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After October 2023 in Rome and October 2024 in Milan, BeBeez International will be again the media partner third Italian edition of 0100 International – Zero One Hundred Conference, a leading European event for venture capital and private equity (see here a previous post by BeBeez). On 30 September, Tuesday, 0100 International presented at Stampa Estera Milan (the Italian Association of Foreign correspondents) the event that will take place at Palazzo Castiglioni, in Corso Venezia, and will bring together over 700 global leaders of private markets, including more than 500 LPs e GPs and in the organisation of which collaborated Milan Municipality and Milano&Partners. Alessia Cappello is the Councillor for Economic Development, Fashion and Design of the Municipality of Milan. Fiorenza Lipparini is the coo of Milano&Partners. Pavol Fuchs is the ceo of Zero One Hundred Conferences. Zero One Hundred Conferences is one of the leading networking platforms for private equity and venture capital in Europe. Since its foundation, it hosted over 50 events in more than 15 countries, with the participation of over 1500 speakers and 14000 professionals.
FSI and Milan-listed Azimut are completing the creation of 1.2 billion euros worth The New Bank (TNB) a digital wealth manager (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The partners are carrying on the acquisition of Banca di Sconto of which FSI will have 80.01% and Azimut a 19.99%. Paolo Martini will head TNB. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez monitors FSI 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
Italian AI and IT company Lutech, a portfolio asset of Apax Partners, signed an agreement for buying the Cloud and Cybersecurity units of Madrid-listed Making Science for up to 26 million euros (see here a previous post by BeBeez). In 2024, Spain Oman Private Equity Fund (Sopef) committed to invest up to 50 million in two years in Making Science. Lutech retained PCB Partners, DLA Piper and EY. GP Bullhound and Gómez-Acebo & Pombo advised Sopef, José Antonio Martínez Aguilar, Google, and other shareholders of Making Science. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Apax 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
Guala Closures, the Italian packaging company that belongs to Investindustrial since June 2021, signed an agreement for acquiring Nairobi-based competitor Metal Crowns (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Gurdipsingh Parmar will keep his executive director role. Andrea Lodetti is the ceo of Guala Closures. 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
Sources said to BeBeez that Sienna Private Equity, a private capital company that belongs to its partners and Bruxelles-listed Groupe Bruxelles Lambert, signed an agreement for acquiring 60% of Italian HSE firm Teco of which CEO Ivano Poggi now has 40% (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Sienna’s equity tickets are of 25 – 70 million euros. Teco retained Ethica Group. Alessandro Fogo is a partner and head of Italy for Sienna Private Equity. Vincent Catherine is the founder and managing partner of Sienna Private Equity. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Sienna Private Equity 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
Lucart, an Italian paper producer that belongs to Azzurra Capital, acquired the majority of Cartindustria Eurocarta (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Lucart retained Chiomenti, Alvarez & Marsal, Andersen, and ERM. Paolo Agati and Simona Agati are the co-ceos of Cartindustria Eurocarta. Francesco Pasquini is the ceo of Lucart. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Azzurra 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
Hyle Capital Partners and other shareholders sold Italian packaging company Manuzzi to Amsterdam-listed Acomo Delinuts Netherlands (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The closing may take place in 4Q25. NautaDutilh, KPMG and Deloitte advised the buyer. Hyle Capital Partners retained Vitale & Co,Advant Nctm and Spada Partners. Aurelio Manuzzi is the ceo of Manuzzi. Matteo Chieregato and Francesco Zito are the manager of Hyle Capital Partners. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Hyle 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
Carlyle Europe Technology Partners portfolio company Gruppo Lacour acquired Proger, a publisher of post-sale software for automotive, from cto Alfredo Paglionico and ceo Ciro De Pasquale (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Angelo Maïda is the chairman of Lacour. Cyril Bourdarot is a managing director of Carlyle. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Carlyle 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
Abenex acquired Zato, an Italian provider of technological solutions for the treatment and recovery of ferrous and non-ferrous metals, from LBO France and the founders Valerio Zanaglio and Alessandra Bresciani which will reinvest for a minority of the company (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Banco BPM, Banca IMI, Deutsche Bank, Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, Banca Sella, and Generali Asset Management financed the transaction. In March 2024, Chiara Venezia, a former senior director of LBO France and now a managing director of Scouting Capital & Family Advisors, carried on the acquisition of Zato. Arthur Bernardin is the Chief Private Equity Officer of Polis which manages LBO. Antonio Catalli and Jacopo Asinari di Bernezzo are Italy’s head and principal of Abenex. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors LBO France, Abanex 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
Carlo Stradi acquired from Alberto Campanini 50% of Custom, a provider of integrated technology solutions for service automation in the Retail, Hospitality, Aviation, Railways, Egovernment, and Industrial sectors (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Studio Legale Dentons assisted BPER Corporate & Investment Banking and BNL BNP Paribas which financed the transaction. Campanini retained Scouting Capital & Family Advisors and Pirola Pennuto Zei & Associati. Stradi hired Studio Legale Nunziante Magrone and Massimo Tartaro. Parma’s Alberto De Torres acted as public notary.
