Sviluppo Imprese Centro Italia

Sviluppo Imprese Centro Italia (SICI) is an independent asset management company established in Florence in 1998, specializing in Private Equity and Venture Capital. The firm manages four closed-end funds with a total value of approximately 140 million euro, focusing on investments in unlisted small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across various sectors, including textiles, fashion, food, technology, and biotechnology. SICI aims to strengthen the capital and financial structures of these companies, acting as a Growth Partner and fostering value creation within the region. By providing financial resources and strategic support, SICI contributes to enhancing the economic and social fabric of Central Italy, promoting competitiveness, employment, and an entrepreneurial culture.

Francesco Castaldelli

Investment Manager

Guido Tommei

General Manager and Director

35 past transactions

Future Fashion

Venture Round in 2023
Future Fashion is an omnichannel platform that helps fashion brands to virtualize and customize their collections in 3D by reducing sample costs and increasing customer experience. It's the owner of DIS, the brand offering the fastest made to order shoe service in the world. Thanks to an end-to-end platform, today DIS sells shoes without producing them using an omnichannel 3D configurator with over 60 million virtual combinations

Pertici Industries

Convertible Note in 2017
Pertici Industries Srl manufactures machinery for the production of windows and doors. Pertici Industries Srl manufactures machines, such as machining centre, cutting centre, double head cutting machines, single head cutting machines and length stops, copy routers and end milling machines, and welding and cleaning machines. It also manufactures complementary machines, including corner crimping machine, automatic screwdriver, and drilling machine; and assembly table and trolleys. The company was formerly known as Costruzione Meccaniche Pertici. Pertici Industries Srl was founded in 1965 and is based in Certaldo, Italy.

Flea Societa Agricola

Venture Round in 2017
Flea Societa Agricola is active in the production of craft beers, both under its own brand and in private label, strongly linked to the Umbrian territory.

SILAM

Convertible Note in 2017
SILAM is an innovative metal processing company, realizes steel castings and performs high-level finishing processes on components deriving from cast iron and steel castings, destined for the industrial market, and in particular for the automotive sector.

Corpo Vigili Giurati

Convertible Note in 2017
Corpo Vigili Giurati is one of the main operators at national level in the field of private security, offering its customers a complete range of services and occupying a position of leadership in Tuscany and in the market of central Italy.

VINO75

Series A in 2016
VINO75 is a specialised digital wine shop, a reference point for the sale of quality wines. Thanks to VINO75 the complicated world of wine becomes accessible to all with just a few clicks. VINO75.com is the leading e-commerce platform for the European wineries since 2014 that collects more than 1.000 directly managed producers and more than 2.500 wine labels, with a remarkable growth potential. VINO75's powerful multilevel search engine guide the Customers as a DIGITAL SOMMELIER. The wines, stored at an ideal temperature, are shipped to the Customer using patented packaging and the best couriers.

Tenute Piccini

Venture Round in 2016
Tenute Piccini is offers the production, aging, bottling and trading of mainly Tuscan wines.

3M srl

Venture Round in 2016
3M srl carries out casting and die-casting of light aluminum alloys for the production of components for the automotive, motor, mechanical and electronic industries, both national and European.

Renzini

Venture Round in 2016
Renzini is produces and sells its own brand "Renzini Alta Norcineria" high quality cured meats and other gastronomic specialties destined for shops and specialized retailers, high catering and niche departments of Italian and foreign GDO. The company represents an absolute excellence in the Italian food sector.

Alga Energy

Venture Round in 2012
AlgaEnergy is a technology-based company in the microalgae biotechnology sector that, with powerful R & D programs endowed with millionaire resources -own and public-, is managed by a group of businessmen and scientists of renowned solvency. The mission of AlgaEnergy is to develop, produce and market novel products derived from microalgae -nutritional, agricultural and cosmetic, among others-. Counselor of AlgaEnergy and scientific reference of the company is Prof. Miguel García Guerrero , Professor of Plant Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of the University of Seville, one of the scarce authorities recognized worldwide with more than three decades dedicated to the biotechnology of microorganisms photosynthetic The leader in renewable energy and the 5th largest electricity supplier in the world, IBERDROLA , is a shareholder and technology partner of AlgaEnergy since its inception.

GALILEO TP Process Equipment

Venture Round in 2012
GALILEO TP Process Equipment is specializes in vacuum, leak detection, and refrigerant charging technology. Its products include engineering of industrial production lines, leak detection systems, helium recovery systems, evacuation systems and machines, refrigerant fluids and gas charging machines, refrigerant charging machines accessories, ultrasonic welding systems, electrical safety tests, performance test systems, and data acquisition system from production line.

