Chaired by the scientist and entrepreneur Stefano Buono, LIFTT came to life as an operating company in 2019 thanks to Compagnia di San Paolo, Politecnico di Torino and LINKS Foundation. The aim is to encourage technology development and transfer from University to Industry, but also to clear the way from a simple business idea to the creation of an innovative product, offering a dynamic and modern vision of venture capital as applied to Technology Transfer. LIFTT guarantees high visibility to ideas and new businesses at a national and international level, investing and attracting capital and ensuring maximum impact on the local and national territory. While generating value for its shareholders, LIFTT supports the creation of businesses, development, employment and economic growth, through the implementation of an ethical and transparent governance model, based on the participation of all the actors involved.
Location: Italy, Piemont, Turin
Employees: 11-50
Founded date: 2019
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Seed
Portfolio 51
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 17.06.2026 | Rainbow Cr... | rainbowcrops.com | $11.25M | Belgium |
| 09.09.2025 | Agate Sens... | agatesensors.com | $6.55M | Finland |
| 17.05.2024 | ALKEMIST B... | alkemistbio.com | - | - |
| 17.05.2024 | CREDOXYS | credoxys.com | - | - |
| 17.05.2024 | Medicilio | medicilio.it | $1.2M | Italy, Lom... |
| 17.05.2024 | Touch Sens... | touchsensity.com | - | France, Ne... |
| 17.05.2024 | NeoPhore L... | neophore.com | $44.66M | United Kin... |
| 17.05.2024 | EVERGREEN ... | evergreentgn.com | $41M | United Sta... |
| 17.05.2024 | STEERLIGHT | steerlight.com | - | - |
| 11.11.2023 | Entropica ... | entropicalabs.com | $6.5M | Singapore |
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Mentions in press and media 18
| Date | Title | Description |
| 19.06.2026 | Agritech Breakthrough: Rainbow Crops Secures €9.7M for AI-Driven Plant Genetics | Rainbow Crops secured €9.7 million. This significant investment fuels a major leap in crop genetics. The Belgian agritech firm leverages AI and advanced genome editing. It targets resilient, productive crops. These innovations address clima... |
| 16.06.2026 | Rainbow Crops raises $11.25m to scale AI-guided multiplex gene editing | Rainbow Crops, a Belgium-based startup using AI and multiplex gene editing to improve yield, drought tolerance and other complex traits in corn and other key crops, has raised a €9.7 million ($11.25 million) seed round. The round was led by... |
| 16.06.2026 | Rainbow Crops raises €9.7M to scale AI-powered crop engineering | Belgian agritech startup Rainbow Crops has raised €9.7 million in an oversubscribed seed funding round to advance its crop engineering platform, expand its application across multiple crops, and grow its scientific and technical teams. The ... |
| 04.11.2025 | Agate Sensors wins Swedish defence contract for physiology monitoring | Finnish deep tech startup Agate Sensors has secured an innovation contract with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) under its Military Innovation Program to demonstrate its hyperspectral sensing technology for human performanc... |
| 09.09.2025 | Agate Sensors Unleashes 'Superhuman' Vision with €5.6M Investment | Agate Sensors, a pioneering Finnish deep tech company, recently secured €5.6 million in funding. This capital injection accelerates the commercialization of its breakthrough spectral vision technology. The innovation dramatically shrinks po... |
| 09.09.2025 | Agate Sensors raises €5.6M to bring spectral vision to everyday devices | Agate Sensors raises €5.6M to bring spectral vision to everyday devices Tue, Sep 09, 2025 14:15 CET Report this content The funding round will accelerate production of chip-scale sensors that give any camera the ability to instantly analyze... |
| 09.09.2025 | Agate Sensors raises €5.6M to bring spectral vision to everyday devices | Espoo-based Agate Sensors, a startup developing smart sensors for material analysis, has raised €5.6 million. The funding will help commercialise a breakthrough that shrinks spectroscopy from suitcase-sized lab equipment to a single pixel s... |
| 24.01.2025 | EBAMed completes Series A with EUR 1.6M investment | The new funds were raised from CDP Venture Capital as part of the PNRR (Piano Nazionale di Ripresa e Resilienza) and the Next Generation EU initiative. This significant new milestone brings the startup led by CEO Marina Izzo to the maximum... |
| 13.09.2024 | $62M for biogas power plants, Atomico's new $1.24B funding, and Europe's competitive decline | This week we tracked more than 95 tech funding deals worth over €1 billion, and over 10 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 imp... |
| 18.04.2024 | Evergreen Theragnostics Secures $26M to Drive Radiopharmaceutical Innovation | Evergreen Theragnostics, a cutting-edge radiopharmaceutical company based in Springfield, NJ, has successfully completed a $26M capital raise, with support from Petrichor and LIFTT. This funding will propel the company's groundbreaking rese... |
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