In 1H25, market participants announced or closed 313 private equity deals in Italy, while the BeBeez Private Equity Report 2024 mapped 588 transactions (see here a previous post by BeBeez). BeBeez Private Data expexcts a growth of the sector’s activity as well as of club deals, investment holdings and Spacs. In 1Q25 and 2Q25, market operators closed 4181 European deals worth 268.3 billion euros PitchBook says. Download here the full report
Bending Spoons, an Italian developer of apps, signed a binding agreement for the 1.38 billion US Dollars take-private acquisition of Nasdaq-listed Vimeo, a video contents platform (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Vimeo shareholders will get 7.85 US Dollars in cash per share for a 91% reward of July – August 2025 weighted average stock price at the market closure of 9 September, Tuesday. The vendors retained Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Allen & Company. Bending Spoons hired Latham & Watkins, JPMorgan, Wells Fargo, BNP, EY Advisory, and EY SLT. Jack Lodwick and Zach Klein founded Vimeo in 2004 and sold it to IAC/InterActiveCorp in 2006 which launched the business IPO on 26 July 2021. Glenn H. Schiffman and Philip Moyer are Vimeo head of directors and ceo. Luca Ferrari (ceo) Francesco Patarnello, Matteo Danieli, and Luca Querella are the founders of Bending Spoons. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Bending Spoons and its investors. Find out here how to subscribe for one month or one year or Click here for booking a demo videocall with BeBeez database manager
Mayhoola postponed the sale of 70% of Italian fashion firm Valentino to Kering that in 2023 paid 1.7 billion euros in cash for a 30% stake (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The transaction will close between 2029 when Kering and Mayhoola will exercise the put and call option they wrote.
Fondazione Armani became the owner of iconic Italian fashion firm Giorgio Armani after its founder Giorgio Armani passed away on 4 September, Thursday (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The Italian company could now gradually sell a stake to a sector peer or launch an IPO. Armani signed two wills that Milan’s public notary Elena Terrenghi filed with the Italian Inland Revenue (Agenzia delle Entrate) on 11 September, Thirsday. The wills are available for the subscribers to BeBeez News Premium and BeBeez Private Data.See here the 14March, Friday, files 1\4, 2\4, 3\4, and 4\4 and 2 April’s, Wednesday, 1\3, 2\3 and 3\3.
Italian producer of medical devices and food intergrators Ourvita, a portfolio company of Investindustrial, said it acquired the Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) HBI Health & Beauty Innovations from London-listed DCC (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The companies will generate aggregated sales of above 650 million euros and Matthias Brommer, the ceo of Ourvita, will head the merged entities. Investindustrial also opened its Japanese bureau in Tokyo. Andrea Bonomi is the founder and the chairman of the Industrial Advisory Board of the firm (see here a previous post by BeBeez). BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Investindustrial and its portfolio companies. Find out here how to subscribe for one month or one year or Click here for booking a demo videocall with BeBeez database manager.
