Luigi Berlusconi joins €22.5M round in fintech startup Young Group

What's the deal? Luigi Berlusconi has taken a stake in Turin-based fintech Young GroupDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → as part of a €22.5 million capital raise led by AzimutDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →. The youngest son of Silvio Berlusconi entered through IthacaDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → 2, a vehicle controlled by his holding company EL Holding, acquiring 0.12% of the company.

What does Young Group do? The startup, co-founded by Andrea Ferrero and Alexandru Gheban, offers crypto investment services, digital banking, and tokenisation of real-world assets.

What's the endgame? Young Group plans to use the funds to build a single platform combining crypto investing, payments, digital accounts, and the tokenisation of financial instruments and real assets.

Not the only bet. Almost simultaneously, Berlusconi's IthacaDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → 3 vehicle took 0.13% of Cosmico, a platform for the future of work that draws on technology, professional communities, and artificial intelligence. That stake came via a €12 million equity-and-debt round led by P101 sgr, with returning backers including Prana VenturesDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →.

By the numbers. EL Holding, the benefit corporation where Berlusconi concentrates his financial investments, closed its 2025 accounts with a €250,000 loss, added to a prior unrecovered loss of €392,000. The five-year-old company holds assets of €10.4 million, almost entirely made up of controlling stakes in its Ithaca vehicles.

The signal: The two tiny stakes mark Berlusconi's steady move into fintech and startups, positioning him alongside institutional investors in growth rounds rather than leading deals himself.

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