accelerator of the University of Rome, founded by Luigi Capello in 2010 and publicly traded, brings thus to a total of nearly 9 million euro its share capital. The goal is to increase the tools available to innovative companies and arrive at the first exit of subsidiaries by 2015. "Some are already performando very well," said Luigi Capello own.
The capital increase occurred mainly through the issuance of 7,100,000 shares, the offering period began on July 7 and ended on July 25. During the offer period, which started on 7 and ended on July 25, said in a statement, have been exercised 10,279,680 option rights and then subscribed 6,853,12o million new shares, representing 96.52% of the total number of new shares for a total amount of 4,797,184 Euros. The reference shareholder, LVenture Holding Srl subscribed 1,428.572 new shares, equal to 20,12% of the total.
The LVenture fund has currently 22 companies in the portfolio on which it has invested, 14 of which coming from the acceleration program and 8 direct seed financing. Until now LVenture has directly invested €3M along with €6M coming by other investors.
The raised funding will be deployed to inject new financial resources on the existing startup to allow the grow and become more attractive in the foreign markets. The number of startups accelerated each year will grow: 12 startups each year in two annual programs. The first 6 startups will be taken on by January 2015.
In July, six more startups joined the accelerator for the 5th edition of the acceleration program. Six new startups passed through a thorough selection: the teams of accelerator analysts and advisors have screened more than 130 projects received from all over the world and among the startups coming out of InnovActionLab, training program aimed at creating youth entrepreneurship. The six startups are:
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The raised funding will be deployed to inject new financial resources on the existing startup to allow the grow and become more attractive in the foreign markets. The number of startups accelerated each year will grow: 12 startups each year in two annual programs. The first 6 startups will be taken on by January 2015.
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The acceleration program lasts five months and aims at a successful exit on the market. During this time, the selected startups will work hard at the accelerator and participate in various training courses. They will get a massive support from advisors, 360º assistance from accelerator team, access to different facilities and, most important, a well-established network of LUISS EnLabs. The course ends up with the Investor Day, an event where all the startups participating in the program present their project to a wide board of investors trying to convince them to sustain it.
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