Intesa Sanpaolo

Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. is a prominent Italian banking group formed from the merger of Banca Intesa and Sanpaolo IMI. It operates through multiple segments, including retail banking, corporate and investment banking, international subsidiary banks, asset management, private banking, and insurance services. The bank provides a wide range of financial products, such as lending and deposit services, industrial credit, factoring, leasing, consumer credit, and payment systems. Additionally, it offers wealth management, life and non-life insurance, as well as bancassurance and pension fund services. Intesa Sanpaolo serves a diverse clientele, including individuals, small and medium-sized enterprises, corporations, financial institutions, and high net worth individuals. The bank has a significant presence with over 4,800 branches across Italy and additional locations in Central Eastern Europe and the Middle East and North Africa. Headquartered in Turin, Intesa Sanpaolo is a leader in the Italian banking sector, boasting substantial market shares in various business areas.

Debora Arioli

Head of Investor Relations

Nicoletta Bertolini

Investor Relations

Marco Delfrate

Investor Relations

Giorgio Grossi

Investor Relations

Carlo Messina

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer

Giuliano Nava

Investor Relations

Lucia Pastori

Investor Relations Officer

Sara Pellicano

Investor Relations Officer

Valeria Pozzi

Investor Relations

Stefano Del Punta

Chief Financial Officer

Carla Puricelli

Investor Relations Officer

Chiara Raponi

Investor Relations

Andrea Tamagnini

Investor Relations

40 past transactions

Low Carbon

Debt Financing in 2023
Operator of an investment and asset management company intended to operate renewable energy projects. The company specializes in large-scale renewable energy projects to combat climate change, low low-carbon builds, thereby enabling customers to have a net-zero energy future, powering the environment with renewable sources

Generalfinance

Debt Financing in 2023
Generalfinance is a financial management agency that provides flexible services designed to address the company's debt issues.

Bending Spoons

Venture Round in 2022
Bending Spoons is a technology company based in Milan, Italy, that specializes in developing and marketing mobile applications. Founded in 2013, the company has quickly gained traction, achieving tens of millions of downloads and maintaining a substantial user base. Bending Spoons focuses on creating applications that are both functional and visually appealing, utilizing advanced proprietary technologies and artificial intelligence for features such as video editing and image enhancement. The team comprises talented and ambitious professionals, including software engineers, data scientists, and graphic designers, many of whom have backgrounds with prestigious organizations. The company supports flexible working arrangements and is committed to building a strong team to drive its ambition of becoming a leading app developer and publisher globally.

Casavo

Debt Financing in 2022
Casavo Management S.p.A. operates an online platform that simplifies the buying and selling of homes. Founded in 2016 and based in Milan, Italy, the company leverages technology to provide real-time property evaluations and purchase offers within 24 hours, allowing sellers to complete transactions in as little as 30 days after a maximum of two home visits. By directly acquiring properties, Casavo significantly reduces the time needed for sales, although offers typically reflect an average 8% discount compared to market prices. Once acquired, properties are either renovated or fractioned and resold quickly. The platform serves both real estate agencies and private sellers, aiming to create a seamless and efficient experience in the real estate market.

CityFibre

Debt Financing in 2022
CityFibre Infrastructure Holdings Limited is the largest independent provider of fiber infrastructure in the United Kingdom, focusing on secondary cities. Established in 2013 and based in London, the company designs, builds, operates, and owns independent fiber networks, managing over 4,500 km of fiber. CityFibre offers a range of products, including metro dark fiber, long-distance dark fiber, and consumer FTTP services, catering to public sector entities, businesses, and residential customers. The company partners with various service providers to deliver its services and manages over 100 private fiber projects along with seven metropolitan fiber networks under long-term contracts. Notably, CityFibre is recognized for the UK's largest FTTH project in Bournemouth, where its Internet Service Provider, Gigler, offers gigabit-speed services. Recent expansions include the announcement of Peterborough as a next Gigabit City project, alongside existing initiatives in Bournemouth and York.