Winmedical

Angel Round in 2012
WinMedical Srl specializes in wearable vital signs monitoring systems designed for patients, hospitals, and healthcare professionals. The company's flagship product, WinPack, is a modular and lightweight device that provides continuous, non-invasive monitoring of vital signs such as blood pressure, ECG, heart rate, and oxygen saturation. WinPack facilitates real-time data transmission via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi, allowing for customizable alerts that aid in early detection of patient deterioration. In addition to WinPack, WinMedical offers software solutions like the Early Evaluation Center for assessing clinical risks, Win@Hospital for managing patient alerts in low-acuity settings, and Win@Home for remote patient monitoring. Founded in 2009 and based in Navacchio, Italy, WinMedical aims to enhance patient care, reduce healthcare costs, and improve clinical workflows across various medical departments. The company's solutions enable seamless communication among doctors, nurses, and patients, ensuring effective care coordination from hospital to home.

Braccialini

Private Equity Round in 2011
Braccialini is the Florentine fashion house, active in the leather goods sector, recognized worldwide for the originality of its bags. The company, founded in the 50s, has developed under the entrepreneurial guidance of the Braccialini Family, still leading the company today. The products and the brand are distinguished by a unique and highly recognizable design for the attention to detail and workmanship and an innovative capacity that allow the company to position itself among the leading companies of Made in Italy.

En-Eco

Venture Round in 2011
En-Eco SpA manufactures technology products in the renewable energy field. The company designs, manufactures, and distributes solar panels, accumulators and solar power stations, and portable solar power plants for mobile energy production, storage, and supply; thin and recyclable photovoltaic crystalline panels; and micro vertical axis wind turbines. It also engages in the EPC and service of photovoltaic hybrid smart power plants. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Florence, Italy.

YOGITECH

Venture Round in 2011
YOGITECH, founded in 2000, is a company with a solid and proven experience in the design and verification of digital and mixed-signal System-on-Chip and in fault-tolerant integrated circuits. Headquartered in Pisa with offices in Nice, YOGITECH is an independent company with a Share Capital of 450 thousands Euros, privately owned by its founders and by financial partners such as Sici Toscana Venture Fund and the Chamber of Commerce of Pisa.

Universo Sport

Convertible Note in 2011
Universo Sport S.p.A. produces and distributes sports apparels and goods. It also owns and operates a chain of sports goods stores. The company was founded in 1997 and is based in Scandicci, Italy.Universo Sport S.p.A. operates as a subsidiary of Hanesbrands Inc.

Wiva Group

Convertible Note in 2011
Wiva Group is an Italian company that operates in the lighting business with a strong focus on technological innovation, energy saving, and protection of health and the environment. The business was set up in 2007, the result of the creativity and commitment of a group of professionals with diverse skills and experience and, today, Wiva Group is a company with a sound corporate, organizational and commercial structure that is engaged in important partnerships and cooperation in the research and technology world. Wiva Group produces light sources, LED light fixtures, and electrical and electronic lighting drivers and controls. A continuous quest for innovative and effective solutions, attention to quality and the ability to anticipate and interpret market trends are the company's key business drivers, enabling Wiva Group to be at the forefront in its field thanks to its creativity, expertise and versatility.

Winmedical

Seed Round in 2011
WinMedical Srl specializes in wearable vital signs monitoring systems designed for patients, hospitals, and healthcare professionals. The company's flagship product, WinPack, is a modular and lightweight device that provides continuous, non-invasive monitoring of vital signs such as blood pressure, ECG, heart rate, and oxygen saturation. WinPack facilitates real-time data transmission via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi, allowing for customizable alerts that aid in early detection of patient deterioration. In addition to WinPack, WinMedical offers software solutions like the Early Evaluation Center for assessing clinical risks, Win@Hospital for managing patient alerts in low-acuity settings, and Win@Home for remote patient monitoring. Founded in 2009 and based in Navacchio, Italy, WinMedical aims to enhance patient care, reduce healthcare costs, and improve clinical workflows across various medical departments. The company's solutions enable seamless communication among doctors, nurses, and patients, ensuring effective care coordination from hospital to home.

Bassilichi

Venture Round in 2011
Bassilichi provides a range of solutions focused on payments, business services, and security, primarily targeting the B2B and merchant markets. The company offers innovative payment solutions such as B.Ahead, which facilitates cash forecasting and management, and B.Brainy, a platform designed for managing multi-channel payments and information services. In addition to its payment offerings, Bassilichi serves as a strategic partner for banks, industries, and public administration offices in Italy, delivering business process outsourcing services that include call center operations, leasing, installation, maintenance, and security monitoring.

Nse Industry

Venture Round in 2010
Their industrial plan represents an important process of innovation regarding the economical development. Their plants enhance the industrial waste by producing clean energy in the respect of those specific needs of companies, with no slag or residues. After years of studies and researches, today they can state that it is exclusive to their company the unique pyrogasification patent. A pyrogasifier with an integrated combustion of solid and semisolid wastes, with a production of energy spendable both as processing steam and as electrical energy or district heating.

