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Temasek’s port operator PSA International signed an agreement with Autorità di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale (AdSP) for investing one billion US Dollars in the terminal PSA Genova Pra’ which belongs to its subsidiary PSA Italy that also owns Italian containers terminals PSA Venice-Vecon and PSA SECH (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Edoardo Rixi is Italy’s Deputy Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport. Matteo Paroli is the chairma of AdSP Mar Ligure Occidentale.
Pollen Street Capital retained Evercore for the sale of Italian insurance broker Wide Group, a firm that Gianluca Melani, Gerardo Di Francesco and Matteo Barbini founded, on the ground of an enterprise value of 400 million euros (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The asset is of interest to Cvc, Hg and Permira. Wide previously received a 300 million financing facility from NYSE-listed giant BlackRock. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Pollen Street Capital and its investments. Find out here how to subscribe for one month or one year or Click here for booking a demo videocall with BeBeez database manager.
Global Aerospace Technologies Group (GAT), a company of Investindustrial (86.6%) and the Gnutti Family, will merge with Milan-listed Officina Stellare (OS) (see here a previous post by BeBeez). BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Investindustrial and its investments. 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, a portfolio company of Investindustrial that ceo Andrea Lodetti heads, acquired Mexican competitor Vinventions from Luxembourg L-GAM (see here a previous post by BeBeez). BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Investindustrial and its investments. Find out here how to subscribe for one month or one year or Click here for booking a demo videocall with BeBeez database manager.
Berardi Bullonerie, an Italian distributor of fasteners and provider of integrated logistics services that belongs to HIG Capital since 2022, acquired competitor Fastpoint from the Carossa Family (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Giovanni Berardi is the chairman of Berardi while Mauro Pasini is the ceo. Davide Carossa is the ceo of Fastpoint. Raffaele Legnani heads the Italian office of HIG while Giovanni Guglielmi acts as managing director. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors HIG Capital and its investments. Find out here how to subscribe for one month or one year or Click here for booking a demo videocall with BeBeez database manager
Mindful Capital Partners, the private equity that Alberto Forchielli leads, Miura Partners, and Capital Dynamics signed a binding agreement for selling a 50% and one share of Italcer, an Italian producer of high-end tiles that Graziano Verdi heads, to Vienna-listed competitor Wienerberger (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Intesa Sanpaolo, Lazard, Legance, Giovannelli, and KPMG assisted the vendors that may carry on a full exit next year while the closing should take place in April 2026. Sources said to BeBeez that prior to this deal Italcer belonged to Mindful Capital Partners (25%), Miura Partners (43%), Capital Dynamics, and other minority shareholders. Lorenzo Stanca, is a managing partner of Mindful Capital. Jordi Alegre is a managing partner of Miura Capital. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Mindful Capital Partners, Miura Partners, Capital Dynamics, and their investments. Find out here how to subscribe for one month or one year or Click here for booking a demo videocall with BeBeez database manager
On 27 February, Friday, expired the deadline for tendering to the public offer that Banca CF+ launched on Milan-listed Banca Sistema (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The bidder belongs to Elliott Investment Management and Tages. Gianluca Garbi is the ceo of Banca Sistema. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Elliott Investment Management, Banca CF Plus and their investments. Find out here how to subscribe for one month or one year or Click here for booking a demo videocall with BeBeez database manager
ConsulBrokers, a firm that belongs to JC Flowers portfolio company OneItalia Alliance, acquired EXE Insurance Broker from ceo Stefano Cossa, the Maria Carmela Di Bella and her family (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Marco Amato is the OneItalia Alliance’s head of M&A. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors JC Flowers and its investments. Find out here how to subscribe for one month or one year or Click here for booking a demo videocall with BeBeez database manager
