Key Takeaways
- • W Group, the fintech founded and owned by Volodymyr Nosov (owner of the WhiteBIT cryptocurrency trading platform), led a strategic seed round of $400 million in SignSplit Public Benefit Corporation, according to BeBeez International.
- • W Group acquired 40% of SignSplit, per Nosov's comments to Forbes Ukraine, with the investor set to deploy the $400 million in further instalments upon achievement of targets.
- • Quantum Italia, a thematic vehicle launched by Scientifica Venture Capital and Quantonation, invested €0.2 million in Italian startup Promethence.
- • Giropay, a company led by Alfredo Di Napoli, launched Notarium, an escrow-account platform with technology infrastructure provided by Tech4finance.
Summary
SignSplit Public Benefit Corporation, a Delaware-incorporated startup developing a platform for the protection, licensing and remuneration of data used in artificial intelligence, joined the Unicorn Club after securing a strategic seed round of $400 million from global fintech W Group. The company was founded in 2024 by Alessandro Monterosso and Glib Denisov. The article lists the post-money valuation as "un billion" US dollars, a figure that appears garbled in the source and should be treated as unconfirmed.
W Group, created and owned by Volodymyr Nosov, operates the cryptocurrency trading platform WhiteBIT. According to Nosov speaking to Forbes Ukraine, W Group acquired 40% of SignSplit ahead of appointing one board member, while the founders retain operational management. The investment is structured as equity combined with a multi-year package of strategic resources supporting technology development, distribution and international expansion. The source describes the move as a diversification from W Group's core digital financial services and blockchain infrastructure businesses into a market potentially linked to AI development and digital rights management.
Alongside the announcement, SignSplit emerged from stealth mode with a platform intended to create what it calls the 'signed-data economy', in which individuals and organisations can license data, knowledge, creative works, images, voices and other human contributions while setting terms of use, rights and remuneration in advance.
In a separate deal, Quantum Italia, a thematic investment vehicle launched by Scientifica Venture Capital and Quantonation, invested €0.2 million in Promethence, an Italian startup founded in 2025 by Giacomo Lancellotti (CEO), Simone Perriello (CTO), Gerardo Pelosi (scientific advisor) and Giampaolo Agosta. Promethence will deploy the capital into its proprietary technology. Riccardo d'Alessandri is a managing partner of Scientifica.
The roundup also reports that Giropay, a company led by Alfredo Di Napoli, launched Notarium, a platform for escrow accounts, with Tech4finance providing the underlying technological infrastructure.
W Group, created and owned by Volodymyr Nosov, operates the cryptocurrency trading platform WhiteBIT. According to Nosov speaking to Forbes Ukraine, W Group acquired 40% of SignSplit ahead of appointing one board member, while the founders retain operational management. The investment is structured as equity combined with a multi-year package of strategic resources supporting technology development, distribution and international expansion. The source describes the move as a diversification from W Group's core digital financial services and blockchain infrastructure businesses into a market potentially linked to AI development and digital rights management.
Alongside the announcement, SignSplit emerged from stealth mode with a platform intended to create what it calls the 'signed-data economy', in which individuals and organisations can license data, knowledge, creative works, images, voices and other human contributions while setting terms of use, rights and remuneration in advance.
In a separate deal, Quantum Italia, a thematic investment vehicle launched by Scientifica Venture Capital and Quantonation, invested €0.2 million in Promethence, an Italian startup founded in 2025 by Giacomo Lancellotti (CEO), Simone Perriello (CTO), Gerardo Pelosi (scientific advisor) and Giampaolo Agosta. Promethence will deploy the capital into its proprietary technology. Riccardo d'Alessandri is a managing partner of Scientifica.
The roundup also reports that Giropay, a company led by Alfredo Di Napoli, launched Notarium, a platform for escrow accounts, with Tech4finance providing the underlying technological infrastructure.
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