
P101 leads €1.2m round for Sellf, Waynaut and Wiman
Italian venture capital house P101 has led a €1.2m follow-on funding round for three portfolio companies, Sellf, Waynaut and Wiman.
The GP drew down an equity ticket totalling €970,000 as part of the round. Several backers provided the remaining capital. As part of the deal, Tim Ventures, part of the Italian telecommunications corporate Gruppo Tim, participated in the funding round for wifi software provider Wiman, while Atlante Seed injected growth capital into Sellf, a CRM software developer.
According to press reports, each company received a third of the total capital deployed.
Previous funding
P101 first co-led a €500,000 round for Waynaut in June 2014, alongside Italian investor Club Italia Investimenti 2. In July 2015, the shareholders provided a €700,000 round for the business alongside new investor Club Digitale. In September 2015, the three investors provided additional funding for an undisclosed amount.
The investor syndicate, including P101, Club Italian Investimenti 2, Nanabianca and Tim Ventures, provided first a €100,000 seed round to Bolognese startup Wiman in September 2013 and subsequently an additional €700,000 round in December 2014.
In May 2014, P101 co-led a €360,000 round for Sellf alongside Imi Fondi Chiusi, Club Italia Investimenti 2 and H-Farm Ventures.
Companies
Established in 2013, Waynaut provides a mobile platform focused on travel information. The company is headquartered in Milan.
Headquartered in Bologna, Wiman develops software that, through a router, allows small business owners to offer free wifi to customers. The company was founded in 2012.
Sellf was founded in 2013 and is based in Roncade, Italy. The business develops a mobile app for CRM and sales tracking that aims to simplify the management of business opportunities and customer relations.
People
P101 – Andrea Di Camillo (managing partner); Giuseppe Donvito (partner).
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