Best Blockchain Technology Companies in Italy
The 132 best Blockchain Technology companies in Italy in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Alps Blockchain.
Italy's Blockchain Technology scene is more funded than most people realize: 132 companies tracked, $291M in total disclosed funding, and Alps Blockchain sitting at the top with $114M raised. That's not a rounding error. One Trading ($33M) and Hercle ($62M) round out the upper tier, and with backers like Banca Sella and Azimut already in the mix, institutional money is clearly paying attention. The global market was valued at roughly $7.4B in 2022 and is projected to grow at a 62.73% CAGR, so the runway here is long. Regulatory uncertainty remains the honest caveat, and any founder or investor you talk to in this space knows it.
So what does that mean for you, scanning this directory? The field is still pre-unicorn, which means there's real upside still uncaptured. As shown in 2018 research, blockchain's integration with traditional supply and financial systems accelerates measurably once institutional adoption crosses a threshold, and Italy's investor roster suggests that threshold is close. I'd watch Young Platform ($23M) and Plasma ($24M) as the mid-tier names with momentum left to run. The companies ranked here are sorted by disclosed equity funding and recent funding activity, giving you the clearest read on where capital is actually moving.
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$15.7b in tracked funding; 95% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2024.
Ranked: Best Blockchain Technology companies in Italy
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Web popularity | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alps Blockchain Service provider for blockchain companies | $114M | 22 mo ago | — | Francesca Failoni Chief Financial Officer e Co-founder | Microsoft AdvertisingSwiperGoogle Font API+6 | Top 10M | — |
| 2 | Hercle Provider of infrastructure for cross-asset and cross-border transactions using digital assets 60Talent top 23%Funding top 25%Market bottom 49%Global bottom 48% All 4 signals ▾Talenttop 23% Fundingtop 25% Marketbottom 49% Globalbottom 48% Talent: 6 named leaders on record · 6 C-suite/founder profiles curated Funding: Raised $61.8M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 3 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100 | $62M | 7 mo ago | — | Arturo Schembri Co-Founder | CFO | — | — | 1 award |
| 3 | One Trading Cryptocurrency trading platform | $33M | 21 mo ago | 42 | Joshua Barraclough Founder & CEO | SentryZendeskApple iCloud Mail+13 | Top 10M | 1 launch |
| 4 | Plasma Provider of stablecoin platform | $24M | 16 mo ago | — | Christian Angermayer Co-Founder | SentryApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+21 | Top 5M | 4 launchs · 1 partnership |
| 5 | Young Platform Exchange platform for cryptocurrencies | $23M | 21 mo ago | 76 | Samuele Raimondo Co-Founder & CTO | SentryAtlassian StatuspageZendesk+24 | Top 5M | — |
| 6 | PHI Token Robo investing platform for asset managers | $7M | 99 mo ago | — | Daniele Bernardi Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 7 | Taroverse Developer of PC and mobile-based metaverse games | $5M | 49 mo ago | — | Siddhant Srivastava CEO | — | — | — |
| 8 | Folks Finance Capital Markets Protocol | $3M | 19 mo ago | 24 | Pietro Azzara Founder & President | TurbopackNode.jsRadix UI+18 | Top 5M | — |
| 9 | CheckSig Bitcoin and crypto solutions for private and institutional investors | $3M | 5 mo ago | 11 | Paolo Mazzocchi Co-Founder | Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceNode.js+28 | Top 5M | — |
| 10 | Colossus Provider of web3 validation services and tailored decentralized solutions 32Growth top 35%Tech top 36%Talent bottom 49%Funding bottom 44% All 6 signals ▾Growthtop 35% Techtop 36% Talentbottom 49% Fundingbottom 44% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 20% Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo Tech: 34 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 32/100 | $3M | 12 mo ago | 10 | Lorenzo Barbantini Scanni Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+24 | Top 50M | 2 partnerships |
| 11 | Liqwid Provider of a decentralized lending platform for consumer loans | $3M | 42 mo ago | 11 | Dewayne Cameron Founder | ReactReact RouterEmotion+10 | Top 5M | — |
| 12 | TimeShuffle Online gaming platform that enables players to trade in in-game assets | $2M | 49 mo ago | — | Konstantin Dinev CEO | — | — | — |
| 13 | Reasoned Art Online marketplace for multiple NFTs | $2M | 37 mo ago | 5 | Giulio Bozzo Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 14 | Hercle AI-based trading solutions for crypto-assets markets | $2M | 32 mo ago | — | Marco Levarato Co-Founder | ReactReact RouterAmazon Web Services+8 | Top 50M | — |
| 15 | Lovelace World Online marketplace for NFT metaverse | $2M | 54 mo ago | — | Jarryd Visick Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 16 | CoreStarter Multi-chain IDO platform with NFT marketplace | $1M | 55 mo ago | 9 | Umesh Gupta CEO | — | — | — |
| 17 | Sundae Blockchain infrastructure for crypto solutions | $1M | 56 mo ago | 8 | Artem Wright Co-Founder | Node.jsRadix UITailwind CSS+10 | Top 10M | — |
| 18 | Collecto Online platforms providing co -ownership of multi category luxury products | $809K | 16 mo ago | — | Matteo Costantini Co-Founder & Chief Innovation Officer | Cart FunctionalityWordPressMySQL+18 | Top 5M | 1 partnership |
| 19 | Defina NFT-based battle video game | $700K | 56 mo ago | 4 | Charles Chang Founder & CEO | Node.jsElement UIVue.js+10 | Top 50M | — |
| 20 | AerariumChain Offers AI, blockchain & cloud-enabled digital NFT display solutions for museums | $356K | 51 mo ago | — | Danilo Giulio Rea Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | 1 launch |
| 21 | Vanilla Rocket B2B SaaS platform to integrate NFTs into marketing strategies | $317K | 42 mo ago | 4 | Marco Valzan Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 22 | Blueshift Online portfolio-based asset management protocol | $250K | 50 mo ago | 10 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+19 | Top 50M | — |
| 23 | Innovaetica Blockchain solutions provider | $167K | 101 mo ago | — | Adriano Bonforti Founder | — | — | — |
| 24 | InfinityPad Decentralized fundraising platform | $100K | 56 mo ago | 6 | — | — | — | — |
Top 12 Blockchain Technology companies in Italy
#1
Series A · Milan, Lombardy · founded 2019$61.8Mraised▾
Provider of infrastructure for cross-asset and cross-border transactions using digital assets. The platform facilitates trading, conversions, settlement, and on/off ramps. It offers APIs for secure value transfer and trading. The infrastructure embeds risk, Anti-Money Laundering, and compliance controls. It supports brokerages, banks, payment providers, and global businesses.
