Italy
Exit focus: Italy's Ambienta reaps three-digit IRR
Exit focus: Tower Light
Exit focus: Italy's Ambienta reaps three-digit IRR
Exit focus: Tower Light
Affaredelgiorno raises €1.1m
Italian online grocery discount aggregator Affaredelgiorno.it has raised €1.1m from Principia and Dpixel.
Mandarin Capital sells Gasket
Mandarin Capital Partners (MCP) has sold its shareholding in Italian valves components producer Gasket International to Hutchinson, a French thermoplastics firm.
Italian VCs inject €2m into Personal Factory
IMI Fondi Chiusi has joined existing backers Vertis and Fondamenta in a €2m round for building materials company Personal Factory.
Principia backs Rysto with $1m
Italian venture capital firm Principia has injected $1m into Rysto, an online portal for jobseekers in hospitality and catering.
Ambienta sells Tower Light
Italian environmental investor Ambienta has sold lighting tower producer Tower Light to listed US-based generator manufacturer Generac.
United Ventures supports LoveTheSign
United Ventures has led a €1m funding round for e-commerce interior design site LoveTheSign.com.
100% Italian-backed B4 boosts small-cap segment
There’s a new kid on the block in Italian private equity: launched in mid-2012, B4 Investimenti began operational activity in September last year, completed its maiden investment in July and is well on the way to closing its first fund. Amy King reports...
Fondamenta and IMI back MilkyWay
Italian investors Fondamenta and IMI Fondi Chiusi have made a €720,000 capital injection into extreme biking and sports equipment firm MilkyWay.
CVC strengthens Italian team
Andrea Ferrante, CVC
Lexington wins Generali private equity stakes
Italy's largest insurer Assicurazioni Generali has agreed to sell its holdings in European leveraged buyout funds to Lexington Partners, according to reports.
Principia backs Weekend-a-gogo
Italian VC player Principia has injected €450,000 into Neapolitan social tourism platform Weekend-a-gogo.
Private equity-backed Moncler to float
Luxury jacket maker Moncler, backed by Eurazeo and Carlyle, is to sell around 30% of shares in a flotation expected in December, according to reports.
Argos Soditic buys Via Delle Perle
Argos Soditic has acquired a majority stake in womenswear firm Via Delle Perle.
B4 Investimenti buys 24% stake in Migeca
Italian private equity investor B4 Investimenti has completed its maiden investment with the acquisition of a 24% stake in catering group Migeca.
MPVenture sells Sempla to GFT Technologies
MPVenture has divested its 80% stake in IT consultancy company Sempla to GFT Technologies, reaping a money multiple in excess of 2x.
Axa PE ups stake in Genesi Uno
AXA Private Equity is to acquire Unicredit’s 40% stake in Holding di Investimenti in Sanità e Infrastrutture (HISI), the holding company of hospital construction firm Genesi Uno, increasing its overall shareholding to 80%.
Innocenzo Cipolletta takes up Fondo Italiano presidency
Fondo Italiano di Investimento has announced its new board of directors, with Aifi's Innocenzo Cipolletta as president.
L Capital acquires CellularLine
L Capital and DVR Capital have jointly bought a 57% stake in CellularLine, a provider of accessories for smartphones and tablets, from the company’s founders.
Popular high-yield bond market shrinks refinancing wall
A new report has found that amend-and-extend activity has reduced the expected 2014-2015 refinancing wall.
Principia backs Im3D with €2m
Italian VC investor Principia has injected €2m into oncologic medical imaging company Im3D Clinic Sud.
Aksia targeting €150m for new fund
Italian mid-cap investor Aksia Group has launched its new fund, Aksia Capital IV, with a €150m target.