AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoM&A Watch: Italian software group Bending Spoons agreed to buy Miro, the online whiteboard, for $1.36B cash (about $1.79B including net cash), continuing its strategy of snapping up once-hot tech at steep discounts after its Airtable deal. SME Cyber Compliance: The Eclipse Foundation released a free toolkit to help SMEs prepare for the EU Cyber Resilience Act, translating requirements into practical steps for managing open-source components, vulnerabilities, and documentation. Food Tech Funding: Tuscany-based Biorsaf raised €5.2M and acquired Bologna’s Cooki to offer a single platform covering food safety (HACCP), traceability, quality, labeling, and compliance data management. Startup Security: Milan’s Bynario closed a €2.1M pre-seed to build an AI platform that identifies, validates, prioritizes, and helps remediate software vulnerabilities at scale. Banking Deal Progress: Intesa Sanpaolo shareholders approved the capital increase backing its tender offer for MPS, clearing a key step toward completing the transaction. Data Infrastructure: Reuters spotlights a Milan data centre built for maximum uptime with fully redundant power, cooling, and connectivity—aimed at keeping services running for SMB and enterprise customers.
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