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Italy

Gnocchi and Italian cuisine
Aksia creates Italian Food Excellence Group with three new deals

Acquisitions include Buona Compagnia Gourmet, exited by Gradiente, and Siparex

  • Buyouts
  • 29 July 2022
Music lyrics
TPG Growth invests in lyric library Musixmatch

The sponsor closed its latest growth fund in August 2021 at USD 3.6bn, and has seen fast deployment

  • Expansion
  • 28 July 2022
Inna Gehrt of Mindful Capital Partners
GP Profile: MCP steps up DACH and international focus ahead of next fundraise

ESG and continued expansion of its international LP base also on the agenda, managing partner Inna Gehrt tells Unquote

  • Funds
  • 27 July 2022
Fedrigoni produces paper
BC Partners to join Bain as co-investor in Fedrigoni

Valued at around EUR 3bn, the Italian paper and label manufacturer will also receive co-investment from Canson Capital

  • Industrials
  • 26 July 2022
Nail polish
Trilantic to buy Passione Unghie in SBO from Orienta

Incumbent GP and founders retain minority stake; deal includes unitranche led by Eurazeo and HIG

  • Buyouts
  • 25 July 2022
Final closes of ESG funds in euros
Ambienta plans asset class expansion following EUR 1.55bn Fund IV close

Environmental investor set for first deals with new fund in 2023 as it assesses a foray into new asset classes and geographies, founder and managing partner Nino Tronchetti Provera tells Unquote

  • Funds
  • 22 July 2022
First closes of green funds in euros
Algebris holds EUR 200m first close for debut Green Transition Fund

Fund has a EUR 400m target and is headed by three former executives from Italian utility company A2A

  • Funds
  • 05 July 2022
Marco Conte of Apax Partners
Apax Partners hires head of Italy to bolster local presence

Marco Conte joins from Trilantic to support the French GP’s work in its pipeline of Italian SMEs

  • People
  • 01 July 2022
Pills and pharmaceutical products
ICG, Merieux Equity to exit DOC Generici to TPG

Secondary buyout sees San-Francisco-based GP pre-empt auction for Italian generic drugmaker

  • Exits
  • 30 June 2022
Hinges and other fittings for furniture and wardrobe accessories
Cobepa buys majority stake in Salice

Belgian sponsor invests alongside Italian furniture hinges manufacturer’s family shareholders

  • Buyouts
  • 29 June 2022
Sports OTT providers
Bain Capital, Nextalia to acquire Deltatre from Bruin Sports Capital

Italian sports technology provider first sale attempt was hampered by the onset of COVID-19 in early 2020

  • Technology
  • 24 June 2022
Price comparison websites
Oakley, EQT seal Facile.it sale to Silver Lake

Sale to Californian tech investor gives Italian price comparison platform unicorn status

  • Southern Europe
  • 23 June 2022
Sfoglia Torino produces frozen bakery goods
Mindful Capital hires adviser to sell Italian Frozen Food Holding

Vitale will guide the sponsor in an auction expected to launch between September and October

  • Exits
  • 21 June 2022
Medical software
Ardian’s Dedalus sale postponed until September

Owners of Italian software group in “wait-and-see mode” as M&A faces challenging environment

  • Exits
  • 14 June 2022
Italian fundraise
Alto preps new vehicle as Fund IV deployment nears completion

Italian investor is preparing for new fund investing in Italian SMEs specialising in consumer, industrial, services and pharma sectors.

  • Buyout
  • 14 June 2022
European technology fundraise
360 Capital holds EUR 45m first close on early stage tech fund

Square II will invest in pre-seed and seed rounds with a focus on French B2B software, consumer disruption, deeptech

  • Venture
  • 13 June 2022
Fund close for Italian fund
GP Profile: Kyip Capital on debut fundraising, opportunities in Italian education

After interim close, Milan-based fund seeks up to EUR 165m by early 2023; eyes deals to grow data validation business and university platform

  • GPs
  • 09 June 2022
Gearboxes and automotive transmission parts
Alto Capital sells CEI Group to White Bridge

Vendor will reinvest with a minority stake in the automotive spare parts manufacturer via the same fund

  • Exits
  • 08 June 2022
Chemical companies
Sun European acquires Tenax

The sponsor invested through its latest fund, Sun Capital Partners VIII, acquiring an 80% stake.

  • Buyouts
  • 31 May 2022
Agrimaster manufactures farming machinery
Alcedo could launch Agrimaster sale in late 2022

Italian GP bought the agricultural machinery producer in 2017 via a EUR 30m SBO from B4 Investimenti

  • Exits
  • 30 May 2022
Fundraising in euros
B4 Investimenti on track for new fund launch in late 2023

Italian GP plans to hit the road for Fund III after the end of its current vehicle’s investment period

  • Buyout
  • 23 May 2022
Fundraising in euros
Alcedo heads for June final close for Fund V

Italian GP has received EUR 230m in commitments to date for Fund V against a EUR 250m hard-cap

  • Fundraising
  • 20 May 2022
Heating circulators and other parts
Bravo Invest reaps 3x, 4.5x MM apiece in Arbo and MTW exits

With sales of Italian portfolio companies to NB Renaissance and DBAG, respectively, Bravo’s debut fund has now conducted four exits

  • Buyouts
  • 16 May 2022
MRI scanners
Permira exits Althea to F2i and DWS

Deal will see the Italian group broken into two, with DWS owning the UK arm and F2i the Italian assets

  • Healthcare
  • 11 May 2022
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