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Named Group, an Italian maker of nutraceutical products that belongs to White Bridge Investments, is receiving assistance from Nomura and Ethica Corporate Finance for a sale process on the ground of an enterprise value of 800 million euros that already attracted the interest of Stada Arzneimittel, TA Associates, Cinven, Carlyle, Charterhouse, and Advent (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Stefano Devescovi and Marco Pinciroli created White Bridge Investments in 2018. 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
Rai Way and EI Towers, a company of which F2i has 60% and MFE-MediaForEurope 40%, will extend by a further three to six months their talks about a merger for which they signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding in December 2024 (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The merged entity may have an enterprise value of 4 billion euros. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors F2i 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 tech company TeamSystem, a portfolio company of Hellmann&Friedmann, Silver Lake Partners, ADIA, and CapitalG, acquired Sellsy, a French provider of cloud solutions for SMEs, from PSG Equity (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Mediobanca, EY and Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer acted as buy-side advisors. Sellsy retained Houlihan Lokey, Alvarez & Marsal, Weil, and Orrick. Federico Leproux is the ceo of TeamSystem. Christian Stein and Alexandre Berenga are directors of PSG Equity. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Hellmann&Friedmann, Silverlake, ADIA, CapitalG, 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
Sonnedix, a renewable energy company that belongs to JP Morgan Asset Management, acquired five photovoltaic plants in Italy with a total power of 225 MW from Clean Energy – Capital Dynamics (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Mario Volpe is the head of growth of Sonnedix for Southern Europe and representative director for Italy. Dario Bertagna is a senior managing director and co-head of Clean Energy. Lupo Leonardi is a principal of Clean Energy – Capital Dynamics.
Cristian Pederzini, the founder and chairman of Italpizza, raised to 100% its stake in the business after having acquired from Cyprus Holdxa Limited a 24.5% stake (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The transaction is worth 67 million euros. Benessia Jorio assisted the vendors. Studio Legale Chiarello e Tomei and Bagni Fiorcari Huller advised Pederzini while Luca Montali acted as public notary.
Eurmoda, a fashion firm that belongs to Aurora Growth Capital, Mindful Capital Partners and ceo Marco Vecellio, acquired Italian competitor La Cerniera (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The target previously belonged to Giovanni D’Andria (34.3%), Monte Paschi Fiduciaria (21.1%), Fabio Faltoni (12-3%), Lorenzo Bevilacqua (11%) and Aletti Fiduciaria (8.8%). The vendors will reinvest for a minority of Eurmoda which retained LMCR Studio Legale, Spada Partners, Deloitte, and TAUW. La Cerniera hired Deloitte Advisory and Deloitte Legal. D’Andria will be the ceo of Eurmoda. Giacinto d’Onofrio is a managing partner of Aurora Growth Capital. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Aurora Growth 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
Italian search fund Cassandra Investments, a partnership that Emanuele Charalambis and Riccardo Donadel created in 2022, acquired high-tech waste management firm New Roglass from the ceo Federico Gritti that kept a 10% of the business and a role of strategic advisor (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Cassandra Investments received assistance from Gianni & Origoni, PwC, TAUW, and Essentia. See here the Search Fund Insight View of BeBeez 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
PA ABS (Alveo Group), a equity partnership of Alcedo, FVS, Friulia, Clessidra Capital Credit sgr, ceo Mariano Thiella, and Fabio Scagliarini, said it acquired Italian logistic firm ConnectHub Digital from Lenet (fka Thun) (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Alveo retained Studio Advant NCTM and Studio Spada. Peter Thun is the chairman of Lenet which appointed EY and Fineurop Soditic. Marco Calzolari is the ceo of Alveo Group. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Alveo Group, Alcedo, FVS, Friulia, Clessidra Capital Credit, 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
La Bottega, a producer of high-end items for luxury leisure that belongs to Three Hills Capital Partners and Ou(r) Group, rebranded as La Bottega Collective (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Tommaso Pacini is the ceo company of which he owns little below 36% with his family. In 2024, Three Hills invested 115 million euros for acquiring a 49.6% of the company. Ou(r) Group belongs to Remo Ruffini and recently purchased 14.7% of the business. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Three Hills, Ou(r) Group 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