Omnia Technologies (fka DT Holding), a packaging portfolio company of Investindustrial, acquired Pharmagel, Meccanica Italiana and E4i (see here a previous post by BeBeez). After such buys, Omnia expects to generate a 760 million euros turnover. The Peviani Family sold Pharmagel. Meccanica Italiana previously belonged to Luca Antonello (66.7%) and Lorenzo Campaner (33.3%). BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors and its portfolio companies. Find out here how to subscribe for one month or one year or Click here for booking a demo videocall with BeBeez database manager
Sincronis, a provider of maintenance services for the biomedical sector that is part HIG Capital portfolio company Polygon, acquired Logic Medical, an Italian competitor that previously belonged to Biovalley Investment Partner (51%), Lifescience, Arianna Zolli (14.29%), Andrea Gardumi (11.26%), Paola Gardumi (5.5%), and other minority shareholders (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Sincronis retained Studio Legale Praino e Associati, Spada Partners and Studio Gusmitta e Associati while Andrea Bitetto assisted the vendors. Enrico Tegon and Antonio Meroni are part of Sincronis board. Stefano Polvi, Alice Palliotto (cto) and Alessio Guida (head of sales) head Logic. Angelo Maresca is the ceo of Polygon Group. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors HIG Capital and its portfolio companies. Find out here how to subscribe for one month or one year or Click here for booking a demo videocall with BeBeez database manager
PAI Partners acquired 70% of Italian environmental engineering cluster company Orion from Xenon which created the business in 2024 out of the merger of Opus Automazione, TAE and Hydroskop (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Mediobanca advised the vendors. Orion’s ceo Stefano Solmi (13.4% owner) will keep his role and support the firm’s M&A growth strategy. Raffaele Vitale is a partner of PAI. Luca Dal Fabbro and Danilo Mangano are two managing partners of Xenon. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors PAI, Xenon and their portfolio companies. Find out here how to subscribe for one month or one year or Click here for booking a demo videocall with BeBeez database manager
FRIEM, an Italian producer of industrial machinery that belongs to the Carnelli Family and Fondo Italiano Tecnologia e Crescita (FITEC) – FII, said it acquired the majority of Poseico, a manufacturer of power semiconductors from ceo Filippo Vaccaro (70.8%) and chairman Marco Portesine that will reinvest for a minority (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Ughi e Nunziante, KPMG and Studio Russo De Rosa assisted FRIEM for which Lorenzo Carnelli acts as ceo and Fabrizio Carnelli as cfo. Poseico retained LCA, Thymos Business & Consulting and Gianluigi Cargioli. Giulio Montanaro acted as public notary di FRIEM. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors FITEC and its portfolio companies. Find out here how to subscribe for one month or one year or Click here for booking a demo videocall with BeBeez database manager
Altea Federation, a portfolio company of Chequers Capital, acquired Lake Web Internet Service & Application Provider which retained MP & Partners and Oliviero Perni (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Fabio De Giovannini is the target’s ceo while Matteo Anchieri is a director of Altea. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Chequers Capital and its portfolio companies. Find out here how to subscribe for one month or one year or Click here for booking a demo videocall with BeBeez database manager
Frigoveneta, a portfolio company of Ambienta, acquired the majority of Italian provider of industrial refrigeration systems Bonera Refrigerazioni from Mario Bonera (previous 51% owner) and Alessandro Bonera (49%) that will keep a minority of the business (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Bonera Refrigerazioni retained Project Group and PedersoliGattai. Ambienta hired Ethica Group, Gatti Pavesi Bianchi Ludovici and EY Parthenon. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Ambienta and its portfolio companies. Find out here how to subscribe for one month or one year or Click here for booking a demo videocall with BeBeez database manager
Aquanexa, a portfolio company of Algebris Investments’ vehicle Algebris Green Transition Fund (AGTF), acquired GEST IoT, a provider of technologies for data management and analysis in the integrated water cycle (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Carmelo Puglia, the target’s ceo, will act as Chief Technology Officer of Aquanexa that Andrea Lanuzza heads. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Algebris Green Transition Fund and its portfolio companies. Find out here how to subscribe for one month or one year or Click here for booking a demo videocall with BeBeez database manager
