Italy
Fondo Italiano backs Surgital with €11m
Fondo Italiano di Investimento has invested around €11m in frozen foods firm Surgital.
CVC buys Cerved from Bain Capital and Clessidra for €1.13bn
CVC Capital Partners has acquired Italian business intelligence provider Cerved from Bain Capital and Clessidra for €1.13bn.
Fondo Italiano backs Marsilli
Fondo Italiano di Investimento has injected €10m into winding and automatic assembly systems provider Marsilli & Co in exchange for a minority stake.
Fondo Italiano and EdRIP back Unitedcoatings Group
Fondo Italiano di Investiment and Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners (EdRIP) have injected €20m into coatings company Unitedcoatings Group.
Cinven sells Avio aviation unit to GE for €3.3bn
Cinven has sold the aviation business unit of Avio to General Electric for €3.3bn.
British PE firms circle Italy's Cerved
CVC and Permira have shown an interest in acquiring Milan-based corporate intelligence and rating agency Cerved, according to reports.
Southern Europe unquote" December 2012/January 2013
The sixth annual unquote” Italia Private Equity Congress took place in November at the Four Seasons in Milan, bringing GPs, LPs and advisers together to discuss the issues shaping the industry.
Video: AIFI's Innocenzo Cipolletta
Video: AIFI's Innocenzo Cipolletta
Futurimpresa backs Objectway with €10m
Italian investor Futurimpresa has made a €10m equity injection into Objectway Financial Software, a provider of software and services to the financial industry, in exchange for a 30% stake.
Italy is different
While the doom and gloom settles in the rest of Europe, Italian private equity professionals advertise a cautious optimism despite decreasing activity in the country.
Principia backs MoneyFarm
Italian VC Principia has injected €2.65m into online investment advisory firm MoneyFarm.
GPs tackle Italy's PR problem
Italy’s PR problem
Alto makes 2x on Monviso SBO
PM & Partners Private Equity has acquired Italian food producer Monviso from Alto Partners.
Principia backs Itsworld with €2m
Italian VC firm Principia has injected €2m into Itsworld Sicilia in exchange for a 28% stake in the firm.
Investindustrial bids for Aston Martin
Italian GP Investindustrial has made an offer to acquire 50% of luxury sports car designer and manufacturer Aston Martin, according to reports.
Principia et al. invest in Eco4Cloud
Principia and dpixel have invested €300,000, with a further €2m investment guaranteed, in Italian energy saving technology developer Eco4Cloud, according to reports.
Italian GPs circle Pirelli
Clessidra and Investindustrial are in exclusive talks over the holding company that indirectly controls Italian tyre manufacturer Pirelli.
Italy and Qatar launch €2bn joint venture
Fondo Stategico Italiano, the €4bn fund launched by the Italian government in 2011, has teamed up with Qatari holding company Qatar Holding LLC to form IQ Made in Italy Venture.
HgCapital's TeamSystem buys H-umus
Gruppo TeamSystem, a financial management software firm owned by HgCapital, has acquired multi-touch software solutions provider H-umus for around €4m.
2013: an excellent Italian vintage
Market conditions could be combining to make 2013 a great vintage for Italian growth capital investing. Amy King reports from the unquote” Italia Private Equity Congress in Milan
Quadrivio buys Suba Seeds
Italian buyout house Quadrivio has acquired a 52% stake in Suba Seeds, a distributor and manufacturer of vegetable seeds.
Southern Europe unquote" November 2012
After a bleary-eyed summer, Southern European deal activity awoke in October with a notable increase in both volume and value.
Southern Italian VCs shaping the industry's future
Southern Italy
Police investigate 2007 sale of Valentino to Permira
Italian police have seized assets worth €65m from the Marzotto family and its business associates under suspicion of tax evasion connected to the 2007 sale of Valentino to Permira, according to reports.