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Investor portfolio, from our funding record
Government-owned investor. Owned by Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (Italian state) and Invitalia. This is the list our funding rule 3 uses: a round every one of whose leads is government-owned is state capital, not a private round.
Recorded in our rows as: CDP Venture Capital (Fondo Evoluzione); CDP Venture Capital (via Takeoff Accelerator).
Counted rounds
2
Led
1
1 as participant
Companies
2
Disclosed round value
$23.0M
2 of 2 rounds disclosed; whole rounds, not this investor's share
First deal
2023-07-25
Leaf Space
Latest deal
2026-03-30
Capsule Corporation
CDP Venture Capital appears on 2 counted private space funding rounds in our records, into 2 companies: recorded as lead on 1 and as a participant on 1.
The earliest is Leaf Space on 25 July 2023; the latest is Capsule Corporation on 30 March 2026.
2 of the 2 rounds disclosed a size, together $23.0M. That is the size of the rounds CDP Venture Capital took part in, not the amount CDP Venture Capital invested: we hold no per-investor allocations and do not estimate them.
The investor most often on the same counted rounds as CDP Venture Capital is Kopa Ventures, on 1 round.
Private funding rounds into space companies that name CDP Venture Capital as lead or participant, newest first, each with its source. Round size is the whole round; a blank size was never disclosed and is not estimated.
| Date | Company | Stage | Role | Round size | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capsule Corporation | Seed | ParticipantAs recorded: CDP Venture Capital (via Takeoff Accelerator) | $919K | Forbes Italia (opens the source for this round) | |
| Leaf Space | Series B | LeadAs recorded: CDP Venture Capital (Fondo Evoluzione) | $22.1M | Payload (opens the source for this round) |
Rounds come from company announcements, regulatory filings and press reports. Amounts, valuations and investors are as reported and may be incomplete or later revised. Not investment advice, and not an offer or solicitation for any security. Full disclaimer
| Stage | Rounds |
|---|---|
| Seed | 1 |
| Series B | 1 |
| Sector | Rounds |
|---|---|
| Ground segment | 1 |
| Manufacturing | 1 |
| Year | Rounds |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 |
Investors named on the same counted rounds, by the number of rounds shared.