
Gianni Cuozzo, Founder & CEO at Exein: BREAKING: Exein raised $270M at a $1.7B valuation
Scaling EuropeShow Notes
Exein just raised $270m at a $1.7bn valuation. The round was led by Headline, with participation from Sofina, Goldman Sachs, European Investment Bank Group ETCI, KfW Capital and T.Capital, with involvement from previous investors.
Gianni Cuozzo is Founder and CEO of Exein. It builds on-device security software for connected systems, running on everything from coffee machines to satellites. The company has grown 400% year on year for the past three years, and it's now become one of Europe's most valuable private cyber security companies.
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Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 0:37 Announcing the $270m round 0:51 Why Exein is moving into physical AI 3:57 Running on 2 billion devices 5:27 The growth behind the new valuation 5:53 The trends driving that growth 8:56 Who backed the round 11:49 Expanding into San Francisco 14:14 Why physical AI is the next battlefield 17:50 Building a global business from Rome
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