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Skydweller takes another major step towards the ambitious goal of revolutionizing the industry by flying continuously powered by solar energy.

During its latest test, the revolutionary aircraft, featuring a 72-meter wingspan, completed a 22.55-hour uncrewed flight.

Dr. Robert Miller, Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Skydweller Aero, said: “This flight test campaign is an important achievement and validates our business vision, marking a new era in autonomous aviation. Skydweller Aero is redefining what is possible in the aerospace industry, and the data gathered that validates our models for multi-day fights is a testament to our team’s dedication and innovation. We are excited to continue pushing the boundaries of what uncrewed solar-powered aircraft can achieve and will continue on with our mission to bring perpetual flight to the world.”

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14/10/2024 - We are proud to announce that D-Orbit, a portfolio company of the Neva First and Neva First Italia Funds, has signed a significant contract worth €119.6 million with the European Space Agency (ESA) for the development and implementation of the new GEA satellite platform, designed to perform life extension, transfer, and repair operations in geostationary orbit.

This initiative, supported by the Italian government and numerous other space agencies and governments, paves the way for Europe's commercial in-orbit servicing capabilities.

With D-Orbit, Neva is investing in the growth of the next-generation space industry.

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09/10/2024 - Neva SGR is thrilled to announce that xFarm, a company in the portfolio of Neva First and Neva First Italia Funds, has completed its 36 million euro Series C investment round. 

xFarm supports the work of 450,000 farms belonging to more than 100 supply chains on more than 7 million hectares worldwide through its xFarm digital platform, a Farm Management Information System (FMIS).

The funding will enable xFarm to accelerate its expansion in Europe, Turkey, Latin America, India and the United States by improving its services and providing more support for the implementation of Regenerative Agriculture through models based on Artificial Intelligence technologies for data analysis.

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18.09.2024 - The event "The New Challenge: From Neva First to Neva II" in Turin attracted over 500 participants, including investors, entrepreneurs, companies, experts, and national and international venture capitalists.

It was an opportunity to present the results achieved by the Neva First fund, including the completion of its investment portfolio and the first capital distribution to its investors, made possible by the exit of Cyberint, which was acquired by global cybersecurity leader Check Point.

Additionally, the launch of the new Neva II and Neva II Italia funds was announced.

Together we can invest in the development and growth of new technological platforms in key sectors of the economy and society, with the aim of actively participating in the solution of major global problems and the consequent generation of value.

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18/07/2024 - The President talks about Neva SGR's approach and announces the event on 18 September, in Turin, at the Officine Grandi Riparazioni, in which important results, growth prospects and future projects will be illustrated.

It will be an opportunity to listen to representatives of some of the portfolio companies who will illustrate the progress of important projects in key sectors such as information technology, cybersecurity, aerospace, new energy solutions and agri-foodtech and important insights into the life sciences will be offered.

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10/06/2024 – Neva SGR announces its investment in BetaGlue Therapeutics, an Italian clinical-stage radiotherapy company developing novel products for the treatment of certain types of solid cancers. Betaglue has an international team with proven track record in scaling medical device technologies. Neva SGR is once again supporting companies that address major global challenges, particularly in the life sciences sector. By funding a clinical-stage company like BetaGlue, we contribute to the battle against cancer.

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10/04/2024 - Neva SGR congratulates Tr1X, a company in the portfolio of Neva First Fund, on obtaining FDA clearance for an investigational new drug (IND) for TRX103, the first allogeneic engineered Tr1 regulatory T cell therapy to enter clinical trials. Tr1X focuses on studying and developing treatments for autoimmune diseases by engineering specific regulatory cells. Neva SGR is proud to contribute to this important endeavor.

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Yestarday, Feb. 15, 2024, the Italian Investment Council - Remind was held in Rome to promote collaboration between the public and private sectors for economic, social and safe growth in Italy. Mario Costantini, CEO and General Manager of Neva SGR, spoke as part of the panel dedicated to the Global Market.  "As a venture capital company of the Intesa Sanpaolo Group," he said, "Neva SGR invests globally in highly innovative companies and startups that aim to solve the great challenges of our time. We focus both on Italian companies with expansion plans abroad and international companies with development plans in Italy, with the aim of creating positive socioeconomic impacts for our country. Great challenges require talent and capital, and we are proving that we can attract both, as our portfolio shows. Venture capital, when used as a tool to invest in ambitious projects, can be the source for the development of the new economy. Neva SGR, with the launch of two new €500 million funds, wants to be part of this by doubling its commitment and impact." 

01/02/2024 - Neva SGR is excited to announce its investment in NeoPhore, a UK-based life sciences company, which is developing a pipeline of small molecule drugs targeting novel proteins across the DNA mismatch repair ('MMR') pathway to generate next-generation immuno-oncology therapeutics to improve clinical outcomes for cancer patients. The company announced an extension of its Series B round of £9.6 million (approximately USD $12.2 million). This extension brings the total raised in Series B financing to £31.1m (approx. USD $39.5m).