Thought Machine

Series D in 2022
Thought Machine Group Limited is a fintech company based in London, UK, founded in 2017. It specializes in developing Vault, a cloud-native core banking platform designed to address the challenges faced by traditional banks that rely on outdated IT infrastructure. Vault operates in real time and automates data analytics and regulatory reporting, offering a range of services including smart contracts, customer data management, and integrations. The platform is built on a microservice API architecture, allowing banks to easily configure it to meet their specific needs. With a strong emphasis on engineering excellence, Thought Machine aims to facilitate innovation in the banking sector and improve customer service through modernized technology solutions.

Adani Gas

Post in 2022
Adani Total Gas Limited is engaged in the distribution of piped natural gas (PNG) and compressed natural gas (CNG) across various sectors in India. The company provides PNG to industrial, commercial, and residential customers, serving approximately 0.44 million users through a pipeline network that spans around 7,600 kilometers. This infrastructure includes both steel and polyethylene pipelines. Adani Total Gas operates gas distribution networks in several regions, including Ahmedabad, Vadodara, and Udaipur, among others. Additionally, it caters to the transportation sector by supplying CNG and has established 115 CNG filling stations. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Ahmedabad, the company was renamed from Adani Gas Limited to Adani Total Gas Limited in January 2021, reflecting its broader commitment to developing city gas distribution networks and enhancing access to natural gas across India.

Thought Machine

Corporate Round in 2022
Thought Machine Group Limited is a fintech company based in London, UK, founded in 2017. It specializes in developing Vault, a cloud-native core banking platform designed to address the challenges faced by traditional banks that rely on outdated IT infrastructure. Vault operates in real time and automates data analytics and regulatory reporting, offering a range of services including smart contracts, customer data management, and integrations. The platform is built on a microservice API architecture, allowing banks to easily configure it to meet their specific needs. With a strong emphasis on engineering excellence, Thought Machine aims to facilitate innovation in the banking sector and improve customer service through modernized technology solutions.

Doha Bank

Post in 2021
Doha Bank provides domestic and international banking services for individuals, commercial, corporate and institutional clients through four business groups – Wholesale Banking, Retail Banking, International Banking and Treasury & Investments. Doha Bank has established overseas branches in Kuwait, Dubai (UAE), Abu Dhabi (UAE), Mumbai and Kochi (India) as well as representative offices in Japan, China, Singapore, Hong Kong, South Africa, South Korea, Australia, Turkey, the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, Bangladesh and Sharjah (UAE).

Green Arrow Capital

Debt Financing in 2021
Green Arrow Capital is an independent financial group based in Europe, specializing in alternative investments that connect finance with the real economy. Established in 2013, the company manages a variety of funds, including Private Equity, Private Debt, and Clean Energy & Infrastructure funds. With a team of 60 professionals and a network of 220 investors, including public funds and institutional investors, Green Arrow Capital aims to create a robust financial platform for alternative investments. The group's strategy includes the successful launch of the Luxembourg-based Radiant Clean Energy Fund and the acquisition of Quadrivio Capital SGR in 2018, which enhanced its growth trajectory. Green Arrow Capital focuses on environmentally sustainable investments and seeks to make an impact through its portfolio, targeting companies with specific revenue and EBITDA thresholds in sectors such as energy, waste, and climate.

Adani Transmission

Post in 2021
Adani Transmission Limited (ATL) headquartered at Ahmedabad in Gujarat, India, is one of the largest private sector power transmission companies in India with a presence across the western and northern regions of India. They primarily aim at addressing the vast potential in India’s transmission sector and our ambitious target is to set up 20,000 circuit km of transmission lines by 2022. They currently operate more than 8500 circuit kilometer of transmission lines and around 14000 MVA of power transformation capacity. They have invested in the latest technologies resulting in the highest network availability of over 99.80% in the country, which corresponds to the best global standards

Alessi

Debt Financing in 2021
Alessi S.p.A. is an Italian company founded in 1921, specializing in the design, manufacture, and distribution of a wide range of tableware and household objects. Its product offerings include kitchen accessories, such as pots, pans, coffee machines, and knife sets, as well as bar and wine accessories like bottle openers and wine coolers. The company also provides bathroom and home accessories, lamps, clocks, and decorative items, alongside personal accessories such as watches and jewelry. Alessi's diverse range extends to pet accessories and special products. The company distributes its products through a network of dealers and stores across Europe, America, Asia, Africa, and Oceania, and also operates an online store. Based in Crusinallo, Italy, Alessi is recognized for its innovative approach to homeware design.