Sources said to BeBeez that Riello Investimenti acquired 60% of Apreamare Yachts from Penelope Aprea (previously 20% owner, now 13.33%), Antonino Stinga (20% – 13.33%), Cataldo Aprea (still in charge as chairman; 10% – 6.67%), and Rita Pollio (10%, still in charge as ceo; 10% – 6.67%) (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Riello hired Massimiliano Antonelli, Adacta Advisory, Gianni & Origoni, GEA, CDS Associati, and ERM. The vendors received assistance from Enricomaria Guerra & Partners. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Riello Investimenti and its portfolio companies. Find out here how to subscribe for one month or one year or Click here for booking a demo videocall with BeBeez database manager
The Saccone and Dalla Bona Families acquired from Alto Partners (a firm that Stefano Scarpis and Raffaele de Courten created) 30% of Olimpia Splendid, an Italian producer of air conditioning machines, and now own the whole business that Roberto Saccone (chairman), Marco Saccone (ceo) and Francesco Saccone (head of R&D) head (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Vitale Zane & Co, Equita Debt Advisory and BonelliErede advised the buyers. Federico Zaffaroni and Stefano Baiardo act as director and senior transaction advisor of Alto Partners which retained Molinari. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Alto Partners and its portfolio companies. Find out here how to subscribe for one month or one year or Click here for booking a demo videocall with BeBeez database manager
Sources said to BeBeez that Milan-based Assist Digital, an IT consultancy firm of which Ardian has 60% since 2023, acquired German 10 million euros turnover competitor DSaF-Dr. Schengber & Friends (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The buyer retained Kröber und Partner and New Deal Advisors. DsaF ceo Ingo Wostbrock and the managers will keep their roles. Francesca Gabrielli is the ceo of Assist Digital. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Ardian and its Italian portfolio companies. Find out here how to subscribe for one month or one year or Click here for booking a demo videocall with BeBeez database manager
Finint Equity For Growth (Finint E4G), part of Finint Investments, acquired 60% of AM, an Italian provider of maintenance services for the catering and hospitality sector, from Andrea Piccolo, Luca Gorgoglione and Maria Franca Pettazzi that will reinvest for a minority (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Epyon, Belluzzo International Partners and Carnelutti Lawfirm assisted the buyer. AM retained 618 Partners con il partner Riccardo Bersani per la parte finanziaria e l’avv. Augusto Grandi per gli aspetti legali. Vania Antonio Panizza is Finint Head of Private Equity, Lisa Martini is a Senior Analyst and Alessandro Dreon an Analyst. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Finint E4G and its portfolio companies. Find out here how to subscribe for one month or one year or Click here for booking a demo videocall with BeBeez database manager
Multiversity, an e-education firm that belongs to CVC Capital Partners, acquired the majority of Law Camp-Scuola Notarile Viggiani from Raffaele Viggiani who will retain a minority and his ceo role (see here a previous post by BeBeez). BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors CVC Capital Partners and its portfolio companies. Find out here how to subscribe for one month or one year or Click here for booking a demo videocall with BeBeez database manager
A club deal that Edoardo Lanzavecchia and Riccardo Monti led acquired Italian producer of industrial components Gruppo Casagrande from the eponymous Family (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Sergio Casagrande (chairman) and Mauro Casagrande reinvested for a minority while Fausto Carboni will act as CEO. Gennaro Del Sorbo, Unicredit’s head of UHNWIs said to BeBeez in a separate interview that 70 Italian families joined the club deal of Lanzavecchia and Monti (see here a previous post by BeBeez). UniCredit acted as exclusive referral agent for the fundraising with the support of its Wealth & Large Corporates unit that Massimiliano Mastalia leads and the bank’s Alternative Capital Market division.
House of Doge acquired Italian football club US Triestina Calcio 1918 from LBK Capital LLC that purchased the asset in 2023 and appointed Ben Rosenzweig as chairman (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Marco Margiotta is the ceo of House of Doge.
TECA, the family office of Toffano Pagnan, said it invested in Pane Forno Italiano for which Andrea Toffano will act as ceo and head the business with Cristian Campesato and Alberto Morato (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Studio Legale SAT acted as deal advisor. Studio Cortellazzo & Soatto assisted the buyer while the vendors retained Studio Testolin Crestani and Studio Linko Farinazzo.