The additional Series B funding will be used to progress NeoPhore’s lead oral program, through early pre-clinical development. 

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11/01/2024 - Neva SGR is proud to announce a significant milestone for D-Orbit, a standout in its portfolio and a symbol of Italian innovation: the successful completion of an impressive €100 million Series C funding round. The round, led by Marubeni Corporation, a powerhouse in the Japanese industrial sector, bolsters D-Orbit’s position as a leader in the space logistics sector and will enable the company to substantially expand its services. This expansion will focus on cutting-edge areas such as in-orbit satellite maintenance and space-based cloud computing. Furthermore, this financial boost is essential for enhancing D-Orbit’s operational capabilities in the United States, Europe, and the United Kingdom.

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On last September 13, 2023, Neva SGR hosted the
"Neva First Fund: Route to Growth 23" event at the OGR offices in Turin.

More than 260 people attended the event, with a huge participation from Corporations, Portfolio Companies and Intesa Sanpaolo Group representatives.

The intensive days of work at the event resulted in multiple networking meetings and creation of business opportunities between start-ups, client companies and Intesa Sanpaolo.

We thank all the participants who took part in the event.

08/08/2023 - The Neva First Italia Fund, launched in November 2021, completed on 30 June, 2023 its investment period, ahead of the closing date scheduled for August 2025.

The Fund, subscribed by Neva SGR and Fondo di Fondi VenturItaly and Fondo di Co-Investimento MiSE, and fully managed by CDP Venture Capital SGR and dedicated to highly innovative Italian startups, made a total of 7 million euros of investments in 9 startups, favoring the total collection by the 9 Italian startups of over 160 million euros, 33 of which coming from the Neva First Fund, Neva SGR's vehicle for investments at a global level.

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21/07/2023 - Neva SGR congratulates Energy Dome, a company in the portfolio of the Neva First and Neva First Italia Funds, which has announced the completion of the close of its second tranche of Series B funding, bringing the overall round to a total of EUR 55m (USD 60m).

Investors who participated in the Series B funding round, either in the first or second tranche, are: EniNext, NevaSGR, Japan Energy Fund, Barclays’ Sustainable Impact Capital, CDP Venture Capital, 360 Capital Partners, Novum Capital Partners, Gruppo Brixia, Elemental Excelerator, Innovation Development Oman (IDO) Investments, Vopak Ventures, and other investors represented by Sagana.

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03/03/2023 – Neva SGR is excited about its investment in Caracol, a leading Italian company in large-scale industrial 3D printing. Neva SGR continues to invest in Italy and particularly in a sector that has always been central to the Italian economy: the manufacturing Industry 4.0. The investment in Caracol and in its technology goes in the direction of rewarding Italian excellence ready to scale  international markets, with regard to sustainability and the circular economy.

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Neva SGR presents the entrepreneurs of some of its important portfolio companies, which bring an innovative drive to their sector with the ambition to be protagonists, growing exponentially and with a global reach. The word to David Rutter, CEO & Co-founder for R3 and to Dror Liwer, Co-founder & Chief security officer for Coro.

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Neva presents the experiences of those who have lived venture capital for dozens of years in Europe, Israel and Silicon Valley, where technology is transformed into profit and economic value.

An impetus for European entrepreneurs to think and act globally, the energy of those in Israel in wanting to create something revolutionary, and finally Silicon Valley, where the best innovations, the ones that solve real problems, are born in a garage and commercialized. Right down to recognizing in the current turmoil an opportunity for funds and investors.

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On September 14, 2022, Neva hosted in Turin more than 500 participants including venture capitalists, institutional and private investors, experts, entrepreneurs and start-ups from all over Italy and several other countries, primarily the United States and Israel.

It was an opportunity to tell about the work that led to investments in 26 companies with a total allocated amount of about 150 million euros since 2020, the results achieved by the fundraising of our funds for 250 million for investments in innovative realities, and the plans for a new even greater sized fund planned for 2024.

We thank all participants and are pleased to share some of the contents of the event: video of the event

29/09/2022 – Neva SGR is pleased to announce the investment in Cool Planet Technologies, a company that has developed a technology with the potential to respond effectively and quickly to the capture of CO2 in various industrial sectors. This is a concrete investment of the Neva First Fund in accordance with the industrial transition towards ESG principles.

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14/09/2022 – Neva SGR announces its investment in Tr1X company which studies and develops cures for autoimmune diseases through the engineering of particular stem cells. Tr1X is an example of how Italian researchers can help revolutionize the pharmaceutical industry and change the future of our lives for the better, in a sector that contributes significantly to the Italian economy. We are proud to contribute to this great challenge, together with leading international investors in life science and to have Tr1x among the companies in our Portfolio.