Kriya Finance

Debt Financing in 2021
Kriya Finance is a business finance company based in the UK, specializing in providing flexible financial solutions to businesses through an online platform. Established as the country's first online marketplace for trading invoices, Kriya Finance enables companies to access working capital efficiently. The platform supports a variety of businesses by facilitating quick financing options, allowing them to manage essential expenses such as payroll, supplier payments, and the launch of new products or services. With a focus on leveraging technology coupled with personalized support, Kriya Finance aims to empower business owners to save time and enhance their growth potential. Since its inception, the company has made significant contributions to the financing landscape, advancing substantial funds to businesses across diverse sectors.

Kriya Finance

Venture Round in 2021
Kriya Finance is a business finance company based in the UK, specializing in providing flexible financial solutions to businesses through an online platform. Established as the country's first online marketplace for trading invoices, Kriya Finance enables companies to access working capital efficiently. The platform supports a variety of businesses by facilitating quick financing options, allowing them to manage essential expenses such as payroll, supplier payments, and the launch of new products or services. With a focus on leveraging technology coupled with personalized support, Kriya Finance aims to empower business owners to save time and enhance their growth potential. Since its inception, the company has made significant contributions to the financing landscape, advancing substantial funds to businesses across diverse sectors.

MODIFI

Venture Round in 2021
At MODIFI, we empower Small and Medium-Sized Businesses to trade internationally with digital trade financing. We believe that international trade is a key driver for development around the globe. But many small and medium-sized enterprises simply cannot afford to do business internationally without reliable access to finance. MODIFI strives to change that through technology and a global ecosystem for trade partners. We make Trade Finance available, easy, flexible and transparent. We help our partners to grow their business. And we give them peace of mind.

ALBA Robot

Debt Financing in 2021
ALBA Robot is a modular and configurable platform to integrate ADAS systems and robotic technologies into wheelchairs. Alba aims to change the way Passengers with Reduced Mobility (PRM) move and enhance their independence in the everyday life. By using the best technologies from Voice Assistants, Automotive, Robotics, and IoT.

REAM SGR Spa

Debt Financing in 2021
Real Estate Asset Management SGR S.p.A. è una Società di Gestione del Risparmio specializzata nell’istituzione e gestione di Fondi comuni d’Investimento Immobiliari. È l’unica SGR italiana nel cui azionariato sono presenti esclusivamente fondazioni bancarie. La presenza delle fondazioni si riflette in maniera positiva sia sulla origination delle opportunità immobiliari, che nel processo di valorizzazione degli assets grazie allo svolgimento della propria attività istituzionale. Ad oggi, REAM SGR ha istituito e gestisce otto fondi di investimento immobiliari chiusi tutti riservati ad investitori qualificati, per un attivo gestito complessivamente superiore a euro 1 mld.

LU-VE Group

Debt Financing in 2021
The LU-VE Group is the combination of experience, tradition, forward thinking, and innovation. The Group is the embodiment of the principle that, first and foremost, companies are women, men and ideas. People with years of experience, young people blessed with creativity and enthusiasm, highly qualified professionals, all united in their passion for their work and in their vision of a world which will be more aware, more livable, more advanced, and better balanced. LU-VE has introduced a new way of conceiving and making refrigeration and air conditioning products, using avant-garde technologies which have then become a constant reference-point for the entire industry. The Group is an international entity (with its main offices and production facility in Uboldo, Varese) made up of 11 production units There are also 12 sales companies in the LU-VE Group located in the Australia, Austria, China, France, Germany, India, Poland (Gliwice and Warsaw), Russia, Spain, UAE, United Kingdom. A network of experts - technicians and qualified staff – at the service of clients to satisfy their every need.