Italian integrated facility management Rekeep (fka Manutencoop Facility Management) acquired through Rekeep France a 65% of French competitor Pose Service from Caroline Toubart that kept her ceo role and a 35% stake (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Helder de Magalhaes is the ceo of Rekeep France. Federico Gandino will be the chairman of Pose Service. Rekeep retained Earvin & Lew Avocats and E&Y France while Lexcap assisted Pose Service. Claudio Levorato is the chairman of Rekeep.
Sources said to BeBeez that Imprese per la Crescita 3 (IXC3) – Azimut Libera Impresa acquired 60% of Contact Italia from Gruppo Eredi Maggi (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The buyer paid 40 million euros and received the financial support of BPER, Intesa Sanpaolo and MPS. Gruppo Eredi Maggi retained EY Parthenon, Domenico Pepe and Studio Gianni & Origoni while Green Horse Advisory assistedIXC3. Franco Maggi and Pietro Antonio Maggi are the chairman and ceo of Contact Italia. Andrea Cornetti is the ceo of RE and Infrastructures for Azimut Libera Impresa. Riccardo Cirillo is the Lead Investment partner of IXC3.
Arturo Salice, a portfolio company of Belgium’s Cobepa since 2022, acquired Villes 2000, an Italian producer of furniture components, from Carlo Villa and Franco Villa (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Andrea Marcellan is the ceo of Salice which retained New Deal Advisors and Osborne Clarke. Villes 2000 hired BSVA and VBA-IBI Consulting. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Cobepa 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
Denmark’s NTI Group, a portfolio company of Axcel since 2022, acquired Italian software publisher for real estate Orienta + Trium from Sonia De Toni (27% – ceo), Arrigo Bottegal (26.55%), Roberto Ghetti (26.55%), Riccardo D’Avella, Lucia D’Avella, and Annalisa Marcheggiano (20% in total) (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Alberto Tota, the ceo of NTI Italy, will head the acquired company. NTI Group retained Bird & Bird and Bernoni Grant Thornton. Mid Equity Partners and Gslex advised Orienta + Trium.
