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Private Equity professionals and portfolio companies’ managers can click here to book a place for the Award Event of 4 November, Wednesday
BeBeez editorial team nominated the managers competing for the award on the ground of BeBeez Private Data analysis of the following indicators:
– M&A deals of the portfolio companies carried out in the last 24 months;
– secondary buyouts or share transfers based on rising enterprise value
– transformational M&A
– significant financing or refinancing transactions
– substantial business growth over the past year
Nominations
Big deal/big round/big bond
Giovanni Fassi, group ceo Fassi Group
Andrea Giustini, presidente Eco-Eridania
Sergio Iorio, group ceo Italmatch
Lilviana Sforza, ceo Isoclima
Add-on (Italian and Foreign targets)
Gianluca Cencia, ceo RinovHa
Marco Codognola, ceo Itelyum
Vito Giurazza, ceo Tikedo
Federico Scalaberni, ceo ATTA Group
Transformational M&A
Maria Cecilia La Manna, ceo Italtractor
Andrea Lanuzza, ceo Aquanexa
Marco Rampichini, ceo Glacialis
Andrea Stolfa, ceo Omnia Technologies
Growth
Giuliano Fontanesi, ceo Sostelia
Marco Giovannini, chairman Mech-I-Tronic
Antonio Musacchio, ceo Gruppo Servizi Associati
Maurizio Odoardi, ceo Advanced Control Solutions
Readers’ Special Award
BeBeez readers will be able to nominate a CEO of their choice who heads a company in the industrial products & services sector that belongs to a private equity firms and major venture capital firms
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We look forward to meeting you on 1 December, Tuesday, at Milan’s Palazzo Mezzanotte, for the BeBeez Private Capital Summit 2026
Where Italy Meets Alternative Capital.
A super early-bird 40% discount is available (deal expiring on 31 August, Monday)
Professionals working for private capital funds, institutional investors, financial avisors, business lawyers, entrepreneurs, and managers
will highlight the Italian market evolution.
The event will articulate as follows:
☀️ The State of Private Markets 2026
🌙 Private Capital Gala
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On 30 October, Friday, Milan-listed Banca Sistema’s Janus SPV finalised the pro-soluto sale of NPEs with the civil administration for a net total of 25 million euros (see here a previous post by BeBeez). An undisclosed international investor acquired the credits in private placement. Iacopo De Francisco is the ceo and coo of Banca Sistema which is reportedly close to merge with Banca CF+, a portfolio company of Elliott Management. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Elliott 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
Milan-listed Webuild raised 34.58% of Milan-listed Trevi Finanziaria Industriale (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Pietro Salini is the ceo of Webuild which reportedly launched a take private offer on Tevi at 5,165 euros per share in cash (up to 221.59 million euros). The deadline for tendering is 20 November, Friday, with payment on 27 November, Friday. Trevi also belongs to CDP Equity (21.3%) and Polaris Capital Management. Webuild appointed Intermonte and will receive financial support from Intesa Sanpaolo, Goldman Sachs Bank Europe and Natixis Milan Branch. Trevi is also reportedly of interest to Milan-listed ICOP, a company of the Petrucco Family, that tabled a bid of 0,165 of its shares of new issuance for each stock of the target ending on 20 November. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors CDP 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 Sofinter, a portfolio company of Frankfurt-listed Mutares, completed the restructuring of its banking debt and sold a 10% stake to Termokimik Corporation Impianti e Procedimenti Industriali (TKC) (see here a previous post by BeBeez). KPMG Advisory, PedersoliGattai and Iannaccone e Associati assisted Sofinter. CRCCD, Molinari, Deloitte Legal, GLAS Agency Services, Ranalli e Associati,and Chiomenti advised the banks while TKC retained LogotetaRossetto. The sources said that Sofinter belongs to Nova Energy Holding (91.3%), Gammon Holding Mauritius Limited (4.3%), Gammon International BV (3.99%), Terza Iniziativa (0.21%), AC Boilers (0.15%), and Maria Macaluso (0.05%). Nova Energy Holding shareholders are Mutares (51%) and Axiom Partners 12 (49%). BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Mutares 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
On 24 November, Tuesday, Filippo Meneghello, a judge of Rimini Court, will appraise the receivership application of Gilmar, an Italian fashion firm that belongs to the Gerani Family (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Press reports said that Gilmar, the owner of Iceberg brand, may carry on a restructuring with three actions: the sale of the contract manufacturing business unit; the phased winding down of the licensing business, following the delivery of the autumn-winter 2026 orders; and the disposal of the 35000 sqms mortgage-free industrial plant in San Giovanni in Marignano (Rimini area).
Minor Italian football team Reggiana is of interest to NXTPLAY Capital (a Spanish investment platform of Real Madrid’s goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois) – Andrea Radrizzani, Gianpiero Balestrieri and an undisclosed pool of Italian entrepreneurs of Brixia (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Corrado Baldini and Eugenio Imbergamo are the reported sale advisors. Gonzalo Vila and Courtois founded NXTPLAY which invested in Le Mans FC (France), KRC Genk (Belgium) and CD Extremadura (Spain). Balestrieri could table an offer of 6.5 million. Reggiana belongs to Romano Amadei (74.79%), Carmelo Salerno (20%) and Giuseppe Fico (5.21%). Reggiana has net losses of 2.21 million, according to BeBeez data.