Busforfun

Debt Financing in 2020
Busforfun.Com Srl provides shuttle services and an online platform for booking. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Venice, Italy with an additional office in Lecce, Italy.

Worldz

Seed Round in 2020
Worldz is a tool for e-commerces which allows them to increase impact and conversions on social networks through their customers.

October

Debt Financing in 2020
October SA is a lending platform designed for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), facilitating direct borrowing from individual and institutional lenders. Established in France in 2014 under the name Lendix, the company rebranded to October SA in 2018. It operates as a pan-European platform with locations in France, Spain, Italy, and the Netherlands. By simplifying access to funding, October aims to empower businesses and enhance their growth potential. The platform emerged in response to regulatory changes that allowed increased competition in the lending sector, effectively democratizing financial resources for SMEs across Europe.

UBI Banca

Acquisition in 2020
UBI Banca is the fifth largest banking group in Italy for number of branches, with a market share of around 6% and a significant presence in the regions with the highest potential of the country. UBI Banca is a cooperative Group, listed on the Milan Stock Exchange and included in the FTSE MIB

Hotbox Food

Grant in 2019
Founded in 2016 in Maranello, Italy, a team of part time pizzaiolos and engineers were fed up with delivering cold and soggy pizza to their clients. Desperately failing to find a solution they decided to take matters in their own hands. As so many great innovations the idea was sparked by an accident when Claudio burned himself on the exhaust pipe of the scooter while delivering pizza. Aerospace engineers, cousin Anthony, long time friend Marco and Industrial Automation technician Domenico applied advanced physical principles and ingenious mechanical innovation to make Hotbox – keeping the food hot (85°C) and crunchy (steam-free) for up to 40 min of transport, recycling the excess heat from the scooter engine. Since then the team is growing and continue to innovate and work hard to make Hotbox available for restaurants and delivery teams across the globe, with the mission to elevate the quality of the food delivery industry – hot & crunchy food at the doorstep!

TXC Markets

Seed Round in 2018
TXC Markets is a developer of an automated trading platform that specializes in non-liquid and alternative assets, initially focusing on Italian tax claims. The platform integrates advanced technologies with a peer-to-peer solution to enhance the trading and monetization of illiquid assets. It offers algorithmic trading and financial structuring services, facilitating the scoring and pricing of various trades. This approach enables users to engage in credit and illiquid debt markets on a global scale, streamlining due diligence processes and improving market accessibility for these typically challenging assets.

HURBA

Pre Seed Round in 2018
HURBA® is an Italian Startup that is revolutionising the day-to-day mobility of millions of people, with the most innovative Electric Scooter ever presented in Italy. Our scooters are equipped with easy-to-carry lithium batteries with super-fast home charging.

Oval Money

Series A in 2018
Oval Money LTD is a personal savings application founded in 2015 and headquartered in London, United Kingdom, with an additional office in Turin, Italy. The platform aims to improve financial literacy by empowering users to manage their finances more effectively. Oval facilitates automatic savings and provides tools for tracking expenses and monitoring investments, while also educating users on their spending habits. The application incorporates artificial intelligence, developed with insights from experts in personal finance and behavioral economics, to guide users toward better financial decisions and encourage regular contributions to their secure digital savings accounts. Oval emphasizes transparency, offering no hidden fees and robust privacy controls, thereby fostering trust in personal finance. The company's commitment extends to promoting education, fairness, and financial inclusion within the industry.