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05/08/2022 – Neva SGR is pleased to announce the investment in xFarm Technologies, a tech company already present in Switzerland, Italy and Spain. xFarm supports and simplifies the work of 110,000 farms in over 100 countries around the world through its digital platform.

xFarm combines the aspects of digital transformation with the transition of agri-food industry towards more sustainable models, in line with ESG principles. These elements are becoming more and more important for the economy of the future.

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27/07/2022 - Neva SGR, an Intesa Sanpaolo Group company controlled 100% by the Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center, has, through its Neva First Fund, finalised two investments in BetaGlue Technologies and Casavo, highly innovative companies that operate respectively in life sciences and PropTech.

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19/07/2022 – Neva SGR is enthusiastic to announce the first investment of the Neva First Italia Fund in BetaGlue Technologies, an Italian excellence.

Neva is rewarding an Italian excellence operating in the Life Science industry, a field with high economic and social impact. In addition to improving people's quality of life, BetaGlue Technologies will be able to generate important returns for the investors.

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Il presidente di Neva, Sgr di Intesa Sanpaolo, svela le ultime operazioni in società innovative (Cyberint e Coro) e il prossimo vertice sulla finanza delle startup.

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21/06/2022 – Neva SGR is happy to announce the investment in Cyberint, a cyber security company that has developed a Digital Risk Protection solution, Threat Intelligence and Attack Surface Monitoring to protect companies from cyber threats by giving them ample visibility into their exposure to external risks.

Neva has evaluated Cyberint’s technical and service components with the Cyber Security department of the Intesa Sanpaolo Group, which recognizes the very high potential of the solution. We believe that Cyberint can be an important player in the European market.

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20 million euros invested in the first six months of this year in Israeli companies that are shaping the future

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23/05/2022 - NEVA SGR congratulates on the results achieved by the portfolio company MODIFI, a Fintech player that supports SMEs in financing and managing their international trades. From Bangladesh and other Asian countries to North America and Europe, MODIFI is increasingly appreciated worldwide by offering a win-win solution for both exporters and buyers through its fully digital platform.

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05/05/2022 – Neva participates in the follow-on investment in vFunction. vFunction is the first and only solution built to automatically and rapidly transform monolithic apps into microservices at scale.

We decided to invest in vFunction thanks to the validation of the Intesa Sanpaolo Group on the distinctiveness and value of the technology.

vFunction is a highly innovative solution that supports and facilitates the Corporation’s cloud strategy by accelerating the transformation and modernization of applications.

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01/02/2022 - Congratulations to the team V-Nova the MPEG-5 LCEVC (LCEVC) codec enhancement (ISO/IEC 23094-2) has been selected by the Brazilian SBTVD Forum for adoption in its next generation broadcast television system.

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08/12/2021 - We are delighted to announce our investment in Pontoro, a financial technology company focused on transforming infrastructure financing.

The Company is targeting to disrupt the traditional infrastructure financing industry bringing connectivity between originators and institutional investors, using blockchain, to facilitate high-velocity distribution of infrastructure debt. Thanks to tokenization and securitization of real-world assets, the technology allows to create diverse pools of assets to be curated and accessed securely by a far greater spectrum of accredited investors at a much greater velocity, increasing liquidity and pricing transparency.

With this investment, Neva First Fund strengthens its position in the fintech space.

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Intesa si fa private e investe negli aerei di Skydweller che volano senza equipaggio - corriere.it

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14/9/2021 - Neva SGR is excited to announce their investment in MODIFI, a company that has already proven to have raised funds from investors and industry partners around the world in a very short time and that we believe has the potential to become a billion euro company.

MODIFI is a global fintech that has developed a digital platform to help small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) finance and manage their international trades. They have 9 offices in Asia, Europe and North America, and are serving over 1,000 importers and exporters in more than 40 countries worldwide.

We are excited to partner with MODIFI and help them grow even further! 

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26/7/2021 - Neva SGR is proud to announce the investment in V-Nova Ltd., a Deeptech company, with Italian roots that operates in the compression of video and image data streaming. V-Nova Ltd. has developed highly innovative solutions such as LCEVC and VC-6 that will be crucial for the future of video streaming and that will help reduce the impact on the environment in a more sustainable way.

For Neva SGR, the investment in V-Nova Ltd. combines three fundamental elements: investing in companies that can guarantee a very high return for our subscribers, supporting companies with a high technological and innovative content and doing so with a view to environmental sustainability.

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10/2/2021 - We are proud to announce CRIF investment in the Neva First fund. The entry of CRIF represents a strategic added value for Neva, enriching the know-how and network of relationships to the benefit of the companies in the portfolio and all the subscribers of the fund.

We invest in entrepreneurs who aim to become protagonists of global markets.

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