ClubDeal, a fintech platform for private assets that ceo Antonio Chiarello created and received the authorization of Consob and Banca D’Italia, said it will tokenize its shares that will become financial instruments registered on public blockchain fully equated with traditional instruments (see here a previous post by BeBeez). BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors ClubDeal 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
FIS (Fabbrica Italiana Sintetici), an Italian chemical company that belongs to Bain Capital Private Equity, said it will invest 20 million euros for expanding its plant in Montecchio Maggiore (Vicenza area) (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Daniele Piergentili is the ceo of FIS. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Bain Capital Private Equity 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
F2i’s Sorgenia received the European Commission authorization for selling a 38% stake to Sixth Street (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Renato Ravanelli is the ceo of F2i. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors F2i, Sixth Street 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
Italian pet products retailer Arcaplanet appointed Guillaume Seneclauze as ceo for replacing Nicolò Galante and handle the company’s merger with Cinven portfolio company Fressnapf | Maxi Zoo that ceo Matt Simister heads (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Arcaplanet and MaxiZoo Italia integration has an enterprise value of 1.3 billion euros (see here the Prospectus of the Bond that Cinven issued for the buyout – available for the subscribers to BeBeez News Premium and BeBeez Private Data). Speaking at the November 2024 BeBeez Web Caffè about the pet economy, Cinven’s Italian head Matteo Corà said that the company aims to grow further through the creation of veterinary clinics. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Cinven, Fressnapf 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
Solida Capital, Alsara Investment Group and Vivium acquired from Progressio the Italian high-end furniture producer Gruppo Giorgetti for which Giovanni del Vecchio acts as ceo (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The vendor purchased the target in 2015 on the ground of an enterprise value in the region of 30 million euros. Alsara Investment Group, Solida Capital and Vivium retained Pirola Corporate Finance, White & Case and EY. Progressio received assistance from DC Advisory, Legance, BCG, Deloitte, and Russo De Rosa Associati. Giorgetti’s ceo del Vecchio and general manager sales Federico Maria Bianca kept their roles. Alsara Investment Group is a company that Rachid Mohamed Rachid, the former Egypt’s Minister of Trade, Industry and Investment, created. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Progressio 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 diversified IT group Zucchetti invested more than 10 million euros for raising from 51% to 100% its stake in MYGO – My Governance, a SaaS company that ceo Davide Caiazzo founded (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The target has sales of 2.2 million, an ebitda margin of 60.14% and net cash of 1.76 million. The buyer belongs to Alessandro Zucchetti and Cristina Zucchetti and has a turnover of 1.2 billion, 351 million ebitda, a net financial debt of 400 million, and equity of 898 million.
Italian fashion brand Slam, a portfolio company of VAM Investments since 2021, attracted the interest of Italian shipping company Gruppo MSC (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Enrico Chieffi is the ceo of Slam which has sales of 8.3 million euros, an ebitda of minus 5.1 million and equity of 11 million. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors VAM Invetsments 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
Lodestar, a portfolio company of Bravo Capital Partners since 2022, said it acquired It’s from Maurizio Balzarini (45%), Piergiulio De Angelis (45%) and Alberto Minotti (10%) with the financial support of Cassa Centrale Banca, BCC di Brescia and BCC Rivarolo Mantovano (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Fabio Luinetti is the ceo of Lodestar which retained BonelliErede, Deloitte and EY. Milano Notai acted as public notary. It’s received assistance from Madrigal Capital Partners and Giliberti Triscornia e Associati. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Bravo 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
Leviahub, an Italian supply chain company, acquired Portuguese logistic firm Devlop (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Leviahub has a 19 million euros turnover, an ebitda of 3.2 million and a net financial debt of one million. The company belongs to Unica Holding (55.63%), Immobiliare Azzurra (32.5%) and Dada (11.88%). Hugo Duarte Da Fonseca is the managing partner of Devlop.
Norway’s investment company Hawk Infinity Group acquired Italian software house Polisystem Informatica from ceo Paolo Borghi (70%) and Marina Rezzini (30%) (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The Borghi Family will reinvest in the buyer while Clarissa Borghi will act as co-ceo. Deloitte Advisory and SAT Studio Legale – Spinazzi Azzarita Troi Genito Scimemi assisted Polisystem Informatica. CMS Adonnino Ascoli & Cavasola Scamoni advised Hawk Infinity. Even Fuglestad is a partner of Hawk Infinity.
