
← Scaling Europe15 Sept · 21 min
Gianni Cuozzo, Founder & CEO at Exein: BREAKING: Exein raised $270M at a $1.7B valuation
<p>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.</p><p><br></p><p>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.</p><p><br></p><p>The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjk</p><p><br></p><p>Sponsors:</p><p><br></p><p>SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/</p><p><br></p><p>Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/uk</p><p><br></p><p>Lovable: https://lovable.dev/</p><p><br></p><p>Parloa: https://www.parloa.com/</p><p><br></p><p>Conveo: https://conveo.ai/</p><p><br></p><p>NatWest: https://www.natwest.com/</p><p><br></p><p>WWT: https://www.wwt.com/</p><p><br></p><p>Timestamps:</p><p>0:00 Introduction<br>0:37 Announcing the $270m round<br>0:51 Why Exein is moving into physical AI<br>3:57 Running on 2 billion devices<br>5:27 The growth behind the new valuation<br>5:53 The trends driving that growth<br>8:56 Who backed the round<br>11:49 Expanding into San Francisco<br>14:14 Why physical AI is the next battlefield<br>17:50 Building a global business from Rome</p>