Bestie Bite
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About
Bestie Bite is a Rome-based hospitality tech startup that lets diners discover restaurants through short-form, AI-verified customer videos, while giving venues an automated marketing tool that turns a single clip into a month of social content 12. The company was founded by Carlotta Robbe Di Lorenzo and Caterina Vertefeuille and has surpassed 100,000 users and 120,000 video reviews across 80 countries 1. With the June 2026 financing, Bestie Bite plans to expand to the United States, opening its first U.S. base in San Francisco 1.
Funding History
| Date | Round | Amount | Lead | Co-investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-15 | SAFE | €1.5M | G&G (Grassi family holding) | 12 |
| 2025-12-03 | Seed | $700K | Techstars | Zooga VC, Mamba Ventures 3 |
What Investors Say
No independently sourced investor quote for the June 2026 SAFE round is available at this time.
What Founders Say
“We want to change this market. Authenticity is the most valuable and scarce asset on the web. With this round, we are accelerating from Italy to the United States to make this the global standard.” — Bestie Bite co-founders, quoted in coverage of the €1.5M SAFE round 1.
Sources
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“Italy’s female-founded HospitalityTech startup Bestie Bite raises €1.5 million to expand its video review app in the US,” EU-Startups, June 15, 2026. Accessed June 2026. https://www.eu-startups.com/2026/06/italys-female-founded-hospitalitytech-startup-bestie-bite-raises-e1-5-million-to-expand-its-video-review-app-in-the-us/↩↩↩↩↩
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“Rome startup Bestie Bite nabs €1.5M to take on TripAdvisor and Yelp with short-form video reviews,” Tech Funding News, June 2026. Accessed June 2026. https://techfundingnews.com/rome-startup-bestie-bite-nabs-e1-5m-to-take-on-tripadvisor-and-yelp-with-short-form-video-reviews/↩↩
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“Bestie Bite raises $700K to reinvent restaurant choices with AI gamification,” Tech.eu, December 3, 2025. Accessed June 2026. https://tech.eu/2025/12/03/bestie-bite-raises-700k-to-reinvent-restaurant-choices-with-ai-gamification/↩