Wise Equity signed an agreement for acquiring the majority of Italian vending machines company Fas International from the Adriani Family that will reinvest for a minority with ceo Francesco Cantini, the Boschetti and Marzotto families (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Crédit Agricole Italia, Banco Bpm, UniCredit, BNL, and BPER Banca financed Wise Equity which retained Fineurop Soditic, Simmons & Simmons, Studio Spada Partners, Chiomenti, KPMG, Bonfiglioli Consulting, ERM, and Flowers&Klein. Luca Adriani is the chairman of Fas International which received assistance from New Team and Studio Casa & Associati. Luigi Vagnozzi (senior partner), Paolo Zucchi, (principal) and Anna Fusi (analyst) are part of Wise. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Wise and its investments. 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 No Dig Alliance, a provider of trenchless services for water and sewerage networks that belongs to Ambienta since 2025, acquired Finnish Suomen Putkisto Palvelu from ceo Juha Boman and his family (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Milena Torciano is a partner of Ambienta, a firm that Nino Tronchetti Provera founded. Patrik Larsson is the ceo of No Dig Alliance. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Ambienta and its investments. Find out here how to subscribe for one month or one year or Click here for booking a demo videocall with BeBeez database manager
Stockholm-listed perpetual compounder Indutrade signed an agreement for acquiring Italy’s 30 million euros turnover CAT Ricambi (see here a previous post by BeBeez). KPMG and Studio Legale De Berti Jacchia Franchini Forlani assisted the buyer while Bureau Plattner, Edoardo Zilibotti, Pipicella Zilibotti Capital, and bP Corporate Finance advised CAT Ricambi that previously belonged to Mirco Cerfogli (33.34%), Stefano Dalmari (33.33%) and Emiliano Luppi (33.33%). Bo Annvik is the ceo of Indutrade while Andrea Imbriani, the Italy managing director, said to BeBeez that CAT Ricambi sector is of interest for the firm. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Indutrade and its investments. 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 RedFish Capital acquired Sysnet, an Italian provider of systems and technologies supporting mission-critical processes in the railway, industrial, civil and military sectors, while the vendors Sogiga and ceo Daniele Cardesi will reinvest for a 10% and a 15% (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Paolo Pescetto and Guido Gigliotti are the chairman and a senior analyst of RedFish which retained Studio Solving. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors RedFish Capital and its investments. Find out here how to subscribe for one month or one year or Click here for booking a demo videocall with BeBeez database manager
Grastim JV, an Italian energy infrastructure company of the Grassi Family, sold a majority stake to White Summit Capital (WSC) that will support the target with investments worth 300 million euros in capex for the next five years (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Vito Grassi is the chairman of the target that banks with Intesa Sanpaolo. Mediobanca, Alfredo Mazzei, Adriano Di Micco, and BonelliErede advised the vendors. Pablo Pallás is a managing partner of WSC. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors White Summit Capital and its investments. 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 Società Aeroporto Catania (SAC) retained Mediobanca for exploring options and is of interest to 2i Aeroporti, a portfolio company of F2i and Asterion, ADQ, and Save Group which belongs to Ardian and Finint (see here a previous post by BeBeez). BeBeez reported in October 2025 that SAC was mulling for selling a stake to a partner. The company currently belongs to Camera di Commercio Sud Est Sicilia (60.64%), Città Metropolitana di Catania, Istituto Regionale per lo Sviluppo delle Attività Produttive e Libero Consorzio Comunale di Siracusa (12.13% each), Catania Municipality (2.02%), and Comiso Municipality (0.96%).
Kyip Capital acquired a 36% of Chiron Group, a network of polyclinics Andrea Cicchiello, Luigi Fato, Gianfranco Triumbari, Luca Sconoscuto, and Andrea Garoglio founded (see here a previous post by BeBeez). BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Kyip Capital, Tenax Capital and their investments. 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 high-end textile Limonta, a portfolio company Tamburi Investment Partners, acquired 60% of Novaresin and Pirandello & Gregorin from the Fumagalli Family (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Arkios Italy and Alpeggiani Avvocati Associati assisted Novaresin and Pirandello & Gregorini. Novaresin previously belonged to Marco Fumagalli and Andrea Fumagalli (61.85%) who carried a total exit and sold 1.85% to ceo Antonio Donghi that now owns 40% of the business with his family. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors TIP and its investments. Find out here how to subscribe for one month or one year or Click here for booking a demo videocall with BeBeez database manager.