UK Pioneer Point Partners acquired a majority stake in Italian renewable energy company Arpex (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Antonio Urban and the other founders will keep a minority of the business. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Pioneer Point Partners and its Italian portfolio companies. Find out here how to subscribe for one month or one year or Click here for booking a demo videocall with BeBeez database manager
Ou(r) Group, a holding of the Ruffini Family, signed an agreement for acquiring a minority of La Bottega, a luxury leisure and hospitality company (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Ou(r) Group will buy 14.7% of La Bottega FounderCo, the vehicle through which the Pacini Family owns 50.4% of the business. In 2024, Three Hills purhcased 49.6% of La Bottega. Tommaso Pacini is the ceo of La Bottega. Pietro Ruffini is the co-ceo of Ou(r) Group. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Three Hills and its portfolio companies. Find out here how to subscribe for one month or one year or Click here for booking a demo videocall with BeBeez database manager
French Socotec, a porfolio company of Cobepa, a Belgium’s multifamily office, Clayton Dubilier & Rice, Bpifrance and Mubadala Investment, acquired Greenwich and Prisma through its subsidiary Socotec Italia (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Greenwich vendors are Mario Angelo Pinoli (50%), Magico (35%) and Giuseppe Zaffino (15%). Rosa Pane (60%) and Giuseppe De Angelis (40%) sold Prisma. Massimo De Iasi is the ceo of Socotec Italia which retained Ethica Group and Bernoni Grant Thornton. Hervé Montjotin is the ceo of Socotec. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Bpifrance, Mubadala and their Italian portfolio companies. Find out here how to subscribe for one month or one year or Click here for booking a demo videocall with BeBeez database manager
The Bernuzzi Family acquired ABL Automazione, an asset that sold in 2019 to Gruppo Industrie Saleri, a portfolio company of Quaestio Capital (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Clarium and FBS Legal assisted the buyers. Zulli Tabanelli & Associati advised the vendors. Marco Bernuzzi and Mauro Bernuzzi will head ABL. Francesco Italo Saleri and Nicola Cosciani Cunico are the chairman and ceo of Industrie Saleri Italo. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Quaestio Italian Growth Fund and its portfolio companies. Find out here how to subscribe for one month or one year or Click here for booking a demo videocall with BeBeez database manager
Komplementa Investment Partners attracted commitments worth 70 million euros from Fondo Italiano di Investimento (cornerstone) and other firms ahead of a 150 million target (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The vehicle is Art 8 SFDR compliant and will target lower-mid market companies. Maurizio Esposito (ceo), Michele Foppiani, Giorgio Antichi, and Tiziana Gargiulo are the founders of Komplementa Investment Partners for which Luigi Radice acts as investment director and Nicola Annoscia as investment analyst.
Briano Castelli, Juan Pablo Meneses and Peter Kelly launched Albatross Partners, an Italian search fund that raised 0.696 million euros for acquiring an Italian B2B firm with an enterprise value of above 15 million (see here a previous post by BeBeez). See here the BeBeez Search Funds Insight View available for the subscribers to BeBeez News Premium and BeBeez Private Data. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors the Italian search funds and their portfolio companies. Find out here how to subscribe for one month or one year or Click here for booking a demo videocall with BeBeez database manager
Bologna University and Madrid IESE Business School alumnus Andrea Bernardi launched Columbus Capital, a search fund that aims to acquire a company with an enterprise value of 40 million euros and above (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Columbus Capital will target Southern European SMEs with a focus on green and energy with a 15 – 20 million turnover and an ebitda margin of more than 15% (or ebitda of 1.5 million), Bernardi said to BeBeez. The vehicle attracted the resources of Oliver Corlette (Black Mountain Partners), Stephan Morgan (Charterhouse Capital Partners), José Martin Cabiedes (Inversiones Cabiedes), James Simmons (Mazovia Capital), Alexander Schuil (Novidam), Jo Cockburn (Orca Equity Partners), Paolo Guida (partner ETA 1 – Eureka! Venture), Visconti Capital, Secways, and other investors. See here the BeBeez Search Funds Insight View available for the subscribers to BeBeez News Premium and BeBeez Private Data. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors the Italian search funds and their portfolio companies. Find out here how to subscribe for one month or one year or Click here for booking a demo videocall with BeBeez database manager
