
P101 in €6.4m round for WeSchool
Venture capital house P101 has invested in a €6.4m round for Italian digital learning platform WeSchool.
CDP Venture Capital and Tim Ventures also took part in the round, alongside previous backers Club Digital and Club Italia Investimenti 2.
P101 invested in the company via Programma 102 (which recently closed on €100m) and Italia 500, a €40m vehicle launched by Azimut Libera Impresa and managed by P101. The funds co-invest in European digital and technology startups offering B2C and B2B services to the food, fashion, design, education, healthcare, logistics, travel and financial industries.
Previous funding
Club Italia Investimenti 2 and Club Digitale invested in a seed round for WeSchool in August 2015.
Company
Established in 2015 and based in Milan, WeSchool is a digital learning platform offering online courses for students and teachers.
People
WeSchool – Marco De Rossi (founder, CEO).
P101 – Andrea Di Camillo (managing partner).
Tim Ventures – Carlo Nardello (president).
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