Sources said to BeBeez that GBSapri, an Italian insurance broker that belongs to Brera Capital and Headway Capital since 2024, acquired Italian competitor Alco Gestione Rischi from the ceo Aldo Colosimo that will keep his ceo role (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Carlo Maria Bassi is the ceo of GBSapri. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Brera Capital, Headway Capital 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
MSA Mizar, a Columna Capital’s company that manages insurance claims in outsourcing, acquired Dells Angels, a Swiss PDR (Paintless Dent Repair) of vehicles (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Rolf Hug (CEO), Antonio Rubino (COO) and Simone Verrillo (key manager) will keep their roles for the target. MSA Mizar retained Pedrazzini, Zanazza e Associati, Fidinam and Fischer Investas. Antonio Marchitelli is the ceo of MSA Mizar. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Columna 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
The Balzanelli Family sold FB Balzanelli to US competitor Davis-Standard, an Industrial company of Gamut Capital Management (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Norton Rose Fulbright assisted Davis-Standard. Tamburi Investment Partners and Deloitte advised FB Balzanelli for which Alessandro Balzanelli acts as ceo. Steve Andrews is the ceo of Davis Standard. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Gamut Capital Management 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 Tikedo, a labels producer that belongs to White Bridge Investments since 2023, acquired 80% of Spain’s competitor Etiart from ceo Lola Gomar who will reinvest for a minority and keep her management role as well as Maria Gomar and the other directors (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Vito Giurazza is the ceo of Tikedo which retained Bufete Barrilero y Asociados, Deloitte, Anthesis, and Proj.Eco. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors White Bridge Investments 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
Lapi Plast, an Italian producer of industrial components that belongs to Koinos Capital since 2024, acquired Simpla from Gabriele Imberti that will keep his ceo role and reinvest in the buyer (see here a previous post by BeBeez). BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Koinos 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
Dioniso, an even joint venture that Campari Group and LVMH portfolio company Moët Hennessy, sold online wines and spirits merchant Tannico to Gruppo Castel (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Marco Magnocavallo, Juliette Elodie Bellavita, Cristiano Pellegrino, Riccardo Zilli, and Marco Sangiovanni founded Tannico with the support of Shoppable.it, a company in which invested P101 and Club Digitale in 2015
Isem Packaging Group, a portfolio company of Peninsula Capital, sold a 60.8% stake to Abu Dhabi’s Multiply Group (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Peninsula Capital and other investors will keep 39,2% of the asset. Francesco Pintucci is the ceo of ISEM Group. Samia Bouazza is the ceo of Multiply Group. Borja Prado is a founding partner of Peninsula Capital.
AMF Group, an Italian producer of accessories for luxury fashion items that belongs to Alpha Private Equity, acquired Benelli Ademaro from Simone Tanganelli, Alessandro Tanganelli and Giovanni Ducci that will reinvest in the project (see here a previous post by BeBeez). AMF retained Clearwater, PedersoliGattai, Alvarez & Marsal, and Essentia. Benelli Ademaro received assistance from Francolini & Partners, LCA and Studio Professionale Ferri-Martini while Chiomenti advised the undisclosed lenders.
Ardonagh Italia, a subsidiary of global insurance broker The Ardonagh Group (a portfolio company of Madison Dearborn Partners, HPS Investment Partners, Abu Dhabi InvestmentAuthority – ADIA, and StonePoint Capital) said it acquired Tassicuro from the founder Andrea Viganotti (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Gianluca Graziani and Carlo Faina are the co-ceos of Ardonagh Italia. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Madison Dearborn, HPS Partners, ADIA , Stone Point Capital, 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
Mediobanca Private Banking’s UHNW and HNW clients will now be able to invest in EQT Nexus Infrastructure, an evergreen fund (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The open structure of EQT Nexus Infrastructure allows monthly subscriptions and periodic redemptions under specific limits and conditions. The fund generally reinvests its resources with the aim of increasing returns on both initial capital and previous profits, generating a virtuous cycle. Francesco Starace, the former ceo of Enel is a partner of EQT Infrastructure. Peter Beske Nielsen is EQT Global Head of Private Wealth & Evergreen Solutions.
Domenico Lombardi, Professor of the Practice of Public Policy and Director of Rome-based LUISS School of Government’s Policy Observatory, replaced Davide Bertone as ceo of Fondo Italiano d’Investimento (see here a previous post by BeBeez). BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Fondo Italiano di Investimento 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
In 3Q25, the Italian M&A market shrunk in terms of number of deals and their value, said a report that KPMG partner Max Fiani elaborated with other associates (press release) (see here a previous post by BeBeez). In 2024, market operators closed 1369 deals worth in the region of 73 billion euros (1272 transactions for 38 billion in 2023). Transactions in 2025 could amount to 70 billion.