- Oct 2025Series A$10M
- Oct 2025Conventional Debt$50M
- Oct 2023Seed$1.8M
#2
Series A · Milan, Lombardy · founded 2019 · 11 employees$2.9Mraised▾
Bitcoin and crypto solutions for private and institutional investors. The platform features crypto training, buying & selling, custody accounts, and tax reports.
- Jan 2026Series A$4.1M
- May 2024Series A$2.9M
#3
Series D · Trento, Trentino South Tyrol · founded 2018$114Mraised▾
Provider of research and development services in blockchain and mining based in Trento, Italy. The company specializes in producing computing power for the blockchain through the creation and management of data centers powered by renewable energy sources.
- Jul 2024Series D$114M
#4
Series A · Milan, Lombardy · founded 2024$23.5Mraised▾
Provider of stablecoin platform. It enables access to stablecoins, which are tokens pegged to fiat currencies, offering permissionless access to leading currencies like the US dollar.
- Feb 2025Series A$20M
- Oct 2024Seed$3.5M
#5
Series A · Turin, Piedmont · founded 2018 · 76 employees$23.3Mraised▾
Exchange platform for cryptocurrencies. It allows the user to buy, sell, and exchange crypto assets with fiat currency instantly. It supports a wide range of digital currencies including bitcoin, ethereum, litecoin, bitcoin cash, and more. It offers market analysis charts as reference to the user. The application is available on the Android and iOS platforms.
- Sep 2024Series A$2.9M
- Jun 2022Series A$16.8M
- Jun 2021Series A$4.2M
- May 2020Seed$863.3K
#6
Series A · Milan, Lombardy · founded 2019 · 42 employees$33Mraised▾
Cryptocurrency trading platform. It enables trading in regulated financial instruments. It facilitates central limit order book trading of crypto derivatives for both retail investors and institutions.
- Sep 2024Series A—
- Jun 2023Series A$33M
#7
Seed · Roma, Lazio · founded 2022 · 10 employees$2.7Mraised▾
Provider of web3 validation services and tailored decentralized solutions. It provides users with protocols for building blockchain-based solutions. It also provides SDKs for crafting transactions, validators, and rewards management on PoS blockchains, automated rewards through on-chain smart contracts products, and more.
- Jun 2025Seed$1.2M
- Jun 2023Seed$2.7M
#8
Series A · Milan, Lombardy · founded 2021 · 24 employees$3Mraised▾
Folks Finance is the leading algorithmic capital markets protocol for lending and borrowing built and operated on top of the Algorand blockchain. Through the lending operations, Folks users can deposit liquidity and start earning a continuous economic return instantly. Through the borrowing operation, the users can request crypto loans by locking deposited funds as collateral.
- Nov 2024Series A$1.2M
- Feb 2024Series A$2M
- Jan 2022Seed$3M
#9
Series A · Milan, Lombardy · founded 2022$808.8Kraised▾
Online platforms providing co -ownership of multi category luxury products. It allows users to purchase fractions of luxury goods, such as watches, art, and wine. The application is available on iOS and Android platforms.
- Feb 2025Series A$2.9M
- Feb 2024Seed$808.8K
#10
Seed · Milan, Lombardy · founded 2019$1.8Mraised▾
AI-based trading solutions for crypto-assets markets
#11
Seed · Recco, Liguria · founded 2019 · 5 employees$1.9Mraised▾
Online marketplace for multiple NFTs. It enables users to trade NFTs such as digital collectibles, arts, crypto arts, and more. It also provides a gallery and exhibition for displayed arts.
- May 2023Seed$1.5M
- Sep 2021Seed$360.9K
#12
Funding Raised · Saint Vincent, Aosta Valley · founded 2021$4.7Mraised▾
Developer of PC and mobile-based metaverse games. It offers a play-to-earn cross-platform metaverse island that allows players to socialize and play a variety of games. It also offers an NFT chest and cards as a reward.
- Apr 2022ICO$4.7M
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Blockchain Technology coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
How research on Blockchain is moving in Italy
A read on the academic research around Blockchain — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 971 Italy-affiliated papers.
- University of Cagliari79
- University of Pisa52
- Sapienza University of Rome52
- University of Salerno49
- University of Bologna49
- Computer security2→138
- Internet of Things1→23
- Database transaction1→19
- Cryptocurrency1→15
- Data science1→7
- Computer security3→128
- Smart contract1→30
- Scalability1→18
- Architecture1→13
- Internet of Things1→13
- Computer security3→84
- Data science1→19
- Distributed ledger1→18
- Sustainability1→15
- Cryptocurrency3→16
Where blockchain is researched across Italy
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Common questions
Rohit lives in the feed. He covers what's moving right now — the funding rounds, launches and shifts breaking across the trade press — and ties them back to where the sector is heading.