Italy
Special Report: Italy
Special Report: Italy
Ambienta buys Tattile
Italian environmental investor Ambienta has acquired a 70% stake in machine vision and automation solutions firm Tattile.
Principia backs 4W Marketplace with €2.5m
Italian VC Principia has injected €2.5m into online advertising network 4W MarketPlace.
Vertis Venture et al. back AppsBuilder
Vertis Venture, Zernike Meta Ventures and business angels have backed Milan-based app development platform AppsBuilder with €1.5m.
Southern Europe unquote" October 2012
The aim of social-impact investment is to back companies that seek to solve the challenges society faces.
PAI partners acquires Marcolin in €207m LBO
PAI partners has agreed to acquire a 78.39% stake in listed Italian eyewear manufacturer Marcolin at a price of €4.25 per share.
Fondo Strategico Italiano prepares bid for Ansaldo Energia
Fondo Strategico Italiano will make a non-binding offer to acquire around 30% of power plant construction business Ansaldo Energia, according to reports.
Oltre tackles the big issue
Social impact investing, where funds target opportunities which offer a social as well as financial return, are taking off in some parts of Europe. However, in Italy they are a rare sight. Amy King reports
360 Capital holds first closing of venture fund
Venture investor 360 Capital Partners has held a first close on its second fund, 360 Capital 2011, on more than тЌ60m.
BDMI backs Nonabox
Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments (BDMI) has led a funding round for Nonabox, a Spanish online retailer of pregnancy and infancy products.
Vertis backs LinkPass with €1m
Southern Italian investor Vertis has injected €1m into professional networking app LinkPass.
TLcom backs Beintoo with $2m
London-based VC TLcom Capital has injected $2m into Beintoo, an Italian provider of loyalty programmes for apps and websites.
AXA PE buys 70% stake in Bruni Glass
AXA Private Equity has acquired a 70% stake in Italian glass containers producer Bruni Glass.
Clessidra makes offer for Telecom Italia
Italian GP Clessidra has made a non-binding offer for the entire business of television company Telecom Italia Media, according to reports in the local press.
AXA PE buys Limacorporate stake
AXA Private Equity and banking group Intesa Sanpaolo have acquired a 66% stake in orthopaedic devices producer Limacorporate.
2012 sees fewer state-backed funds
Fewer government-backed funds have been launched in 2012 than in previous crisis years, suggesting that either the market is picking up, or that even governments' aid efforts are failing.
Clessidra eyes Telecom Italia Media
Private equity firm Clessidra and several media companies are circling Italian television network Telecom Italia Media, according to reports in the local press.
Berrier Capital backs Ploonge
Italian private equity firm Berrier Capital has acquired a 25% stake in social dining site Ploonge, according to reports in the Italian press.
Southern Europe unquote" September 2012
Italian private equity houses Sator and Palladio finally retreated from insurer Fondiaria-Sai, relinquishing the troubled behemoth to the hands of the salotto buono, the figurative drawing room in which the nation’s elite clutch of industrial, financial...
Southern Europe unquote" July/August 2012
It was “nothing but a loan with very favourable conditions,” according to the Spanish economy minister. Not a “rescue” and certainly not a “bailout”.
Seat Pagine Gialle in €1.3bn debt-for-equity swap
Seat Pagine Gialle, the Italian directories firm backed by CVC Capital Partners, Permira and Investitori Associati, has announced the conversion of a tranche of bonds to equity.
PE firms lose Fondiaria to Italian inner circle
PE firms lose Fondiaria
Italian association introduces graduates to the industry
Italian private equity and venture capital association AIFI is to hold a conference in October to introduce young people to the industry.
21 Investimenti backs Assicom
Italian investor 21 Investimenti has acquired B2B credit collection services firm Assicom.