Andion CH4 Renewables, an energy portfolio company of Equitix Next Generation Fund, said it signed a binding agreement for acquiring a biomethane plant in Cella Dati from Milan-listed utility IREN and Santini Agricoltura Rinnovabile (SAR) (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The asset has a powoer of up to 56 GWh. Studio Legale De Berti Jacchia Franchini Forlani advised Andion CH4 while Parola Associati assisted IREN and SAR. The buyer reportedly received a 67 million euros credit line from Goldman Sachs Alternatives. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Equitix and its investments. 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 Massacesi the founder of club deal platform OnEquity STM, said to BeBeez that the firm subscribed to a 1 million euros capital increase of Kartland, a company active in the field of management of tracks and maintenance of amateur karting vehicles (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Matteo Zanettin is the coo, founder and previous 45% owner of Kartland which also belonged to Catado Mininno 45% and Simone Dal Grande 10%. Mininno & Partners assisted OnEquity. Massacesi, Cipriano Marzotto and Sebastiano Marzotto will join the board of Kartland. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors OnEquity and its investments. Find out here how to subscribe for one month or one year or Click here for booking a demo videocall with BeBeez database manager
Oversonic Robotic attracted the investment of Comat, an Italian energy company that Vittorio Micelli heads (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Paolo Denti is the ceo and former 12.13% owner of Oversonic which also belonged to Fabio Puglia (36.38%) and FinTel (34.09%), a company of Claudio Bulgarelli (52%) and Gabriella Benedini (48%).
A21 Holding, a provider of services for the automotive sector, acquired for 0.8 million euros the whole of Car Solution Rent of which it already had 51% (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Luca Bindi (former 8% owner) will keep his rola has long term rental head of sales while Mirko Suma will act as sales manager for short-term business and vans. Simone Mucciante and Matteo Massone are the ceo and coo of A21 Holding.
Riccardo Maria Monti invested in Renovarum Capital, an advisory firm that Pietro Reccia and Stefano Mercaldo founded and for which he will act as chief strategy officer (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Lumina Holding, a firm of Salvatore Sinigaglia, owns 40% of Renovarum.
Aer Soléir, an Irish renewable energy company that belongs to Quantum Energy Partners, invested 170 million euros to implement an electrochemical storage project (BESS – Battery Energy Storage System) in Rondissone (Turin area) (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Andy Kinsella is the ceo of Aer Soléir. Gilberto Pichetto Fratin is the Italian Ministry for the Environment and Energy Security. Antonio Magnone is the mayor of Rondissone.
LMDV, the investment holding of Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio, Mario Miyakawa, Matteo Miyakawa, and Francesco Miyakawa launched Shirabi Gin (see here a previous post by BeBeez). BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors LMDV and its investments. Find out here how to subscribe for one month or one year or Click here for booking a demo videocall with BeBeez database manager
Canarbino raised from 50% to 80% is stake in Energia Pulita, a joint venture that previously signed with Axpo Italia, the subsidiary of Axpo, that will keep a 20% of the asset (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Aldo Sammartano is the chairman of Canarbino. Simone Demarchi is the ceo of Axpo Italia.
Sources said to BeBeez that Fondo Italiano d’Investimento senior partner and chief investment officer Giampaolo Di Dio is close to resign (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Domenico Lombardi heads the firm which belongs to Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (55% through CDP Equity), UniCredit (12.5%), Intesa Sanpaolo (12.5%), Fondazione ENPAM (5%), Fondazione ENPAIA (5%), ABI (3.5%), Banco BPM (3.25%), and BPER Banca (3.25%). BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors and its investments. Find out here how to subscribe for one month or one year or Click here for booking a demo videocall with BeBeez database manager
Morgan Stanley will soon start to raise in Italy the resources for its Morgan Stanley Private Markets ELTIF, a semi-liquid vehicle that will invest in in private equity, private credit, private real assets, and in listed financial instruments (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Investors will be able to redeem their tickets quarterly from June 2027 while making subscriptions monthly. Federico Vettore is the head of European private markets for Wealth at MSIM. Steve Turner is the Head of Investment Selection at the Morgan Stanley Portfolio Solutions Group.
