Fundraising
Friends and family round: how to raise your first €50,000
Savings, friends and family, business angels, accelerators, equity crowdfunding and public money: what each source of your first €50,000 expects,…
Insights
Data and guides for better decisions.
Fundraising, public funding and new markets: analysis and practical guides for founders, SMEs and investors.
Startup basics
How to start a startup in college (and still pass your exams)
University is one of the cheapest places to start a company. What you have as a student, the Italian incubators…
Public funding
R&D tax credit Italy: rates, costs and how to claim in 2026
Italy's R&D tax credit pays 10% of qualifying research costs since 2023, down from 20%. Rates, what counts as R&D,…
Startup basics
How to find a co-founder: where to look and what to ask first
Where to meet a co-founder (Italian incubators, Start Cup competitions, communities, YC's free matching platform), how to test the fit…
Fundraising
Pitch deck structure: the 13 slides investors expect, in order
Thirteen slides, in the order investors read them: what each one has to prove, a one-line example from an invented…
Startup basics
How to build an MVP without coding: a two-week plan with AI
You can test a startup idea in two weeks without writing a line of code. What an MVP really is,…
Public funding
Grants for young entrepreneurs in Italy: what’s open in 2026
Four national programmes help under-35s start a business in Italy. Who qualifies for Resto al Sud 2.0, Autoimpiego Centro-Nord, ON…
Startup basics
How to start a startup with no money: what works in 2026
You can start a startup with no money, but not with no cost. Pre-sales, services first, free tools, grants that…
Startup basics
How to validate a startup idea in 7 days, for free
A seven-day plan to validate a startup idea before you spend a euro on it: ten honest interviews, a search-demand…
Fundraising
Startup funding stages: from bootstrapping to Series C and exit
Bootstrapping, friends and family, pre-seed, seed, Series A and beyond: what each round is for, how much founders raise in…
Adaxit Brief
Every two weeks, the capital markets in a five-minute read.