Montalbano Technology

Venture Round in 2010
Montalbano Technology is develops devices for monitoring the exposure of perishable products and materials. It offers tags based on a micro-computer with sensors and a radio frequency interface designed to monitor the exposure of perishable products and industrial materials in an environmental factor, such as heat. The company also provides semipassive RF-ID tags, customized and commercial readers, and application management SW.

Volta Spa

Venture Round in 2010
Volta Spa is engages in construction and management of a combined cycle gas turbine to produce electricity.

IMER International

Venture Round in 2009
IMER Group is an Italian company founded in 1962, European leading manufacturer of construction machinery and equipment.

Conte of Florence Distribution

Venture Round in 2009
Conte of Florence, an historical Tuscan brand founded in the heart of Florence in 1952 as a hat manufacturer, offers today a new total look casualwear line for both men and women with specific references to the three traditionally inspirational worlds: ski, golf and sailing. The brand philosophy is creating garments that are not only a functional idea for the free time, but are also a stylish and distinctive sign of belonging to a special world, full of emotions and of an authenticity achieved over time.

Toscana Biomarkers

Venture Round in 2009
Toscana Biomarkers Srl, a research and development company, engages in the discovery and validation of diagnostic/prognostic tests for the identification of specific biomarkers of autoimmune diseases in the sera of patients. It involves in the discovery and validation of modified peptides as synthetic probes to be used in the identification in sera of specific autoantibodies as the biomarkers of autoimmune diseases. The company develops biomarkers and in vitro tests. Toscana Biomarkers Srl was founded in 2007 and is based in Siena, Italy.
Manutencoop Facility Management S.p.A. operates as an integrated facility management company.

Sailpost

Venture Round in 2006
SAILPOST offers a wide range of postal communication solutions according to the different needs of the customer. Sailpost is a leading postal operator with more than 120 operational offices and a further 337 points, including branches and peripheral operating structures. The owner of the trademark and of the national network is Citypost SpA.

YOGITECH

Venture Round in 2005
YOGITECH, founded in 2000, is a company with a solid and proven experience in the design and verification of digital and mixed-signal System-on-Chip and in fault-tolerant integrated circuits. Headquartered in Pisa with offices in Nice, YOGITECH is an independent company with a Share Capital of 450 thousands Euros, privately owned by its founders and by financial partners such as Sici Toscana Venture Fund and the Chamber of Commerce of Pisa.

Inso

Venture Round in 2005
INSO S.p.a operates as a general contractor that provides engineering, procurement, and construction services. It handles civil, industrial, and commercial buildings; and healthcare projects. The company supplies technologies in health, industry, and tertiary sectors. It serves customers in Europe, the Middle-East, North Africa, the Caribbean, and South America. The company was founded in 1976 and is based in Florence, Italy. As of December 23, 2020, INSO S.p.a operates as a subsidiary of Fincantieri Infrastructure S.P.A.

Hospital Consulting

Venture Round in 2005
Hospital Consulting SpA is to provide advisory, management and organizational services to the healthcare and environment sectors. Thirty years of working with healthcare organizations in both the public and the private sector has enabled HC to acquire an all-round multidisciplinary experience and fine-tune its ability to understand the needs of its clients, for whom it crafts ad hoc solutions that marry specificity with standardization. Hospital Consulting is the ideal partner for clients who want effective and competitive solutions to implement the complex and structured services needed to meet the growing demand of the healthcare and environment markets.

AEB Frames

Venture Round in 2004
AEB Frames is manufactures windows and doors.

EB Neuro

Venture Round in 2003
EBNeuro S.p.A. was established in 1997, as a specialized company in the field of Neurophysiology instrumentation as part of the Esaote S.p.A. group. Its origins, through Esaote and the BASIS research company, date back to the 1950 when Electroencephalography and Electromyography were becoming popular as diagnostic investigation techniques. Since 2001 EB Neuro has become one of the world leaders in development and manufacture for the OEM market of dedicated amplifiers for bioelectric signal acquisitions establishing many strong manifacturing contracts with the most important multinational brands of the market.

Avignonesi

Venture Round in 2002
Avignonesi is the leading winery in the Montepulciano area of Tuscany.

Copaim

Venture Round in 2002
Copaim is produces seafood, vegetables, fresh egg pasta, and cheese products. It offers salad and pasta, as well as grilled artichoke, pepper, aborigine, courgette, onions, celery, fennel, mushroom, garlic, caponata, tomato, and olives.

Nuova Meridiana

Venture Round in 2001
Nuova Meridiana is produces sound proof material for the civil and industrial building industry, vibration damping material for industrial and railways/tramways applications, and shock proof flooring for playgrounds.