Bandyer

Convertible Note in 2018
Bandyer is the only player on the market allowing a complete integration of all audio/video features within existing app and websites, with the aim of creating a digital communication channel with clients and prospects. • Clients and prospects can place videocall, without any software downloads, just by opening the company websites or app. • The integration is flexible and non-invasive: it is completely customizable to meet clients’ need. • It is transparent: the client doesn’t perceive the usage of a third external solution.

mixartista

Debt Financing in 2017
MIXARTISTA is a robotic barman, technologically and aesthetically innovative liquid dispenser, designed to prepare perfect cocktails for the luxury market, according to the original recipes and following the rules of mixology. The machine allows to install up to 12 bottles (between spirits and juices) and, in 40 seconds or less approximately, the robot is able to create the most complex recipes. MIXARTISTA prepares perfect cocktails, thanks to the specially developed algorithm that guarantees a precise dosage of the cocktail's ingredients. The spectacular movements and fancy design give to all the spectators an unforgettable show. The product interfaces with a cloud system where, in addition to the 101 most emblematic recipes of the world, all the information about the served cocktails and the consumption of raw materials are monitored during the usage; so as, to provide statistics that will allow the mapping of the daily needs. Moreover, with this technology, is possible to minimize waste and have a strict control of the consumption, as a result: maximum optimization.

Audaces Impact

Series A in 2017
Impact investment platform whose mission is to mainstream impact investing. Audaces uses an innovative hybrid model for impact investing. It sources and validates investment opportunities in breakthrough social enterprises and invests with its own principal from its own vehicle. It subsequently syndicates the same transaction to a community of accredited UHNWI investors on its co-investment platform. Audaces investors include foundations, HNWIs, family offices and sophisticated investors. They are offered the opportunity to co-invest directly in social businesses, partnering with the deal sourcing, due diligence, legal work and management capability of an institutional fund, whilst maintaining the flexibility to pick and choose investments on a deal-by-deal basis.

ELSE Corp

Debt Financing in 2017
ELSE Corp is an Italian startup that offers technological solutions for 3D based Mass Customization such as Virtual Retail and Cloud Manufacturing to fashion brands, retailers, manufacturers and designers; using E.L.S.E., a Cloud API Platform, powered with AI, machine learning and deep learning, puts together the front-end retail processes such as 3D product personalization and virtual commerce, with a cloud-based back-end processes like virtual fitting and order generation for smart hybrid manufacturing. The startup is committed to creating value not only for the market but also for society by redefining the Value Chain for the fashion industry through Applied Research. ELSE CORP relies in open innovation and collaboration with industry leaders to develop innovative sustainable, transparent and traceable business processes and Distribution Models through market trials. Their services, named “Virtual Retail”, aims to accelerate the transformation of the industry towards a personalized, direct to consumer, customer-pull approach, enhancing the customer’s virtual shopping experience and optimizing the Virtual Retail value and service delivery chain.

Oval Money

Seed Round in 2017
Oval Money LTD is a personal savings application founded in 2015 and headquartered in London, United Kingdom, with an additional office in Turin, Italy. The platform aims to improve financial literacy by empowering users to manage their finances more effectively. Oval facilitates automatic savings and provides tools for tracking expenses and monitoring investments, while also educating users on their spending habits. The application incorporates artificial intelligence, developed with insights from experts in personal finance and behavioral economics, to guide users toward better financial decisions and encourage regular contributions to their secure digital savings accounts. Oval emphasizes transparency, offering no hidden fees and robust privacy controls, thereby fostering trust in personal finance. The company's commitment extends to promoting education, fairness, and financial inclusion within the industry.
Electro Power Systems operates in the sustainable energy sector, focusing on hybrid energy storage solutions and microgrids that convert intermittent renewable energy sources into stable power supplies. Established in 2014 and headquartered in Paris, France, the company has developed advanced technologies protected by 125 patents, supported by over a decade of research and development. EPS provides a range of services, including energy storage systems for solar farms and industrial applications, as well as centralized and residential charging stations for electric vehicles. It has implemented 36 large-scale projects worldwide, totaling over 35 MW of installed power, which serves more than 165,000 customers daily. Additionally, the company has deployed over 18 MW of grid support systems, contributing to a total capacity output of 47 MWh across 21 countries, including regions in Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Africa.

Seaborn Networks

Debt Financing in 2016
Seaborn Networks is comprised of telecom executives who bring a successful track record in developing, financing, constructing, operating and maintaining many of the world's largest submarine and terrestrial telecom networks.

Rina

Private Equity Round in 2014
Rina is a multinational provider of testing, inspection, certification and engineering consultancy services to businesses.